Editorial – Only Watch Could Return This Spring
To kick off the week, our Editorial Director Sophie Furley shared the news that broke the Internet: Only Watch has come out from the last few tumultuous auditing months and could return on May 10th. WorldTempus spoke to Luc Pettavino, Founder/Organizer of Only Watch, and Tess Pettavino, Director of the Association Monégasque contre les Myopathies, to find out more.
Time to Care: Omega and the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital
Speaking of charities and good causes, in this new series, WorldTempus takes a closer look at a different side of watchmaking, where watches can also create change. First up, Omega’s collaboration with the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital – an organization that provides people support with vision loss all around the world. Read on here.
The Answer to Everything
Blancpain just launched a new Fifty Fathoms model – in two versatile 42mm variations. Our editor in chief Suzanne Wong believes it is the answer to everything. Click here to find out why.
Franziska Gsell-Etterlin: “For us and for me – Schaffhausen means home and the world”
Next, Sophie had the pleasure of sitting down with Franziska Gsell-Etterlin, IWC Schaffhausen’s Chief Marketing Officer to get a sneak peek into the world of the brand in the run-up to Watches and Wonders. Catch the whole conversation here.
Breitling Celebrates a Double Anniversary With the Aerospace
This year, Breitling marks its 140th anniversary, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the first non-stop round-the-world balloon flight. To commemorate these milestones, Breitling unveils a special edition watch integrating an original piece of the envelope from the original Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon.
Maurice Lacroix: Black Is Beautiful
Speaking of new launches, Maurice Lacroix announces its second collaboration with Geneva design studio Label Noir. The release of its bold skeleton Masterpiece in a limited series could pose a risk to the Saignelégier-based watchmaker. Find out why here.
Team Test: WorldTempus x Claude Meylan
Next up, the editorial team tested the Claude Meylan "Fenêtre Sur Temps" 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 five different points of view.
New Releases
Last but not least, apart from the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, the Breitling Aerospace B70 Orbiter and the Maurice Lacroix x Label Noir, for our new releases of the week, we have the Carl F. Bucherer Heritage BiCompax Annual, the Chopard Happy Sport Rose de Caroline, the Jaquet Droz Tourbillon Skelet Sapphire Opal, the Kross Studio KS 05 Titanium Moss Agate and the MB&F Legacy Machine FlyingT Onyx.
