This year Audemars Piguet is of the brands releasing a lot of new watches. The most visually exciting of which is this Royal Oak Offshore Grand Prix watch collection. Each is in a limited edition, so these arent permanent additions to the collection. There are three luxurious versions and [...]

2020 is the year of the Luminor and theres a new Luminor Marina in the family. It comes in blue, which is, without a doubt, one of the most popular colors in watchmaking. To be clear, this isnt the first Panerai with a blue dial. The brand already has a number of Luminor and Radiomir watches with blue dials. But there are a couple of [...]

Starting today and running to the 28th, the Watches and Wonders show in Hong Kong (a new watch show event) brings collectors and enthusiasts closer to some of the worlds best watches. Exhibitors include Cartier, Audemars Piguet, JLC, IWC and A. Lange and Sohne. In honor of the show, not only will A. Lange Sohne have their a [...]

Have it known that the US side of Oriss operation is comprised of some very lovely, helpful people. While I didnt get to spend as much time as I would have liked with them at Baselworld 2010, I will be spending more time with their watch collection in June. I was able to get shots of a very cool limited edition piece the Oris RAID Chronograph. RA [...]

Here is something you dont see everyday. The Toubrograph Pour le Merite by Saxonys A. Lange Sohne was the second watch by the high-class watch maker to bear the Pour le Merite badge. The available model is of the rarest, in platinum, wit [...]

When it comes to auto racing, you dont find much of it on TV outside of standard NASCAR and drag racing (at least not here in the States). Many years ago though, I discovered the sport of rally racing, and I was hooked. Theres just something fun about watching cars racing against the clock, sliding through (generally) unpaved surfaces. And thats the sport that this [...]

While bronze cased watches are nothing new, the past few years have seen an explosion of bronze timepieces across the industry. As more designs turn to bronze, bronzes scope in the market has expanded from a tough and offbeat alternative to stainless steel to include a wide array of genuinely luxurious applications. As bronze moves upmarket, however, there is [...]

sponsored post presented on by advertiserIn 1970, just one year after NASAs Apollo 11 mission to the moon, Citizen watches of Japan introduced the worlds first consumer wristwatch produced from titanium. Since then, the renowned timepiece and instrument maker has been an innovator in the field of not only designing robust and lightweight titanium metal watches but also in [...]

Congrats to Ruurd J. from Ontario, Canada,?who is the lucky winner of our recent Maurice Lacroix Pontos S Chronograph?watch giveaway. You lucky dog, you! Thanks again to everyone who entered, and please enter this months special giveaway?here for a chance to win a TAG Heuer watch Indianapolis 500 race experience. [...]

John and I go back and forth jesting on Memorigins Batman tourbillon watch. We also talk about the new Maison Patek Philippe in China, as well as what real Chinese watch tastes actually are. Last, you get to hear more about the new website and all the blood, sweat, and tears behind it.Listen to the HourTime Show watch podcast episode 121 here. Download the MP3. [...]

This is the first new Franck Muller watch in sometime which makes sense as the watch maker has had to lay-off people due to a reduction in demand. The development of a few watch is very expensive, especially with a maker like Franck Mull [...]

Were very used to seeing classic models being reborn, time and time again in watchmaking, but few are quite so unchanging as the Jaeger Le-Coultre Reverso. Invented in 1931, the Reverso (as it is commonly known) came to life to solve a persistent problem. A British officer stationed in India had noticed h [...]

Recently, Grand Seiko introduced a new line called Evolution 9, which takes inspiration from the iconic 44GS, the brands very first watch from 1964. As of now, the Evolution 9 has been comprised of dressier pieces like the SLGA009, AKA the White Birch, and the striking SLGA007, but now Grand Seiko is adding five sports watches to the collection for Watches Wonders 2 [...]

For the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing mission, Omega has remade a classic 18k-gold Speedmaster with onyx hour markers and a burgundy-hued bezel. The Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition is a richly priced and outfitted luxury Speedmaster with a good historical narrative and a fresh new Omega in-house mo [...]

Ah, Glashutte Original. When I had my first exposure to the brand, I reviewed a fairly simple model, the three-hander (with Panorama date display) Seventies. With that watch, I particularly enjoyed the styling, as well as the understated elegance that came from the layout. So that left me curiouswould the same appreciati [...]

2020 marks the 175th anniversary of the founding of German?brand A. Lange Sohne, and while the year has already seen several major updates from the marque perhaps the most spectacular of all has been saved for Watches Wonders Shanghai 2020. With a direct reference to founder F. A. Lange in the name, its clear the brand has high hop [...]

One of the great innovations in luxury watchmaking over the past several years has been the wave of durable proprietary case materials, bringing sporty toughness and scratch resistance to a vast array of bespoke carbon compounds and gold alloys. Italian watchmaker Panerai has been a prolific contender in this industry-wide material arms race and, for its latest r [...]

For 2022, Japans Casio releases a rare high-end digital dial version of its lauded MR-G collection of elevated G-Shock watches with the MRGB5000 family. There hasnt been a digital member of the G-Shock MR-G watch collection since 1999, even though the original Casio G-Shock MR-G watch from 1996 sported a digital screen. MR-G watches (quite literally Mr. G, as in [...]

Bulgari will soon release the first Ultranero (very black) versions of the Bulgari Octo watch starting with four new models that look quite good at first glance. I first noticed Bulgaris use of the Ultranero title when covering the very original-looking Bulgari Tourbillon Saphir here (as there is a Tourbillon Saphir Ultran [...]

This year was rumored to be the year that Jaeger LeCoultre brought a new sports watch to market-one that would join the growing ranks of the modern luxury sport category, and (we hoped) would bring a fresh rival to the likes of Piaget, Girard Perregaux, Audemars Piguet, and even Patek Philippe competing in that space. And they have-sorta. Since 2018 is also the 50th anniver [...]