Jaeger-LeCoultre’s long time relationship with the Venice Film Festival is marked, each year, with special launches. In 2017, the brand presented a series of three limited edition Rendez-Vous pieces to celebrate their Métiers Rares (Rare Handcrafts) workshop. With a focus… Read More ›
The move towards selling certified pre-owned watches continues, with H.Moser & Cie the latest brand to set up this option for potential owners. On the new dedicated website can be found pre-owned models that have been refurbished, tested, and certified,… Read More ›
Perhaps like me, you have been making your way through Netflix’s current Studio Ghibli promotion; watching some for the first time, reacquainting myself with others, and wondering which ones they’ll put up next. If you find yourself in self-imposed isolation… Read More ›
If you were, as I was, one of those who wondered why the Legacy Machine FlyingT was launched in three diamond-set editions and none sans diamonds, viewing the latter as perhaps more suitable for more regular wear (as well as… Read More ›
Winner of the Mechanical Exception prize at GPHG 2019, the GENUS GNS 1.2 is arguably one of the most unusual watches to have been released not just last year, but in recent times. The man behind it is second generation… Read More ›
A couple of weeks ago we covered Zenith’s new Defy Classic Midnight, but mentioned the subject of today’s post – the new Defy 21 Land Rover Edition. This latest auto collaboration is a watch that to my mind, is better… Read More ›
Continuing on the integrated bracelet theme of the LVMH Watch Week releases in Dubai, Hublot marked fifteen years after the original Big Bang with the first appearance of an integrated bracelet. The launch models are in titanium, King Gold, and… Read More ›
What makes a Moser watch, ‘a Moser’? I am not speaking of the high profile pieces that have garnered broad media coverage but the ‘bread and butter’ of the brand – what they make and sell. Perhaps visually at least,… Read More ›
Last year saw retailer The Hour Glass release a number of 40th birthday commemorative limited editions in conjunction with their brands. Some of them sold out immediately upon announcement. One of these was the the watch that is the subject… Read More ›
The world of independent watchmaking will always be a niche one, in large part by dint of the small production numbers, as well as for the higher average entry price point into it. But even within such a niche the… Read More ›
