At the SIHH 2019 H.Moser & Cie released the Concept Black Minute Repeater in a Swiss Alp case. Now, at Baselworld 2019, the minute repeater and tourbillon combination is revisited in a different physical form – the new Endeavour Concept… Read More ›
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BASELWORLD 2019 : Chopard L.U.C XPS Twist QF
Back in 2014 Chopard introduced their first watch using Fairmined® gold, the standard for ‘fair mined’ having been determined in 2011 by the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM). At the time, I noted that some of the challenges faced by… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2019 : Hautlence HL Sphere 01
Hautlence are a brand that is not above a bit of fun, and being unexpected. Last year they launched the HL Kinetic table clock, a time piece which displayed hours and minutes via spheres in two transparent columns. Each black… Read More ›
A. LANGE & SÖHNE : Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon
In 2016, Lange launched the Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon. The ‘Datograph’ of the name refers to a flyback chronograph with a jumping minute counter and the Lange outsize date, the ‘Perpetual’ means a perpetual calendar with jumping displays combined with a… Read More ›
KARI VOUTILAINEN : dialling it up
In his first launches for 2019, Kari Voutilainen focused not on any new model, but on new sizing (the ones in today’s post are 44mm and 37.5mm) and dial materials/ patterns for his Vingt-8. Today, we are sharing some of… Read More ›
NEW : Casio G-Shock goes ‘Pure Gold’
Casio’s marking of the 35th birthday of the G-Shock continues with a new model that is gold in both name and form. The Pure Gold Dream Project G-Shock has its genesis in the pièce unique Casio ‘Dream Project’ G-Shock concept… Read More ›
AUDEMARS PIGUET : Haute Joaillerie Sapphire Orbe
It is not just about the CODE 11:59 from Audemars Piguet this year, with #thewatchnerd finding himself noticing a rather different new release from the brand at the SIHH. The Haute Joaillerie Sapphire Orbe is an unabashedly eye-catching white gold… Read More ›
SIHH 2019: Parmigiani Toric Capitole Rose Gold Brown
Let’s first go back a bit. In 2011, to mark the ‘Mechanical Wonders’ exhibition in New York, Parmigiani launched the Toric Minute Repeater, a modern tribute to the early 19th century Perrin Freres pocket watch that they restored for the… Read More ›
NEW : Moritz Grossmann GMT
Glashütte brand Moritz Grossmann has launched its first watch with a GMT function, and succinctly named it as such. Bearing a dial of classic design, the twelve hour markers show the current time for the wearer. The outer twenty-four hour… Read More ›
SIHH 2019 : Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Small Seconds and Reverso Tribute Duoface
With most of the attention focused on the Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon Westminster Perpétuel and the Master Ultra Thin Enamel models, for me, the highlight of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s SIHH 2019 releases were in fact the two elegant and attractive Reversos in… Read More ›
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