watch brands
What’s in a name? Well when it comes to watches, in the case of historical U.S. name Tornek-Rayville, a lot. Acquired by the Bill Yao, the owner of well-known and respected microbrand MKII Watches, the Tornek-Rayville name has been revived,… Read More ›
Swatch, the official time partner of Expo 2020 Dubai, is inviting people from the Expo’s 194 participating countries to create an original art work representing their country that will find its way onto their watches. Under the ‘Swatch X You’… Read More ›
Audemars Piguet have launched two vastly new Royal Oak 34 models – one in black ceramic, and one in their frosted white gold. Very different looks, very different vibes. First up is the Royal Oak Black Ceramic 34 which, as… Read More ›
In the modern era of watchmaking it is unusual for a brand to have, as one of its best known (ongoing) horological creations, a piece involving an automaton. There are some independent watchmakers such as Svend Andersen who are renowned… Read More ›
Hermès has added an in-house skeletonised dial to their Slim d’Hermès collection. As the Squelette Lune name indicates, it’s all about the open worked dial and a (double) moon phase, and is in fact the second high-end skeletonised timepiece from… Read More ›
Now this is an interesting announcement – an ongoing partnership between TAG Heuer and Nintendo has been launched courtesy of a limited edition TAG Connected featuring the eponymous star of Super Mario. For those with a bit of a watch… Read More ›
Back in 2019 Longines released the Heritage Classic. Featuring a central silvered opaline disc surrounded by a satin finished disc and small seconds in striated silvered opaline, it was a very handsome modern version of a 1934 sector dial reference… Read More ›
Armin Strom have just launched the new limited edition Tribute 1, a contemporary dress watch that joins the Lady Beat and Gravity Equal Force in their System 78 collection as an ‘entry level’ timepiece. Compared with the other collection families… Read More ›
During Watches & Wonders Geneva 2021, Cartier surprised everyone by the announcement of their first solar powered watch – the SolarBeat. To recap, the SolarBeat Tank Must has small perforations in the black Roman numerals providing the openings through which… Read More ›
Last year Corum marked forty years of the Golden Bridge with a special manually-wound anniversary Golden Bridge Rectangle 40th Anniversary in 18k white gold, and in 18k rose gold. Developed and patented by Vincent Calabrese in 1977 (but purchased by… Read More ›
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