(Photo : Panerai) This year, Panerai is updating their Base and Marina models, with a new P.6000 movement with a three day power reserve replacing the 6497 part of this new six model upgrade. The Luminor Logo has been the… Read More ›
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VINTAGE : An unexpected Polerouter
Today’s post is about a watch from the early 1960s. A vintage Universal Genève Polerouter of no particular individual horological historical importance, it is a watch whose existence only recently became known to me. It belonged to my late grandfather,… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2016 : Tissot Heritage 1936
When visiting Tissot at Baselworld 2016 I was told that there were over two hundred new models. The chances of my being able to see them all in half an hour, so after a bit of consultation we narrowed it down… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Panerai’s new Radiomir 1940s – PAM574, PAM575 and PAM620
At Watches & Wonders 2015 Panerai officially launched new versions of the popular 42mm Radiomir 1940s that came out two years ago, containing the new manual-wind Calibre P.1000, replacing the P.999. The new movement has a seconds at 9 o’clock,… Read More ›
Apple x Hermès : fashion or luxury?
When a friend tagged me onto a photo of what appeared to be a new Apple Watch x Hermès watch it took me aback. Was it real? Well it turns out that it is. Collaborations are the thing now, after… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : with Urwerk’s tweedy side
Late last year Urwerk announced what was a surprisingly ‘old-fashioned’ limited edition of their UR-110. Aptly announced during London’s Salon QP, team Urwerk held a private launch of the UR-110 ‘Eastwood’, a collaboration with English tailor Timothy Everest. I had… Read More ›
NEWS : new straps from Panerai
Officine Panerai have announced a series of eleven alligator straps in a myriad of colours – eight straps with a semi-matte finish and three with a polished finish, achieved by hand-polishing using agate stones. This will no doubt be welcome… Read More ›
SIHH 2014 : Jaeger-LeCoultre Grand Reverso Ultra Thin 1931 Chocolate
My first SIHH 2014 post is about this watch. Why have I chosen this one to be the first? Well because it’s not only the one that I was asked about the most pre-SIHH and at the beginning, but also… Read More ›
STRAPS : SUIGENERIC New York
When one thinks about watch straps, Latin by way of New York and Korea is not, perhaps, the first thought that comes to mind. Nor even the second, really. The Latin in this instance is ‘sui generis’ (of its own… Read More ›
EVENT : Peter Speake-Marin collection in Sydney
Earlier this year I caught up with Peter Speake-Marin at the Geneva Time Exhibition and saw some models from his current collection that I had not yet had the opportunity to see. These pieces and more, including the Triad which… Read More ›
