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Bremont ambassador Kristin Harila beats Nims Purja’s climbing world record

Business News: Audemars Piguet Names Ilaria Resta CEO

Ending months of speculation, Audemars Piguet (AP) has finally filled the role of chief executive officer after outgoing boss Francois-Henry Bennahmias revealed his intention to depart last year. The Le Brassus watchmaker famous for the Royal Oak just announced that the top job will go to Ilaria Resta, formerly the president at a privately-held fragrances giant headquartered in Geneva. According to the announcement, Ms Resta joins AP in August this year and officially assumes the chief executive role on January 1, 2024. Mr Bennahmias will remain to assist with the transition until the end of 2023. A thirty-year veteran of the brand, the flamboyant Mr Bennahmias quadrupled AP’s annual revenue during his tenure, with its sales last year hitting the CHF2 billion mark. His successor’s résumé, however, suggests the board might be looking for someone who understands branding on a global and mass-market scale. With a long and accomplished career in fast-moving consumer goods, Ms Resta’s background is unusual for the leader of a major luxury watch brand. She was most recently President of Global Perfumery & Beauty President at Firmenich, a Swiss firm that is one of the world’s largest fragrances companies and, like AP, family controlled. For over two decades until 2020, Ms Resta held a range of roles at Procter & Gamble, covering sectors ranging from laundry to hair care. “Her proven record of delivering results through a clear strategic thinking based on deep consumer...

Photo Report: The Sights And Scenes (And Speedmasters) From Omega's Latest Launch

After the release of Spirate and Super Racing, we turned our cameras to the horological scenery.

Omega’s New Speedmaster - Super Accurate Super Racing

Introducing the Oris Divers Sixty-Five Fratello Limited Edition

Longines HydroConquest Buyer's Guide

The Longines HydroConquest features a boldly contemporary design and a sturdy, water-resistant construction that have made it one of the most popular dive watches in its sport-luxury price segment. Since its debut in 2007, the Longines HydroConquest has expanded into a versatile collection with an array of sizes, colorways, and materials to appeal to a wide audience of dive watch enthusiasts. Here are seven things to know if you're looking at adding a Longines HydroConquest watch to your collection. The Longines HydroConquest has its roots in Longines’ very first named collection from 1954. Longines, which derives its name from “les longines,” aka “the long meadows” that surround the Swiss village of Saint-Imier where it was founded, has been making timepieces since 1832. It wasn’t until 1954, however, that Longines began engaging in the modern marketing practice of introducing product families with distinctive names. “Conquest” was the first such name to be registered, on April 3, 1954, with the Swiss Register of Intellectual Property. The original Longines Conquest (reproduced above) was designed as one of the first generation of “modern” wristwatches, i.e., equipped with a highly accurate automatic movement and a water-resistant case that also protected the movement from magnetism and shocks.  Despite its utilitarian elements, the original Conquest was undeniably a dress watch, with a very modest 35mm case; a clean, minimalist dial; applied diamond...

Introducing: Louis Vuitton's Tambour Collection Turns 20 And Celebrates With A New, Limited Edition Chronograph (Live Pics & Pricing)

Drum roll, please.

Recommended Reading: SJX Takes A Closer Look A Citizen's New High-End Calibre 0200

The beating heart of a $6,000 Citizen.

Explained: Breguet’s special complication to express eternal love in the new Reine de Naples Cœur

Breguet celebrates the ladies watch with a special complication, a hand in the shape of an ever changing heart. We explain the Reine de Naples Cœur.

Introducing: The Oris Big Crown Pointer Date x Fratello Limited Edition

A collaboration most crimson.

Introducing: The Ressence Type 1 Slim X, An 'Hourglass For The Wrist'

Ressence celebrates a decade of decidedly unconventional horology.

Introducing: The Grand Seiko 'Soko' U.S. Special Editions

A start-of-summer new release that celebrates the first frosts of autumn.

Introducing Vacheron Constantin’s New Les Cabinotiers Singing Birds

The famed watchmaker celebrates its 265th anniversary with a set of watches dedicated to the classic craft of enameling.

Introducing: The Omega Constellation Gent's Collection, Now With Updated Designs

Classic designs, in-house movements, integrated bracelets, and a sharp new look.

Montblanc’s High Artistry Pen Celebration Of The Taj Mahal

Nancy Olson was looking forward to seeing what Montblanc had in store for its newest High Artistry collection and found that the 2019 Celebration of the Taj Mahal is lavish and artistic as the three bejeweled one-of-a-kind pieces highlighted here demonstrate.

New: NOMOS Tangente neomatic 39 Red Dot Limited Editions

Four new special edition NOMOS Tangente neomatic 39 with special dials to celebrate 200 years of Singapore and The Hour Glass 40th Anniversary.

New Release: IWC’s first Ceratanium watch case

IWC celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Aquatimer with the debut of Ceratanium in the Aquatimer Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition.

A Premier League: TAG Heuer x Manchester United

TAG Heuer collaborates with the biggest football club in the world, producing two cool sports watches that give Manchester United fans a lot to smile about.

BEAT THIS! The Trieste Deep Sea

Ken Kessler, ever cognisant of the need to fit decent watches on wrists without access to deep pockets, finds the bargain of 2017: The Trieste Deep Sea.

Timing is Crucial: Seiko’s First Boutique in UK

Seiko Celebrates 32 Years of Partnership with the IAAF and Opens its First Boutique in the United Kingdom.

Introducing Patek Philippe’s 9 New York 2017 Special Edition Timepieces

Patek Philippe unveils nine limited edition timepieces to commemorate The Art of Watches Grand Exhibition New York 2017.

Hublot’s Concrete Watch Celebrates Street Art

Partnering with street artist Tristan Eaton, Hublot debuts the Classic Fusion Aerofusion Concrete Jungle.

REVOLUTION EXCLUSIVE - Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Hybris Mechanica 11 (Analysis + Images + Specs + Price)

Despite just having celebrated their 180th anniversary and debuted the stunning 10th timepiece in the Hybris Mechanica collection - the Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 Jubilee - in 2013, Jaeger-LeCoultre are certainly not resting on their laurels, taking a well-deserved break. The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon, the 11th piece in the […]

SJX Podcast: Best of 2025 - Complications

Episode 22 of the SJX Podcast looks back at the complicated watches that emerged in 2025, a banner year that saw major brands deliver ambitious and record-setting complications. Several anniversaries, including Vacheron Constantin’s 270th and Audemars Piguet’s 150th, resulted in inspired releases. Big brands delivered big hits, from Lange’s black enamel minute repeater perpetual calendar to Blancpain’s Grande Double Sonnerie, which feature a four-note melody composed by Kiss drummer Eric Singer. For its part, Chopard finally gave its sapphire gongs the platform they always deserved with the Grand Strike, the brand’s first-ever grande sonnerie. And while Audemars Piguet’s big anniversary was headlined by the RD#5, the brand’s crown-operated perpetual calendar was another important addition to the field of complications this year. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Youtube.  

Longines’ Ultra-Chron Classic is a Double-Certified, High-Beat Chronometer

Longines continues to mine its archive to good effect with the Ultra-Chron Classic, a faithful reissue of the brand’s pioneering high-frequency wristwatch first launched in 1967. The Ultra-Chron Classic is more than just a remake of a vintage watch. While it has a clean, period-correct vintage aesthetic, the mechanics are entirely modern, namely a high-beat, 5 Hz automatic movement that is both COSC chronometer and TIMELAB certified. Initial thoughts Longines does well at bringing back beloved designs from the past, but built to modern standards. The Ultra-Chron Classic is the latest in a long line of historical reissues that began nearly two decades ago with the bestselling Legend Diver. The Ultra-Chron Classic is impressively faithful to the original in style, but because of that, not especially exciting in terms of design, retaining the all-business look that was common among high-performance gentlemen’s wristwatches of the era; the same criticism could be leveled at the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic E168 or IWC Ingenieur ref. 666. In other words, the dial, hands, and indices are mostly true to the source material, but this pared-back look may have a harder time standing out in today’s market than it once did. Dressy? Classic? Or plain? Looks aside, the Ultra-Chron Classic is modern Longines at its best: a solid build, a brand-exclusive movement, proper sizing, and sensible pricing. The movement in particular stands out for being notable high-spec with its 36,000 bea...