Jewelry & Watches

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine It will come as no surprise to any fashionista that the retro-chic design of the Briston Clubmaster is a child of a Franco-Italian collaboration – in this case with a bit of Brit influence mixed in for good measure. The Briston Clubmaster SportCrafted in cellulose acetate supplied by the sixth-generation-owned Italian manufacturer Mazzucchelli 1849, the watch has Briston making a case for a watch case in the form of a “squircle”. What’s a squircle you say? It’s actually a portmanteau of “square” and “circle” and really best describes the softened corners and flowing lines of this…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Corum adds five ceramic-cased models to its nautically themed Admiral Automatic collection.  The Admiral, with its twelve-sided case and pennant markers, is one of Corum’s top sellers and is usually fashioned from steel, titanium, or precious metal. The new ceramic case option adds a contemporary option within the watchmaker’s Admiral offerings. One of the new ceramic-cased Admiral 42mm offerings, here with a rose gold bezel.Corum adds the ceramic option specifically to its 42mm Admiral series, the mid-sized watches set between Corum’s 38mm and 45mm Admiral offerings. Three white-cased models and two black-cased newcomers (one of…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Swiss watchmaker Cvstos has been making avant-garde mechanical watches for eighteen years at workshops in the center of Geneva, with production facilities just outside the city.  Specializing in bold, tonneau-shaped watches, Cvstos reports that it concentrates primarily on creating an “ultra-contemporary, yet sporty dimension to the most sophisticated complications.” The Cvstos Challenge Sealiner PS.Among the latest set of Cvstos debuts, the Challenge Sealiner PS certainly embodies all those descriptions. At 41mm by 54mm, the watch’s impressive sapphire case is endowed with a non-reflective coating on both sides and is affixed with specialized Cvstos polished titanium…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine When Parmigiani Fleurier debuted its first set of Tonda PF watches just a few years ago, the watchmaker called the then-new series sartorial, with a look inspired by fine clothing design. Wearing one of the earliest models to emerge from the collection, the Tonda PF Micro-Rotor Steel Slate, gave me a new appreciation of that reference and a clearer idea of why the description so aptly applies. The Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Micro-Rotor Steel Slate.On the wrist, the watch feels lighter than you might expect from a solid steel bracelet watch, especially one with a relatively weighty platinum…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Girard-Perregaux updates its Laureato Absolute collection with the Laureato Absolute 8Tech, a watch built with an unusual, lightweight 44mm carbon-titanium case.  The new Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute 8Tech.The watch, presented during Geneva Watch Days, is the newest in the collection that emphasizes high-tech materials to create contemporary models within the original Laureato line. Laureato is the watchmaker’s pioneering luxury collection that in 1975 was among the first to combine an eight-sided steel case with an integrated steel bracelet. Since Girard-Perregaux debuted its Laureato Absolute collection (in 2019) we’ve seen models built with materials such as metalized sapphire crystal, carbon glass, and…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Corum presents a concept watch made from recycled titanium that frames a flying tourbillon and an aventurine stone dial set, quite unusually, beneath the movement. The new Corum Concept Watch, a flying tourbillon set with sapphire bridges and an aventurine dial.The technical showcase, which Corum will produce in ‘extremely limited quantities,’ abounds in organic shapes with its rounded openings and gently curved case edges. Its movement appears to float amid sapphire bridges, which expose the aventurine dial below as well as all the movement’s gearing. Corum powers the watch with a finely wrought flying tourbillon movement beating at…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine To celebrate a manufacturing milestone and its own 35th anniversary, Frederique Constant during Geneva Watch Days is launching the Classic Power Reserve Big Date Manufacture, a 40mm watch powered by Caliber FC-735, the watchmaker’s thirty-first manufacturer caliber. The new Frederique Constant Classic Power Reserve Big Date Manufacture, here pictured in a steel case.To spread self-love, Frederique Constant is making the watch available in four versions, all of which feature displays indicating power reserve, date, and moon phase. One model features a rose gold case and a grey anthracite dial and will be a limited edition of…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Zenith will exhibit a selection of its vintage pilot watches at the Watches of Switzerland Hudson Yards location in New York from August 8 until September 10. The exhibit is meant to celebrate the watchmaker’s new Pilot collections, which debuted earlier this year during the Watches and Wonders watch fair in Geneva. A Zenith military pilot watch circa 1928-1930.At the Watches of Switzerland Hudson Yards store, visitors will find six Zenith Pilot heritage pieces alongside Zenith’s new Pilot collection, which includes stainless steel and ceramic three-hand automatics and flyback chronographs. A Zenith Chronographe Cairelli Type CP2 from the 1960s.Zenith will…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine TAG Heuer re-affirms its close connection to motorsports with the new Monaco Chronograph Racing Blue Limited Edition, a new edition of the famed square racing chronograph boasting a dial accented in a particularly French shade of blue. The new TAG Heuer Monaco Chronograph Racing Blue Limited Edition.The highlight color of the new Monaco chronograph model is meant to recall the early days of automotive racing when cars were distinguished by their national colors rather than the colors of a manufacturer or sponsor. TAG Heuer’s new Monaco Chronograph Racing Blue also references the hues of automotive…

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine Porsche Design celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Porsche 911 with a new anniversary edition of its original Chronograph 1, the first blackened steel Porsche Design watch from 1972. The new Porsche Design Chronograph 1 – 911 S/T.The new model, the Chronograph 1 – 911 S/T, is a flyback chronograph that features design elements and colors that specifically pay homage to the Porsche 911 S/T 2.4. Porsche Design is reserving the new watch for the owners of the newest Porsche 911 S/T.  The car is known for its lightweight design concept, which is why Porsche Design built…