independent watchmakers and brands
This year marks eighty years since the first appearance of Tove Jansson’s Moomin family (and their friends) in ‘Comet in Moominland’, and a new collaboration between Stepan Sarpaneva and Moomin Characters Oy. The new Sarpaneva x Moomin 80th Anniversary Limited… Read More ›
H. Moser & Cie. has a new Pioneer Tourbillon red gold watch model with a burgundy-coloured fumé dial, joining the blue and green variants in the current Pioneer Tourbillon collection. This new model comes in a 40mm 5N red gold… Read More ›
Two personnel change reports today, with the departure of Daniel and Maria Reintjes from Christiaan van der Klaauw, and a new CEO for Laurent Ferrier. First up is the news from Christiaan Van Der Klaauw, at which Daniel and Maria… Read More ›
At the end of 2023 URWERK released the UR-230 Eagle. Made from TPT carbon, it was the first in the 230 series, maintaining a version of the brand’s revolving satellite complication of a three-armed carrousel with rotating blocks each carrying… Read More ›
They are not a dial feature one sees much anymore, even though in their twenty-first century manifestations, as opposed to their ones of almost a century ago, there was a time when there was the occasional ‘red 12’ dial as… Read More ›
Even if you’ve never been to Tokyo, if you are even remotely interested in watches, you will have heard of retailer Shellman. Even if you have not, retailer editions from watch brands are a long-time part of the industry and… Read More ›
Today is about another new (and similarly coloured, which extends even to the strap) vintage-inspired watch, with the launch of the new Moritz Grossman 37 Arabic Vintage, which joins the brand’s Benu collection. The case, in brushed stainless steel with… Read More ›
Although uncommon, independent watchmakers/ brands whose watches are not, cost-wise, entry level, have been known to diversify into something less complicated and more affordable, allowing those who do not have five or six figure single-watch budgets to enter into the… Read More ›
Back in 2021 De Bethune launched the DB25GMT Starry Varius. It was a piece whose genesis was the worldwide COVID lockdowns, with Denis Flagollet saying – “What on earth was I thinking of in working on a new GMT travel… Read More ›
URWERK has launched the new UR-150 Scorpion, with a new rendition of their satellite hour complication. The naming of this new model is a reference to the design of the retrograde minutes hand, its snap-back trajectory described as a representation… Read More ›
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