The new Clé shape/ collection has been Cartier’s focus this year, and we recently shared some photos of the Clé de Cartier Mysterious Hour that was added to January’s base collection. Today is about another Clé launch – the Flying Tourbillon…. Read More ›
Hong Kong
HANDS-ON : A. Lange & Söhne’s 1815 Anniversary of F.A. Lange Honey Gold
In this the year of the 200th anniversary of the birth of founder Ferdinand Adolph Lange, A.Lange & Söhne have introduced some special models. One of these has been a platinum 1815 with a black dial, but following on from that,… Read More ›
VACHERON CONSTANTIN : Historiques Cornes de vache 1955
One of my favourite releases of 2015 has been from Vacheron Constantin – the Historiques Cornes de vache 1955 chronograph. Given that I saw it during the same few days (in Hong Kong) as I did the A.Lange & Söhne… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Richard Mille RM26-02 ‘Evil Eye’
Intended less as a device to aim at those to whom you wish to give the ‘the eye’ and more as a talisman against bad luck, Richard Mille’s RM26-02 ‘Evil Eye’ was launched a couple of months ago, and we had… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Montblanc Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères Night Sky
At SIHH 2015 Montblanc launched the red gold limited edition Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères. At Watches & Wonders 2015 in Hong Kong, they launched another limited edition version but this time in white gold. A version that to my mind, is… Read More ›
PHOTOS : A.Lange & Söhne 1815 Boutique-only Chronograph
Officially launched at Watches & Wonders 2015, today’s stunning Pulsometer chronograph from A.Lange & Söhne may look familiar. Their 1815 chronograph on which this is based, and with which it shares the same manual-wind Calibre 951.5 movement has, since its… Read More ›
BAUME & MERCIER : Jade Promesse
If we go back a bit over a year ago to Watches & Wonders 2014 Baume & Mercier launched a special edition of their sucessful Promesse line, with red lacquer, to mark the occasion. This year they followed up with… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Panerai’s new Radiomir 1940s – PAM574, PAM575 and PAM620
At Watches & Wonders 2015 Panerai officially launched new versions of the popular 42mm Radiomir 1940s that came out two years ago, containing the new manual-wind Calibre P.1000, replacing the P.999. The new movement has a seconds at 9 o’clock,… Read More ›
NEW : Montblanc 1858 Collection Pilots’ Watch
[NOTE – You may find that this post sounds familiar. Unfortunately I did not know at the time of its original posting that there was a worldwide embargo on the new collection of which these form a part until its… Read More ›
NEWS : Swatch launches contactless payment watch
When I saw the tweet a couple of days ago from Swatch announcing their new ‘Bellamy’ range of watches which will double as a mobile form contactless form of payment, I was intrigued. Touted by some as Swatch’s foray into… Read More ›