This is the first time somebody has ventured into the avant-garde and fascinating world of Franc Vila... Franc Vila is a contemporary watch brand established in Geneva. It was founded and financed less than 10 years ago, by the energetic and visionary Spanish watch collector and aficionado Mr. Franc Vila.  read more

JZ&F continues its strong market positioning of providing the best luxury watches to a truly global audience, at the lowest prices in the world. For further this goal, JZ&F has worked with Microsoft Bing Language Localization API, to make JZandF.com available for viewing in the following 14 languages.  read more

While numerous cities solemnly commemorated this important day, and the film industry re-introduced the 1997 blockbuster (now in 3D), a boutique Swiss high-end watch brand Romain Jerome paid tribute to this history-shaking event in its own way - by creating an highly exclusive line called the "Titanic DNA". The original concept was introduced in 2005, but the best models were introduced just one year ago. Issued in a limited edition of 2012 pieces (2012 being the year of the 100th anniversary of the Titanic) for the standard time only model, 500 pieces for the automatic chronograph, and 500 for the solid all 18K rose gold model, the signature feature of these timepieces is an oxidised bezel made of an extraordinary amalgamation of original steel from the hull of the Titanic along with modern shipbuilding steel plate from the Harland &Wolff shipyards where the most luxurious ocean liner was builtalmost a century ago.  read more

"Taste of Washington" is an annual weekend event in Seattle, featuring the wines from Washington state. Over 200 wineries are in attendance, along with several key sponsors that celebrate the finer things in life. JZ&F is proud to be a partner of the prestigious Sotheby's International and Sotheby's International Realty, and to occupy the center booth of the venue.  read more

As the Academy Awards ceremony was happening in Los Angeles, Seattle had its own simultaneous Oscar party. It was held in Hotel 1000, with the proceeds benefiting Reelgirls - a charity organization that empowers young girls to direct their films.  read more

It is with utmost excitement that I report to you the event in 2012 in Seattle. It is a particularly exciting for me because it is our lovely Emerald City's first Perpetual event.  read more

RM 056 Felipe Massa Tourbillon Split Second Competition Chronograph Sapphire - Case constructed entirely with sapphire crystal - first time anyone has ever done this. Super cool, however, the few lucky owners needed to be reminded that the sapphire case also tends to be super delicate to wear - unlike metal, once the sapphire crystal gets chipped, there's no way to polish it...  read more

Amazing set of machines valued at over $500,000 each. The only other small brands that I can think of in terms of exquisite mechanical execution of artistic awesomeness, are Christophe Claret, and some of the high end Guy Ellia pieces (which are also represented here on JZ&F)  read more

This year Piaget continues its effort for pushing the boundary of thinness to the extreme - the result is the Altiplano Automatic Skeleton, which holds the record for being the world's thinnest self-winding skeleton watch (at a mere 5.34mm) with a world's thinnest automatic skeleton movement (2.4mm)  read more

This year Parmigiani introduced the Tonda 1950 - paying tribute to the year that Mr. Michel Parmigiani was born.  read more