On my second day of appointments at the 2013 Baselworld watch fair, I discovered a number of intriguing new timepieces, including a slew of “affordable luxury” pieces from Maurice Lacroix, Chopard’s second-most-complicated watch ever, and Carl F. Bucherer’s first tourbillon. Maurice Lacroix, now majority-owned, we learned at the show,  by Asian conglomerate DKSH,  obviously has [...]

 

This 45mm chronograph is equipped with Maurice Lacroix’s manufacture movement, caliber ML 106-7. The hand-wound 16.5 ligne (36.6mm) movement is developed, manufactured and assembled in-house. Offering classic column wheel design, 1/5 second accuracy and a 60 minute counter, the movement also featured a unique, patent-pending system that reduces the effects of impacts during the interlocking [...]

 

Maurice Lacroix’s most talked-about model in recent years has been the one that embodies the concept of “hip to be square”: the Roue Carrée (literally, “squared wheel”) from its flagship Masterpiece collection, which features a square-shaped gear wheel mounted on the dial. This year, in addition to the original version in a stainless steel case, [...]

 

Another luxury wristwatch/luxury car co-branding deal to announce today… Maurice Lacroix has joined Fisker Automotive, makers of premium electric sports cars, for what the press release refers to as “word-wide brand-building activities.” As part of the deal, the car company’s founder, Henrik Fisker — who designed sports cars for BMW and Aston Martin before founding [...]

 

In our September-October issue, on sale September 11, we present our latest portfolio of photos proving that some watches look just as good from the back as from the front. Click here to download the photos — by WatchTime’s Nik Schölzel and OK-Photography — as wallpaper for your desktop. For more wallpaper images, click here. [...]