A while ago I wrote about the Badollet Ivresse, a fascinating curved watch (with a more gentle curve than Eva Leube’s Ari) with such a pared back sense of elegant simplicity that not only is the tourbillon not visible from… Read More ›
Watch Profile
Power-up! The Lange 31
This is the third and final Lange post from an extended Lange afternoon in Melbourne recently. The first post was an overview of the brand’s arrival in Australia, the second about my favourite, the Zeitwerk, and this final post will… Read More ›
Omega’s sleek and modern Planet Ocean
With all the recent fuss about Omega’s Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M ‘SKYFALL’ LE, we thought that we’d go ‘back to basics’, in a manner of speaking. The Seamaster story goes back to 1948, when Omega launched a watch with a… Read More ›
Hands-on with Jaeger-LeCoultre’s ‘Reverso Rouge’
Considered to be one of the true horological icons, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso is the legendary reversible watch created in 1931 for polo players looking to protect the glass of their watch. Since then, it has not only proven itself to be… Read More ›
HANDS ON : Casio’s limited edition Royal Air Force G-Shock
At the announcement of a collaboration between Casio and the British Royal Air Force to create a limited edition G-SHOCK Gravity Defier (GW-A1000RAF-1AER), I pondered aloud that even with a limited edition of 2,000 and a price of GBP500, it… Read More ›
A modern design classic – the Zeitwerk
In the past I have written about watches that I have seen after a great deal of anticipation but whose reality just hasn’t grabbed me, or of my first meeting with a watch that I’d mentally wanted but found myself… Read More ›
HANDS-ON with MB&F’s Retrotastic HM5
It is commonplace to use various types of stories describe watches, to describe watch brands. How powerfully and truly these ring is a combination of history, how the narratives are weaved around us and, in the end, how believable each… Read More ›
Maurice Lacroix’s very modern Squelette
Today it is time for a bit funky skeletonised fun. Part of Maurice Lacroix’s ‘Masterpiece’ collection, the Squelette (i.e. ‘Skeleton’) (Ref. MP7138-SS001-030) features a hand decorated manual wind Cal. ML134 movement visible through the domed sapphire crystal on the front,… Read More ›
NEWS: Vacheron Constantin Year of the Snake watch
A couple of months out from a new Chinese (lunar) year and we have another new watch for the Chinese market. This time it’s Vacheron Constantin’s Métiers d’ Art collection, which is being expanded to include a new “The Legend… Read More ›
HANDS-ON with Longines’ Avigation A-7
I have written about some important historical Longines aviation watches, namely the rare Longines-Wittnauer Second Setting watch and the well-known Longines Lindbergh, and today’s offering is in the spirit of these. It is Longines’ newest addition to what I think… Read More ›
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