L’Of ciel News 62
LUXURY HOME
Jewel Changi Airport has been making news of late and Franck Muller is among
those who have set up shop there. An upscale airport retail gem, the new “House
of Franck Muller” is the Master of Complications’ third boutique in the island state.
The 75-sqm store, located strategically next to the mall gateway’s 40 m-high Rain
Vortex, is set apart by its luxury watch ‘home shopping’ experience that’s truly
one of a kind. Being retailed alongside the watchmaker’s pillar lines is a boutique
exclusive—a diamond-studded Vanguard Lady in tangerine orange, exemplifying the
creative mastery of the independent watch marque.Making Waves
Rado unveils a pioneering model—
focusing on shape, colour, material
and design in a modernly proportioned
42 mm—that draws on all the amazing
elements of a 1962 original, together
with the watchmaker’s assemblage of
signatures. Significantly, the Captain
Cook collection offers these details:
sword and arrow hands, curved dial,
wedge-shaped and luminescent
indexes; before riffing on six decades
of milestone moments on an refreshed
icon. Case in point: it features the
original concave turning bezel
revamped in a glossy-black high-tech
ceramic inlay first used by a 1986
Integral model; matching combinations
of dials and bezels in green, blue
and brown—colours first seen on
the 2016 True collection; sapphire
crystal that debuted with the 1962
Diastar 1; the famed moving anchor
symbol with a new ’60s-inspired ruby
background; and topped by an all-
powerful C07 movement with 80-hour
power reserve. The verdict is a Rado
timepiece with plenty to shout about,
that's for sure.Paint It Black
The latest array of sports-inspired time instruments pushes the design boundaries of
modern watchmaking with a sleek and dynamic aesthetic.“TimeWalker Automatic
Chronograph 41 mm” in
satin-finished stainless
steel case with fixed black
ceramic bezel, tachymeter
scale and perforated black
rubber strap, MONTBLANC“HydroConquest” in
matte black ceramic case
with black rubber strap,
LONGINES“BR 03-92 Bi-Compass
Limited Edition” in matte
black ceramic case with
black rubber and synthetic
fabric strap, BELL & ROSS“Multifort Chronometer1” in
satin-finished, black PVD-
treated stainless steel case
with black rubber strap with
fabric insert strap, MIDO“Chrono XL 3x3 Street
Basketball Special Edition”
in antique PVD-finish
stainless steel case with
interchangeable black
leather and graffiti-style
strap, TISSOT