Because of their small size, De Bethune are not a brand that has a lot of releases every year, but when they do decide to release something radically new, it’s always worth sitting up and taking notice, like the remarkable… Read More ›
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JAQUET DROZ : Swiss-themed Charming Bird
First released in 2013 to celebrate the 275th anniversary of Pierre Jaquet Droz’s first workshop in 1738, this year brings with it this new particularly Swiss, limited edition version of Jaquet Droz’s Charming (in name and execution) Bird mechanical wonder… Read More ›
BREGUET : Tradition Dame 7038
This year Breguet has launched a new addition to their Tradition collection but for women in the form of the Dame 7038. Althought it has all the classic Tradition attributes it is also a distinctly different watch with its… Read More ›
PETER SPEAKE-MARIN : Magister Vertical Double Tourbillon
Launched last year and recently announced in a ‘black’ version, today we share with you Peter Speake-Marin’s inaugural white gold Magister Vertical Double Tourbillon, released last year and seen by us earlier this year. Part of his J Class Collection,… Read More ›
KARI VOUTILAINEN : Customisation is king
Today we have a different sort of a post about a watch we’ve covered already, Kari Voutilainen’s Vingt-8 (see this link). For this and his Vingt-8 GMT 6, about which you can read here, we mentioned that Voutilainen is known… Read More ›
URWERK : EMC Time Hunter
Many of you will recall Urwerk’s EMC – Electro Mechanical Control watch that was released a couple of years ago. For those who refresh to refresh their memories, go to our earlier post at this link. This year Urwerk has… Read More ›
H. Moser & Cie : a tale of two perpetual calendars
Some of you may recall that at Baselworld 2015 H.Moser & Cie formally launched their Endeavour Concept Watch Fumé, a very pared down riff on an existing model. A part of Moser’s experiments with notions of purity and no branding or markers,… Read More ›
SINN: 856 B-Uhr Limited Edition
This year Sinn has decided to launch a watch based on classic Beobachtungs-uhr (B-Uhr) fliegers. However, rather than using a traditional B-Uhr type 55mm case size, this new limited edition model is the same far more wearable 40mm sized case as… Read More ›
DIOR : VIII Grand Bal Coquette
Dior’s watches are perhaps one of their less widely known product lines, but one of their watches with its striking vivid hues grabbed my attention a few months back and I thought I’d share it with you today. Meet the… Read More ›
GoS : Gustafsson & Sjögren’s Damascus steel watches
It had been a long wait, and truth be told I had thought that I would never see watchmaker Patrik Sjögren and blade smith Johan Gustafsson’s Damascus steel watches in anything other than an online form. After a number of… Read More ›