Only Watch revealed 62 lots for the 2023 season, marking the 10th edition of this biennial charity auction of unique watches. We sieve through the lot, and pick six of the best. This year, the theme is to celebrate bright and colourful stories by including all colours of previous editions and adding the colour green [...]

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We admit it. We have an obsession with chronographs. So we celebrate the complication! Here are six of our favourites from the post-pandemic season. Six exciting new chronographs from the post-pandemic season The first three watches are lifted from my choices published in the Chief Editor’s Top 3 picks from 2023. A. Lange & Söhne [...]

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Louis Moinet creates a real work of art with their new Savanna Tourbillon – with artisanal dials which are assembled from 81 jigsaw puzzle pieces on 4 levels. Press Release with commentary in italics. New: Louis Moinet Savanna Tourbillon – the real jigsaw watches The Louis Moinet Savanna Tourbillon are released as three piece uniques. [...]

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Louis Moinet releases their chronograph tourbillon – the Impulsion. Press release information with commentary in italics. New: Louis Moinet Impulsion – chronograph tourbillon At the time of publication, we do not have the pricing for the new Louis Moinet Impulsion. Commentary Louis Moinet has made the unchallenged claim to be the inventor of the chronograph, [...]

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Louis Moinet is a brand deeply associated with the chronograph, the namesake having invented the complication way back in 1816. This latest edition of the Memoris chronograph is the interesting take on racing, and aptly named: Time to Race. Review: hands-on with the new Louis Moinet Time to Race Time to Race by Louis Moinet [...]

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Louis Moinet introduces a 3 hand HMS watch, but as is typical fashion for Jean-Marie Schaller, CEO and Creative Director, comes with an interesting character twist – the dial not only depicts the extra-terrestial view of the moon as seen by Apollo 8, but actually contains a lunar meteorite fragment. Details here. New: Louis Moinet [...]

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We take a comprehensive first look at the new Louis Moiner Space Revolution. A watch which is currently a candidate at the category of “Tourbillon” at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) 2021. Based on one to one discussions with Jean-Marie Schaller, owner and creative director of Louis Moinet, using press release photographs. First [...]

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We covered the first generation 20-Second Tempograph in a detailed hands on review in 2016 here. Louis Moinet now updates the success of that watch with a second generation which they call the Tempograph Chrome. Available in 18k rose gold and a black dial surround or stainless steel in a stunning blue dial surround, the [...]

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Space and Time are the two very dimensions that remain as a source of inspiration for Louis Moinet, himself a watchmaker and astronomer. Their two latest creations, Acasta and Dhofar, give wearers their very own fragment of space – a piece of eternity on their wrist. Take a piece of moon rock, one of the [...]

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The month of July 2017 got us into the need for speed, with two of the horological events for the month of July honouring the spirit of performance and racing. We begin with the presentation of the SIHH 2017 Girard-Perregaux Laureato new creations.   Horological Happenings for the month of July 2017 Girard-Perregaux Laureato by [...]

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Louis Moinet releases the new 20-Second Tempograph, a self-winding mechanical timepiece with a twist. Founded in Saint-Blaise, Neuchâtel, in 2004. The fully-independent firm was established to honour the memory of Louis Moinet (1768-1853): master watchmaker, certified inventor of the chronograph (1816), and pioneer in the use of very high frequencies (216,000 vibrations per hour). While the [...]

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Louis Moinet celebrates 200 years of the invention of the chronograph with a new single button chronograph. We examine and deconstruct this watch, and give you our hands-on analysis of the Louis Moinet Memoris 200th Anniversary Chronograph.      Inventing the chronograph   In Baselworld 2014, we attended a private showing where Louis Moinet made the [...]

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The chronograph is a complication that usually a secondary part of the watch.  The main vocal point is always the telling of the time.  For Baselworld 2015, Louis Moinet has literally made the chronograph the vocal point of the watch, with the time still appearing but in a much smaller window.  Introducing the Louis Moinet [...]

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