This year may be the year of the Reverso for Jaeger-LeCoultre, which is going all out to celebrate its 85th birthday, but there have been other releases that have had a little less fanfare but are still worth noting. One… Read More ›
Hands-on
DE BETHUNE : DB25 World Traveller
Because of their small size, De Bethune are not a brand that has a lot of releases every year, but when they do decide to release something radically new, it’s always worth sitting up and taking notice, like the remarkable… Read More ›
JAQUET DROZ : Swiss-themed Charming Bird
First released in 2013 to celebrate the 275th anniversary of Pierre Jaquet Droz’s first workshop in 1738, this year brings with it this new particularly Swiss, limited edition version of Jaquet Droz’s Charming (in name and execution) Bird mechanical wonder… Read More ›
PETER SPEAKE-MARIN : Magister Vertical Double Tourbillon
Launched last year and recently announced in a ‘black’ version, today we share with you Peter Speake-Marin’s inaugural white gold Magister Vertical Double Tourbillon, released last year and seen by us earlier this year. Part of his J Class Collection,… Read More ›
URWERK : EMC Time Hunter
Many of you will recall Urwerk’s EMC – Electro Mechanical Control watch that was released a couple of years ago. For those who refresh to refresh their memories, go to our earlier post at this link. This year Urwerk has… Read More ›
ON THE WRIST : IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Top Gun Miramar
You may recall an earlier post about one of IWC’s new pilot’s watches for 2016, the Mark XVIII Top Gun Miramar. Well along with this, they also released a new Top Gun Miramar Chronograph which we had on loan… Read More ›
SINN : 856 B-Uhr Limited Edition
This year Sinn has decided to launch a watch based on classic Beobachtungs-uhr (B-Uhr) fliegers. However, rather than using a traditional B-Uhr type 55mm case size, this new limited edition model is the same far more wearable 40mm sized case as… Read More ›
GoS : Gustafsson & Sjögren’s Damascus steel watches
It had been a long wait, and truth be told I had thought that I would never see watchmaker Patrik Sjögren and blade smith Johan Gustafsson’s Damascus steel watches in anything other than an online form. After a number of… Read More ›
BREGUET : Classique Hora Mundi Ref. 5727
This year has brought with it several new key releases from Breguet, including the latest iteration of the clever Hora Mundi, their Reference 5717 multiple time zone watch launched in 2011 that was the first mechanical jumping 24 city time… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Romain Gauthier HMS Ten
You may recall an earlier post about some limited editions of Romain Gauthier’s HMS Ten, a continuation of the ‘Prestige HMS’ Collection and released in three variants of ten pieces each : platinum case with a blue dial, white gold… Read More ›
