Earlier this year Jaeger-LeCoultre formally launched and showed off new additions to their much-loved Duomètre collection in the form of the Duomètre Sphérotourbillon, Chronograph, and Quantième Lunaire now in a combination of grey Magnetite dials and red gold cases. For… Read More ›
Today’s watch may not be a new one, having been launched at Baselworld 2012, but the Maîtres du Temps collection, which partnered renowned watchmakers to create a single watch, is still a scarce beast. To see one ‘in the wild’… Read More ›
This year IWC have added a new complication to their Portugieser collection that is also a little familiar. Meet the Portugieser Constant-Force Tourbillon. By ‘familiar’ we are talking a little about familial history from the Portugieser Sidérale Scafusia but mostly of… Read More ›
Earlier this year at Peter Speake-Marin launched a new in-house movement, the COSC-certified automatic Calibre SMA0, which made its maiden appearance in the form of two limited edition pieces called the ‘One’ and ‘Two’. These are the first watches in… Read More ›
In 2015 HYT launched a radically new look to their liquid display watches in the form of the H3, with a linear time indicator using two bellow mechanisms located on in the top right and left corners of the case…. Read More ›
Last year, Hautlence released the rather mindboggling and random mechanical wrist piece called the ‘Playground Labyrinth’ (originally released in limited editions in a titanium case with either a rose gold dial and platinum ball or a white gold dial with rose… Read More ›
I have a liking for ‘mystery dials’, and 2017 has brought with it a rather impressive new one from Cartier, who have combined a minute repeater and double tourbillon into such a watch. Not only this but rather intriguingly, it… Read More ›
In the latter part of last year that #thewatchnerd arranged for a joint visit to the Fabergé boutique in London, which had kindly agreed to showing us some of their watches. We had been motivated by the desire to see… Read More ›
I have a soft spot for the unexpected and unusual, whether this be in terms how time is represented, or how time is interpreted. In 2001 Hermès released the Arceau le Temps Suspendu which ‘suspended’ time, then a few years… Read More ›
Those of you who follow me on Instagram may recollect photos I posted in January 2017, before SIHH, of the new Autavia from TAG Heuer. Even by soft launch standards it was pretty low key. If you didn’t happen to… Read More ›
