Editorial – Where Horology Lives
To kick off the week, our Editor-in-Chief Suzanne Wong shares her enthusiasm for Dubai Watch Week, the event that brings the watch community together! WorldTempus is proud to announce it will be covering the event live with daily video reports. Check out Day 1 over here!
Ricardo Guadalupe, CEO of Hublot
WorldTempus’s Brice Lechevalier had the pleasure of chatting with Hublot’s CEO Ricardo Guadalupe at the Shanghai event with Samuel Ross for the launch of their collaboration in October. Read the full interview here.
Team Test: WorldTempus x Glashütte Original
Next up, the editorial team tested the Glashütte Original SeaQ Chronograph this week. Discover what they thought about the watch in this review where our journalists pass the watch around to get not just one, but four different points of view.
Artya Is Crystal Clear In Dubai
To get back to Dubai Watch Week, ArtyA is making its first appearance at the event this year and presents a piece cased in emerald green sapphire: the Curvy Purity Tourbillon NanoSaphir Emerald. Our correspondent Olivier Müller takes a closer look.
Zenith Heads South
Speaking of exciting new launches, Zenith announces its latest collaboration with Time+Tide: the Defy Classic Skeleton Night Surfer El Primero. In short: a 200-piece limited edition, edgy and eye-catching, with a brand-new engine. More details here.
Doxa Drops Anchor in Dubai
Here’s another fun release: the SUB 300β Seddiqi Edition 2023, diving watch specialist Doxa’s limited-edition timepiece in collaboration with its partner in the Middle East, Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons. And spoiler alert: it’s not orange!
Urwerk’s Eagle Lands in Dubai
And yet another spicy launch: Urwerk’s UR-230 Eagle, a 35-piece limited edition sporting some major technological surprises under its hood - four turbines built into the movement. To find out more about the turbines and how they work, read on over here.
New Releases
Last but not least, for our new releases of the week, we have the Armin Strom Tribute 1 Fumé models, the Beauregard Lili Candy White Gold, the Breitling Chronomat Automatic 36 South Sea, the Bulgari Divas’ Dream Peacock Marquetry references, the De Bethune DBD Evergreen, the Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 3SPC.1-1, the Frederique Constant Highlife Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture, the Hublot MP-15 Takashi Murakami Tourbillon Sapphire, the IWC Schaffhausen Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph 41 AMG, the MB&F HM11 Architect, the Montblanc Star Legacy Suspended Exo Tourbillon Limited Edition, the Patek Philippe Aquanaut Luce “Rainbow” Minute Repeater Haute Joaillerie and Nautilus Haute Joaillerie references, the Ressence TYPE 1° Round DX3, the Richard Mille RM 21-02 Tourbillon Aerodyne, the TAG Heuer Carrera Tourbillon H02T Dubai Skyline Limited Edition and the Ulysse Nardin Freak [ONE OPS].
