We recently came across this amazing doublet of school watches made by Victor Monnin & Alexandre Hazemann with a fresh combination of a jumping hour automatic winding watch which strikes once every hour on the hour. We reached out to Victor Monnin with a few questions, and here is his responses. Our commentary, as usual [...]

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Ahead of the celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of Cortina Watch, we chatted with their CEO – Jeremy Lim. Here are snippets of the conversation. In Conversation: Jeremy Lim, CEO of Cortina Watch Cortina Watch is one of the largest watch retailers based in Singapore. Founded in 1972 by Anthony Lim as a small retail [...]

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We caught up with Julien Tornare, CEO of Zenith recently when he was in Singapore and he gave us some interesting inside look at the grand maison. We have known Julien of quite a while, and familiar with and admire him for his very pleasant style of leadership. We first met him as when he [...]

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This article is a collaboration with Peter Braun of Armbanduhren Magazine in Germany, with special facilitation by our special correspondant, Dr. Frank Müller of The Bridge to Luxury. The article has been published in Issue 1 of Armbanduhren for 2021. Reinhard Meis is an instrumental player in the watchmaking industry. He was particularly important in [...]

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We caught up with Wilhelm Schmid, CEO of A. Lange & Söhne over a video call, and discuss his last decade in office as the chief, and what his future plans are for the maison. Our last In Conversation with Wilhelm Schmid was a while back in 2014. We do chat rather frequently with Wilhelm, [...]

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We caught up with the President of Patek Philippe, Thierry Stern in Singapore recently when he was hosting the Patek Philippe Watch Art Grand Exhibition. We had a wide ranging discussion on many matters, and bring you into the conversation to eavesdrop. As usual, we paraphrase the responses. Watch Art Grand Exhibition, Singapore 2019 We [...]

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The small independent called Akrivia has been the darling of the haute horlogerie collector inner circle for a while. A secret, only shared among the insiders, the tiny manufacture has grown purely from the strength of the owner and founder Rexhep Rexhepi. We have been in close contact with Rexhep for a few years now, [...]

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We caught up with Bertrand Meylan, CEO of MELB Asia. The Meylan family controls, MELB who is the owner of the H. Moser & Cie, Hautlence and Precision Engineering. Bertrand Meylan Bertrand Meylan, born in 1981 is a board member of MELB Holding, an independent family based group. The patriach is none other than Georges-Henri [...]

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To say that Jacky Ickx is a racing legend is perhaps an understatement. The Belgium race car driver is no stranger to the motor-sports scene, with a career that spanned more than three decades. Some of his racing highlights include winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans six times, achieved eight wins and 25 podium finishes in Formula [...]

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We caught up with Miguel Morales Ribas of Ophion and talked at length about his watches, what he stands for and find out why they might arguably be one of the best kept secrets of the industry. Editor’s note: The author is a collector who bought one of Miguel’s watches – the Ophion OPH786, and [...]

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As hard core watch collectors, we sometimes overlook Hermés and dismiss it as a fashion brand. Not unjustifiably so, as they are extremely famous for their ladies handbags, scarfs and fashion items. But this is a serious oversight. Most of us may not be aware that Hermés have been making watches for 40 years. Initially via [...]

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We caught up with Breitling’s new CEO Georges Kern in Shanghai and Singapore recently and chatted about the newly released Navitimer 8 and his plans for the brand, Here is the no-holds-barred details of our conversation, quickfire style. Travelling at the speed of light Since taking the helm barely 5 months ago, Georges Kern has [...]

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During SIHH 2018, Vacheron Constantin launched the FIFTYSIX collection. The name of the collection reminds of the year 1956. That year, the brand launched the Reference 6073. This reference was an example of beauty and creativity signed Vacheron Constantin, and a first self-winding watch – rare for those times. The new collection is desired as a [...]

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We caught up with Daniel Niederer, Founder and CEO of Seven Friday, goes by the moniker @SevenFridayGuy, aka Danimal. Dan was in town to launch the SevenFriday Kuka P3/07 and to open the Seven Friday Space in Raffles City recently, and had a fun time chatting up with him. Eavesdrop into our lively tête-à-tête.    [...]

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It was a great and pleasant surprise to us when the announcement came to finalise the take over of De Bethune by Pierre Jacques recently. Though we have been hearing rumours of the same for a while, the confirmation via the Press Release was a a good measure of joy. Joy because the incredibly innovative [...]

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Jean-Claude Biver is an icon of the industry. A marketing genius, if there ever was one. Credited with the revival of Blancpain, Omega, and the immense success of Hublot, and now at the helm of TAG Heuer as well as Zenith. We caught up with him in Tokyo recently when we attended the launch of [...]

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We managed to catch up with Kikuo Ibe, the inventor of the Casio G-SHOCK when he was in Singapore recently, and talked about various things. Any discussion with a watch otaku will promise to be entertaining, and this one with the Chief Otaku of G-SHOCK does not disappoint. Key takeaways here. He was fun to [...]

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Here at Deployant, we strive to bring you our honest reviews of watches on a daily basis. Today, however, we will not be taking a look at watches per se. In this week’s edition of Feature, we sat down with a watch lover/whisky fan and asked him how he turned his love for whiskies into [...]

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Julien Tornare took over the position of CEO of Zenith in April this year, amidst some turmoil within the 152 year old grand maison. We caught up with him recently in Singapore, and had a good long chat with him, recounting his adventures as CEO of Zenith and what he is aiming to do there. Listen [...]

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Here at Deployant, we strive to bring you our honest reviews of watches on a daily basis. Today, however, we will not be taking a look at any watch in particular. Instead, we offer you a glimpse into the world of bespoke, made-to-order leather watch straps and a peek into the processes involved.   Feature: [...]

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