Stories

Chronoswiss designed its new GMT for people who live between time zones, taking the idea from an earlier watch of its own, the Tora.

Olivier Mory, a watchmaker based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, developed a tourbillon regulator movement exclusively for Louis Erard, now paired with Alain Silberstein’s signature hands.

On the Smile-Day Blue, designed with Alain Silberstein, a smiley at 6 o’clock shows the mood of the day: black on weekdays, red at the weekend.

Dominique Renaud once pushed a balance to 12 Hz; for his new brand’s first watch he goes to the opposite extreme, 1 Hz, the pace of a resting heart.

Master watchmaker Claude Greisler believes materials must carry meaning beyond aesthetics, and with a local stone artisan, Armin Strom has cut a dial from natural ruby.

H. Moser & Cie. made one watch for the drivers of the BWT Alpine Formula One Team and one for its mechanics; now both take on pink, from the team’s second livery.

Kanazawa artist Terumasa Ikeda saw a planetary system in the TYPE 9’s orbital display, and built a dial of urushi lacquer and mother-of-pearl around it.

Only two specialists at GT Cadrans can make the dial of the Promenade Midnight Pearl: blue aventurine glass laid over Tahitian mother-of-pearl, around 0.4mm thick in all.

At GT Cadrans, near Lausanne, only one artisan can brush the varnish that shapes the clouds on the Antarctique S Ice Cloud, working entirely by hand.

Chronoswiss's second reading of the moon is the Space Timer Gravity, built around one of the universe's most powerful forces and a lunar surface lasered from an original NASA photograph.

Chronoswiss reads the moon two ways this season. The Lunar Chronograph Aurora takes the softer route, into a dial that shifts colour with the light.

Maximillion Cooper, Founder & Creative Director of Gumball 3000, has led the rally since 1999, and its partnership with Ulysse Nardin now brings a second watch.