Bangkok Watch Week Wraps Up Its Second Edition
The second edition of Bangkok Watch Week concluded at Siam Paragon, featuring over 41 participating brands and a series of brand symposiums. The event offered attendees opportunities to see rare watches, explore brand novelties, and engage in discussions with industry leaders on topics ranging from horology's cultural impact to brand building and the pursuit of the ideal wristwatch.
Blancpain presented a special pop-up showcasing 15 Neo-Vintage Villeret watches, tracing the collection's history from the 1980s and including a 1989 split-second chronograph with caliber 1186, noted as the world's thinnest automatic split seconds movement at
Vacheron Constantin displayed archival pieces, including a world-time pocket watch by Louis Cottier, which utilized his world-time mechanism.
Symposiums featured discussions with figures like Aurélie Streit (Fondation Haute Horlogerie), Wei Koh (Revolution), Morgan Maillard (Vacheron Constantin), Nicolas Rudaz (Franck Muller), Georges Kern (House of Brands), and Benjamin Arabov (Jacob & Co.).
Grand Seiko's session explored the pursuit of the ideal everyday watch, highlighting its high-beat mechanical movements and Spring Drive UFA technology rated to ±20 seconds per year.
Tudor's presentation focused on its centenary, delving into the stories of individuals who relied on its watches, from the British North Greenland Expedition to Navy frogmen, and highlighted the brand's ties to Thailand and Asian motorsport.