This year Cartier has given some love to the Pasha de Cartier Grille, with updates. First things first – most of you know the pack drill. The Pasha de Cartier was inspired by a round water-resistant watch of the 1930s… Read More ›
Hands-on
HANDS-ON: Montblanc 1858 Iced Sea Automatic Date
With their new sports diving watch the 1858 Iced Sea Automatic Date, launched in Geneva, Montblanc has ventured into one of the most popular watch product market segments. Coming in a 41mm stainless steel case (12.9mm thick) with 300m water… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Purple Sapphire
As we noted last year, although Hublot are not the only brand to have released sapphire-cased watches, they are the brand that has become known for the industrialised manufacture of such cases, starting with transparent ones that were followed by… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Parmigiani Tonda PF Skeleton
As the person responsible for Bvlgari Horlogerie’s technical and commercial success, the move of Guido Terreni to the position of CEO at Parmigiani Fleurier in January 2021 was of particular interest. The watch industry was (and remains) curious about what… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Memovox Timer Rose Gold
Perhaps the most notable modern line reinvigoration for the brand, Jaeger-LeCoultre has added to its Memovox options with the release of the new rose gold Master Control Memovox Timer iteration, which features an alarm based on elapsed time. This type… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Patek Philippe 5230P-001
One of their most popular modern complications, but with a history of some eight decades, Patek Philippe’s World Timer watches are immediately recognisable. In their modern guise, Patek started the ball rolling in 2000 with the Reference 5110, which was… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 1000 Superdiver
Last year’s launch by TAG Heuer of a new generation of its Aquaracer has been followed up this year by the Aquaracer Professional 1000 Superdiver, which was launched at Watches & Wonders in Geneva. A new professional-grade model in a… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: URWERK UR-100V Time and Culture I
That watches are about time, in whatever form, interpretation or incarnation, is self-evident, but the first release in URWERK’s new 100V Time and Culture line, which they say was based on an idea from watch journalist and collector SJX (to… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2022: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Monobalancier EON Gold™ 42mm
Meet the newest Excalibur from Roger Dubuis – the Monobalancier (‘MB’), released in two new references – both in a 42mm EON GOLD™ case but one with a diamond-set bezel. The case material is a proprietary 4N gold alloy that… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2022: Cartier Coussin
Cartier inevitably throw up something every year in Geneva that I find simply fun. This can be for any number of reasons, but in thinking back about it, more often than not, there is some sort of (non calibre-related) motion,… Read More ›
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