It was just a bit earlier today that we debuted?the A. Lange Sohne 1815 Tourbillon Handwerkskunst here, but as we have been spending the last few days in Dresden with A. Lange Sohne to celebrate the 200th anniversary of company founder Ferdinand Adolph Langes birth, we were quick to go hands-on with this stunning new release. Continue reading

The Oris Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 111 is finally the Oris sport watch I have been asking for. This is the first non-dressy or traditional watch (depending on how you look at it) to include Oris in-house made movement. Oris currently has two in-house made movements known as the Calibre 110 and the Calibre 111. The former was released in 2014 as a lim [...]

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Glashutte Original Senator Chronometer Regulator watch in 18k rose goldThe Glashutte Original Senator Chronometer entered the collection in 2009 and quickly became one of Glashutte Originals most recognizable timepieces. It is differentia [...]

Here we have an absolute beauty from Jaeger-LeCoultre that we found stowed away in a case at SIHH 2014. Its not very often that you see both a flying tourbillon and a perpetual calendar in one watch, let alone one powered by an automatic movement. Amazingly, the complex nature of [...]

Sponsored post presented on by advertiserThe worlds very first wristwatches were for women, and now, 200 years later, the timepiece industry has a number of classic designs in the womens segment as a result of such a legacy. Timepiece wearers love classic designs because their relevance seems to eschew trends and merely temporary tastes. Such items are watches that looked good yesterda [...]

As I mentioned in my recent review of the Breitling Transocean 38 watch, Breitling was not really a brand that I found myself drawn to, as they felt overly-complicated for my own daily use and preferences. The Breitling Transocean collection, however, shows a slice of their lineup that takes things in a different (and dare I say, cleaner) direction. It is in this c [...]

Ill be the first to confess to mechanical watch snobbery - ever since learning about the history of watchmaking and the engineering and artistry that goes into creating these anachronistic machines, Ive gravitated toward automatic and hand-winding watches. But ignoring what a quality quartz watch offers can result in a myopic approach to watch appreciation (guilty as charged). For [...]

Rolex prices for watches like the new GMT Master II can be higher than double retailHave you perhaps noticed that some brand new watches are on the market for above retail price, and on top of that appear impossible to get? As you read these words someone, somewhere is [...]

Few films of the last 25 years have left a deeper aesthetic mark on pop culture than 1999s The Matrix. Its green-tinted, black leather-clad vision of cyberspace is instantly recognizable to this day, with an influence that stretches far beyond the movie theater to touch the worlds of fashion and design. With the fourth film in the series, The Matrix Resurrections, set to debut in t [...]

This is it folks, this is the Patek Philippe watch (of today) that you are going to want. Brand new for 2011, and likely hard as hell to get for the foreseeable future, this is the Reference 5270 perpetual calendar chronograph watch (5720G). In white gold the case is Western-wearable at 41mm wide and looks spectacular. Really happy to see a Patek Philippe [...]

I understand that some of our more genteel audience members and colleagues in the watch industry may find our ongoing use of the term watch porn to be vulgar, but we have yet to discover a more apt way to refer to timepieces (and the images thereof) that inspire our passion on such a basic and visceral level. So, for those who are offended by watch [...]

Usually Oris Big Crown watches are rather retro. This one isnt as retro visually and feels like something a helicopter pilot would have worn during the Vietnam era, or even today. Though none of that is what the watch is based on at least through name. Oris opted to dedicate this new watch to the famous Bell X-1 range of planes that were designed and flown simply to go fast.< [...]

For 2022, Swiss Hublot will release five new members of the Big Bang family in a newly devised square-shaped case. The new timepiece collection will be known as the Hublot Square Bang, and, to my knowledge, it is the second shape beyond round cases that Hublot has rendered the Big Bang in - well, for the most part. The majority of Hu [...]

Although the mainline Audemars Piguet Royal Oak series enjoys near-universal esteem as the progenitor of the luxury stainless steel bracelet watch, its younger sibling the Royal Oak Offshore has historically carried a more divisive reputation. Without the weight of the standard Royal Oaks reputation to confine it, the Roya [...]

Panerai returns once more to what they call?Our Sea.?The?Panerai Mare Nostrum Chronograph PAM716 (PAM00716) is a surprise, mid-2017 release from Officine Panerai that actually harkens back to not only its pre-Richemont days, but also to the brands first chronograph, produced during World War IIor some time after. Continue reading

For 2016, German watchmaker Glashutte Original introduces a new base movement they call the Caliber 36, and to start, these in-house-made movements will be showcased in the also new Glashutte Original Senator Excellence collection of timepieces. When a new wa [...]

The partnership between IWC and German performance car and motorsports juggernaut Mercedes-AMG is one of the longest-running current automotive relationships in the luxury watch industry, running continuously since 2004. For its latest entry in this extensive brand partnership, IWC has gone far beyond a simple nod on the dial, substantially overhauling its s [...]

In my time writing about watches, I dont recall any previous moment when Switzerlands Swatch Group sent out a press release related to technical innovation news. Today, the conglomerate of almost 20 timepiece brands including Omega, Breguet, Rado, Tissot, Swatch, Longines, and Hamilton announces the impending debut of Nivachron balance springs a component which i [...]

Both the tourbillon escapement and the minute repeater rank as some of the most prestigious and intricate complications in the horological pantheon, and any brand able to develop one of these ornate elements in-house earns a sizeable reputation for watchmaking prowess. An in-house design that contains both of these complications, then, is a genuine piece o [...]

Today we had the opportunity to view the entirety of Omegas 2013 lineup, including the new Speedmaster 57 Automatic Co-axial chronograph, and its a complete stunner. We first noticed this watch a couple days ago when it briefly showed up on Omegas website before quickly being pulled offline. For inspiration, Omega reached 56 years into th [...]