This year Angelus has released a number of new pieces, and today we are bringing another of them to you – the U40 Racing Tourbillon Skeleton. As the name indicates, its inspiration lies in the automotive arena (a popular hunting… Read More ›
Switzerland
IWC : Timezoner Chronograph
Perhaps it is because during the next few weeks I am about to do a bit more travelling than I had anticipated, but world timers have been on my mind. In a recent post I covered the unusual De Bethune DB25 World… Read More ›
DE BETHUNE : DB25 World Traveller
Because of their small size, De Bethune are not a brand that has a lot of releases every year, but when they do decide to release something radically new, it’s always worth sitting up and taking notice, like the remarkable… Read More ›
JAQUET DROZ : Swiss-themed Charming Bird
First released in 2013 to celebrate the 275th anniversary of Pierre Jaquet Droz’s first workshop in 1738, this year brings with it this new particularly Swiss, limited edition version of Jaquet Droz’s Charming (in name and execution) Bird mechanical wonder… Read More ›
BREGUET : Tradition Dame 7038
This year Breguet has launched a new addition to their Tradition collection but for women in the form of the Dame 7038. Althought it has all the classic Tradition attributes it is also a distinctly different watch with its… Read More ›
PETER SPEAKE-MARIN : Magister Vertical Double Tourbillon
Launched last year and recently announced in a ‘black’ version, today we share with you Peter Speake-Marin’s inaugural white gold Magister Vertical Double Tourbillon, released last year and seen by us earlier this year. Part of his J Class Collection,… Read More ›
MANUFACTURE ROYALE : 1770 Micromegas
In our introductory post about Manufacture Royale we spoke of the influence of Voltaire on the brand. For today’s watch, the 1770 Micromégas, Voltaire once again rears his head. Named for the mythical hero of one of his short stories… Read More ›
KARI VOUTILAINEN : Customisation is king
Today we have a different sort of a post about a watch we’ve covered already, Kari Voutilainen’s Vingt-8 (see this link). For this and his Vingt-8 GMT 6, about which you can read here, we mentioned that Voutilainen is known… Read More ›
H. Moser & Cie : a tale of two perpetual calendars
Some of you may recall that at Baselworld 2015 H.Moser & Cie formally launched their Endeavour Concept Watch Fumé, a very pared down riff on an existing model. A part of Moser’s experiments with notions of purity and no branding or markers,… Read More ›
SINN: 856 B-Uhr Limited Edition
This year Sinn has decided to launch a watch based on classic Beobachtungs-uhr (B-Uhr) fliegers. However, rather than using a traditional B-Uhr type 55mm case size, this new limited edition model is the same far more wearable 40mm sized case as… Read More ›
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