Nicolas Baretzki checks his wristwatch. “It was a full moon exactly two-and-a-half days ago,” he says. Like any avid luxury watch enthusiast, the International director of Jaeger Le Coultre Swiss-made watches — famed as the founders of “La Grande Maison des Complications” — Baretzki will tell you sophisticated and innovative complications are hard to pass by. Last year witnessed a “bigger is better” trend for show-off complications but now consumers are opting for retro designs and elegant simplicity, at least in design and aesthetics. Classicism is back in a big way. Tudor this year launched an updated version of the Heritage Advisor Model — a retrospective icon for the brand — and the response has been ecstatic, according to Zeina Annan, brand manager for the model’s local agent, AS Chronora. “When Tudor came out with the ‘Advisor’, it combined the brand’s vintage spirit with retro chic elegance. It was perfect,”
