independent watchmakers and brands
Christiaan van der Klaauw, aka the king (both the man and his brand) of the modern astronomical timepiece, has launched the new CVDK Grand Planetarium Eccentric Manufacture to celebrate half a century of astronomically inclined timepieces. The only mechanical planetarium… Read More ›
Alain Silberstein’s status as a preferred partner in small brand collaborations continues, with a new limited edition piece with YEMA. The YEMA x Alain Silberstein Marine Limited Edition combines a Silberstein-designed black DILC-treated grade 5 titanium case with a micro-blasted… Read More ›
H.Moser & Cie expands its Pioneer family with the new Retrograde Seconds. A small complication more commonly associated with dress watches, be it for Moser or more generally, the retrograde makes its debut in the brand’s casual line, with its… Read More ›
The niche segment of limited edition small brand collaborations at friendly price points continues to maintain a steady pace, with the latest addition between Louis Erard, a brand which has carved out its own spot within this space, and independent… Read More ›
De Bethune has launched the new DB28xs Aérolite, with a blued Muonionalusta meteorite dial featuring a random guilloché pattern that represents the rippled surface of a sea (albeit with ‘stars’on it). This new piece is a close relation of the… Read More ›
It has been a decade since URWERK’s original GPHG award-winning EMC (Electronic Mechanical Control watch appeared, and eight years since the client/ owner-influenced EMC Time Hunter variant. Now, URWERK have presented another client-lead EMC with the new limited edition EMC… Read More ›
When MB&F was launched by founder Maximilian Büsser in 2005 it heralded not just a completely different type of watch brand from a design perspective, an ethos which has continued but also morphed from being radical in visible to less… Read More ›
Laurent Ferrier’s new Classic Auto Sandstone (aka Série Atelier VI) is the latest addition to the brand’s Série Atelier pieces. These aren’t so much a collection family as a special sideline off the main collection, with its models all limited… Read More ›
To mark forty years of his eponymous brand, in 2020 Svend Andersen presented four special timepieces, of which one was a variation on his jumping hour complication that came in a 38mm 5N red gold case with a 21k BlueGold… Read More ›
The new C by Romain Gauthier Titanium Edition Six is, as the name indicates, the sixth edition of this model using this calibre. In a limited edition if 88 pieces, it comes in a 41mm sized grade 5 titanium case… Read More ›
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