Although Omega’s main focus at this year has been on its Seamaster and Seamaster Diver collections, there has also been an addition to the Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon series of watches which commemorates the Apollo 8 mission, which… Read More ›
Baselworld 2018
CHRONOSWISS : Flying Regulator Open Gear
Chronoswiss has returned to Australia courtesy of Fairfax & Roberts, who are expanding their watch offerings following the introduction of Schwarz Etienne. As it has been a number of years since they were last here, a new generation of local… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Tissot Antimagnetic Heritage
During Baselworld 2018 one of the releases we wrote about was the Tissot Antimagnetic Heritage, based on a 1943 model which was part of the brand’s very successful Antimagnétique collection that they launched in the 1930s. As mentioned in March,… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS : MCH Group CEO René Kamm resigns
Following last weekend’s announcement by the Swatch Group of their withdrawal from the Baselworld watch and jewellery fair, organising company MCH Group has announced the resignation of CEO René Kamm, who has spent almost two decades with the Group. Mr Kamm… Read More ›
LOUIS MOINET : from the Earth’s crust to the moon
We thought that we would continue on a skeletonisation theme this week, going from the ‘everyday wear’ type of watch to the other end of a spectrum, with two spectacular watches launched this year in editions of a mere three… Read More ›
ON THE WRIST : Zenith Defy Classic Skeleton
A couple of months ago, we introduced Zenith’s new 2018 Defy Classic. Coming in a 41mm-sized titanium case, it is available in two variants; one with a skeletonised dial, and one with a sunburst blue dial. Both models have applied… Read More ›
LONGINES : Heritage Military Watch
Although they are not Longines’ biggest sellers, if there’s one thing that they can be counted on, it is that the brand will come up with some good looking vintage reissue models for their Heritage Collection. This year, it comes… Read More ›
RADO : Captain Cook MkIII
Last year Rado released modern versions of a vintage piece, called the Hyperchrome Captain Cook. Its success has lead to two more variant reissues, the Captain Cook MkII and MkIII. The latter of these, inspired by a 1962 piece, is… Read More ›
DE BETHUNE : DB28 Steel Wheels
As mentioned in a post earlier this year, 2018 is a year of change for De Bethune, both of management, and of focus. The markers of this change, horologically, were the Titan Hawk v2 covered in that post, and the… Read More ›
KARI VOUTILAINEN : 217QRS Retrograde Date
This year has seen the launch, by Kari Voutilainen, of a new watch inspired by his Vingt-8 movement. Called the 217QRS, it features a retrograde date display with an unusual attribute. The usual retrograde date function of this type with… Read More ›