One of the interesting things to have come out of the digital Watches & Wonders 2021 for me was the press Q&A session by Purnell. Although I knew of them, my knowledge was sparse and didn’t go much beyond that,… Read More ›
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WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Piaget Ultimate Concept “Tribute to La Côte-aux-Fées”
Last year Piaget won the “Aiguille d’Or” at 2020’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) for the Altiplano Ultimate Concept, a watch whose prototype was a standout at the SIHH 2018. At 2mm thick the thinnest mechanical watch in the… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS 2021: Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar
One thing you can’t say of Bvlgari is that they are content to rest on their laurels. Seven years and seven world records for thinness – the Octo Finissimo has more than made its mark in its brief life, from… Read More ›
NEW: Grand Seiko Spring Drive 8 Day SBGD207
It’s a Grand Seiko, but not as you know it. It is also, as other watches we’ve covered over the past twelve months have been, part of the green trend. In a continuation of the celebration of 140 years of… Read More ›
NEW: Credor Eichi II Blue Edition
In 2021 the Seiko Watch Corporation will be celebrating 140 years and we can expect plenty of releases to mark the occasion. However, they are getting in early, with a few announcements having just been made about some of the… Read More ›
NEW: Oris Aquis Date and the new Calibre 400
A few week ago Oris announced a new in-house movement called the Calibre 400. Now why was this noteworthy? Well because it’s an anti-magnetic automatic movement with a five day power reserve, a ten year warranty, and a ten year… Read More ›
NEW: Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 2RE
Fiercely technically-minded brand Ferdinand Berthoud has launched the new Chronomètre FB 2RE; inspired, as the brand’s watches are, by the horological achievements of the man whose name they bear. In 1770 Ferdinand Berthoud was awarded the title of “Clockmaker and… Read More ›
NEW: Accutron launches as a brand with new Electrostatic movement
At Baselworld 2019 the Citizen Watch Group and Bulova, which it purchased in 2008, debuted the Electrostatic Accutron Concept. Featuring familiar parts of the original Accutron, it used new-to-wristwatches technology to generate power. Now, in an acknowledgment of how much… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020: Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept
Well they did it. At the SIHH 2018, along with the Altiplano Ultimate Automatic 910P, Piaget unveiled the Altiplano Ultimate Concept, the thinnest mechanical watch in the world. The big question was, of course, whether it would just remain just… Read More ›
NEW: Seiko Presage Studio Ghibli Porco Rosso
Perhaps like me, you have been making your way through Netflix’s current Studio Ghibli promotion; watching some for the first time, reacquainting myself with others, and wondering which ones they’ll put up next. If you find yourself in self-imposed isolation… Read More ›
