Any watch collector who has watched the market in any depth is familiar with the gradual price increases happening throughout the industry. For years, brands have been slowly raising the retail prices of luxury timepieces at a rate that far outstrips inflation, making already exclusive watches even more costl [...]

The return of the Gerald Genta brand had been rumored for a while before the wristwatch community got word of its resurrection in 2019 with a platinum-cased version of this particular Arena Bi-Retro watch (with a simpler blue dial). Almost exactly one year ago (as of this writing), LVMHs BVLGARI (which acquired the Gerald Genta brand and name in the [...]

While sapphire and other transparent case materials have become a popular way for high-end brands to distinguish their products in the upper echelons of the luxury watch market, the look of a transparent or translucent case has gained popularity among more mass-market enthusiasts as well. Casios rugged G-Shock series has long been at the forefront of bringing [...]

Although the current luxury watch market is awash with tributes to motorsports and classic cars, the vast majority of this automotive inspiration is decidedly Eurocentric. While brands like Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Bentley, and McLaren have a wide range of associated designs to choose from, watch collecting fans of American cars are compara [...]

RM25-01 FULLFRONT RGBAs obnoxious at is, I love this Richard Mille Tourbillon Adventure uber-luxury wristwatch toy. Sure, only the likes of Sylvester Stallone and anyone else able to afford its $983,000 USD price tag will be able to own one but its fun to imagine. Though, I wont stay up a [...]

Most of the time in the watch industry, big (no pun intended), news takes the form of something previously large being engineered to be smaller. Nearly every piece of watchmaking technology in a wristwatch began life in larger form- sometimes from an entirely different industry. Rarely is there a press release in which the announcement is, We made something bigger! With 2020 n [...]

It was back in 2013 when Swiss Maurice Lacroix first released one of the most beautiful contemporary dive-style watches with the Pontos S Diver. The sporty Pontos watch collection has had a number of members over the years, and arguably Maurice Lacroix would be well-advised to clarify the collections naming conventions, as, in my opinion, there have been too many Pontos watches. [...]

Were still a little over a month away from SIHH, but that hasnt stopped many of Richemont group brands from spilling the beans on a few key 2019 releases. The latest to join the year-ending tease is IWC, who has just announced a new limited edition Pilots Watch Timezoner (ref. IW395501), as part of a Spitfire refresh which joi [...]

For 2015, Cartier has released the brand new Cle de Cartier collection of watches for both men and women. We included the Cle de Cartier as one of our top 10 new watches for SIHH 2015, and for good reason it sports not only a completely new case design, but also a new movement. While the 2015 Cle watches [...]

The Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda 1950 has been around for just under a decade, and this year the brand gave this watch a subtle but visually significant dial refresh. The Tonda (round in Italian) line is Parmigianis broadest, as it basically encompasses all of the round-cased watches that arent in the Toric collection (which themselves are easily ident [...]

If you would have asked me before I visited SIHH 2010 what brand would have impressed me the most, I dont think that Cartier would have been one of my top choices. The maker of high-end watches usually focuses on the jewelry side of watch making more than the complex mechanical side. At least it used to be that way. Part of thei [...]

If you are anything like me, you have seriously considered what you would do in a survival situation on a deserted island. Do I ever anticipate being in this situation? Well no, but as a dedicated lover of the survivalist genre (from Robinson Crusoe to Castaway), I do take the time to ponder such issues. Likely or not, it makes for good conversation, and an interesting tactica [...]

It is difficult to believe that Hublot is already entering their fourth calendar year of partnership with Ferrari as their official timekeeper and high-end watch maker. The relationship was debuted in late 2011 and at Baselworld 2012 brought you a hands-on look at the evolved Big Bang pieces that became the Hublot Ferrari w [...]

The pursuit continued of life in the house of troubled luxury brand has a method. Bulgari has recently announced news that should be considered uncommon at the least. In a strange move that I would have never predicted, the Bulgari brand actually eats two other brands that it already owns. The result will be a [...]

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The A. Lange Sohne Zeitwerk watch was certainly controversial when it first came out but has become one of the most iconic watches of the well-regarded German luxury watch brand. Since its release, A. Lange Sohne has perhaps come out with more truly interesting versions of the Zeitwerk than any other model save for perhaps the brands flagship Lange 1 collecti [...]

Ever since the release of last years Luminor Marina 8 Days (PAM 510) with the new in-house P.5000 movement, there has been talk of Panerai discontinuing its entry-level Luminor models. The PAM 510 is a doppelganger of the PAM 111, with the exception of the words 8 Days on the dial and the movement underneath, the two watches are practically identical. Continue reading

Audemars Piguet rolled out some pretty impressive new hardware this year at SIHH, as per usual.? While the focus over the past few years has been on their iconic Jumbo (which celebrated a 40th Anniversary in 2012 or some of their lesser known Haute Horology pieces (such as the Jules Audemars T [...]

There are reasons why people love and wear their watches.? Maybe their watch has some emotional connection to an event in their past, maybe it was a gift, and if you are like us (watch nerds) you simply love having a useful mechanical toy on your wrist that also has style. While I usually readily understand my fellow watch enthusiasts, I will be the first to admit that initially I did not u [...]

Jaeger-LeCoultre, among other things, makes damn nice dress watches as part of their Master collection. I am going to be honest when I say that I rarely have use for a dress watch. Whether it is my generation, job, or where I live, there just arent that many social events I go to that demand a formal timepiece to go [...]