This year URWERK presented a black platinum edition (not its first black platinum piece) of its UR-210, a timepiece famed for two things – its combination of patented revolving satellite complication with wandering hour and three-dimensional retrograde minute hand, and… Read More ›
Hands-on
HYT : H²O Black and Blue Limited Editions
In 2012 when HYT unveiled its original hydro-mechanical watch it was one of the year’s headliners, both for its incredibly modern good looks, and for its innovation. In the years since then, they have proven themselves as survivors in a… Read More ›
IWC: Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days ‘150 Years’
This year IWC Schaffhausen announced a number of special Portugieser watches as part of its 150th birthday Jubilee collection : the Portugieser Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition ‘150 Years’, Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon Edition ‘150 Years’, Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Edition “150 Years”a… Read More ›
DEWITT : Academia Endless Drive
Today, following on from our last post about one of the most interesting watches we’ve seen so far this year, we are looking at another timepiece that we have found eye-catching, although it is for reasons of design, and how… Read More ›
RESSENCE : Type 2 e-Crown® Concept
One of the most intriguing new watches I’ve come across so far this year has been the Ressence Type 2 e-Crown Concept. Self-evidently, ‘e-Crown®’ refers to ‘electronic crown’, a new time setting technology developed by Ressence that stretches the brand’s… Read More ›
DE BETHUNE : DB28 Steel Wheels
As mentioned in a post earlier this year, 2018 is a year of change for De Bethune, both of management, and of focus. The markers of this change, horologically, were the Titan Hawk v2 covered in that post, and the… Read More ›
ULYSSE NARDIN : Freak Vision
Since it was first launched, the Freak has become arguably Ulysse Nardin’s most distinctive model collection. This year, they have updated it not only with their first automatic version, but also using new technology first unveiled inside the Innovision 2… Read More ›
KARI VOUTILAINEN : 217QRS Retrograde Date
This year has seen the launch, by Kari Voutilainen, of a new watch inspired by his Vingt-8 movement. Called the 217QRS, it features a retrograde date display with an unusual attribute. The usual retrograde date function of this type with… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Vacheron Constantin’s new Overseas Black
Vacheron Constantin have just expanded their Overseas collection this week, with the addition of new Overseas Automatic and Overseas Chronograph Black Dials to add to the existing blue, silver, and brown dial models already available. The latest additions to the… Read More ›
INTRODUCING : Lundis Bleus
We are living in a period which has seen a surge in the number of small/ micro brands in the watch industry. This has included crowd-funded watches and brands of various types, but also a number of 1-2 person operations… Read More ›