CROWN

CROWN 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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EDITOR’S NOTE

VISION • Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that’s twice as big as it needs to be.

VIRTUAL HOROLOGY • Jaeger-LeCoultre offers tours to its inner sanctum with a series of online workshops

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN • Urwerk marks the end of the 105 collection with the UR-105 TTH

GAME ON • Hamilton takes to the gaming arena with an unprecedented collaboration

METAL MISSION • Casio’s G-Shock gets a titanium-clad makeover

CHOPARD MOBILE GEMSTONES

IDENTITY • Where’s your will to be weird?

THINKING DEEP • TAG Heuer’s Aquaracer has paved the way for many watch collecting journeys – and the new-generation models are now primed to go a step further

AGE OF ZOOM-ORLOGY • The digitally enabled Watches and Wonders 2021 was impeccably run. Whether it felt as thrilling and vital as an actual physical watch fair is up for debate

A. LANGE & SÖHNE • New perpetual calendar complication takes centre stage

CARTIER • The Tank powers on

CHOPARD • A Manufacture comes of age

HERMÈS • Surprise commercial hit from the French luxury lifestyle maison

HUBLOT • Full-on horological pyrotechnics

JAEGER-LECOULTRE • The sky’s the limit for the Reverso

PANERAI • A push for sustainability

VACHERON CONSTANTIN • Classics with nifty twists

ZENITH • Chronographs for all

TIP TOCK • The best watches in each category from Watches and Wonders 2021

TECHNICAL TITANS • Mechanical marvels span the classic to the outlandish

BOARDROOM BALLERS • Top office-appropriate dress watches for men

SPORTING SENSASTIONS • Strapping, stylish statements for casual flexing

NEW FRONTIERS • Upgrades spanning the subtle to the significant mark the return of Rolex’s OG adventurer’s watches

COMMANDING A TANK • With a plethora of styles, colours, and an admirable lobbying for environmental awareness included for good measure, steering your sartorial direction with Cartier’s latest Tank Must collection is an absolute joy

TEAM GREEN • Watch CEOs give their take on why sustainability matters in the business

THE PERFECT DATE • Yes, it exists, but one’d have to work for it, says Tino Bobe, A. Lange & Söhne’s head of manufacturing

THE HOUSE THAT SCHEUFELE BUILT • In 25 years, Chopard’s co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele took his “start-up” dream of building a movement production facility from a niche project to a vital pillar of the brand’s fortunes

HARD TO SAY GOODBYE • The stainless steel Patek Philippe Nautilus gets an even more heart-wrenching sendoff than initially anticipated

THE NEW WAVE • Breguet’s slick and uppity seafaring-inspired Marine collection docks this year with new precious metal iterations

REBEL ROUSER • Bigger, bolder and always built for speed, the Zenith Defy Extreme supercharges the El Primero repertoire

OCEAN ACTION • Blancpain Joins The Good Fight For World Oceans Day

GOING FOR GOLD • Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight 18K smashes a glass ceiling for the popular mid-luxury dive collection

THRILL SEEKER • Luminox’s new Bear Grylls Survival Air is a robust new GMT watch bearing the famed adventurer’s stamp of approval

LOOKING FOR SIGNS • Cult retailer Red Army Watches’ new in-house microbrand, KEF Elements, aims for the stars

CRAFT •...