Watch News for January from 20 to 22, 2011

In September the Principality of Monaco has become a place of presentation of a new collection of Montblanc, which is dedicated to Grace Kelly. The collection Princesse Grace de Monaco includes brand’s balls and fountain pens, a precious necklace with earrings, as well as the women's watches.

In September 14 in Beijing, it is held a charity auction of fund Dragon's Heart Foundation, created by Jackie Chan to help children from poor families in China. Especially for this event, the famous watchmaker Richard Mille has created a wristwatch RM 055 JC Tourbillon.

In September 2011 the watch brand Graff pleased their fans the issue of new watch GraffStar Grand Date with diamonds. The elegant model includes the mechanical self-winding Graff Calibre 1, developed in Switzerland specifically for Graff. Along with the hour and minute indexing the mechanism provides the date function.

In September 2011 the collection of the famous Swiss watch brand Raymond Weil, along with products of other brands will be exhibited on the first floor of the store, built in the beginning of the 20th century in the style of "modern".

From August 26 to November 6, 2011, in Zurich it will be held a new exhibition Cartier Time Art of the exclusive watches by the famous Swiss brand Cartier. The exhibition provides a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the history of the company, and to discover new facets of advanced brand models. The exhibition is running at the Museum Bellerive, which is the home for collections of Applied Art.

The watch collection Agonium by Daniel Strom has replenished with new the original model of a "talking" name Draco. The new watch is made in the Gothic style, while the sides of the case are decorated by the three-dimensional figures of dragons. The Dragon's head adorns even the clasp of the watch strap made of alligator skin.

In November 9 the famous watch Geneva Hallmark celebrates its 125th anniversary. This prestigious distinction was first raised on the watch mechanism in 1886.

Movado Group, which manufactures watches under numerous brands, joins the list of hundreds of American companies that use in the business the IT - technologies and innovative approaches.

And if that does not turn the watch a masterpiece of art, thanks to some original design of the case, into the real museum? That is done with the wrist and pocket watches Dominic Wilcox in a new collection with a paradoxical title "Including London robber."

Adriano Valente and dealing with technical support of the project Frederick Richard decided to create together a new watch brand Adriano Valente.

The Italian company Ermenegildo Zegna, known for its line of men's clothing, shoes and perfume, in September 2011 introduced two new watch models Monterubello Solo Tempo and Chronograph, performed in a traditional classical style. In manufacturing of the wristwatch Monterubello Solo Tempo used 18-karat pink and white gold.

In September 2011 the famous Swiss brand Blancpain completes its collection of watches Villeret by the new model Demi-Fuseau Horaire 8 Jours with the indexing function of the half-time zone, sophisticated by the display of the 8-day power reserve. The complicated model allows you to adjust the second time zone in a 30-minute interval. The function makes it easy the usage of the second time zone while traveling to countries with different time zones.

The world-renowned Anglo-Swiss watchmaker Graham in September 2011 became the official timekeeper of the football club Al Ahli Football Club in Dubai. The Al Ahli Football Club began to prepare for the new season 2011-2012.

From September 30 to October 2, 2011 in the Principality of Monaco in a refined atmosphere of the princely hall Grimaldi Forum an exhibition WPHH (International Exhibition on High Horologie) will host.

Cuervo y Sobrinos participates at the Melges 32 World Championship in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 20 - 24 September 2011.

The Swiss watch industry association has been published the official statistics of exports for the time in August 2011. So, during the last month from Switzerland it has been exported 2.1 million watches. In correspondence to the same month in the last year, the export volumes of watches increased by 16%.