As a part of their ongoing relationship with the Luna Rossa Team, for whom they are official sponsor for the America’s Cup, meet Panerai’s limited edition new Submersible QuarantaQuattro Luna Rossa PAM01391. For those who missed the name change, which… Read More ›
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HANDS-ON: Patek Philippe 5270P-014 Chronograph Perpetual Calendar
Patek Philippe’s Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Ref. 5270 made its debut at Baselworld 2011 to replace the Reference 5970. This year, they launched a new platinum variant with a lacquered green dial. The new Ref. 5270P-014 is in the same 41mm… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: TAG Heuer Carrera x Porsche Limited Edition
In early 2021 TAG Heuer introduced the Carrera Porsche Chronograph Special Edition to mark the beginning of their new partnership. Now, there is a second addition to this collaboration – the TAG Heuer Carrera Porsche Limited Edition. Based on the… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Cartier Pasha de Cartier Grille
This year Cartier has given some love to the Pasha de Cartier Grille, with updates. First things first – most of you know the pack drill. The Pasha de Cartier was inspired by a round water-resistant watch of the 1930s… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Perpetual Calendar Chronograph
You may recall that Vacheron Constantin’s ‘Collection Excellence Platine’ collection is where they choose to use platinum for case material. The pieces that fall under this category are also all made in limited quantities. Now, they have a new addition,… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Hublot Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Purple Sapphire
As we noted last year, although Hublot are not the only brand to have released sapphire-cased watches, they are the brand that has become known for the industrialised manufacture of such cases, starting with transparent ones that were followed by… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Parmigiani Tonda PF Skeleton
As the person responsible for Bvlgari Horlogerie’s technical and commercial success, the move of Guido Terreni to the position of CEO at Parmigiani Fleurier in January 2021 was of particular interest. The watch industry was (and remains) curious about what… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Hermès Arceau Le temps voyageur
Following on from a recent piece about a new time zone model for this year, today we are looking at another new 2022 ‘travel watch’, but one which is radically different to the very traditional Ref 5230P-001. Meet the ‘Le… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Patek Philippe 5230P-001
One of their most popular modern complications, but with a history of some eight decades, Patek Philippe’s World Timer watches are immediately recognisable. In their modern guise, Patek started the ball rolling in 2000 with the Reference 5110, which was… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Panerai Submersible QuarantaQuattro
In its drive towards producing (and encouraging) watches more sustainably, last year Panerai released the Submersible eLAB-ID PAM1225 which was 98.6% recycled-based material by weight. Alongside this, they also introduced the use of the sustainably sourced case material eSteel™ in… Read More ›