The latest issue of Tempus Magazine features an exclusive guide to the Platinum Jubilee - marking the Queen's milestone celebration of 70 years on the throne. With the best places to stay and visit for a royal celebration, this is the ultimate luxury guide for Londoners and visitors alike.
Elsewhere, our horology special begins with an interview with actor Patrick Dempsey, who is launching the TAG Heuer Carrera x Porsche with an ice driving experience in Finland, before turning to the best novelties of 2022 at Watches & Wonders. We visit Initium in Geneva for a watchmaking course that takes us inside the dial, and chat to Piaget CEO Benjamin Comar about the fine art of high jewellery watches.
Read my Editor's Letter below:
"When Tempus launched 10 years ago, it was with the ambition to share the most exciting moments in haute horology with its readership of watch connoisseurs and collectors.
Much has changed in that time: not only has Tempus expanded to embrace the wider world of luxury and the responsible, positive movements therein but the watch industry, too, has evolved beyond imagination to offer bolder, more diverse timepieces while keeping pace with digitalisation. Yet, we’re still proud to celebrate our editorial roots and bring you stories from the cutting edge of watchmaking as the industry undergoes a remarkable shake up.
Take, for example, this year’s Watches & Wonders. This year’s hybrid – or “phygital” (one of my favourite words of 2021) – trade fair combined high tech virtual showcases and galleries with a spectacular in-person event at Geneva’s Palexpo exhibition centre. With nearly 22,000 visitors to the physical show alone, it was the largest watchmaking summit ever held in the Swiss city, with 38 watch brands launching new novelties – see our favourite releases on page 36.
Created by the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, Watches & Wonders was first launched in 2020 to replace the previous SIHH (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie). The idea was to hold the traditional expo side of the fair alongside public exhibitions, showcases and open houses throughout Geneva itself, but the Covid-19 pandemic necessitated the launch year become a fully digital salon: the first of its kind. For an event created to shake up the staid traditions of SIHH and go head-to-head with the ailing Baselworld, this forced jump to the virtual may have been a blessing in disguise, situating Watches & Wonders as a new way of looking at watch shows – and reflecting the changing demands of customers worldwide.
Exploring the world of watches more fully, Tempus visited Geneva-based watchmaking school Initium to piece together our own novelty during a day’s course (42), while I spoke to Piaget’s new CEO Benjamin Comar about the extraordinary craftsmanship of jewellery watches – and his quest to create the thinnest watch on the market (60). Elsewhere, actor Patrick Dempsey combines his passion for watches and racing as he takes to the ice track with Porsche and TAG Heuer (14).
We also delve into tech transformations (54), explore the magic of Marrakech (64) and celebrate the extraordinary milestone of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (48)."
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