CROWN Malaysia is an informative and relatable magazine for the modern watch lover. Discover the latest trends and insights from the watchmaking world, get up to speed on the technical and design innovations, and be engaged with CEOs and creative directors from the top brands that matter.
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VISION • To look at a thing is very different from seeing a thing.
SWATCH RESHUFFLE • Familiar faces, new positions
DEEP DIVE • Omega embarks on another historic mission—this time to the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench
NEW HOME • Chopard starts afresh with a chic new look
CARLOS ROSILLO • The CEO and co-founder of Bell & Ross shares his thought process behind the creation of the BR 05
EDOUARD MEYLAN • The CEO of H. Moser & Cie on its collaboration with MB&F
GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL • RELIEF ENGRAVING
IDENTITY • One man’s style must not be the rule of another’s
DREAM TEAM • Corum’s stable of timepieces just got even better with these new additions
ALL IN THE FAMILY • If you ever begrudged brands for making many different versions of the same watch, here’s what they have to say
ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN • From multi-hued expressions to naked dials for women, here are five horological styles that will be dominating our wrists in 2020
BRIGHT SPARKS • Rolex’s 2020 releases bring the heat – and some neat surprises
LISTENING COMPREHENSION • The chimes of Patek Philippe’s latest minute repeater are best seen to be fully appreciated
REGAL DIVER • Blancpain’s new Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe is made for the boardroom
NEW ORDER • Cartier’s beloved Pasha returns after a six-year hiatus
FIVE QUESTIONS WITH PIERRE RAINERO
HUE’S THE BOSS • Meet Bulgari’s horological equivalent of the quintessential black suit
TOUGH ART • The new Project Z14 is indestructibly brilliant like a Harry Winston diamond
CENTRE OF ATTRACTION • A modern tourbillon milestone by Omega
RAISING THE STAKES • Hermès takes on two traditional high complications with flying results
CALL TO ACTION • Meaningful collaborations result in commemorative Oris timepieces with a difference
GOOD TO GLOW • When telling the time in the dark might be a matter of life and death
HOROLOGICAL CHAMELEON • Maurice Lacroix’s Pontos marks two decades of constant reinvention
THAT SUMMER FEELING • Blast away those lockdown blues with SevenFriday
COMMANDING VIEW • Mido’s Commander Gradient pulls out all the aesthetic stops
CRAFT • Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men
AQUATIC SHIMMER • Breguet brings its gem-setting A-game to the Marine’s wonderfully iridescent high-jewellery collection
FRIEND IN HIGH PLACES • The new Breitling Navitimer 35 leverages its predecessor’s illustrious legacy while rocking feminine flair
A SIZEABLE ASSET • No mechanical movement epitomises miniaturisation in watchmaking more beautifully than Jaeger-LeCoultre’s celebrated Calibre 101
SOUL • What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.
FERDINAND BERTHOUD • Made by purists, for purists
ULTRA-THIN MOVEMENTS • It’s a svelte world after all
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