Christophe Claret is known for his sometimes whimsical approach to complications and for his pieces with repeaters – in fact, his first calibre was a minute repeater (1989). It is a brand on whose watches you can definitely see the… Read More ›
Limited Editions
NEW: Ulysse Nardin Freak X Razzle Dazzle
As they used to say on Broadway – “Give ’em the old razzle dazzle”. For Ulysse Nardin’s latest version of its Freak X, the ‘razzle dazzle’ is perhaps both a bit of showbiz and the actual inspiration for its latest… Read More ›
NEW: SQUALE Drass Galeazzi
The previous post was about the watches that are the result of a new official partnership between the French navy (Marine nationale) and YEMA. Today is about a dive watch collaboration that is not milspec, but at least equally interesting… Read More ›
NEW: IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition “IWC Racing”
Launched in 2013, IWC’s Ingenieur Constant-Force Tourbillon was a movement development that had segued from the Portugieser Sidérale Scafusia and powered by the then-new Calibre 94800. The movement found its way into the Portugieser Constant-Force Tourbillon and has appeared in… Read More ›
L’ÉPÉE 1839: Time Flies
Clockmaker L’Epée 1839 has collaborated with Juliette Lefèvrem a graduate of Switzerland’s École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL) to create the new ‘Time Flies’ table clock, inspired by 1930s aircraft. Coming in four different variants of 99 pieces each, it… Read More ›
DE BETHUNE: DB27 Titan Hawk V2 Limited Edition Green
Last month De Bethune announced the latest variant to the DB27 Titan Hawk with – you guessed it – a green dial. In this instance, a quite deep shade almost tending towards the ‘British racing green’ tone. For those unfamiliar… Read More ›
GREUBEL FORSEY: GMT Sport with Integrated Bracelet
Amongst the many ways to present a new Greubel Forsey, sky diving doesn’t tend to come to mind as one of the top three possibilities. Nor even the top ten. To my mind, anyway. This is how it was unveiled… Read More ›
FERDINAND BERTHOUD: Chronomètre FB RS
Chopard’s Karl Friedrich Scheufele, the man behind the revival of Ferdinand Berthoud’s name into a fully-fledged brand, fielded a lot of questions during the Watches & Wonders 2021 online presentation/ Q&A. For me, the most interesting nugget of information was… Read More ›
NEW: TAG Heuer Monaco Green Dial Limited Edition
We are almost twelve months into it but no you can’t yet escape the green theme. We’ve covered some multi-coloured releases recently, but I still think that it will run until the end of 2021. Meet the new TAG Heuer… Read More ›
PURNELL: Escape II Absolute Sapphire
One of the interesting things to have come out of the digital Watches & Wonders 2021 for me was the press Q&A session by Purnell. Although I knew of them, my knowledge was sparse and didn’t go much beyond that,… Read More ›
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