independent watchmakers and brands
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Two years ago, MB&F released the remarkable Cnidarian-inspired HM7 Aquapod (about which you can read here) in two limited editions of sixty-six pieces in rose gold, and thirty-three pieces in titanium. The former had a black ceramic bezel and the… Read More ›
The familiar Hautlence design codes are now taking a new form, with the launch at Baselworld 2018 of the new HL Newton, featuring a fun new automatic jump hour movement. The new Calibre HTL 201-1 powers a different type of… Read More ›
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 ›
A number of weeks ago, Stepan Sarpaneva used Instagram to announce a new in-house movement (aka ‘Moonment’) to mark his fifteen year anniversary. Formally launched at Baselworld 2018, the latest incarnation of his Mr Moon is a moon phase complication… Read More ›
Steel Case, Arabic Dial (© Charles Frodsham & Co Ltd 2018) Over the years I have learned that for me, the element of luck (in being in the right place at the right time, as well as luck in the… Read More ›
