Highlights of of the Horological Events of the Fortnight ending June 28, 2015
JLC Launch of the SG50 Reverso – June 23
Jaeger LeCoultre launched the new watch to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Singapore with a magnificent new Grande Reverso which is limited to 50 pieces. Guests gathered to witness the unveiling by Regional Managing Director, Alexis de Laporte. We covered the watch in an announcement article here, with live photographs of the watch.
Launch of the JLC SG50 Grande Reverso.
Maîtres du Temps Press Lunch and Collectors Dinners in Singapore and Jakarta June 24 and 25
The independent watchmaker Maîtres du Temps held a Press Lunch in Singapore, attended by 7 reknowned journalists to showcase the entire collection for the first time in Singapore since the first collection was unveiled in Geneva in 2007. CEO and Founder, Steven Holtzman was at hand to introduce the brand and explain the collection, which is now distilled to 3 lines viz the Chapter 1, 2 and 3.
Following the Press Lunch, a private Deployant X Maîtres du Temps collector’s dinner was held to show the collection to major collectors. The event was well attended and there was very good discussion on the pieces being shown.
Maîtres du Temps events in Singapore
This was followed by a private collector’s dinner in Jakarta which was attended by The Peak Jakarta.
Maîtres du Temps private dinner in Jakarta
Vacheron Constantin Children’s Watchmaking Workshops June 27
A brilliant initiative: Watchmaking workshops for children from the ages of 5-12 was held at the VC Boutique in Ion. Some 60 children and their parents attended the event, which comprised of 3 watchmaking stations. The children get to design their own VC watch, work at the VC Watchmaker Bench looking at real watch movements in high magnification and even working on the movements under the guidance of the VC In-house Watchmaker. And the children also got to assemble a plastic clock to help them understand the concepts of the workings of a mechanical timepiece. Excellent initiative.
Vacheron Constantin Children’s Watchmaking Workshops
