The king of bling this is not, the king of cool, this just might be. I was giddy like a school boy to be playing with the Richard Mille RM028 watch. This is the more reasonable version of their diving watch line. The earlier RM025 Tourbillon Chronograph Diver is almost a cosmic joke being a half million dollar diving watch. It also doesnt [...]
Swiss watchmaker?Franck Muller?is known for their in-house production of grand complications and largely luxury-oriented collections. However, Franck Mueller has recently announced a completely new watch which departs from their core design language-the new Franck Muller Master Diving watch, a 46.33mm wide, stainless steel, automatic divers chronograph with some vintage [...]
Swiss Rado describes the purpose of the largest and most modern-looking of the Captain Cook watches it produces today as reimagined retro timepieces for a contemporary folk hero look. This is a complicated timepiece to review because it signals something different from a brand collectors tend to know for other trademark [...]
Omega has released several new Seamaster Planet Ocean watches for Baselworld 2016, but this isnt to say that the dressier Aqua Terra line is being left out. In fact, two new Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra watches are released this year.?What is of note, however, is that a METAS Certified Master Chronometer-rated movement?is not yet available in the Aqua Ter [...]
Auctions are best suited to the sale of unique items that arent otherwise available on the market. For that reason, I always look forward to the interesting watches that are donated to the Only Watch auction series which is currently being run by the auction house Christies. Only Watch is an event that weve covered a lot over the years on , and the next installment of this biennial au [...]
At SIHH 2016, German A. Lange Sohne introduced a slew of impressive flagship watches such as the incredible Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon (hands-on here). We often think of A. Lange Sohne as a company that produces grail watches, meant for only the most elite buyers. But, of course, the brand has a few models that ar [...]
Out of the blue, Jaeger-LeCoultre launched the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Tourbillon Duoface, a watch that, as expected from any recently introduced JLC, forcibly features the word Tribute in its name Even if it is, in fact, totally new, with a new movement ticking away inside. Yep, thats me still not getting over why such a great brand with [...]
Given their proclivity for aviation and military-inspired models, it can be easy to forget that Hamilton has a proven wild side. Its true, the same company that makes the Khaki Field, the Intra-matic 38, and the Jazzmaster, also makes the eccentric Face 2 Face. Born as an out-of-this-world tribute to Hamiltons involvement in films like Interstellar and 2001: A Space Odyssey, the [...]
IWC Connect is an electronic module that will be included on some IWC watch straps, adding fitness tracking functionality to IWC watches, as well as the ability to connect to the Internet of Things (IoT). The first IWC watches to get IWC Connect will be those in their Big Pilots watch collection. In concept, IWC Connect is very similar to th [...]
It would be safe to surmise that Omega was the star of the Swatch Group last year in 2013. 2014 and beyond are looking pretty bright as well, but what we can safely say is that Omega has done a good job of recognizing and celebrating its past, while also firmly looking into the future. A watch like the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terr [...]
At the risk of borrowing a somewhat cliche, famous turn of phrase, it was Henry Ford who reportedly once said a customer could have a Model T painted in any color he wants, so long as it is black. Granted, the black watch might not be destined for the everyman as the Model T once was, but Id also argue that when done right, the black watch occupies a much mo [...]
The history surrounding the first perpetual calendar wristwatch is a little hazy, but the Patek Philippe?Ref. 97975 is widely regarded to be one of, if not the first wristwatch to feature a perpetual calendar. As a result, theres something special when Patek Philippe releases a new perpetual calendar watch. And this was exactly what happened earlier this ye [...]
Let me share with you a few of the words that Graham uses to describe its newer Chronofighter Oversize GMT Black Steel watch collection. The name itself is long enough as it is. Lets see here, according to our friends at the British Masters this watch is chic, gutsy, dogged, classy, undaunted, a milestone, magnetic, skilled, extra sensitive, faithful, and a backslider. Wow, that sound [...]
When most enthusiasts think of chronographs from Omega, the first watch to come to mind is the classic, functional handwound Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch. However, before the Moonwatch or even the introduction of the Speedmaster series in 1957, Omega had a decades-long legacy of chronograph production with a far more ornate and detailed stylistic bent. [...]
From a customers perspective, there are currently two distinctly different ways of looking at Grand Seiko. For one, Grand Seiko, as the consensus seems to suggest, has become truly very expensive, and I seem to agree with that sentiment. By its own standards, it has indeed become?a lot more expensive. The other way of loo [...]
IWC?has no shortage of aviation-related partnerships and associations, and the blue Le Petit Prince models are some of their more recognizable special editions. However, also in collaboration with the?Antoine de Saint-Exupery Youth Foundation, IWC released the tobacco brown-dialed?IWC [...]
When talking about the use of ceramic in watchmaking, Omega has to be mentioned. In 2013, it launched the Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon which, in my mind, should be considered one of the most important watches in recent history. By then, ceramic had already been widely used and adopted by the watchmaking industry, bu [...]
Why on Earth Omega would call a ceramic bezel Liquidmetal is a mystery to me (see update below). It not only is ceramic not liquid, but it isnt a metal. Well, it is liquid-like when being formed, but you get the idea. Ceramic as used on watches is actually made from glass as I understand it. It used to b [...]
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