
Last year, Hublot announced its partnership with Chelsea Football Club from the English Premier League. Along with that announcement, they also unveiled the Hublot Classic Fusion Chronograph Chelsea FC watch, which was the first watch made in collaboration with Chelsea and also the official watch of the club. Now, a year later, Hublot and Chelsea have teamed up again for [...]
HourTime Show Watch Podcast Episode 148: Return Of The Turkeys

Live from Switzerland, the show returns to discuss Johns new mistress named Eleven James (she makes house calls) and what is brewing over at TAG Heuer with their new manufacture and what is up with their new Calibre 1969 movement And why the year 1969? We tell you. We talk selling watches. We also discuss Panerai, and where weve been all your livesListen to [...]
Longines Heritage Military Watch Hands-On

One of my favorite sleepers of Baselworld this year was a Longines reissue inspired by a 1940s pilots watch supplied to the Royal Air Force. While the vintage piece was a hot commodity, this modern take brings a faux-vintage charm and availability. The new-for-2018 Longines Heritage Military Watch has earned a bit of a re [...]
Watch What-If: Bell & Ross BR01 Heritage

Watch What-If is a special column on aBlogtoRead.com that asks the playful question what if an iconic watch you know and love was offered in a different style? The idea embraces a good timepieces core design and has fun by offering new colors and material concepts to stimulate your senses. These ideas may be provocative, artistic [...]
Casio Pro Trek WSD-F21 HR Watch Review

If youre in the market for a tough, durable, outdoor watch and ask a watch enthusiast what to buy, 10-to-1 odds say the answer is a Casio G-Shock. Not a bad suggestion, by any means, but its not the only worthy contender within Casios line. Casios Pro Trek line is often overshadowed by itsuber-popular older sibling, but the Pro Trek line was designed specifically f [...]
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Novelties For SIHH 2016

Held in Geneva between the 18th and 22nd of January, 2016, major luxury watch industry exhibition?SIHH 2016 is just around the corner, and?we have hence been seeing some rather cool pre-SIHH releases already. The latest to tease us with some (more or less) new-for-2016 pieces is Jaeger-LeCoultre, this time around, specifically with their iconic Reverso collections late [...]
Montblanc 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter Limited Edition 100 Watch

For those who still think of Montblanc as a pen company with no business in the world of haute horology, the brands tier of products made at their Minerva facility should change your mind and the Montblanc 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter Limited Edition 100 is a good example. Cased in bronze and with an unusual salmon colored dial, this is a vin [...]
Bulgari Diagono Magnesium Chronograph Watches Hands-On

If you like modern chronograph sport watches, it might be in your best interest to take a good look at the new-for-2016 versions of the Bulgari Diagono Chronograph collection. In the past, Bulgari hasnt been shy about producing a vast range of Diagono timepieces, as the Diagono collection continue [...]
Swatch Group To Increase Prices In The UK By 5 Percent

International Swiss watchmaking conglomerate Swatch Group has confirmed that prices for at least six of its brands will increase by 5% in the UK according to a recent WatchPro news report. The price adjustment is due to take place starting March 1st, 2017, and follows the pounds recent 15% los [...]
Breguet Marine equation Marchante 5887 Watch Hands-On

To my eyes, the Breguet Marine equation Marchante 5887 is a rather unusual watch from the brand. Though Breguet is often at the cutting edge of watchmaking technology, their watches still retain a very classic and elegant look-case in point: the Breguet Classique Chronometrie Ref. 7727. Unless you knew what you were looking at, you would have never guessed t [...]
Parmigiani Tondagraph GT Collection Grows With New Panda Dial Watches

Just released by Parmigiani are the Tondagraph GT Steel Silver Black and Tondagraph GT Rose Gold Silver Black - two new Panda dial variants of last years Tondagraph GT sports watch collection. I went hands-on with both the basic Tonda GT and Tondagraph GT, the former of which will give you a much clearer picture of the steel variant debuted here.Last years debut run of the [...]
IWC Ingenieur Chronograph Sport Edition '50th Anniversary Of Mercedes-AMG' Watch

IWC has launched the?limited-edition IWC Ingenieur Chronograph Sport Edition 50th Anniversary Of Mercedes-AMG watch to commemorate, as the name suggests, the golden anniversary of AMG, the performance motoring arm of Mercedes-Benz. The watch will be available in a limited run of 250 pieces?and is available at only a small prem [...]
Omega Seamaster Ploprof 1200M Co-Axial Master Chronometer 2016 Watch Review

First produced in 1970 and later relaunched in 2009, the Omega Seamaster Ploprof 1200M Co-Axial Master Chronometer-as it is today called-is one of the worlds most unique and, yes, iconic dive watches. It quite remains the Quasimodo character today, even among professional dive watch [...]
Glashutte Original Senator Cosmopolite Watch Review For The Serious Business World Traveler

There is no shortage of consumer products that at least say they were designed for a specific type of buyer. In the camera world-and probably some others-even a range of users called prosumers exists. However, once you find that you are a demanding consumer in at least one particular niche of products, y [...]
A. Lange & Sohne Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase 'Lumen' Watch

Having the opportunity to analyse new watches of this calibre is really quite something. A. Lange Sohne have a long and rich history of watchmaking excellence that has been compounded over the past decade. With the SIHH 2016 release of the A. Lange Sohne Grand Lange Moon Phase Lumen watch, the Glashutte-based manufacture has combined the show-stopp [...]
Oris Debuts Big Crown X Cervo Volante Watch

As a champion of global conservation and wildlife protection efforts, Oris has spent the last several years supporting environmental causes, ranging from preserving the coral reefs of the Florida Keys to cleaning the Hangang River in South Korea. For its first major release of 2022, the independent Swiss brand has taken on a cause closer to home, partnering with susta [...]
Montblanc 1858 Automatic 24H Watch Is Surprisingly Slick Single-Hander

As far as I know, this Automatic 24H (24 hour) watch is the first single-hand timepiece produced by Montblanc and it does a good job of looking like a retro-wrist instrument that never was. The entire Montblanc 1858 sub-family of watches is actually rather new (even though it borrows a mid-20th century version of the Montblanc logo) and is meant to be inspired by [...]
Hublot Announces Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Rainbow Watches

Much of modern luxury watch design exists in the realm of safe decision-making. By and large, many timepieces are designed to offer as broad an appeal as possible, avoiding any possibility of offending enthusiast sensibilities. Hublot has never subscribed to this approach, instead has sttod by a loudly defiant visual spirit that prizes spectacle above all [...]
Hands-On: Hublot Big Bang Integral 42mm Watch With New Integrated Bracelet

Fifteen years after the introduction of the Big Bang, Hublot just introduced the Big Bang Integral, which adds an integrated bracelet model to the collection. The Integral debuts in three variations: Titanium, as seen in this article; King Gold; and an all-black ceramic. Though the Big Bang so far hasnt exclusively come on a strap [...]
Omega Unveils Seamaster Aqua Terra Tokyo 2020 Watches In Gold

As the world heads deeper into mid-July 2021, the pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are finally slated to begin on July 23rd. While this historic delay has kept fans across the globe from experiencing the athletic spectacle of the Olympic Games, official partner Omega has taken the past year to expand its range of Tokyo 2020-inspired designs. As th [...]


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