In the wake of massive event cancellations over the past week, both the watch industry and the enthusiast public have been left wondering what would become of new releases for 2020. One group of brands, however, has wasted no time in making the best of the situation, organizing the independent, brand-managed Geneva Watch Days 2020 Late April event. At press time, eight [...]

Last year Breitling took a fresh look at their Superocean Heritage lineup upgrading the bezel with a ceramic insert, eliminating the metal ring around the minutes circle, and refreshing the handset design. This year,?however, for Baselworld 2018 Breitling introduced the Breitling?Superocean Heritage II B01 Chronograph 44, this tim [...]

Mysteries are things you cant unravel in your mind. Knowledge of origin is key to dispelling an enigma, and the pathway to appreciation. You cant have passion for something you dont really understand. I began my love of watches ignorant of what went into making most watches. True timepiece appreciation can only come when you [...]

The green, white, and red colors of the power reserve indicator disc are a subtle reminder that this new limited edition watch from Oris has something to do with Italy. The dive watch is actually made as a limited edition piece with the Col Moschin in mind. Col Moschin is the Italian special forces. The only one that they have I believe. They se [...]

With the latest James Bond film Skyfall hitting US theaters on November 9th, 2012 Omega has announced a new limited edition model to tie in with the 23rd installment in the franchise. This is distinct from the Omega 50th anniversary of James Bond 007 movies watch. The announcement of the new Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Skyfall Limited Edition confirms that Daniel Craig w [...]

The new Moon Phase watch from Perrelet drew my attention because of the sophisticated formal looks, and the big moon. A new trend in mechanical moon phase watches is the use of a large realistic -looking moon. The moon phase window in the watch takes up almost half of the dial and is more than just a side complication. It is the main draw of the watch!Depending on who you are, knowi [...]

If you were an owner of the original Breitling Emergency watch, then youre?probably?the sort of person that engages in dangerous activities that leave you with a higher than normal chance of being stranded in the middle of nowhere. For the people that need this watch, and perhaps for others who live a normal lifestyle but are a little paranoid of what if s [...]

Panerai has a knack for SIHH novelties and this year is no exception. With a handful of special pieces being released, Im going to focus on what caught my eye. Being rather firmly a Radiomir guy (unless were talking about last years drool-worthy 1950 Regatta 3 Days), I found myself taken by the new Radiomir 1940 Chronograph. W [...]

Last year in 2017 when the relaunched Timewalker collection by Montblanc was debuted, I couldnt help but feel that while I appreciated the new watches, the particular piece for my tastes had yet to be released. Just one year later, Montblanc has debuted a new version of the updated Timewalker that is much more aligned with my own demands [...]

After only two years, the 2020s have already proven to be a transformative decade for the luxury watch industry. Stylistic trends have shifted, new horological advances have been developed, and the hype economy surrounding certain brands has expanded to heretofore unseen proportions. Of course, one of the most impactful shifts for the industry as a whole has [...]

I did a survey on Luxist within the last year that was a survey of the best luxury watch brands according to the sites readers who participated in the poll. I had to choose five brands, and among those was IWC. With a strong, focused product line, and an emphasis on performance and gentlemens sport activity, I felt that the brand resonated particularly well with American a [...]

Heres some food for thought: when was the last time a luxury watch offered by one of the big-big brands looked genuinely more expensive than it actually was? While running high into the 20-thousands is certainly not cheap by any stretch of the imagination, from afar the?Cartier Santos De Cartier Skeleton in steel is something that looks as though it ra [...]

Patek Philippe 5236P In-Line Perpetual Calendar? Just by that name it sounds like one of the most spectacular calendar watches from the company and the end result stays in line (ha!) with that. Patek Philippe has largely rearranged the dial layout of its famed perpetual calendar complication characterized by the [...]

Coming in three slightly different models, this is the Jaeger-LeCoutlre Master Grande Tradition a Tourbillon watch with the Calibre 978 automatic tourbillon chronometry competition winning movement. Super traditional, but very nice. Just what you think of when you desire an in-house made JLC tourbillon movement based timepie [...]

These days, it has become rather popular,?or dare I say?trendy for brands to reminisce. When you have a brand that has its foundation in the 1830s, as Longines does, the assignment of Heritage to a collection can carry a bit more weight. And when?you can base a new watch off of something produced in the 1950s-for the British Army, in this instance?C then H [...]

Bulgari has been chasing after Piaget in the realm of ultra-thin watches. Such titles are hard to keep track of, but Bulgari has had an impressive run over the past couple of years with watches like the Octo Finissimo Tourbillon (worlds thinnest tourbillon movement) and the Octo Finissimo Mi [...]

There are some watches that are art, and some that are technical marvels but we are talking about neither of those today. Today we are talking about a high quality and comfortable every day watch that should be in every normal watch guys collection. The Oris F1 Day Date is a marvelous watch that is impossible not to love. The watch is available on both a nice metal bracelet [...]

Reported on earlier in 2020, and made official today, the Gerald Genta brand is making a comeback, under the stewardship of BVLGARI (owned by the LVMH Group) which owns the rights to the brand and name. The timepiece itself is the lovely reference 103448 Gerald Genta Arena Bi-Retro Sport watch, with its yellow-accented dial and brushed titanium case. [...]

Who knew some good-old-and intelligently done-product placement could prevail over a long-standing heritage of condescending and/or irrelevant marketing? Hublot did. According to FIFA, the last World Cup had a global in-home television audience of 3.2 billion people, with some 1 billion having watched the final. Beyond the usual suspects of fizzy drink brands, spo [...]

Collaboration and constraints imposed by purpose-driven utility have spawned some of the most enduring and iconic watches of all time: Consider the Omega Speedmaster and its lasting history with NASA and space exploration, or a Rolex Milsub (ref. 6538 or 5512), designed for use by the Royal British Navy. But perhaps one of the richest and most storied tales of collaboration exists b [...]