Backes & Strauss is the world’s oldest diamond company and was established way back in 1789. The luxury brand has just introduced their latest watch – Piccadilly Princess Royal Emerald Green.

In a partnership with Gemfields, Backes & Strauss has delivered a beautiful timepiece that is as stunning as it is technologically advanced.

Gemfields is known for their expertise as a key supplier of colored gemstones. In collaboration with Backes & Strauss, who brings well over two hundred years in the diamond industry, a luxurious piece of art and timekeeping has been developed – the Piccadilly Princess Royal Emerald Green watch.

The bespoke Piccadilly Princess Royal Emerald Green model becomes the third watch that’s part of a bespoke, five watch collection. The prior two watch releases were the Piccadilly Princess Royal Colours in 2014 and Piccadilly Princess Royal Blue introduced earlier this year. in 2015. The gorgeous Piccadilly Princess Royal watch series commemorates the important, 225th anniversary milestone of Backes & Strauss.

Backes & Strauss has revolutionized the diamond industry since the late 1700’s with new diamond cutting techniques and incredible designs of its luxury jewelry.

The Piccadilly Princess Royal Emerald Green watch consists of 245 Zambian emeralds that includes 10 different cuts. The total weight of the precious green emeralds is 31.91 carats. The stunning gems were professionally chosen and cut by the experts at Backes & Strauss.

Vartkess Knadjian is the CEO of Backes & Strauss and is proud to have partnered with Gemfields. When asked about the gem company and what they bring to the partnership from their Kagem Mines in Zambia, he stated, “A shared dedication to environmental and human rights responsibility along with commitment to high-quality cut and polished stones are what have encouraged us to continue a partnership and create another masterpiece with Gemfields.”

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Named “the most complicated watch ever made”, luxury watch brand Vacheron Constantin introduced the new “Reference 57260” pocket watch. This unique watch displays the Hebrew digits not just for the day and month, but also the decade and even the century.

The new Vacheron Constantin Reference 57260 pocket watch features 57 unique complications. The watch case measures 98 mm (3.86 inches) wide and 50.55 mm (1.99 inches) thick. The case is made from solid 18k white gold. Vacheron Constantin reports that three watchmakers spend more than eight years designing and bringing this beautiful, luxury timepiece to reality.

The Reference 57260 watch consists of greater than 2,800 components. To develop a watch with so many components must have been incredibly difficult.

In addition to telling basic time, the new luxury pocket watch from Swiss manufacturer Vacheron Constantin also displays when a leap year occurs on the 19-year lunar cycle. Plus the watch also notifies the owner when the Jewish Yom Kippur holiday occurs each year.

Although the new luxury watch does look quite complicated, it does have an elegant look to it. The watch features three different calendar systems: the Hebrew calendar, Gregorian calendar, in addition to an astronomical calendar. The watch also has a balance wheel with spherical hairspring and variable inertia.

For those interested in buying the new Vacheron Constantin Reference 57260 pocket watch, we have some bad news. It is not for sale, but was solely developed for a private watch collector. Bloomberg has estimated the watch to have a value of an astonishing $5 million or more!

The Reference 57260 utilizes Roman numerals to display local time. To display a second time zone, the new pocket watch uses small gold hands. We mentioned the astronomical calendar above. It displays the different phases and age of the moon. In addition, you will be able to tell the various seasons during the year.

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Luxury watch brand GRIEB & BENZINGER has developed and utilized the color blue in their blue platinum watch coating. They just announced the introduction of their new luxury watch line – Blue Chips.

The new Blue Chips fine watch collection from GRIEB & BENZINGER, who is widely known as masters of skeletonization, is a thing of elegance and beauty.

The new Blue Chip models include the following watch options:
* Blue Tulip – available in 18K rose gold
* Blue Tulip Diamond – available in 18K white gold set with 77 brilliant-cut diamonds (total weight of 2.55 ct)
* Blue Polaris – available in solid platinum or 18K rose gold
* Blue Polaris Midnight Imperial – available in 18K white gold with a black Princess-cut diamond-set bezel.

Below is a summary description of each of the four Blue Chips luxury watches from GRIEB & BENZINGER.

Blue Tulip Skeleton Watch (rose gold)
This watch model’s movement has been skeletonized, guilloché, and engraved fully by hand. It comes in a floral pattern and coated with blue platinum. Features a solid 18K red gold case, 43 mm in diameter, hand-guilloché bezel, blue alligator skin strap with an 18K gold buckle.

Blue Tulip Diamond Skeleton Watch (white gold)
This watch model’s movement has also been skeletonized, guilloché, and engraved fully by hand. It too comes in floral pattern and coated with blue platinum. Features a solid 18K white gold case, 43 mm in diameter, bezel and lugs set with 77 of the finest brilliant-cut diamonds (2.55 ct), blue alligator- skin strap with an 18K white gold buckle.

Blue Polaris (platinum or rose gold)
This watch model comes with a two-part dial, hand-guilloché base dial, manually wound movement, skeletonized, guilloché and is engraved by hand. The watch includes a solid PT950 platinum or 18K rose gold case, 43 mm in diameter, hand-guilloché bezel, dark blue alligator skin strap with a PT950 platinum or 18K rose gold buckle.

Blue Polaris Midnight Imperial (white gold)
This watch model is available with a two-part dial, hand-guilloché base dial, manually wound movement, skeletonized, guilloché and is also engraved by hand. It features a solid 18K white gold case, 43 mm in diameter, bezel set with 66 fine black Princess-cut diamonds. Black alligator-skin strap with blue stitching and an 18K white gold buckle.

I personally love the The Blue Polaris watch model. GRIEB & BENZINGER has designed an impressive looking luxury watch that features a well-made, guilloché blue base dial. The dial complements with the different shades of blue as light hits the guilloché pattern.

The fully hand-guilloché and manual wound movement that displays the definite off-center hour and minute indication can be seen beneath the watch’s skeletonized dial.

High-end luxury watches are not cheap, so it should not come as a surprise the new “Blue Chips” luxury watch collection from GRIEB & BENZINGER isn’t either. This Blue Chip watch collection consists of rare timepieces. Prices begin at around €40,500 for the Blue Tulip in rose gold watch model. The Blue Polaris Midnight Imperial model price can go up to about €85,000.

For luxury watch lovers, the GRIEB & BENZINGER “Blue Chips” watch collection deserves some serious consideration. If you are looking for a luxury watch, allow The Life of Luxury to help you procure a great watch at a great price. Come back often and follow this luxury blog to keep up on the latest product news in hte luxury watch industry.

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Luxury watch brand Jaquet Droz has announced a beautiful new watch – Grande Heure Minute Quantième. It’s a tribute to the wonderful magic of imagination, creation and innovation.

The stunning watch features three central hands that are blued steel or rhodium-plated Lancine-shaped. The seconds hand is red tipped and there are rhodium-treated indexes. The Grande Heure Minute Quantième watch is housed in a stainless steel case that’s actually thinner than the Jaquet Droz – Grande Seconde Quantième watch.

The new watch includes a silicon spiral movement, sunray crown and box crystal. The new design of the date aperture located at the six o’clock position, includes sharp angles and beveled edges that are seamlessly embedded in the watch dial. The date color will change to red on the 31st of those 7 months of the year.

The JD1150P silicon spiral movement of the Grande Heure Minute Quantième watch, was first introduced by Jaquet Droz in 2014. The watch movement has a polished aesthetic and its openworked rotor can be viewed via the exhibition case-back.

The Grande Heure Minute Quantième is quite stylish and should be very popular with luxury watch connoisseurs. The fine, contemporary watch is now available in either 39 mm and 43 mm options. Choose between a silvered opaline or blue Côtes de Genève watch dial.

A black alligator leather strap is included in the silver watch version and a navy blue strap comes with the blue Côtes de Genève striped watch model.

For additional information about the new Grande Heure Minute Quantième watch from Jaquet Droz, please click www.jaquet-droz.com/

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The philosophy of luxury watch manufacturer Nico Gerard is “Uncompromised Luxury Watches – Uncompromised Technology – Uncompromised Engineering – Uncompromised Luxury”.

Nico Gerard is owned by the father-son duo of Andreas and Adam Pluemer. The two men started on a journey to develop a mechanical-electrical hybrid timepiece – the luxury Pinnacle watch.

If you desire the best precision and watch design traditions of Swiss watch-making and also want to wear the stylish new Apple Watch, then Nico Gerard Pinnacle watch is your answer.

The Apple Watch is discretely attractive but not over the top luxurious. We may want to occasionally dress up a bit but not have to put your watch away for the night. The new Pinnacle watch is actual a hybrid between an Apple Watch and a luxury watch. Nico Gerard has brilliantly pulled it off.

The new the Pinnacle watch line ranges in price from $9,300 up to $112,000. You not only get an Apple Watch but also a luxury watch on the other side of the band.

During an interview with NBC news, Adam Pluemer, president of California-based Nico Gerard – Adam Pluemer was quoted, “Wearing a smartwatch on the inside of your wrist provides a wide range of benefits, especially when it comes to privacy. He continued, “If you’re at a conference table and you have your hands on the table, you don’t want someone reading your text messages.”

Of course, the Pinnacle watch will be made in limited edition quantities, and placing your order will require a $200 reservation fee. The watch is only available online at https://www.nicogerard.com/

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The Parisian company Chanel will be releasing their new Boy.Friend watch this coming September 2015. The emotions of Paris, passion, romance, shopping, and luxury make for a beautifully, shaped timepiece that only a Parisian company could dream up.

Chanel is a French high fashion brand that specializes in haute couture, luxury goods and fashion accessories. Designer Coco Chanel wanted to cater to women’s elegance in dress and jewelry for 19th century fashion. Coco Chanel was credited with liberating women from the standards of fashion at the time and creating casual chic garments.

Her creative design was realized in jewelry, handbags, and fragrance. Coco Chanel’s signature scent, Chancel No.5, has become iconic around the world. The Chanel brand products have been personified by fashion models, Hollywood actresses and other celebrities.

The concept for this masculine timepiece was created with the idea about a woman who decides to ‘borrow’ for herself, after a night with her boyfriend.

The inspiration is modeled by Chanel’s eminent No.5 perfume bottle cap. The shape design for the No.5 perfume originated from the aerial view of the Place Vendome in Paris.

The octagon elongated frame that is decorated with diamonds ads an elegant touch. You have the option to choose between 18k beige gold or 18k white gold. The Boy.Friend watch is available with or without decorated diamonds.

The stylish watch’s semi-matte black alligator strap has a gold pin buckle matching the watchcase, a material that is associated with elegance. The Boy.Friend watch is available in two sizes: L that is 34.6mm x 26.7mm, or XL 37mm x 28.6mm. The luxury watch is also waterproof. Currently the Boy.Friend watch is priced between $12,500 – $27,000 USD.

The Boy.Friend watch is chic, and sure to go with every style piece of clothing. It exudes grace, and sophistication. No matter where you choose to be, wearing this accessory will have you feel a part of the Paris elegance while expressing your personal style. The Boy.Friend watch ultimately is the best accessory.

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Located in Geneva, Switzerland, luxury brand Frederique Constant is a family owned watch manufacturer and well known for their high quality and differentiation and precision in both luxury watch design and manufacturing.

Frederique Constant has just released its Vintage Rally Healey Chronograph Automatic watch. The watch becomes part of the popular Vintage Rally Collection. Long associated with several categories of motorsports, particularly vintage car rallies, the luxury watch brand has been a serious partner with the Austin Healey car brand. Frederique Constant and Austin Healey share common traits such as engineering, innovation and artistic impression.

The Vintage Rally Healey chronograph automatic watch was brilliantly designed and the luxury timepiece is combined with a strong motorsports heritage to deliver a timeless contemporary watch design in addition to a sporty elegance.

The watch’s green dial delivers a strong sporting character and is enclosed in a three-part rose gold plated polished stainless steel case that measures 42 mm. The convex sapphire crystal protects the watch’s mechanics. Watch enthusiasts can see the movement through the transparent case back.

The plated hands are rose gold and finished with superluminovas o they are visible in the dark. The Vintage Rally Healey Chronograph Automatic watch is water-resistant up to 50 metres and features the signature Healey logo.

The fine watch comes with a stylish, brown leather strap with large holes, that convey both elegance and sport. In addition, the new Frederique Constant watch comes in a silver polished stainless steel case with a black leather strap.

This watch has a limited production of only 2,888 numbered pieces. Each watch is enclosed in a gorgeous gift box plus a stunning Healey NOJ393 car miniature model.

Driven by the join passion for vintage cars, the partnership between Austin Healey and Frederique Constant has delivered a stylish but sporty watch that any watch connoisseur would be proud to own and wear.

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Founded in 1883 in Geneva, Switzerland, Alpina is a family-owned fine watchmaking manufacture, known for its red triangle signature. Alpina announced the Seastrong Diver 300 Chronograph Big Date diving watch.

Alpina diving watches have long been popular, starting back in the 1960’s. Back then the popular Seastrong “10” diving watch allowed divers to go down to depths of 200m or 660ft. The new Seastrong Diver 300 Chronograph Big Date watch is a top, readable professional diving chronograph range. The watch is water-resistant, down to 300m or 1000ft.

The Seastrong Diver 300 Chronograph Big Date by Alpna has unique, colored unidirectional turning diving bezels. In addition the diving watch’s oversized minute hand is perfect for optimum, diving time readability.

The Extreme Diver 300 watch was carefully designed to include all of the necessary features allowing watch owners to obtain the important information they require. The goal is to provide valuable info when a diver needs it and help them enjoy a safe dive.

The new Alpina watch features an aluminum, unidirectional, turning bezel that turns in only a anti-clockwise direction. Therefore the number of elapsed minutes can only be increased and never accidentally decreased.

The Alpina Seastrong Diver 300 Chronograph Big Date watch utilizes the AL-372 Swiss High Precision Quartz Chronograph movement. This movement is incredibly precise and reliable to 1/10th of second. The watch features a Swiss quartz chronograph movement with 30 and 10 hour chronograph counters. In addition, the watch comes with a standard battery life of 48 months, plus both add and split functions and a big date display.

On the bezel are 60 minutes markers which are luminous,. The dial indexes are also luminous which makes a great contrast versus the watch dial’s matte black finish. The hands of the Alpina diving watch are luminous as well, This allows maximum readability even in very low visibility conditions. The watch also comes with an over-sized minute hand so you can safely read the important diving time.

The Seastrong Diver 300 Chronograph Big Date is perfect for divers and the new watch from Alpina comes in four different models and each with a different color of bezel – grey, bordeaux, orange and navy blue.

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During Baselworld 2015, luxury watch brand Jaquet Droz introduced the stunning Petite Heure Minute Relief Carps watch. This beautiful fine watch pays homage to the koi carp, which is a symbol of both love and long life.

The watch case is made from 18-carat white gold and set with 272 gorgeous diamonds (totaling 1.05 carats). The case is 13.77 mm in height and 41 mm in width. The luxury watch comes a limited serial number that’s been engraved on the case-back. This Limited Edition timepiece consists of only 28 pieces of each model.

Jaquet Droz took one of its popular pieces, known for its off-centered hours-and-minutes dial, and utilized Asian iconography to create a magnificent looking watch. The watch dial is positioned over a peaceful, blue pond. The effect was accomplished by layering translucent blue enamel. In Asia, carp are often seen in ornamental ponds.

The watch dial of the Petite Heure Minute Relief Carps watch displays two lily pads floating on the water’s surface. The display also includes blooming lotus and hand-engraved gold reed stems that rise out of the pond’s water. Offered for the first time, Jaquet Droz features an enameled balance weight that’s been beautifully decorated with a carp hand-engraved in bas-relief.

The Petite Heure Minute Relief Carps watch is available in two different styles. First is the white gold case model with a bezel and horns that have been set with stunning cut diamonds and the white mother-of-pearl hours-and-minutes sub-dial that is encircled in white gold. Second is the red gold case model that comes with a black onyx hours-and-minutes sub-dial and red gold outlining ring.

Both watch options from Jaquet Droz come with either a rolled-edge hand-made gray or stylish, black alligator leather strap.

Each Petite Heure Minute Relief Carps watch include the highly accurate Jaquet Droz 2653, self-winding mechanical movement that features a double barrel. The watch has 68 hours of power reserve. In addition, this amazing Jaquet Droz Petite Heure Minute Relief Carps watch is water resistant to 30 meters.

For watch collectors or those desiring the beauty of a luxury watch, the Petite Heure Minute Relief Carps from Jaquet Droz is ideal. Contact us if you are in the market for a luxury watch and we can assist in the buying process. Return often to follow our luxury blog and keep abreast of watch industry news and product announcements.

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First introduced in 2013, the stunning Charming Bird became the very first singing bird automata wristwatch that was ever manufactured by Swiss watchmaker Jaquet Droz. Only 28 pieces of the original Charming Bird watch were ever produced.

The first Charming Bird watch was made in white gold. Jaquet Droz was now made this beautiful luxury watch available in beautiful pink gold. This fine watch honors Pierre Jaquet-Droz, who is respected for his art of manufacturing the singing automata.

The songbird definitely celebrates the Jaquet Droz brand by improving upon the techniques of the automaton and the miniature.

The Charming Bird watch is clearly a ground-breaking timepiece. The watch conveys a modern, yet a more simplistic aesthetic. The miniature singing bird located near the bottom of the watch dial, is enclosed in a 47 mm-diameter case that offers contemporary look. The Charming Bird features a dome-shaped sapphire crystal that was designed to cleverly enhance how light rays passes through it.

The technology utilized in the Charming Bird by Jaquet Droz includes a technologically advanced miniaturization process. Tiny pistons pump the air, then store it to produce the soothing bird sound. The actual bird chirping sound heard is dependent on several variables including both the speed of the piston as well as actual shape of the bellows opening.

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Although we’re still over a week away from the new Apple Watch officially becoming available for shipment, pre-sales activity has been incredible. Looking at the Apple website, current watch models show four and eight week long wait windows.

The new Apple Watch line is a new push for the hi-tech giant, makers of the wildly popular iPhone and iPad products. The Apple Watch came close to selling out after about 30 minutes when when first going on sale. Consumers who did but must now wait until May or June to received their order.

The standard Apple Watch price begins at $549 for the 38mm-wide version. The 42mm-wide model goes for $599. Depending on the desired watchband type, the 38mm version can increase up to $1,049. The 42mm model can increase up to $1,099. Your choice of watchband includes either a fluoroelastomer band or pick from three different leather bands.

For those with expensive tastes, the new watch from Apple even comes in a luxury version. The Apple Watch Edition has a lofty price of $10,000. If you want more bling for your buck, consider the the 18-karat gold Edition version (photo above), which is the most expensive offering. Price tag is a whopping $17,000. The Apple Watch Edition 38mm comes in a gorgeous 18-karat yellow gold case and features a sleek, bright red buckle. According to a recent Washington Post article, this 18-karat gold Edition watch actually sold out in China.

The news is quite impressive and a relief for Apple and its investors. Some felt making a move into the watch market was a big risk, especially moving into the luxury segment and going up against the dominant Swiss watch brand. It looks like Apple has another hit and many will say, they never had any doubts.

In a client note, Gene Munster who is a Piper Jaffray analyst reported, “Based on our observations and media reports, launch day supply was largely sold out within the first 10 to 30 minutes, depending on model.” Munster expects that Apple to sell around 2.3 million watches in the April-June quarter and the tech giant to ramp production between mid-May and June.

Initially feedback that space gray aluminum Apple Watch Sport model had the most interest amongst buyers.

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