It is funny how sometimes one watch can epitomize a theme. Breitling watches are known to most people who know anything at all about watches, but think about what they actually mean to you. You probably thing professional watch, or pilot watch, but what does any of that really mean? Well a [...]
Modern Movado is almost synonymous with the Museum dial watch. Its a design thats almost universally recognizable (Hey, a Supreme Court Justice wears one). However, when flipping through The Movado Book, I found watch after watch from 1940-1970 that I was really drawn to. It took some organizing and back and forth, but I managed to get my hands on seven of these vintage Movado w [...]
Is the big watch going to make a comeback for 2014? That is hard to say, but Swiss Maurice Lacroix has an XXL-sized horological entrant with their 48mm wide sized Pontos S Supercharged. It continues the Pontos S legacy that began in 2012, and last year in 2013 resulted in the Pontos S Extreme (hands-on here). The Extreme h [...]
Putting on the new Raymond Weil Maestro Cushion, I didnt know what to make of it. Do I like the watch? Does it look flattering on the wrist. The old TV screen-style case has been a hit and miss historically as it seems to have made some watches nicer, while others not so nice at all. After looking at the Maestro Cushion on my wrist for a while, I think I lik [...]
IWC has proven that they arent afraid to tap into their illustrious past to bring us some amazing watches. For SIHH 2017, its safe to say that theyre bringing out the big guns by?completely revisiting their Da Vinci collection. Following inspiration drawn from the established?Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar watch of?1985, IWC is bringing back the [...]
The phrase modern icon of watchmaking gets thrown around often, but is there anything else that you would use to describe the Lange 1? Didnt think so. The modern A. Lange Sohne that we know today presented its first watches 25 years ago in 1994. There were four: the Saxonia, the Arkade, the Tourbillon Pour [...]
Creating limited-edition timepieces based on celebrities and popular figures is nothing new in the luxury watch business, but few brands in the current market have embraced the concept as wholeheartedly or with as much variety as Oris. Over the past several years, the brand has amassed a dramatic collection of limited-edition designs celebrating notable persona [...]
Audemars Piguet is pissed. If youve been watching the brand for the last 10 years or so, youd notice a lot of Formula 1 themed limited edition watches in the Royal Oak Offshore collection. Seeing them could easily lead you to believe that Audemars Piguet (AP) and F1 has some type of bond. And recently that relationship ended. Hublot yet again- took out from under AP [...]
Say what you will, but Panerai understands their core market perfectly. Adding to their Luminor line-up, Panerai has introduced the Luminor Marina PAM795 and PAM797, two hand-winders with the impressive 8-day power reserve P.5002 in-house caliber.Continue reading
Before the high-profile collaborations with celebrities, tattoo artists, and sports megastars; before the colorful, on-trend shock drops; and most definitely long before this crazy jewel-encrusted thing, the subversion weve now come to expect from Hublot was a whole lot simpler: a rubber strap, paired with a precious metal case. Thats it. Cast again [...]
As the watch world gears up for the 2017 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH), Cartier has quietly begun to announce their plans for the luxury timepiece exhibition held in Geneva every year. While they certainly arent strangers to the fine watchmaking arena, Cartier is typically known for their rich history as a company that [...]
High up in the Swiss mountains above the city of Neuchatel is the small town of La C?te-aux-Fees. It has a population of less than 500, and it also happens to be the home of Piagets fine watchmaking. Down the mountains and along the lake is the city of Geneva, where Piagets main watch case manufacturing and assembly headquarters is located. This is a precise analog to th [...]
One of the new 2012 Timewalker models from Montblanc was this Timewalker ChronoVoyager UTC watch. It faithfully follows in the (rather large at this point) Timewalker collection tradition offering a new flavor to the table. There is actually nothing in this model that hasnt been offered in one form or another previously in the Timewalker collection, but t [...]
This is the new Omega X-33 that we have been waiting for. Our hands-on time with the 2014 Omega Speedmaster X-33 Skywalker ref. 318.90.45.79.01.001 proves that this is the real heir to the cult favorite Omega X-33 aviation/aerospace watch of the 1990s. What about the Omega Speedmaster Z-33 (hands-on review here)? That is a good questionWhen Ome [...]
The Chanel J12 reference?H2129 is a rare model produced as collaboration with Audemars Piguet. Still on my ceramic watch kick I thought it necessary to mention the young spawn of what happens when a designer meets a watch manufacture. I dont know if it was love at first sight, or how much courtship was involved, but the result was the best of both world. The Chanel J12 is a wil [...]
Josh G. was the winner of our September 2014 Hamilton watch giveaway and has come back with this watch winner review for that we thank him and recognize his passion for the art. Please see our current giveaway for Maurice Lacroix Pontos S dive watch here.First, thank you Ariel Adams and for sponsoring the monthly watch give [...]
Busting fake watches is his game and FakeWatchBuster is his name. Below, we interview the FakeWatchBuster himself, learning about the most common replica watches he sees, how to spot a fake watch for yourself, and what drives him to dishonor those people who wear and share fake timepieces. In writing The Truth About Replica Watches, [...]
It isnt unusual to see new trends emerging on the back of current ones. In the days of small, delicate wristwatches, the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Worldtimer would have been dismissed for its proportions. But in this age of behemoths, worldtimers are afforded the requisite dial space to breathe. This not only favors historical models from IWC, but also their latest [...]
SIHH 2013 is in full swing and A. Lange Sohne is not pulling any punches. ALS has announced the new 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar, and it looks to be a complete knockout. Featuring a new Lange calibre, the L.101.1, the 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar combines some of the most sought after complications into one dazzling package that has been designed as a tribute to early [...]
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