A year ago we introduced you to a small Barcelona headquartered brand called Ophion, courtesy of a new model called the OPH 786. This watch had an outsized ripple of interest for its low volume vintage-inspired pieces using Swiss movements,… Read More ›
Although they are not Longines’ biggest sellers, if there’s one thing that they can be counted on, it is that the brand will come up with some good looking vintage reissue models for their Heritage Collection. This year, it comes… Read More ›
Last year Rado released modern versions of a vintage piece, called the Hyperchrome Captain Cook. Its success has lead to two more variant reissues, the Captain Cook MkII and MkIII. The latter of these, inspired by a 1962 piece, is… Read More ›
Vacheron Constantin have just expanded their Overseas collection this week, with the addition of new Overseas Automatic and Overseas Chronograph Black Dials to add to the existing blue, silver, and brown dial models already available. The latest additions to the… Read More ›
How do you start a post when you come across a very unusual pièce unique that perhaps only the watchmaker and seller knew about until it made its way to its current home, and whose ‘base model’, as it were,… Read More ›
It can be argued, with some degree of justification I think, that one of the standout (in the literal sense of its prominence) watches of 2017 has been Konstantin Chaykin’s Joker, launched at Baselworld this year. With an unconventional take… Read More ›
In 2012, Robert-Jan Broer posted a picture of his Speedmaster on Facebook using the words ‘Speedy Tuesday’. Since then, the #SpeedyTuesday hashtag has gained a dedicated following, particularly on Instagram, and become its own social media community. In what is… Read More ›
For those who are followers of the A. Lange & Söhne Watchmaking Excellence Award the name of watchmaker Torsti Laine is not totally unknown. For others, he probably needs a small introduction. Harking originally from Finland, where he was a… Read More ›
Watch brands love a reason to create a special watch, especially for their horological landmarks, as it were. Last year, Girard-Perregaux released the ‘La Esmeralda’ wristwatch, an homage to a pocket watch of the same name, famed for its three… Read More ›
In 1861 Tiffany was making a small number of watches in a workshop in Geneva. Nowadays, awareness of its watch history may be inextricably tied to its New York boutique and certain storied watch brand names, but a couple of… Read More ›
