Chopard has expanded its L.U.C Qualité Fleurier collection with a new model in a case made from their proprietary Lucent Steel™ alloy that features a minimum of 80% recycled material, the first appearance of this material in the collection family…. Read More ›
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HANDS-ON: GENUS GN2
A couple of months ago we wrote about the launch of the new GENUS GNS2, which uses the brand’s signature time display complication, but in a different way, simplifying the ‘snaking’ time-telling genera, and enclosing it in a newly semi-open… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: URWERK SpaceTime Blade
So here’s an URWERK you cannot put on your wrist or pocket or even on a table. Meet the SpaceTime Blades series which does take a familiar concept, nixie clocks (although there have been a couple of people who have… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Pequignet Royale Tourbillon
Today is about French brand Pequignet’s first flying tourbillon. This new limited edition, called the Royale Tourbillon, is part of the Royale collection, hence its name, and is notable for all of its components being made within an 80km radius… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Arnold & Son Longitude Titanium
Arnold & Son’s new Longitude Titanium is unlike the dress watches for which the brand has been associated. Their take on the luxury sports watch with an integrated bracelet, the new model is a COSC-certified chronometer in a 42.5mm… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Beauregard x Vianny Halter “Ulysse” Limited Edition
Alexandre Beauregard’s eponymous brand has joined forces with Vianney Halter for his first men’s category watch (although it can obviously be worn by anyone) called the Ulysse, produced in a limited edition of ten pieces. With an 18kt rose gold… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Zenith DEFY Revival A3648
Zenith’s DEFY collection goes back to the late 1960s, and this year brings a new addition to the brand’s ‘Revival’ pieces with the addition of the new DEFY Revival A3648 diver, the brand’s first vintage diver revival. The original model… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud FB RES
In 2020 Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud introduced the Chronomètre FB 2RE. Coming in two limited editions of ten (numbered) pieces each in either 18k white gold or rose gold, it had a new movement, the FB-RE.FC, which combined a one-second remontoir… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Hermès Arceau Duc Attelé
A (central) triple axis tourbillon isn’t a complication one associates with Hermès, let alone combined with a minute repeater, but that’s exactly what you get in the new Hermès Arceau Duc Attelé, coming in two numbered limited editions of twenty-four… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Laurent Ferrier Classic Annual Calendar Moonphase
Today we’re looking at Laurent Ferrier’s two new additions to their Classic – the Annual Calendar Moonphase, which has the brand’s first (double moon) moonphase complication. Forming a part of the permanent collection, it comes in a 40mm case (thickness… Read More ›