Perhaps one of his lesser known forays in the watchmaking world, Kari Voutilainen has had a watch collaboration history with Finnish brand Leijona. Now, the latest product of this partnership has come to fruition. The Heritage 1907 collection now has… Read More ›
Divers watches
NEW: Fortis Marinemaster M-40
Green is not over. Meet the new Fortis Marinemaster M-40 in “Woodpecker Green”. It is one of four new Marinemaster F-40 models, the others being Rockstone Gray, Serenity Blue, and Snow White. The colours are self explanatory. Fortis’ new Marinemasters… Read More ›
NEW: Angelus U53 Tourbillon Volant
Angelus has just added the new limited edition Angelus U553 Tourbillon Volant to its Urban Collection. A skeletonised dive watch with a tourbillon, it is not their only diver tourbillon (U50 Diver Tourbillon and U53 Diver Tourbillon) but, at 46mm,… Read More ›
NEW: the return of Tornek-Rayville
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 ›
NEW: SQUALE Drass Galeazzi
The previous post was about the watches that are the result of a new official partnership between the French navy (Marine nationale) and YEMA. Today is about a dive watch collaboration that is not milspec, but at least equally interesting… Read More ›
NEW: YEMA Navygraf x Marine nationale collection (plus Tudor)
Official partner of the French Air Force since the 1970s, YEMA is now also an official partner of the French Navy (Marine nationale). The new Navygraf x Marine nationale (MN) collection has been jointly designed (milspec) to be able to… Read More ›
EXHIBITION: Vintage Fifty Fathoms
It was only last month that we covered the new Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms No Rad, a limited edition re-interpretation of the 1960s’ Fifty Fathoms “no radiations” with its immediately recognisable symbol. We mentioned the simultaneous release of a… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Panerai Submersible eLAB-ID PAM1225
Last year there had been some talk in the air about Panerai doing something very interesting in terms of sustainability and recycled material, and so it has come to be. If you read ‘LAB-ID’ you know that it’s going to… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Oris AquisPro Date Caliber 400
Let’s go back a bit to last year. To this post, in fact. Oris launched their new in-house Calibre 400, an automatic movement with enhanced anti-magnetic features and a power reserve of five days. Coming with a ten year warranty… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight 925
The commercial success that is Tudor’s Black Bay/ BB58 is very likely to continue with the latest launch of the new Black Bay Fifty-Eight 925. The name is easy to work out – the 925 is a reference to its… Read More ›