Dylan Tan

Dylan Tan

MEMBERSHIPS EDITOR

Dylan Tan joined The Business Times in 2010. As the paper’s Membership Editor, he connects BT subscribers with the newsroom through community-building events and programs. He also covers the luxury watch beat and pens the fortnightly timepiece column Face Time.

Josh Groban has announced his first world tour in 10 years - the 2026 GEMS World Tour.

Josh Groban returns to Singapore with a career’s worth of songs

Ahead of his first world tour in a decade, the singer reflects on why live performance still matters most

From left: The Zenith Defy Revival A3643, Defy Skyline 36, Defy Skyline Skeleton, Defy Skyline Chronograph and Defy Skyline Tourbillon Skeleton
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Zenith builds a modern city of watches

High-frequency movements, black ceramic cases and sharply defined geometry become key pillars of the brand’s evolving Defy collection

Inspired by one of TAG Heuer’s historic timepieces, the Seafarer revives the Maison’s sailing legacy with a contemporary edge.
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Tag Heuer recalibrates the Carrera

Launching at LVMH Watch Week 2026 are a maritime revival, the line’s first split-seconds chronograph and more

Bryan Adams is currently touring his new album and will play Singapore on Feb 7.

Bryan Adams just rolls with the punches

Ahead of his upcoming Singapore show, the Canadian rocker talks about his new-found artisitic independence, optimism and why the music never stops

Pierre Jacques at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève 2024 ceremony where De Bethune won the Men's Complication category for the DB Kind of Grande Complication.
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De Bethune at the crossroads

The independent watchmaker is facing a pivotal transition, including industry speculation over its next leader

150 Years of Refined Elegance tells the story behind one of the Manufacture’s most cherished horological pursuits: miniaturisation.
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Small wonders, grand visions

Audemars Piguet distils 150 years of horological mastery into its most intimate forms with an exhibition of rare mini timepieces at AP...

The Manufacture des Saignoles in Le Locle focuses on innovation.
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How a small village became the heart of global luxury watchmaking

From handcrafted Grande Complications in Le Brassus to advanced movement development in Le Locle, Audemars Piguet’s 150-year story is one of place-driven...

Marc Hayek is the grandson of Swatch Group founder Nicolas Hayek.
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Blancpain CEO: ‘You don’t get many chances in life to make a watch like the Grande Double Sonnerie’

Marc A Hayek reflects on creating the most complicated watch in Blancpain’s history and on his own journey reshaping the world’s oldest...

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Blancpain Grande Double Sonnerie rewrites the rule book on chiming watches

The most complicated watch in the brand’s 290-year history is also the world’s first in turning the passing of time into a...

Antoine Pin is TAG Heuer's newest CEO.
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Tag Heuer CEO Antoine Pin steers brand into a new era

Returning to the brand where he began his career three decades ago, he reflects on what keeps human connection at the heart...