The Denis Flageollet blue for which De Bethune has become known and which, arguably, is the best ‘brand blue’ around, has become the company’s distinctive signature to the point where a completely yellow watch took me some time to get… Read More ›
Watch Profile
HANDS-ON : Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra Thin
A number of months ago we introduced the new Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin. Containing the 2.89mm thick Calibre 5133, a movement that made its inaugural appearance in the record-breaking RD#2, it is a 41mm sized case… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Andersen Genève Vita Vinum
Earlier this year Andersen Genève introduced a new collection called ‘Art & Culture’ and with it, a limited edition (twelve pieces) launch model called ‘Vita Vinum’ (‘life wine’ in Latin). One of the six finalists in the GPHG 2019 ‘Artistic… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : MB&F Legacy Machine FlyingT
Although there is no explicit marketing of them as such, MB&F’s watches have very much been dominated by men when it comes to ownership, although they can happily reside on wrists of types. Nonetheless, 2019 has seen the brand… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Hautlence HL Sphere 01
Earlier this year Hautlence launched the HL Sphere 01, about which we wrote at this link. A wrist form of the HL Kinetic table clock, it displays hours and minutes via a spherical ‘jumping hour’ and a retrograde minute display…. Read More ›
NEW : Audemars Piguet Millenary Frosted Gold Philosophique
MeisterSinger may be the brand that has become synonymous with single-handed wristwatches, but however small this club may be, Audemars Piguet have reminded us that they too, have gone down this path. Audemars Piguet introduced its a manual-wind single-handed Philosophique… Read More ›
NEW : Arnold & Son Globetrotter Night
Last year Arnold & Son (owned by the Citizen Group) added to its Instrument Collection a watch they said was inspired by the marine chronometers of John Arnold (the man after which the brand is named) – a visually engaging… Read More ›
NEW : Louis Moinet Chronosphere
Hearing about unusual displays or unexpected complications is something we are particularly interested in, and today is about one of these. Louis Moinet have announced their new Chronosphere, a chronograph with a retrograde seconds, which is the first time that… Read More ›
NEW : Ulysse Nardin New Executive Tourbillon Free Wheel LE : Osmium, Aventurine, Straw Marquetry, and Carbonium® Gold
In 2018 Ulysse Nardin Ulysse launched a new model called the Executive Tourbillon Free Wheel, featuring an eye-catching dial with parts of the movement (the tourbillon, power reserve, gear train, and barrel) floating above the dial’s surface. The use of… Read More ›
NEW : URWERK UR-100 SpaceTime
I was reading Gary’s piece in Quill & Pad as I was writing this post about URWERK’s latest release. He mentions, amongst other things, the topic of patronage of independent brands for him as a collector, as well as their… Read More ›
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