TAG Heuer has announced a rejuvenated Link Series. You may remember the original model, presented almost a quarter of a century ago under the strangely Japanese-style name of S/el (Sport and Elegance). The Link was and is a splendid watch mainly because of the fantastic steel bracelet with links (yes, that's why it is called Link) consisting of two S-shaped pieces.

The watch I’ve been sporting over the Christmas break is, by a distance, the most elegant, beguiling model currently produced by Baume & Mercier. A retro-styled flyback chronograph with a dial that balances arcane detailing with crisp readability, it’s brought some much-needed credibility back to the Richemont-owned brand.

Baume & Mercier has a pretty illustrious past – its origins date all the way back to the 1830s, and it produced many beautiful watches over the decades. In the mid-20^th century it was particularly known for its swish chronographs, but in more recent years its collection seemed tired and out of step.

With the 39-mm ref. 15300 Royal Oak soon to be a thing of the past due to the intro of the 41-mm ref. 15400 Royal Oak introduced at this year's SIHH watch show I thought it would be only fair to show just how well the 39-mm Royal Oak fits the wrist.

It happened last year, on September 8, but it hit the headlines recently. Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele (49), co-president of Chopard (the other co-president is her brother Karl‑Friedrich), was in Hong Kong for the opening of a new Chopard store. During a visit to the ladies’ room of the Four Seasons Hotel’s Harbour View ballroom she took off her ring to wash her hands. Seven minutes later she realized that she had left the ring in the ladies’ room and she raced back only to discover that the ring was gone.