de Grisogono New Retro Skeleton Tourbillon

de Grisogono New Retro Skeleton Tourbillon

Fawaz Gruosi of de Grisogono launched the New Retro collection two years ago. These rectangular, 1950s style watches were inspired by the shape of his cigar case, and feature a watchcase consisting of two curving sapphire crystals united by a gold caseband. New Retro had a degree of resemblance to another period design, the East…

De Grisogono Eccentrica S01 full-set

De Grisogono Eccentrica S01

There are some brand owners that have a very hands-on approach, and Fawaz Gruosi is definitely one of them – others include Pascal Raffy of Bovet and of course Jean-Claude Biver. According to Fawaz of de Grisogono, “Creative design is about constantly reinventing oneself while remaining true to one’s identity. Preciously safeguarding the attributes of…

de Grisogono New Retro

The 1950s style of this piece is generated by the rectangular format – which, according to de Grisogono founder and designer Fawaz Gruosi, was inspired by a cigarette case – and the style of the numerals. It’s a brilliant touch just having the central six numerals visible on the rectangular dial, as if the 11,…

de Grisogono Instrumento No. Uno Tourbillon

I particularly liked the presentation of this watch by de Grisogono at Baselworld. I think it was Michel Nieto (Head of Commercial and Watches at de Grisogono) talking, and he said, ”Fawaz Gruosi said that he wanted to launch the company in the men’s segment. So he said, ‘I want to start with something extremely…

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Company profile: Fawaz Gruosi was born on 8 August 1952, son to an Italian mother and a Lebanese father. He spent his childhood in Florence with his Italian mother. He began his working life in a Florence jewellery boutique, went on to become a store director for the same brand in London, and later became…

An annual calendar by de Grisogono

It seems to be the year of the annual calendars. De Grisogono have released information about their new Instrumento N° Uno Annual Calendar, which has all the quirky asymmetry of the Instrumento models, with two extra digital windows, one for date at 12 o’clock, and one for month at 7 o’clock. There is a small…

10 green watches hanging on the wall

Green is the colour of jade and amethyst and so it often appears on jewellery watches. But there are a few men’s watches made in this colour, and they immediately become very distinctive items purely because probably about 90% of all watches sold are predominantly silvery. So let’s take a look at these ten green…

Time for a laugh: top ten skull watches for Halloween

‘Skeleton watches’ seem perfect for Halloween, and so here is a small selection of watches on the skull theme. The motif has been around for a long time, more in art than in watches. Damien Hirst’s diamond-encrusted skull ‘For the Love of God’ is probably the best-known work on this theme, in platinum with 8,501…

The watches in Expendables 3

The 16 stars in the Expendables 3 cast notch up a total of 850 years’ age. Stallone, Banderas, Statham, Gibson, Ford and the others must have enjoyed making this film with its touches of comedy and irony amidst the tons of flying lead, and they also got the chance to wear a special edition of…