This Week’s Watch News In 60 Seconds

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There is lots to catch up on this week from our journalists’ favorites and exciting diving adventures, to record-breaking watches, and exciting new releases. See what you missed in our special weekly round-up

How To Release A Watch

To kick off the week, our Editor-in-Chief Suzanne Wong gives us her two cents on how watch brands should release a new timepiece, such as the Blancpain x Swatch collaboration. And, spoiler alert: “some ways are more interesting than others”!

Beauregard: Time To Pay Attention

Next, our correspondent Olivier Muller takes a closer look at Beauregard’s success over the last year, from humble beginnings to its first participation at Watches and Wonders. Find out more about the Montreal-based brand’s upcoming projects and exciting new releases here.

Lili Candy © Beauregard
Lili Candy © Beauregard

Pick A Question with Czapek’s Xavier de Roquemaurel

We can’t quite believe that Geneva Watch Days was already three weeks ago; where does the time go? For those of you who haven’t had a chance to catch up on our daily coverage yet, here’s one of the highlights: A Chat with Czapek’s Xavier de Roquemaurel.

Sophie, Olivier and Hervé’s Top 5 Timepieces from Geneva Watch Days

In the same reminiscing spirit, see what our journalists (Sophie Furley, Olivier Müller and Hervé Borne) thought of the novelties at Geneva Watch Days with their top five watches of the week!

In Search of the Mediterranean Whale

Next up, our freediving journalist Christopher Shand shares a gripping tale of his scientific exploration trip aboard a sailing boat on the Mediterranean Sea, searching for whales. Accompanying him was the trusty Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, which will make you want to dive right in!

Christopher Shand wearing the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms © Christopher Shand/Sébastien Aubord for WorldTempus
Christopher Shand wearing the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms © Shand/Aubord for WorldTempus

A Third World Record For Louis Moinet

You heard that right! The brand from Saint-Blaise has won not one, not two, but three Guinness World Records™. Their last record is from their all-new Cosmopolis unique piece, which combines 12 different meteorite fragments (the most ever in a wristwatch). Discover more about the watch and the record here.

New Releases

Last but not least, for our new releases of the week, we have the ArtyA Curvy Purity Tourbillon, the Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 3SPC, the Glashütte Original Sixties Chronograph Annual Edition 2023, the Purnell Marcell Jacobs Edition Escape Primo in Titanium Blue Max, the Singer Reimagined x Genus 8-Track Watch and the TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph x Team Ikuzawa by Bamford.

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