You may recall my earlier post about the new Oris Great Barrier Reef II. To recap, following on from their first collaboration in 2010 Oris has once again partnered with the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) to issue a new… Read More ›
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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 were zero, so after a bit of consultation we… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2016 : Tudor’s Black Bay and I ask the question about patina
So Tudor went down the tweaking path at Baselworld this year, with some amendments to various models, notably the Black Bay, which is their best seller in the Heritage line. These changes ranged from a new movement inside to new… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2016 : Zenith Elite 6150 Rose Gold
You may recall that a year ago at Baselworld 2015 Zenith launched Elite Calibre 6150 (‘6’ for ‘Elite’, ‘150’ for their birthday of the same), a movement with 195 components, a 100 hour power reserve, 3.92mm high, and released in… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2016 : Manufacture Royale 1770 Voltige Plume Noire
Today is about a new release from Manufacture Royale called the 1770 Voltige Plume Noire (Black Feather). In order to introduce this new watch which forms part of their Baselworld 2016 releases and which we saw in January in Geneva,… Read More ›
CARTIER : the road to success
So we’ve decided to have a bit of a cushion case week this week. Meet the new cushion-cased Drive de Cartier collection, which was launched at SIHH 2016 with three inaugural models (plus one colour variant of one). The dials… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Richard Mille at SIHH 2016
If nothing else Richard Mille can always be counted upon to present a talking point at SIHH. This year it was the RM 50-02 ACJ Tourbillon Split Seconds Chronograph designed in conjunction with Airbus Corporate Jets (above). As well as… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : H.Moser & Cie Swiss Alp Watch
Remember this video? As a piece of low cost guerilla marketing it was inspired, with its coverage far and wide amongst tech press, many (most?) of whom didn’t really seem to get the point, or humour. So yes the video… Read More ›
MONTBLANC : 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter Blue Limited Edition
Following last year’s launch of its 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter in rose gold, which itself was part of a new collection whose new pilots watches have been a market success, Montblanc has extended the collection with the addition of a stainless… Read More ›
URWERK : the UR-105 T-Rex
In 2014 Urwerk introduced the manual-wind UR-105 via the Iron Knight and Dark Night, followed in 2015 by the automatic UR-105 TA (Turbine Automatic) Knight, whose movement is regulated via dual air turbines visible on its back. There were then… Read More ›
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