The indication of the phase of the moon is among the most aesthetic, poetic, and practically useless complications that modern horology has to offer. While its everyday necessity undoubtedly is questionable, its splash of blue, its constellatio [...]

Independent brand Oris is no stranger to paying tribute to historic figures with its limited editions, with special releases over the past few years honoring everyone from jazz legend John Coltrane to baseball great Roberto Clemente. One of the most heroic of Oris subjects is decorated U.S. Navy Master Diver Carl Brashear, who since 2016 has inspired two dr [...]

Just released is this Grand Seiko Spring Drive GMT SBGE249 Limited Edition watch done in collaboration with Timeless Luxury Jewelers in Texas. Timeless opened the first Grand Seiko boutique in the United States a few years ago, and I believe this is the first partnership Grand Seiko has done of this type in the U.S. Th [...]

In case youve ever wondered what an Hublot watch would look like on a 104 year old man, this is it. This chap is famous Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and he has been fortunate to not only live a very long time, but also have a very accomplished career behind him. For us Americans, he most notably architected the United Nations building in New York City. Continue reading

Besides their well known Pontos line,?Maurice Lacroix has a great number of interesting watches in their Masterpiece line.?We previously covered the Masterpiece Roue Carree Seconde watch a few years ago which has square and cloverleaf gears indicating the seconds. For 2014, The Masterpiece collection gets a model known as the [...]

The appeal of a skeletonized mechanical watch can be relatively profound, if you think about it; in a single timepiece, you can enjoy art, conspicuous hands-on craftsmanship, as well as mechanical fascination.? So lets take a hands-on look at the 2014 Glashutte [...]

For 2017, French high fashion and luxury goods manufacturer Hermes introduces a platinum version of its perpetual calendar watch, the Hermes Slim DHermes Quantieme Perpetuel Platine. The brand released an earlier rose gold model, so while we are not talking about an outright novelty, it is a chance to discuss a watch we have not covered before. [...]

The two most important things Citizen shared with during our recent call with its headquarters in Japan is that we will see a larger volume of high-quality mechanical movement production in the near future and that the Swiss-style watch movement beautification techniques it adapted from in-group watchmaker La Joux-Perret are entirely accomplished in Japan. Citi [...]

We want to congratulate Chris B. from Glencoe, Illinois, USA, who is the very lucky winner of last months Maurice Lacroix Pontos Blue-Devil watch giveaway. Congrats Chris, and thanks for being a valued reader. We hope you enjoy this limited edition dive piece and look forward to your wrist and action shots! For all our other readers [...]

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph 25th Anniversary and?Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph are three new, pre-SIHH 2018 references that well see in stores next year, when AP is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Royal Oak Offshore line.When Audemars Piguet unveiled the first Royal Oak Offshore some 25 years [...]

The first time most of us were introduced to the Panerai reference 389, it was on the wrist of Sylvester Stallone as he punched, kicked, and generally just recklessly blasted his way through The Expendables 3 in 2014. In many ways, its sort of a fitting watch for such a film-equally eye-catching and over-the-top, but a bit past its prime, [...]

Well hello there Bell Ross! I see you have a little new card up your sleeve this year. I didnt really think youd get too many buyers for your exorbitantly expensive uber-tourbillon watch with unnecessary features like a trust indicator. I trust you enough already You really just wanted to do a design study and get people excited abo [...]

In 2013 Piaget released the 3.65mm thick Altiplano 900P making it the worlds thinnest manually-wound watch ever. It is so thin that the backplate of the movement is also the caseback. I dont really think anyone will be able to appreciably decrease this minuscule size anytime soon. So what did Piaget do for 2016? Jewelry watch lov [...]

It came in gold, it came in titanium, and now the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph watch comes in platinum. A timepiece like this sits in the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore hall of kings. It isnt the most exclusive Royal Oak Offshore ever made, but thos [...]

It may be the rare watch nerd (that happens to also be a materials science nerd) who will be able to fully appreciate why Panerai decided it was a good idea to note BMG-TECH on the dial of a Luminor Submersible as a way of telling you about the watch case materials. Panerai themselves refer to the value of the PAM 692 (debuted on [...]

Brought together through everything from a shared passion for technique to a common consumer base, watch and car manufacturers have a long history of joining forces. While it seems that every notable watchmaker has allied itself with a top automobile brand, one of todays most visible partnerships is that between Hublot and Ferrari. With shared attributes [...]

One of the most popular Rolex Oyster Professional sport watches from the last few years is the reference 116710BLNR GMT-Master II Batman - referred to as such because of its distinctive blue and black Cerachrom ceramic bezel. This was the first steel Rolex watch to include a two-tone ceramic bezel, which has since been supplemented with a blue and red P [...]

The Citizen Signature line slowly transitioned from relatively high-end quartz watches to mechanical offerings that are more affordable than the highest end Campanola line from the Japanese watchmaker. Casually-dressy could be used to describe the collection, as the watches show some refinement and qualities that arent present in most Citizen watches. These pieces hover [...]

The newly released Bell Ross BRS range of watches was a beautiful addition to the Bell Ross line which is typically focused on instrument watches. The BRS line was strictly fashion oriented in design. You could see this trend starting with the BR-03 that was a smaller (42mm) size version of the BR-01 (46mm). The BRS is smaller yet at 39mm in diameter. Thoug [...]

Patek Philippe introduced its main ladies collection, the Twenty-4, 19 years ago in 1999. At the time, the mechanical revolution was just beginning to re-emerge after two decades of quartz dominance that killed most of Switzerlands smaller mechanical watchmakers. Most ladies watches were still quartz, and the manchette bracelet-style w [...]