
Asymmetric design is a hallmark of Glashutte region watches, a fact that is dutifully celebrated by German watchmaker Glashutte Original. For 2013, theyve released the exclusive PanoLunarTourbillon, the latest of many Pano watches that celebrate the appeal of balanced, yet eccentric dials. The contemporary popularity o [...]
Omega Debuts New Precious Metal Bronze Alloy In Seamaster 300 Collection Update

One of my favorite things about Omega is that the brand is constantly tinkering. Always turning knobs, always experimenting. Sometimes its in the pursuit of producing a more lasting product, and sometimes it feels like its just tinkering for the sake of tinkering. Forget changing the color of a single line of text on the dial, increasing a case by a [...]
Fossil Smartwatch Technology Bought By Google For $40 Million

Back in January, it was announced that Google had agreed to purchase the intellectual property rights to some proprietary technology being developed by the Fossil Group. The technology was described at the time as a new product innovation thats not yet hit the market by Greg McKelvey, Fossils executive vice president of chief strategy and d [...]
Patek Philippe Art Of Watches Grand Exhibition 2017 Ladies Watches

Patek Philippe ladies minute repeater, Ref. 7000/250, New York Special Edition.Patek Philippes Art of Watches Grand Exhibition, which runs at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City until July 23, 2017 (see our report and photos from the event here), not only demonstrates its impressive heritage as a watchmaking company, but a [...]
Breitling Navitimer 01 Watch Review

Written by Michael Maximilien The Breitling Navitimer 01 is the first Navitimer with the new in-house Breitling B01 movement. The Navitimer is maybe one of a handful of original classic aviator watch designs and Breitling can claim that its the only wristwatch chronograph in continuous production for more than 50 years. With the B01 movement, Breitling has r [...]
Roger Dubuis EasyDiver Blackswan Watch

As a supplement to the new for 2010 EasyDiver collection (that I wrote about here), Roger Dubuis has released a limited edition EasyDiver Black Swan watch you see before you. These are all revisions of years of EasyDiver watches and/or other sport models from Roger Dubuis most have been good, all have b [...]
Omega Seamaster Professional Diver 300M Watches For 2018 Hands-On

Omega Seamaster Professional 300M DiverEasily one of the strongest new high-end wristwatch product offerings for 2018 is Omegas updated Seamaster Diver 300M. Originally launched during the Jean-Claude Biver-era of?Omega in 1993, the Seamaster is today a truly iconic model for Omega. [...]
Citizen Campanola Mechanical Chronograph Watch

Much more than just a producer of their own Citizen watches and Miyota movements, if you didnt already know, Japanese Citizen is becoming a player among luxury watch holding groups, technically with more watch brands under it now than LVMH. After adding movement maker La Joux-Perret, among other Swiss brand acquisitions, it was interes [...]
Why Richard Mille Watches Are So Expensive

Richard Mille watches start at around $80,000 USD and go up to several million dollars in price for some of their more exotic timepieces. Richard Mille releases at least a few different $1,000,00+ watches per a year, and the average price of one of their tourbillon watches ranges from about $500,000$800,000. These are enormous numbers [...]
Glashutte Original Senator Cosmopolite Watch Hands-On And Explained

Glashutte Original is widely known for their Senator line of dressy, beautifully-finished and classically reserved watches. As such, when they decide to flex a little, people tend to sit up and take notice. For Baselworld 2015, GO went full HAM with the Senator Cosmopolite, a finely-honed and impressively complex [...]
Georges Kern On What To Expect From Breitling In The Coming Years

Although Breitling may appear to be a relatively simple brand, with its dedication to the exceedingly niche segment of big pilot watches, those of us who like it do so for a surprisingly wide variety of reasons. There have been some groundbreaking changes at Breitling in 2017 which we duly reported as they were happening: [...]
Hublot Big Bang UNICO Magic Sapphire Watch Review

The Hublot Big Bang UNICO Magic Sapphire reference 411.JX.1170.RX is one of a few sapphire crystal-cased watches Hublot produces and to date, it is my favorite. Several years ago the first sapphire crystal-cased watch I was aware of was released by ultra-high-end watchmaker Richard Mille with a price tag of over $1,000,000. I recall seeing it for the first ti [...]
50 Years of Titanium Innovation: A Brief History of Citizens Super Titanium and a Q&A With Citizens Lead Engineer, Mr. Seiichi Hiroe

Sponsored post presented on by advertiserWhile strolling the pastoral English countryside of Cornwall in 1791, the amateur geologist Reverend William Gregor happened upon black, magnetic sand that he christened with the innocuous name mannacan to honor his small parish. Little did he know that in two short centuries, the metal in those sands - later renamed titanium in homag [...]
Oris Air Racing Limited Edition III Watch For Reno

If you recognize this new limited edition Oris watch as familiar, that is because it is. The new Air Racing Edition III watch is based on the very popular Oris BC3 watch collection a handsome tool-style watch with a high level of refinement and under-the-radar-personality. It is an easy favorite of ours when we want something legit, but not complicated to look at or thin [...]
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 15400SR Two-Tone Watch Hands-On

The release of Audemars Piguets Royal Oak in a two-tone configuration is as forward looking as it is retro.?While the big story at SIHH 2015 out of the AP camp is the acoustically exceptional RD1, it was a subtle makeover of the already impressive Royal Oak Reference 15400 that really snagged my attention.?Th [...]
Breguet Classique Complications 1907, Million-Dollar Pocket Watch Exclusive Hands-On

While most of our attention these days is on wristwatches, Breguet is among those few renowned manufactures who are still very much involved in creating exceptional?pocket watches. This is of little surprise when we consider the?defining involvement of the companys namesake, Abraham-Louis Breguet, in the conception and creation of truly remarkable?pocket watches, o [...]
Quickstart Guide To Exercise Tracking With The Casio G-Shock Move GBDH1000

The Casio G-Shock Move GBDH1000 timepiece collection is the most advanced fitness and exercise tracking device ever produced by Japans Casio. With legendary G-Shock durability, the GBDH1000 collection combines GPS tracking, Bluetooth connectivity, and heart rate monitoring for a complete training and exercise-planning solution. Casio designed the G-Shock Mo [...]
Hands-On: Omega Speedmaster '57 Updated For 2022

For 2022, Omega has revamped the Speedmaster 57 updated with a new manual-wind METAS-certified movement and a slimmer case. Theres no shortage of style and color options, either, with four variants - two on a new stainless steel bracelet and two with colored dials paired with matching leather straps. The Speedmaster 57 has been the more vintage-inspired cousin of the Moonwatch, [...]
Hands-On: The New Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 16202 'Jumbo' 50th Anniversary Watches

2022 marks the 50th birthday of Gerald Gentas market-defining Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, which was just recently refreshed with iterative updates across the iconic collection. Among the newly launched pieces is the follow-up to what is arguably the most desirable -?and rarest?-?member of the collection with the new Royal Oak 16202 Jumbo. The original integrate [...]
First Look: Rolex Air-King Watch With Redesigned Case And New Numerals

In the pantheon of Rolex sports models, the long-running Air-King series has traditionally been something of a dark horse. The Swiss giants inimitable take on the three-hand pilots watch has always had fans but lacked the cultural ubiquity of many of its stablemates. As part of its 2022 novelties, Rolex looks to solve this ongoing conundrum, thoroughly revising the Air-King with a bo [...]


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