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Dubai , UAE – April 30, 2009: 

Every tradition begins with an innovation. And occasionally, innovations become milestones in history foreshadowing a sense of magnificence for years to come. One of these events occurred eighty years ago in 1924. It was the year in which timeless classics like the Wagenfeld lamp and the “Montblanc 149” fountain pen first saw the light of day.

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MiddleEastEvents.com -80 Years Young – The Montblanc Meisterstuck 149

By Alix Kirsta
Last Updated: 10:57AM BST 24 Apr 2009

An audacious museum heist, in which a timepiece made for Marie Antoinette was among a haul worth hundreds of millions of pounds, left police clutching at thin air. It was only when the watch turned up 25 years later that the pieces of the jigsaw began to fall into place.

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Marie Antoinette : the queen, her watch and the master burglar – Telegraph

Posted Apr 10th 2009 12:02PM by Ariel Adams

I hope that the new women’s version of the Patek Philippe Nautilus watch is a sign of future updates for the men’s version. No I don’t mean the diamonds, but rather the bolder looking face. A few years ago the Rolex Submariner got the "Maxidial" treatment that increased the size of the hands and hour indicators making it easier to read and more pronounced. It looks like Patek Philippe might be taking this same direction with the Nautilus watches (if this Ladies Nautilus is any evidence).

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Ariel Adams publishes the watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

2009 Patek Philippe Lady Nautilus Watch

Posted Apr 21st 2009 11:01AM by Jared Paul Stern

Montblanc, makers of fine pens with the famed "snow cap" motif (above), will auction off a series of celebrity portraits to benefit UNICEF in September. On Friday, May 8, they’re hosting a benefit at Sotheby’s in New York to announce the World Exhibition Tour of the photo project honoring the involvement of 12 great actresses and their efforts to "support UNICEF’s fight against inadequate education and illiteracy".

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[via JustLuxe]

Montblanc to Auction Celeb Portraits for Charity

GARAVELLI Design Italy, one of Italy’s more prominent fine jewellery 
producers, just launched their first eco-conscious  collection. In an effort to empower consumers, by introducing a fine jewellery option that goes beyond the surface, GARAVELLI presented to the public their GLOBO Collection, crafted in ethically mined 18kt gold at the last Basel Fair in Switzerland.

As the spokesperson for GARAVELLI, her family’s business soon approaching its 100th anniversary, Elisabetta Molina shares her views on the future.

"We are all well-aware that mining activities in several countries 
have been accused of causing extensive harm to humans and to the  environment. As a mother of two little girls, I just cannot help but 
try to make a positive difference and ensure a better future for all 
of us. With this latest effort, GARAVELLI will open a very important 
chapter in the preservation of the environment, one that I hope other jewellery designers will want to 
consider".

For additional information please visit www.garavellialdo.it

Posted Mar 26th 2009 12:02PM by Ariel Adams
Filed under: Timepieces

This is probably the first regulator watch from Piaget that I have seen, and it is the Emperador Coussin Regulator. For those who don’t know, a "regulator" is a watch that uses the main dial for the minutes, and a smaller dial for the hours. Piaget even took the traditional regulator watch theme a step further and added a 30 second retrograde seconds counter. The counter located at the top of the face will count 30 seconds and then the indicator hand will snap back to zero position and start over. The retrograde seconds counter isn’t about functionality, but is merely a fun complication to observe. To do this, Piaget uses its in-house made Calibre 835P hand-wound mechanical movement that is just 3.92mm thick (very thin). Power reserve is 65 hours.

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Ariel Adams publishes the watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

Piaget Emperador Coussin Regulator Watch

At Baselworld 2009, the “Joallier de l’Acier”1 re-focuses on the core elements which made it successful: simply numbered watches, whose timeless allure and fine workmanship recognizably belong to BEDAT & C°.

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Baselworld ‘09: Bedat & Co. N°3 Collection, Back to Basics Joaillier Créateur Tendance-Magazine

Ebel, football’s premier luxury watch brand, has taken another significant step in its commitment to the world’s number one sport with the launch of the 1911 Tekton Ajax Limited Edition 150 pieces. Following the spectacular success of the Arsenal FC and FC Bayern Munich limited edition chronographs, with this new timepiece, the Architects of Time have consolidated their relationship with the famous Dutch club AFC Ajax, the architects of Total Football.

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Baselworld ‘09: Ebel presents The 1911 Tekton Ajax Joaillier Créateur Tendance-Magazine

In 2001, Harry Winston launched The Opus Series — a creative new initiative designed to reconstruct and redesign time. By partnering with the industry’s most revered independent watch makers, each Opus reflects an unprecedented journey of collaboration and innovation, resulting in a groundbreaking timepiece that neither partner could have imagined alone.

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Baselworld ‘09: Harry Winston Opus 9 Joaillier Créateur Tendance-Magazine

Debra Messing, Will and Grace actress, teamed up with popular Italian designer house Bulgari for their Save The Children campaign and Bvlgari’s 125th anniversary.

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Debra Messing for Bulgari charity campaign at The Insider