The new limited edition URWERK UR-105 Tantalum Hull is the final edition that marks the end of the 105, which made its inaugural appearance in 2014 in the form of the manually-wound UR-105M ‘Iron Knight’ and ‘Dark Knight’ models. Since… Read More ›
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CHRISTOPHE CLARET: Concertino Dragon
Christophe Claret is known for his sometimes whimsical approach to complications and for his pieces with repeaters – in fact, his first calibre was a minute repeater (1989). It is a brand on whose watches you can definitely see the… Read More ›
L’ÉPÉE 1839: Time Flies
Clockmaker L’Epée 1839 has collaborated with Juliette Lefèvrem a graduate of Switzerland’s École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) to create the new ‘Time Flies’ table clock, inspired by 1930s aircraft. Coming in four different variants of 99 pieces each, it… Read More ›
GREUBEL FORSEY: GMT Sport with Integrated Bracelet
Amongst the many ways to present a new Greubel Forsey, sky diving doesn’t tend to come to mind as one of the top three possibilities. Nor even the top ten. To my mind, anyway. This is how it was unveiled… Read More ›
PURNELL: Escape II Absolute Sapphire
One of the interesting things to have come out of the digital Watches & Wonders 2021 for me was the press Q&A session by Purnell. Although I knew of them, my knowledge was sparse and didn’t go much beyond that,… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: H.Moser & Cie. Endeavour Tourbillon Concept Tiger’s Eye LE
“If we want to survive we need to be different.” This was said during an online H.Moser & Cie press session, and whilst being different has been a core part of the brand’s identity, whether in terms of their watches… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Ulysse Nardin UFO
Today’s new Watches & Wonders 2021 launch continues on a ‘historical marine origins’ theme linked to our last post about a brand whose namesake after which it is named, John Arnold, is of course, one of the most significant watchmakers… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Ressence Type 2N ‘Night Blue’
Ressence has launched the latest addition to its Type 2 collection, which debuted in 2018 as a concept piece – the Type 2N ‘Night Blue’. It is the third member of the Type 2 collection, following from ‘Grey’ and ‘Anthracite’…. Read More ›
NEW: GENUS GNS DRAGON
This year brings an unexpected digression from last year’s GENUS GNS1.2 TD (Titane Damassé), the follow up to the mechanically singular GENUS GNS1.2. Unlike the previous post about a new release that also features a dragon, the one in this… Read More ›
NEW: URWERK UR-100V “Blue Planet”
Since the launch of the inaugural UR-100 SpaceTime URWERK has released a number of variants, such as UR-100 Gold and the UR-100V Iron, last year. Now it has gone blue, with the new UR-100V “Blue Planet” in a blue PVD steel… Read More ›
