Jewelry & Watches

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Watch and jewelry retailer Wempe celebrates the 35th anniversary of its U.S. President Ruediger “Rudy” Albers with a special exhibition of watches from Wempe’s museum collection in Hamburg.  On exhibit during October at Wempe in New York, the celebratory selection includes vintage Wempe timepieces, watches from the 1980s, and co-branded limited editions. Wempe collaborations with Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin and Chopard.Albers started his tenure with the German-based retailer in 1987 as a master watchmaker at the Wempe store in Hamburg and transferred to its New York location a year later. Ruediger ‘Rudy’ Albers, President of Wempe…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Ulysse Nardin adds three new models to its Marine Torpilleur collection, a series of nautically themed watches designed to echo nineteenth-century marine chronometers. Ulysse Nardin has a long history of making Marine Chronometers for ships.The new models retain the collection’s fluted bezel, long hands, and Roman numeral hour markers, but each also highlights one particular aspect of Ulysse Nardin’s artistic or technical expertise.  The new Ulysse Nardin Marine Torpilleur Dual Time.The Marine Torpilleur Dual Time The first model of the new trio adds Ulysse Nardin’s innovative dual-time display to the Marine Torpilleur collection. Fit with in-house…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Alpinarelaunches it's Extreme Regulator, first seen in 2005, with a new dial and a smaller cushion-shaped case. The new model, which debuts this week at Geneva Watch Days, is called the Alpiner Extreme Regulator and is now set in a more widely appealing 41mm steel case, considerably smaller than the 48mm case of the initial model and the 45mm size of more recent examples. The Regulator was considered a flagship model when Alpina launched it as the Avalanche Extreme Regulator seventeen years ago. But even with a new size, the latest model evokes a similar assertive,…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Frederique Constant unveils a new look for its Classics Heart Beat Manufacture collection, revealing a new dial, new indexes, and a retro 39mm case. The Frederique Constant Classics Heart Beat Manufacture in a 39mm steel case. The new design is also offered with a pink gold case.Perhaps the most notable change in the new design, which debuts this week during Geneva Watch Days,  is how the Geneva-based watchmaker is exposing the watch’s escapement or ‘Heart Beat.’ Rather than the ‘comma-shaped’ aperture at the 12 o’clock position that characterized the dial of the Heart Beat collection since…

APM celebrating the 40th Anniversary with Collection Yummy. Written In Partnership With Dmitri Sharov It is pretty common for a girl to steal and wear her boyfriend’s clothes, so what prevents men from doing the same? Many people in the fashion industry have been asking lately whether there should remain a divide between men’s and women’s fashion as the genderless and unisex trend has been gaining traction. The trend is particularly pronounced among the younger generations, especially Gen Z, who are rewriting established gender norms. Genderless fashion gives them the freedom to wear whatever they want. As for brands, by creating genderless products they…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Ulysse Nardin adorns its 39mm Lady Diver and 45mm black DLC titanium Blast Tourbillon X with purple, green, blue, or pink gemstones to create a rainbow effect that echoes the iridescent rainbow colors of silicon. The new Ulysse Nardin Blast Rainbow Tourbillon X.The newly sparkling bezels and dials, which debuted during Geneva Watch Days, are meant to celebrate Ulysse Nardin’s pioneering use of silicon components.  You may recall that in 2001 the Le Locle-based watchmaker was the first to debut a watch (the Freak) with silicon escapement components, jump-starting a technical revolution in the use…

Bob's WatchesIt’s been a while since Bob’s Watches has launched a new auction, but the wait is over! Bob’s Watches is currently hosting an auction which includes a collection of four unique “tropical dial” Rolex sports watches from the ‘60s and ‘70s.  The auction began yesterday and runs through Sept. 14. Winning bids will be announced on the website after Sept. 14. The watches to hit the e-auction block will be: Rolex ref. 1016 Explorer from 1966 The upcoming lot features a Rolex ref. 1016 Explorer from 1966. Originally black, the glossy dial aged to a rich brown, earning the…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine MB&F is now widening the reach of its LM Split Escapement EVO, which debuted originally last year as a limited edition for the UAE’s 50th anniversary. MB&F’s new Legacy Machine Split Escapement EVO.Launched during Geneva Watch Days, the new Legacy Machine Split Escapement EVO version offers two modifications to existing models. One is the dial color, now a cool, icy light blue with grey subdials. The second change is that MB&F has rotated the entire mechanism clockwise by 30 degrees, creating a new sense of asymmetry in the LM Split Escapement dial. The watch’s new EVO…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Oris continues to expand its industry-leading Change for the Better campaign for humanitarian and environmental causes as it launches two limited-edition pilot watches powered by its much-heralded Calibre 401. The 40mm Oris Wings of Hope Limited Edition (of 1,000) in stainless steel.The new Oris Wings of Hope Limited Edition watches are based on the independent Swiss watchmaker’s Big Crown pilot’s watch. Sales of the watches will benefit Wings of Hope, a U.S.-based aeronautical humanitarian organization founded sixty years ago. Wings of Hope president and CEO Bret Heinrich.Twice nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, Wings of Hope flies medical…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine TAG Heuer heats up its Carrera collection with the new TAG Heuer Carrera Red Dial Limited Edition, a crimson-red-dialed Carrera that echoes the watchmaker’s long-standing role as a watch of choice among professional race car drivers. The new TAG Heuer Carrera Red Dial Limited Edition.Seen infrequently within the full TAG Heuer collection today (with the exception of a few Formula 1 model and this stunning bronze-cased Autavia watch), red has long been a favorite accent color for the watchmaker. A red tachymeter scale dominated many Carrera models in the 1960s. Similarly, we’ve also seen bright red hands…