It’s a trip from the industrial to the very light diving watch, with Ulysse Nardin’s new Diver [AIR], the world’s lightest mechanical dive watch to date. Water resistant to 200m, it weighs a remarkable 51.51 grams. The new automatic UN-374… Read More ›
SINN is renowned for its tough watch cases (the most widely known being their use of tegimented steel whose surface is hardened through the creation of a protective layer – the name being derived from the Latin ‘tegimentum’), but the… Read More ›
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was presented with a watch made from the steel of a destroyed Russian T-90 tank during his recent visit to Finland. The name of the watch model, “CTRL-Z”, is a reference to the Russian army’s association… Read More ›
We’re continuing with the ‘new materials’ theme, with Audemars Piguet’s announcement of a new patented material called ‘chroma gold’, with a camouflage pattern. This follows the brand’s announcement earlier this year of polychrome ceramic, a multi-coloured ceramic, with both created… Read More ›
Chopard has expanded its L.U.C Qualité Fleurier collection with a new model in a case made from their proprietary Lucent Steel™ alloy that features a minimum of 80% recycled material, the first appearance of this material in the collection family…. Read More ›
We’ve covered two luminous dials so far this year, and now it’s time for something on the same them. This time it’s a new announcement from IWC – a proprietary patent-pending luminous ceramic technology called Ceralume® which will allow expansion… Read More ›
Woulda coulda shoulda. What if the 1983 Swatch had been square? Back in 2021, Swatch launched its inaugural BIOCERAMIC collection, made from a composite material consisting of two products – castor seeds, and ceramic. The ratios are two-thirds ceramic and… Read More ›
Back in 2020, Ulysse Nardin announced their Diver NET Concept Watch. It was a watch whose 44mm case, middle, back and bezel was made entirely from recycled fishing nets by French company FIL & FAB, who obtain their ‘raw material’ by… Read More ›
In its drive towards producing (and encouraging) watches more sustainably, last year Panerai released the Submersible eLAB-ID PAM1225 which was 98.6% recycled-based material by weight. Alongside this, they also introduced the use of the sustainably sourced case material eSteel™ in… Read More ›
It is interesting to watch the use of plant-based material, which has been used in fashion, shoes, and accessories for awhile (even if still relatively niche) move to watch accessories. Especially as a predominant theme of straps is still about… Read More ›
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