The new BLAST from Ulysse Nardin isn’t a ‘blast from the past’ because it combines some old things (tourbillon, skeletonisation) in a thoroughly modern fashion. Nor is it a ‘blast from the past’ because it looks familiar – it is… Read More ›
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NEW: Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 2RE
Fiercely technically-minded brand Ferdinand Berthoud has launched the new Chronomètre FB 2RE; inspired, as the brand’s watches are, by the horological achievements of the man whose name they bear. In 1770 Ferdinand Berthoud was awarded the title of “Clockmaker and… Read More ›
NEW: Accutron launches as a brand with new Electrostatic movement
At Baselworld 2019 the Citizen Watch Group and Bulova, which it purchased in 2008, debuted the Electrostatic Accutron Concept. Featuring familiar parts of the original Accutron, it used new-to-wristwatches technology to generate power. Now, in an acknowledgment of how much… Read More ›
NEW: Rado True Thinline Anima
First introduced in 2011 Rado’s True Thinline are, as the name states, Rado’s slimmest collection, and were the first to feature a monobloc ceramic case. Their expertise in the use of this material means that they have become pretty much… Read More ›
NEW: Oris Hangang Limited Edition
In recent years Oris has partnered with a number of environment-related organisations, creating limited editions of their Aquis divers watch to mark these relationships. In 2020, the first was the Lake Baikal, based on the 43.5mm Aquis Date and with… Read More ›
NEW: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Mokarran LE
So if the green of firs wasn’t quite the green for you, and you had also been looking for something less dressy and with a ‘social’ component as well, this may tick your boxes. Blancpain has released the new fifty… Read More ›
NEW: Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar Forest Green
So you may have been wondering if it’s just you or if there have been a lot of blue dials this year (there have been) and feeling in need of some other colour options. Well green might be more your… Read More ›
NEW: Audemars Piguet adds smoked dials and bi-metal cases to CODE 11.59
However you felt about them, and they generated some strong views, one of last year’s most talked-about releases was that of the CODE 11.59 pieces from Audemars Piguet. It was made clear that this was not to be a one-off,… Read More ›
NEW: Longines Avigation Watch Type A-7 1935
The recent history of Longines’ Avigation watches is not unknown here, nor in fact is the model name of Avigation Type-A 1935 an unfamiliar one. Like the Avigation Type-A 1935 that we covered in 2016, the 2020 variant is in… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Watches & Wonders Shanghai 2020
This year’s inaugural Watches & Wonders Geneva 2020 went digital, and the releases are still filtering down to worldwide markets, but the W&W-branded expansion continues, with the announcement of their first event in Shanghai. Remembering, of course, that there were… Read More ›
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