In the early morning hours on Monday, Audemars Piguet brand ambassador Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open against Rafael Nadal in the longest Grand Slam singles final ever.

During an epic match that lasted five sets and nearly six hours, Djokovic overcame a break in the last set to win his fifth Grand Slam tournament and third in a row. Both players pushed themselves to the very limits of human exhaustion in front of 15,000 spectators in the stands and millions of TV viewers.

With this victory Djokovic has consolidated his position as the number one tennis player in the world. All eyes will now turn to Roland Garros where, as the title-holder of Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open, Djokovic could become the first tennis player to win four Grand Slams on four different surfaces in a row. 

Audemars Piguet congratulates Novak Djokovic on this great victory and wishes him good luck for the rest of the 2012 season.

Jaeger-LeCoultre is launching another Reverso edition to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the brand’s most iconic model. And there’s no better date than Valentine’s Day to add new timepieces to the Lady Ultra Thin collection.

Through its generous dimensions, this new watch intended as a tribute to its famous predecessor in 1931 displays proportions that have been subtly redesigned in the feminine mode, while remaining a Reverso that is recognizable at first glance. 

In 2012, Jaeger-LeCoultre offers the ladies' Reverso in a two-tone version combining pink gold and steel and a totally new bracelet created in partnership with Valextra. Valextra is an internationally renowned luxury Maison, it's very name synonymous with a timeless style, challenging trends, exquisite craftsmanship and employing artisanal techniques of supreme quality and innovative design always adhering to functionality, fashioned in an exceptionally vast unique colour palette: the very incarnation of tasteful fashion. 

Wearing the Grande Reverso Lady Ultra Thin expresses a certain vision of luxury, of glamour and appreciation for high-end watchmaking. It also conveys a taste for an independent attitude and for self-affirmation. 

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We have announced the opening of Breguet’s fourth US Boutique at the end of last year. And on  Thursday, January 26th, Breguet and U.S Brand President Michael Nelson hosted the brand’s Grand Opening celebration at Bal Harbour Shops.

The Grand Opening celebration was followed by an intimate dinner at the newly opened St. Regis Bal Harbour. Mr. Stephane Aubert, master engraver for the Breguet Manufacture, was on hand to demonstrate the fine art of engraving, which has become a hallmark of the Breguet brand.

On display at the boutique for an exclusive preview were four historic pocket watches from the 18th and 19th centuries, previously on loan to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. All four watches were sold and used in the 1800s, however, three of them were designed in the late 1700s. They are all from the Breguet Museum in Paris, which houses more than 100 timepieces and items related to the history of the House of Breguet.

Attendees of the evening included Ambassador Hélio Vitor Ramos Filho, shoe designer, Lisa Pliner; philanthropist, Lea Black; fashion designer, Lei Marco; socialite Malinka Max; Bal Harbour Shops managing partner, Randy Whitman and wife as well as owner of Lifestyle Magazine, Gabriel Erem.

One of the most impressive revelations at the past SIHH 2012 came from the watchmaker masters at Vacheron Constantin who presented a new limited edition to the Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Les Univers Infinis collection. 

The Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Les Univers Infinis really tries to make the universe infinite with a masterful craftsmanship of only 20 pieces with an incredible design inspired by the work of Dutch artist M.C. Escher, who was in turn inspired by Moorish art. The repeated graphic patterns gives this timepiece a sense or order, symmetry and geometry by using the “tessellation” technique. 

There are three different models, all limited edition of the Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Les Univers Infinis. The Dove watch features hand-guilloché work in its final phase of craftsmanship and one bird in this ethereal scene has been diamond-set with 38 brilliant-cut stones. The Fish watch features cloisonné enamelling, achieved by first marking each outline using fine gold wire before the enamelling process. The Shell watch features champlevé engraving – each field is hollowed out individually before the enamelling work is added.

Each piece of the Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Les Univers Infinis houses the Vacheron Constantin manufacture Calibre 2460SC with 40 hours of power reserve inside a 40mm case made of 18K gold. 

A remarkable new revelation from Jaeger-LeCoultre at the SIHH 2012 has been the Jaeger-LeCoultre Duomètre à Sphérotourbillon equipped with an unprecedented multi-axis tourbillon.

An authentic revolution in the field of Grande Complication models, the Duomètre à Sphérotourbillon, stemming from almost 180 years of history and invention unique to Jaeger-LeCoultre, the Sphérotourbillon has a second axis inclined at 20° and thereby freeing it from the effects of gravity in all positions. 

The revolutionary `Dual-Wing` concept featured in Calibre 382 once again paves the way for an original function and makes this exceptional model the first tourbillon watch that is precisely adjustable thanks to the small seconds flyback system. 

Technical details: 

Reference: 6052520

Movement: hand-winding movement with Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 382, 55 jewels

Functions: Hour, minutes, seconds, flyback seconds, date, second time-zone, tourbillion, twin power reserve

Case: 18K Pink Gold

Dial: silvered dial with appliqued numerals with feuille

Strap/bracelet: Alligator Leather with 20mm pin buckle

Water resistance: 50 meters or 165 feet