Jewelry & Watches

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Measuring a wispy 1.75mm thick, Richard Mille’s new RM UP-01 Ferrari just surpassed (by .05mm) the recently released Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra as the thinnest mechanical watch available. Richard Mille’s new RM UP-01 FerrariThe new titanium watch reaches its record-breaking dimensions with its entire movement built within its case rather than atop a baseplate/case back, the method used by Bulgari and previous record-holder Piaget. The watch’s titanium-based Caliber RM UP-01 manual-winding movement is also encased within titanium and powers displays for hours, minutes, and a function selector. The watch’s going train, baseplate, and skeletonized bridges are made with…

Club Sport Neomatik 42 Date, the sportiest family of NOMOS Glashütte watches, just got bigger and even more impressive. A watch which perfectly balances strength and proportion. And of course a precision movement built in-house. The white hands glow blue in the dark. Like its sister model in black, the watch has a diameter of 42 millimeters and is water-resistant to a depth of 1000 ft/300 meters. This makes it suited for all sports, including those in and under water. A signal-red ring around the stem of the crown alerts the wearer, before contact with the water, if the crown is not screwed…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Frederique Constant refreshes its Classics Heart Beat Moonphase Date with a new model that boasts a rich blue dial emphasizing the watch’s mostly contemporary design. The Frederique Constant Classics Heart Beat Moonphase Date, now with a rich blue dial.In this handsome update, the light blue classic moon phase display nicely balances the very modern open Heart Beat aperture exposing a portion of the movement – a long-time Frederique Constant signature. This pleasing symmetry is just one of many pleasures Frederique Constant reliably (and affordably) delivers with this refreshed design, which the Geneva-based manufacturer first debuted with…

From JustLuxe Content Partner MensGear UNDONE is one of our favorite microbrands when it comes to unique and stylish timepieces. A major contributor to their success is how their enthusiastic team keeps the lineup fresh. Regularly releasing new examples may not work for others in the industry, but it seems the formula is exactly what makes this watchmaker fun. Hence, let’s check out their latest outing – the Urban Vintage Salmon. This release sees the Hong Kong-based establishment endow their chronograph with a selection of tweaks we’ve never seen before in their catalog. Fans know that aside from their occasional…

Bob's Watches, the leading pre-owned Rolex dealer has some incredible watch stories as part of their "Honoring You" campaign. Below is one of the stories we at JustLuxe found fascinating and perfect timing as we just celebrated Memorial Day.  I was an F-100 fighter pilot in Vietnam. In May of ‘69 I got a chance to go to Hong Kong. The first stop was the China Fleet Club, the Royal Navy’s expansive (and wonderful) Base Exchange. I had done some research – asked another pilot – and he said that the ideal pilot’s watch was the Rolex GMT-Master “Pepsi bezel”…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Parmigiani Fleurier adds diamonds to a time-only Tonda Automatic to create the glitteriest model within the watchmaker’s recently updated Tonda collection. While not specifically an extension of the new, widely acclaimed Tonda PF collection, the new offerings do enhance the broader Tonda collection by debuting its first fully gem-set models. The Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda Automatic Rose Gold.Focusing on the watchmaker’s trademark barleycorn-pattern dial, each watch dial on this new model is fully set with diamonds that follow the distinctive lines of the pattern, which really sets this jeweled series apart from other glittering updates we’ve seen recently. At…

We sat down with Saul Fraiman, master jewelry designer for Grandview Klein Diamond Group to discuss all things diamonds and trends within the industry.  Fraiman’s career in the industry began 50 years ago as an apprentice for a jewelry manufacturer, followed by Saul’s introduction to the diamond industry where he supplied small “fancy shaped” stones to jewelry manufacturers and designers.  Saul later opened “Rolling Stone Diamond Co.” which became “Fraiman Associates” specializing in unique and unusual matched pairs of side stones as well as fancy color diamonds. Not long after he joined Grandview Klein Diamond Group and the rest was…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Porsche Design revisits its Chronograph 1 – 1972 Limited Edition from earlier this year with the new Chronograph 1 All Black Numbered edition, an all-black titanium version of the historic design, to be issued as an individually numbered limited edition of 1,000. Porsche Design’s new Chronograph 1—1972 All Black Numbered EditionLike the previous model, which sold out quickly in early 2022, the new 40.8mm matte black titanium edition also echoes the original 1972 model’s size and design. For both watches, Porsche Design references its Chronograph 1, long considered the first all-black watch. The company’s use of…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine With the new Aluminum Chronograph Ducati Special Edition, Bulgari combines its sporty aluminum-cased chronograph design with Ducati’s racing-infused motorbike colors and typography. The watch’s conspicuous use of materials such as titanium (case back, crown, and pushers) and rubber (bezel) also match Ducati’s high-performance image in this colorful iteration of the original Bulgari Aluminum watch first seen in 1998. Bulgari Aluminum Chronograph Ducati Special Edition.In its premiere co-design with Ducati, Bulgari’s new 40mm, 1,000-piece limited edition features three dark subdials set within a dial colored with the same deep red hue used throughout historic Bologna-based factories.…

May. 12th, 2022 Sunday, May 1, 2022, marked 200 years since Bovet's founder Edouard Bovet, a watchmaker from Fleurier, Switzerland, established the Bovet watch company in London. It is believed that the founder was an avid traveler and sold four complicated watches during his trip to China that would today cost more than $1 million each. Due to this remarkable history, the House of BOVET is inextricably linked to travel. The House's collection is complete with several double-, triple-, and world-time timepieces, all of which have been very successful with collectors worldwide over the last 20 years. To celebrate the…