It seems that Baselworld 2018 is going to be a year of vintage-inspired watches. Oris kicks off Baselworld with a whole new slew of their popular Oris Big Crown Pointer Date models. Featuring two 36mm models (one in bronze, and with some confusing literature, but I will touch on that a little later), and a 40mm model, Oris revamps, reshapes, and releases a?ve [...]
There was a lot of excitement at Montblanc in Geneva for this watch. They only had one of them?at SIHH and it was in a case. Still a prototype but I got to check it out a bit. In a nutshell, you press down on a lever on the left side of the case and the watch dial magically transforms into something else. Not only doe [...]
Future generations of watch enthusiasts will look back on this time as an era of booming creativity in ladies watches. Just as the 60s and 70s were a time of intense creativity in mens watches-giving birth to the Royal Oak, the Daytona, the Nautilus, and other modern classics-this is a time of creative and technical intensity for ladies watches. As eviden [...]
Sponsored Post written for by advertiser.In 1851, two watchmakers from Poland and France joined creative forces with the aim of producing innovative timepieces. Today, the vision of Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe is a global brand, considered to be one of the most prestigious watchmakers in the world. Since the early days of the company, Patek Philippe watches have been am [...]
With China continuing to grow as one of the worlds largest and most lucrative luxury markets, the annual Lunar New Year celebration has become an important part of the watch industry calendar. Each year brings with it a slew of animal-themed releases meant to commemorate the holiday, and as the Year of the Tiger begins in 2022, tiger-inspired designs ha [...]
For their first pilot watch, Raymond Weil decided to partner with Piper Aircraft. Not that anything about the watch itself says or indicates Piper, but the airplane maker is in the official name of the watch, which is the Raymond Weil Freelancer Piper and it exists as a limited edition. It isnt clear why Raymond Weil decided to produce a pilot watch, [...]
Omega has been on a roll over the last few years as the storied Swiss watch maker continues to produce both crowd-pleasing new designs and also collector bait timepieces which find happy homes on the wrists of hardcore watch enthusiasts. What is Omegas secret? That is a tough questio [...]
It may not follow the common formula, but the Cartier Santos-Dumont series is one of the very first purpose-built pilot watches. That name, and the legacy that goes with it, traces back to Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont, one of the very first men ever to fly in an airplane. For Watches Wonders 2020, Cartier turns its focus on Alberto Santos-Dumont wi [...]
Baselworld is the ideal place to see rare and interesting pieces that you wont likely find at your local authorized dealer. One such piece that we really enjoyed is the new Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Gravity. Packing a considerable visual punch from an offset dial and fully exposed assortment, the Gravity offers a huge amou [...]
Hublot?is a?brand that has proven to thrive in the face of both negative and positive feedback by pushing the boundaries of design, technical innovation, and boldness. Its the kind of enthusiasm that shakes up the industry and channels some of the most creative and thoughtful marketing youll ever experience. Because of this, its always at least [...]
The Breguet Classique 7787 is a watch not many other brands could get away with calling classique. It has a silicon escapement and balance spring and, more immediately apparent, a dial so all over the place, most traditional manufactures would throw the design and its designer out the moment the first sketches were presented. And yet, in a Breguet, it all just works, someho [...]
Special Content For BulgariBeyond?the highly specialized haute horlogerie workshops of Bulgari, the company has established a set of four?fully integrated watch manufactures that support not only the atelier where ultra high-end pieces are made, but also the production of most of Bulgaris other watch collections. Let those be ultra-thin Finissimo watches or models equipped [...]
2020 will not come and go without the release of brand-new Rolex timepieces. Whether or not you will easily be able to purchase one is an entirely different story. Rolex has decided to make 2020 the year it revamps its most popular steel watch (and there are gold versions, as well): the classic Submariner. (In this article, we look at the No Date Submariner 12 [...]
As we ramp up to SIHH 2019, Audemars Piguet has caused some waves with the all new Code 11.59 collection just released today. With the new line seemingly blindsiding the community, we are told that CODE is an acronym for Challenge, Own, Dare, Evolve with 11:59 being the last minute before a new da [...]
One of the best surprises at SIHH 2011 was how much I enjoyed the A. Lange Sohne Richard Lange Tourbillon Pour le Merite. The regulator style watch took influence from a pocket watch made in the Dresden area a while back. It had three overlapping subdials, with one for the hours,? minutes, and seconds. Lange took the c [...]
Perhaps no other figure in Chinese mythology and folklore is better known on the global stage than Sun Wukong, the mischievous and heroic Monkey King from the 16th century novel Journey to the West. Over the centuries, Sun Wukong has spawned countless adaptations and inspired other works around the world, ranging from stage plays to films and even video games. Oris h [...]
Baselworld 2018 saw the release of a slew of re-issues with modern designs, but none quite like the updated Maurice Lacroix Aikon Automatic collection. The long-promised model has been anticipated by fans of the brand and piqued interest for those who may not have considered Maurice Lacroix before. With the inclusion of an automatic movement and some aesthetic [...]
The Patek Philippe Calatrava line of time-only watches has often been unfortunately relegated to live in the shadow cast by the brands more complicated pieces like their perpetual calendars or their instantly recognizable sport watch models in the Nautilus and Aquanaut. Honestly, its understandable since demure 3-hand time only watches have been a cornerstone of the [...]
I stumbled across what is called the Arcanum Digitecha, a digital library with 27,156,195 scanned pages of scientific and cultural content published in Hungarian from the early 1800s to date. Texts of encyclopedias, journals, and books are available to search just as though you were using Google. Its a paid service, but I was happy to shell out the $50 or so for an annual subscri [...]
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