At the SIHH 2018 Audemars Piguet showed off the RD#2, their second Concept watch. A prototype with a thickness of 6.30mm, it became the new record holder for the thinnest automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch. This was in large part thanks… Read More ›
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NEW : Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Nageurs de Combat and Fifty Fathoms Barakuda
Two years ago Blancpain released the Tribute to Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC, a modern interpretation with a contemporary version of the water tightness indicator. This feature was present in the MIL-SPEC 1 (MILitary SPECification) model of 1957-58. It was based on… Read More ›
NEW : Chopard L.U.C Flying T Twin Baguette
The 72nd Festival de Cannes, aka the Cannes International Film Festival, has just finished. Chopard, an official partner of the film festival since 1998, is the brand which more than any other, is featured adorning attendees and nominees. To mark… Read More ›
NEW : Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Perpetual Calendar Ultra Thin Blue Dial
The blue dial extravaganza of 2019 continues, with Vacheron Constantin’s introduction of a new perpetual calendar ultra thin in pink gold with a dark blue dial. It joins the Midnight Blue Patrimony models, blue Overseas and ‘Petrol Blue’ FiftySix pieces… Read More ›
NEW : Jaquet Droz Grande Second Chronograph
Jaquet Droz has just announced some new additions to its Grande Seconde collection in the form of new monopusher chronographs. One of these is a limited edition model to mark the occasion; the remaining three launch models are slightly different… Read More ›
NEW : Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Moonshine Limited Edition
There are a number of fifty year commemorations this year in the watch world, but one perhaps looms largest because it is irrevocably linked to something that is part of the global memory – the Apollo 11 moon landing of… Read More ›
NEW : Junghans Max Bill Edition Set 2019
Junghans is commemorating its longstanding Max Bill partnership with a new special edition timepiece set for 2019 that consists of a watch and a table clock with a mechanical eight day movement. The back of each case is decorated with… Read More ›
NEW : Zenith Defy Classic Ceramic White (and Blue)
There was a ‘soft launch’ earlier this year, but it was only at Baselworld 2019 that the new siblings of Zenith’s Defy Classic Black – the new Ceramic White and Ceramic Blue models, took a step forward. Of the two… Read More ›
NEW : Oris Divers Sixty-Five Chronograph Bucherer Blue Edition
Oris’ Diver Sixty-Five has grown into a collection family in a number of iterations, including one that was created for charitable purposes. Now, watch retailer Bucherer have added a blue version of it to their ‘Blue Collection’ range. The new… Read More ›
BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Zenith Pilot Type 20 Adventure Collection
Today is the final of our posts on some of the bronze watches released so far this year. Again it is about more than one model, but they are variants of a core format that has worked successfully for the… Read More ›