It remains the case that rectangular watches are less commonly made and less commonly worn, than round ones, so it is always interesting when a brand decides to launch one in this case shape. Today, we are looking at one… Read More ›
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MANUFACTURE ROYALE : Customisation is king
This year, Manufacture Royale has been focusing on a new keyword – customisation. This is the direct consequence of the brand increasingly dealing directly with their end customers, many of whom want a personal touch to their new watch. They… Read More ›
URWERK UR-210 Black Platinum
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 ›
HYT : H²O Black and Blue Limited Editions
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 ›
DEWITT : Academia Endless Drive
Today, following on from our last post about one of the most interesting watches we’ve seen so far this year, we are looking at another timepiece that we have found eye-catching, although it is for reasons of design, and how… Read More ›
RESSENCE : Type 2 e-Crown® Concept
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 ›
DE BETHUNE : DB28 Steel Wheels
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 ›
KARI VOUTILAINEN : 217QRS Retrograde Date
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 ›
MB&F : the HM7 Aquapod goes green
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 ›
HAUTLENCE : HL Newton 01
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 ›
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