Green is not a colour unknown to Audemars Piguet dials, but in a continuation of this colour theme that has been making its way through watches of late, it now finds itself on the dials of five new Royal Oak… Read More ›
Limited Editions
NEW: Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms No Rad
Alongside the modern Fifty Fathoms models, which are their own thing, Blancpain periodically releases some heritage-inspired models that are homages or re-interpretations of the original models, targeted at the vintage and collector audience. Now, Blancpain have announced a new limited… Read More ›
NEW: De Bethune DB28XP Meteorite
De Bethune’s very singular use of meteorite, remarkable not just for how different it is to the use of this material by other brands but also in and of itself, is something that we have covered before. The Dream Watch… Read More ›
NEW: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Diabolus in Machina RG and DLC-coated Titanium
You may remember the launch of the one-off Diabolus in Machina by Roger Dubuis last year. A mix of traditional complications in a thoroughly twentieth first century exterior, it featured a minute repeater with a flying tourbillon in a case… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: MIH Gaïa
In 2019 the Musée International d’Horlogerie (MIH) announced its second timepiece called Gaïa, fourteen years after the first MIH watch, in honour of the 25th edition of the eponymous prize. Established in 1967, the Fondation Maurice Favre is responsible for… Read More ›
NEW: Ulysse Nardin Executive Sparkling Free Wheel
So we’re continuing on the ‘stones as far as you can see’ theme of the last post with the new Sparkling Free Wheel from Ulysse Nardin, a diamond-set version of its Tourbillon Free Wheel incorporating snow-setting. We have previously mentioned… Read More ›
NEW: Grand Seiko Spring Drive 8 Day SBGD207
It’s a Grand Seiko, but not as you know it. It is also, as other watches we’ve covered over the past twelve months have been, part of the green trend. In a continuation of the celebration of 140 years of… Read More ›
NEW: IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition “Tribute to 3705”
Perhaps its significance was clear only in hindsight, but 1994 was a ‘bit of a year’ as they say, for IWC. The most widely known reason for this was the release, that year, of the Mark XII, which had been… Read More ›
The Roma Phoenix Collaboration: Schwarz Etienne x Les Ateliers Blandenier Pièce Unique
There have been a handful of watch brand collaborations in the last couple of years, and not just those which appeared in the Only Watch auction, but also for example the recent multiple watch project between H.Moser & Cie and… Read More ›
NEW: Bvlgari Peacock Dreams
As a part of Bvlgari’s LVMH Watch Week releases were a trio of new Divas’ Dreams – the Peacock Dischi, Peacock Diamonds, and Peacock Tourbillon Lumière. Colourful pheasants known for their iridescent tails, peacocks are not unknown for watch decorations,… Read More ›