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Watches and Jewellery
Cartier celebrates the new Tank Française with evocative film
There’s a new angle on Cartier’s Tank Française, and it’s celebrated through the seventh art. British filmmaker Guy Ritchie directs American actor...
First Piaget Polo mechanical perpetual calendar revealed
Preparations for Watches and Wonders Geneva 2023 are in full swing. I’m delighted to be invited once again to join a privileged group of...
The unveiling of 13 Paix
I’ve had a very romantic notion of Cartier ever since I learned about the history of the Tank wristwatch at my first Salon International de la Haute...
Eat, Play, Love
Switzerland in early spring is very different to midwinter, when temperatures are well below zero. As one of the international journalists invited...
The many faces of Amanda Seyfried
The screen star speaks her mind about varied femininities, style, expression, and identity Since Pennsylvania native Amanda Seyfried landed her...
Time travel
Montblanc Heritage Perpetual Calendar Limited Edition 100
The Rolex Experimental Deep Sea Special N°1 goes under the hammer
The one-of-a-kind Rolex Deep Sea Special prototype for perfecting the Rolex diving watch goes under the hammer at the Christie’s Rare Watches...
Piaget: master of ultra-thin watchmaking
Debbie Hathway talks to Cynthia Tabet, Global Product Marketing Director at Piaget, about the 2021 watch launches. Watch aficionados regard Piaget’s...
The watch to wear with boardshorts or tux
I talked branding with Moser CEO Edouard Meylan during Watches and Wonders Geneva 2021. Watches and Wonders Geneva wrapped in April 2021 after...
Breitling – the horological tastemakers
I was fortunate to interview Fred Mandelbaum, “guardian of the heritage” for Breitling, the horological tastemakers, about collecting and...
Montlanc’s new watch division MD, Laurent Lecamp, is making his mark.
Laurent Lecamp shares his thoughts on the importance of heritage and storytelling in luxury watchmaking. Laurent Lecamp A dynamo like Laurent...
Montblanc launches new watches
Debbie Hathway finds out more about Montblanc's new watches for 2020 from Davide Cerrato, MD of the maison's watch division. The beauty of the...
A HAUTE COUTURE COLLECTION OF LADIES’ TIMEPIECES FROM VACHERON CONSTANTIN
VACHERON CONSTANTIN'S ÉGÉRIE COLLECTION MARRIES THE WORLDS OF HAUTE HORLOGERIE AND HAUTE COUTURE TO PRODUCE TIMEPIECES FOR THE MOST...
REFLECTIONS ON KURT KLAUS’ BRILLIANT CAREER AT IWC, THE DARLING OF SWISS WATCHMAKING
DEBBIE HATHWAY TALKS TO LIVING LEGEND KURT KLAUS, ONE OF THE MAIN INFLUENCERS OF THE FORTUNES OF SCHAFFHAUSEN-BASED WATCHMAKER IWC Published in...
FASCINATION TURNS TO LOVE: PIAGET CEO CHABI NOURI ON THE VALUE OF HERITAGE
DEBBIE HATHWAY CHATS TO PIAGET’S LEADING LADY ABOUT INNOVATION AND DIVERSITY IN WATCHMAKING — AND HOW THAT BLENDS WITH THE BRAND’S TRADITIONS...
UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTERS: EXCLUSIVE INSIGHT INTO CARTIER’S LATEST NOVELTIES WITH PIERRE RAINERO
THE DIRECTOR OF IMAGE, HERITAGE, AND STYLE ELABORATES ON THE “VERY CARTIER” NATURE OF WATCH DESIGN THAT TRANSCENDS TIME Published in Business Day...
KEEPING WATCH: THE NEW IWC PORTUGIESER COLLECTION IS MAKING WAVES
AN INTERVIEW WITH IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN CEO CHRIS GRAINGER-HERR ON THE NEW PORTUGIESER COLLECTIONPublished in Business Day Wanted One thing that...
WATCHES & WONDERS 2020: 11 STANDOUT TIMEPIECES FROM THE LUXURY-WATCH FAIR
DEBBIE HATHWAY OPENS A WINDOW TO A WORLD OF LUXURY WATCHMAKING THAT FEW ARE PRIVY TO AND SHARES SOME OF HER FAVOURITE TIMEPIECES Published in...
The adventurer
As a child and then a young man, world-renowned explorer, environmentalist and sailor Mike Horn honed his survival skills on everything from the...
Good vibrations
Spring is the season of new beginnings. “There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough,...
Time travel
Time is luxury. Make the most of every second. By Debbie Hathway Published in Sawubona September 2019 What would you do if I gave you 86 400? Today,...
Elegance around the clock
After several uncertain years, the outlook for growth in the luxury market is promising. Debbie Hathway looks at eight new watches that were...
How Blancpain became king of the deep
When the Blancpain XFathoms launched in 2013, Hodinkee described it as ‘the most bad-ass, completely insane mechanical tool watch on earth’....
Constant fascination
When I was just a little girl, my mother gave me my first watch for my birthday. I was perhaps 10 years old. My mother was not in the habit of...
The journey of design
Published in Wanted 14 February 2017 Montblanc creative director Zaim Kamal on designing for young professionals and creating the perfect sketchbook...
A Reflection of the Times
Published in PRIVATE TIME 2016 What women want is taking on a whole new meaning when it comes to legacy gifts. DEBBIE HATHWAY finds out more from...
FACETS OF A WOMAN
The new creations in the Roger Dubuis Velvet Collection are rare artistic masterpieces that just happen to tell time. Words DEBBIE HATHWAY Published...
Plotting the Course
Published in Private Edition 33 As a student, Walter Volpers could only dream about owning a luxury watch. Now he oversees their production. Words...
By Invitation Only
Published in Private Edition 31, 30 March 2016 The 26th edition of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie saw nine contemporary workshops...
The Fixer
Austrian master watchmaker Peter Oberauer’s skill lies in nursing the miniature universe of watch mechanics back to life.
‘Your Crocs, Madame’
A maharaja’s extravagance, an heiress’s whim… Was there nothing Cartier could not create from
precious stones? From an exhibition touring the world, it seems not.