Rob Corder

TAG Heuer's Formula 1 watches have always been a relatively inexpensive gateway into the luxury world of Swiss watches. The Kith Heuer puts this strategy on steroids.

For those that have not visited the southern German city of Dresden, it conjures up memories of life behind the iron curtain before the collapse of the Soviet Union or, perhaps worse, the incendiary carpet bombing that raised it to the ground during World War II.

Among the usual Patek Philippe complications and rare F.P. Journes, one of the more remarkable results at a recent Christie's auction in Dubai was for a bronze field watch made by LANG 1943, which smashed its pre-sale estimate of $2,000 to $4,000 to hammer at $10,800.

London Craft Week will showcase artistic creations across the city from May 14 to 18, with Kensington's Cromwell Place presenting 20 objects created during the Homo Faber Fellowship programme

There has been a lot of buzz recently about how British microbrands are expanding overseas, particularly in the United States where momentum behind these design-led indies is strongest.

That shared heritage has brought them together this year for a set of collaborative watches that highlight the ruggedness and military roots of the two companies.

Omega has released the first graphics of its home from home at this summer's Olympics Games in Paris, which will be a space for schmoozing retailers and press and a sanctuary for celebrities, athletes and other VIPs.

British indie Marloe Watch Company is taking pre-orders now for a new Daytimer collection that the company says is the purest expression of its design philosophy to date.

Watches of Switzerland calls its three central London flagships a golden triangle comprising showrooms on Regent Street, Oxford Street and Brompton Road, but a new destination further east is emerging at the historic Covent Garden piazza.

Breguet is building on its partnership with Frieze at the London leg of the modern art fair last year with another appearance at the New York event.