To borrow a bit of parlance from the kitchen, camouflage in fashion is a bit like truffle oil. Its tired, its overdone, and its far from edgy - but it makes a trendy resurgence every few years despite our best efforts to dismiss its cultural contributions as another try-hard tactic to drum up interest. However, when used in the right application (and volume) it can actua [...]

For the most part, 2021 has been a year of iterative change for Rolex, in keeping with the brands long standing tradition of refining existing designs rather than outright replacing them. The brands updates to the GMT-Master II line are perhaps the best examples of this philosophy out of Rolexs 2021 announcements, with the brand quietly announcing amid its other novelties that t [...]

It happened only two years ago, at Baselworld 2013, that Omega lunched the Omega Speedmaster 57 Co-Axial, a tribute to the original, pre-Moon-Watch Speedmaster. Now, for 2015, we see a slightly updated version that brings the Omega Speedmaster 57 tribute closer than it has ever been to the Daddy of all Speedmasters. Witho [...]

In addition to the sapphire crystal-cased version of the MP-05 La Ferrari, the big transparent news from Hublot for 2016 is this all-sapphire-cased version of the Big Bang UNICO. Difficult to properly capture in pictures, I think anyone handling this interesting sapphire watch will be impressed by it, and compared to other all-sapphire crystal wat [...]

After a series of purely digital trade shows in 2020 and 2021, the watch industry looks toward a return to in-person events for 2022 as global COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to climb and travel restrictions are lifted. In the midst of this changing climate, Watches and Wonders Geneva has announced a fully physical trade show for next year, currently scheduled for Marc [...]

Cartier unveiled a few highly complicated novelties at the 2014 SIHH. Of them we have already discussed the Rotonde de Cartier Earth and Moon Tourbillon?and now Ariel has gone hands-on with another tourbillon known as the Rotonde de Cartier Astrocalendaire. The two pieces share several key featu [...]

Your average A. Lange Sohne watch is already chock full of craftsmanship and anything but average. For those who require something even more special, however, the brands Handwerkskunst watches usually offer some additional artistic decoration for one of the brands existing models. The A. Lange Sohne 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calen [...]

Oris is pretty well known to me as a maker of workhorse watches with all sorts of sporty themes. Maybe it is racing, or diving, or aviation Oris has a handsome watch for the job. Less people know their retro styled watches. One such example is the Oris Big Crown Pointer Date watch. It has a terrible name (no effort there!), but totally falls into the catego [...]

Roger Dubuis new partnership with the Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli finds expression in the limited-edition Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Pirelli Automatic Skeleton watch which comes in three sporty colors to match new Pirelli Color Edition tires. While less obvious than a car maker or racing team, the Pirelli collaboration [...]

I have a lot of positive things to say about Midos Ocean Star, a well-priced diver-style watch in titanium with a matching titanium bracelet (ref. M026.430.44.061.00). Swatch Groups Mido brand has been a horological underdog for a while now, and I think the brand deserves a lot more attention from the enthusiast community. Pricing for most Mido watches falls in line with ot [...]

After 12 years of planning and development, Omega watches opened the doors to its newest mechanical watch assembly facility in late 2017. Japanese architect Shigeru Ban proved his exceptional skill as well as understanding of Omegas core values when designing the Nicolas G. Hayek Centre in the Ginza [...]

Design Miami is an annual international design fair that reportedly brings together tens of thousands of designers, critics, curators, collectors, and celebrities-and Panerai is the events official watch partner. It sounds like a highbrow event, the kind that watch b [...]

Mido is one of Swatch Groups smaller brands that you rarely hear about. If you do, you know that like Tissot or (not available in the US) Certina, Mido offers some decent looking pieces at pretty reasonable prices (for a Swiss mechanical watch). As one of the underdog brands, sources say that the Swatch Group just isnt quite sure what to do with them. Sounds lik [...]

In 2019, Citizen Group of Japan announced that it was going to be supplying its proprietary Super Titanium for application in a Japanese lunar lander known as HAKUTO-R. Citizen and some other watch companies have special alloys or coatings designed for wristwatches that can also have relevance for other industrial applications. Super Titanium improves upon s [...]

Gucci and the Sowind Group (that produce Girard-Perregaux watches) are both part of the larger PPR luxury group. These familial ties allows for unique creations such as this Gucci version of the well-known high-end Sea Hawk diver from Girard-Perregaux. With the Gucci name on it and a redesigned case, the timepiece is simply called [...]

When it comes to square cases, the first name that pops into any enthusiasts head is Bell Ross. For Baselworld 2018, Bell Ross released a slew of chronographs, but none-so-haute-y as the Bell Ross BR-X1 Tourbillon RS18. The colorful limited edition features a single-pusher chronograph function that utilizes two different colored chronograph registers that a [...]

It is with great fondness that I think back to the more innocent times of 2009 when Perrelet first introduced its Turbine collection of whimsical luxury watches. Inspired by Perrelets traditional double automatic rotor dials and jet airplane engines, the Turbine was an experimental collection of timepieces that became a big hit, and spawn [...]

The recently announced Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic collection for 2014 is not only the beginning of a brand new line within the brand, but is also a re-release of a rare Jaeger-LeCoultre model from 1958. The past several years have seen the release of numerous homage timepieces from many of the worlds most prestigious watch man [...]

There is a crucial moment that every watch collector faces before a multi-day excursion: choosing watches to wear. My personal go-to for changing time zones includes a GMT for tracking home time and a rugged dive watch for everyday wear. Fate, in the form of a press release from Rado, showed up two days before I was scheduled to leave for Tamarindo, Costa Rica, [...]

Germanuber watchmaker A. Lange Sohne has just released a new version of its mega Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon watch. The first version, in platinum and with a black dial as we saw hands-on here, was released in 2016. It was a limited edition of 100, and it was snapped up quickly by well-heeled La [...]