In the past couple of years, under the guidance of Carole Forestier-Kasapi, Cartiers Director of Movement Creation, Cartier has established itself as a major player in haute horology. Some notable recent pieces include the Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Astrocalendaire watch, the Cartier Rotonde De Cartier Grande Complication, and the watch you see here, the very spe [...]

Jaeger-LeCoultres Reverso?One High Jewelry takes us back to the days when wristwatches were originally invented for women, for adornment purposes.?It draws inspiration from the first ladies Reverso models of the 1930s, a time when wristwatches were worn mainly by women. Since then, it is not just movements that have improved-and con [...]

In addition to the new for 2011 Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronograph Automatic watch, Omega offers a new? Planet Ocean Seamaster Co-Axial Chronograph Automatic watch with the new in-house Omega caliber 9300. There is also a three-hand Seamaster which also has in-house made Omega caliber 8500 automatic. These new pieces are fantastic, and show just h [...]

On October 24, 2017 Heritage Auctions will offer extraordinarily rare and exciting pieces to the block. Leading the way, and forming the pinnacle of this single owner collection from a well-known tech entrepreneur is a pair of minute repeaters from Patek Philippe. The Ref. 3974J is both a design and technical tour de force, a masterpiece of haute horology, and rightly considered [...]

It is hard to find too many things to dislike about Japan. Whats not to like about a consumer-focused culture whose aim seems to be packing as much cool stuff as possible into small spaces while also making sure everything is as efficient and comfortable as possible? If some of those qualities seem to imply contradi [...]

Overlooking Los Angeles at the historic Chateau Marmont Hotel, guests celebrated The Worlds Most Expensive Watches book launch in an event that I was honored to host in collaboration with party sponsor Hublot watches. Id like to reiterate my words from the [...]

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Ladies Flying Tourbillon.Audemars Piguet continues to quietly introduce some of the most important ladies watches on the market, a fact that is often overlooked in the shadow of its massively popular Royal Oak mens collection. This year at SIHH, two new watches for ladi [...]

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This isnt a brand new release (still pretty fresh though) from French watch maker Alain Silberstein and it is one of my favorites. Sort of like his take on the Bell Ross BR01 instrument watch look and style. Best of is that [...]

In the world of horology, the term in-house is generally associated with high-end luxury timepieces which are often exorbitantly priced, and this makes owning one a distant dream for many watch aficionados out there. But in recent times, a few brands including Oris seem to have acknowledged the situation and aimed to bridge this gap by producing watches like the Oris Artelier Calibre 113 [...]

Running now through February 19th at Dover Street Market here in Los Angeles Arts District is an unexpected and totally captivating vintage Cartier exhibition by Harry Fane, who is a British collector, gallerist, and Cartier expert. Dover Street Market is a large retail space that sells brands like Comme des Gar?ons (whose founder, Rei Kawakubo, opened the multi-city sp [...]

For 2015, Omega continues to release exciting new watches that are inspired (often directly) by their own history while also serving to debut new technologies or features that make these modern watches so exciting to enthusiasts. The brand new Omega Globemaster Co-Axial Ma [...]

Sponsored Post written for by advertiser?The eBay Luxury Watch auction (click to visit) is going on right now and will run through Sunday, April 7th. There are some great watches from brands like Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin, IWC, TAG Heuer, Breitling, and more. This auction runs the gamut from relatively affordable watches to some of the most in-demand [...]

Alongside the Tonda GT this week, Parmigiani released the Tondagraph GT, a piece that I think is their most compelling product in recent memory. Sharing the same basic case and design of the Tonda GT (which I went into in detail here), the Tondagraph GT is a steel leisure watch featuring an annual calendar chronograph with 100M water resistance. Continue reading

Back in early April 2020, in the midst of widespread event cancellations and lockdowns as a result of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, Rolex announced it would be delaying its 2020 novelty releases indefinitely. While this announcement sent ripples throughout the watch industry at the time, the brand has finally revealed its new models for the year, and th [...]

Introduced in 1993, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore was a bold and divisive watch, so much so that Gerald Genta, who designed the original Royal Oak, reportedly invaded the Audemars Piguet booth when it was unveiled at Basel and shouted that his Royal Oak had been completely destroyed. Later, the first Royal Oak Offshore Diver was introduced in 2010 [...]

Exactly one year ago, when?Panerai launched the Luminor Due, it was?well-documented that I wasnt convinced about this new, second chapter for the much-loved Luminor collection. To come to grips with it and see what its like in the metal [...]

Last year in 2014, Jacob Co. debuted a very interesting watch with an extravagant movement they called the Astronomia Tourbillon (debuted here). I didnt get a chance to personally see the piece when they debuted it, and I am not sure if the original Astronomia Tourbillon case style (check the link above) was e [...]

Among a wide range of impressive releases for Baselworld this year, Omega has announced another new vintage piece in the same ilk as last years Seamaster Bullhead. Announced a couple months ago, the new Omega Speedmaster Mark II is based on a model from 1969 and takes that successful tonneau Speedmaster design and updates the technology and details to suit Omegas modern line [...]

We talk about Rolexs strategy of advertising on YouTube, the lack of new media savvy in the industry as a whole, then we delve into the extremely interesting Cartier ID2 air-free, transparent case concept watch with a power reserve of 32 days that you cant buy. The correct pronunciation of Quixotic is introduced into our running narrative. We also spend some time waxing poetic (again) on RGMs American-made timepieces. [...]