Feast your eyes on the 2015 Breitling B55 Connected Watch that connects via Bluetooth to your smartphone in a way you want it to. This is pretty interesting news and a very clever (in my opinion) way for an established Swiss watch maker like Breitling to assert itself as a modern brand but also respect the functionality of a standalone timepie [...]

While many brands experienced a decline in sales in 2016, Richard Mille actually saw an uptick globally, and for a lot of consumers, the reason is simple. Regardless of your take on their designs, Richard Mille has poured their heart and soul into RD to work with some of the most innovative?and high-tech materials in the industry and that makes their products specia [...]

When you think of watches associated with space (and space programs), it probably calls to mind the Omega Speedmaster, or perhaps the Poljot Strela. Did you know that Breitling also has a watch associated with the great space race of the mid-20th century? It did, and Breitling is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the [...]

Last year,?Roger Dubuis?introduced their first carbon-case watch, and this year for SIHH 2017 we see them push the use of carbon even further. The?Roger Dubuis Excalibur Carbon Spider watch adds the first ever carbon movement plate, bridges, and tourbillon upper cage to be made entirely in carbon. Th [...]

The success of the Bell Ross BR-01 series has spawned legions of copies from other manufacturers, both good and bad. The best of which are not specifically copies, but rather thematic reinterpretations of the look in another brands own style. This is exactly the case with the Xemex Avenue [...]

Citizen, Japanese manufacturer of watches of virtually all styles and for every conceivable purpose, have just bolstered their formidable Promaster collection with an addition to their feature-packed pilots watch line, the Skyhawk A-T. With some notable updates for the more premium Promaster designation, the new Citizen Promaster Skyhawk A-T [...]

One of the most simple and satisfyingly elegant new tourbillon watches for 2014, not surprisingly, comes from our German friends at A. Lange Sohne. The 1815 Tourbillon immediately caught my eye when we learned about it at SIHH 2014 due to the large-diameter tourbillon and good, legible looks based on the popular 1815 collection. Being a Lange, [...]

In keeping with their tradition of aviation-inspired timepieces,?Oris announced the Oris Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 114 for Baselworld?2018. Its a new addition to the well established ProPilot line, but this time with the latest in-house movement featuring a 10-day power reserve?with a non-linear indicator, GMT complication, and lastly, a date complication [...]

Watch fans making the pilgrimage to Switzerland to see where the magic happens will have to add one more must-visit to their itineraries, as Jaeger-LeCoultre has just announced the opening of its own Heritage Gallery in Le Sentier-a new interactive museum experience that celebrates the venerable Swiss maiso [...]

A good number of Swiss watch brands are owned by conglomerates. There are only a handful of independent brands left and Swiss Raymond Weil is one of them. As most readers will probably know by now, Swatchs decision to reduce supply of ETA movements to brands outside of the Swatch Group has had a significant impact on t [...]

Oddly enough, two timepieces this year were designed to incorporate detent escapements a form of escapement in the regulation system of a mechanical timepiece found almost exclusively in stationary clocks. One wrist watch to feature a detent escapement is the Christop [...]

The majority of this article is an interview with the insightful Panerai lover Mr. Jose Pereztroika who, in addition to being an accomplished designer, is what you might call a forensic watch historian. His passion for Panerai, as well as vintage Panerai watches and the brands history, has led to some rather surprising discoveries whic [...]

Omega is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Speedmaster, Seamaster 300, and the less remembered yet cult-collectors favorite Railmaster watches with what theyre calling the Omega 1957 Trilogy. The reeditions are staying true to the original designs but with METAS approved Master Chronometer movements for the Railmaster and [...]

You know that I have been economically deluded by the watch world when I hear that a watch costs around $35,000, only to think, that sounds like a really good price. Not that I can afford it, I just wouldnt expect an 18k rose gold-c [...]

In-house quartz watch movements at Breitling? Pretty much, yes, with the new Breitling Cockpit B50 timepiece in their Professional collection of watches. OK, so lets start by talking about the whole in-house quartz part of the conversation, as it is perhaps the most interesting, outside of the design of the watch. For years, Breitling has bee [...]

Often colorful, always highly technical and very expensive, Richard Mille once again blasts our senses with this new Richard Mille RM 35-02 Rafael Nadal Quartz-TPT. Richard Mille chose the run-up to the French Open tennis tournament for the announcement of the latest in one of their most famous and representative family of watches, the Rafael Nadal line, for the tennis champion and bra [...]

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, or just plain silly. This is about fun, Photoshop, a [...]

For over 35 years, the Casio G-Shock has been an icon of tough, dependable and affordable quartz watchmaking. The G-Shock line has developed an incredibly loyal and enthusiastic following over time, propelling a series that started as an inexpensive, indestructible timepiece for difficult conditions to a dizzying array of features, styles and price points for nearly any application. [...]

Sponsored post presented on for advertiserMeant to evoke the silhouette of the cockpit clocks found in military airplanes from the 1960s, the Bell Ross instrument-style rectangular case shape is instantly recognizable, having become somewhat of an icon since its introduction in 2005. First released in 2018, the BR 03-92 Dive Collection is the first watch to utilize the brands iconi [...]

It used to be all about tourbillons and minute repeaters and complex chronographs, but if there is one genuinely useful complication that has been getting more attention from luxury watch?brands lately, then it is the dual time zone display. The latest, and one of the most comprehensive additions to the ever-growing family of multiple time zone watches is the Bulgari Hora Domus.In todays world where it is not [...]