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 ›
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BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Tudor Black Bay Bronze Slate Grey
Three years ago Tudor launched the Black Bay Bronze, which featured a dark brown dial. This was followed up with a bronze pièce unique for the ONLY WATCH auction of 2017, and the rather attractive Bucherer Black Bay Bronze Blue… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS : Another departure from Baselworld 2020
The rumours surrounding Breitling and Baselworld 2020 have been confirmed, with a press release announcing that the brand will not participate in next year’s fair, but not explicitly ruling out attendance in 2021. As well, Tudor will separate from its… Read More ›
BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Montblanc 1858
This was originally intended to be a post focusing on what for me is the most interesting of Montblanc’s 2019 releases to date, but there was a change of plan, so you are getting four bronze watches instead of one…. Read More ›
BRONZE FORTNIGHT : MeisterSinger Bronze Line
In our first of these thematic posts, we mentioned how unexpected the Baume & Mercier Clifton Club ‘going bronze’ had been to us. Today’s post is also about an unexpected direction, with MeisterSinger committing to an entirely new collection line…. Read More ›
BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver Green Bronze LE
Today is the second in our series of bronze-themed posts, highlighting some 2019 releases in this case material. Some of the models may already be known to you, but hopefully some are new. In 2018 Bell & Ross expanded their… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2019: DeWitt Academia Slide
DeWitt’s Academia collection, wherein resides the the Endless Drive, one of the most intriguing pieces I saw last year, is now also the home of the also rather interesting new Slide, launched at Baselworld 2019. Count Jérôme de Witt’s love… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2019 : Grand Seiko Spring Drive Thin Dress Series
To mark two decades since the commercial launch of their Spring Drive movement (a limited edition Credor in 1999) this year Seiko have announced a mini collection of new watches under the Elegance Collection called the Grand Seiko Spring Drive… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2019 : Bulova Driver Computron LED (with added Apollo 11)
It was a short message from #thewatchnerd asking me if I knew that there was a certain Bulova re-issue that lead to this post. Did I know? No I didn’t, but did his news pique my interest? More than just… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2019 : Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT Automatic
Launched in 2012, the Octo collection arguably didn’t pick up momentum until 2014, when it went into Piaget’s ultra-thin territory with its record-breaking manually wound Octo Finissimo Tourbillon. Since then, they have gone into overdrive and more than established their… Read More ›
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