Earlier this year at Peter Speake-Marin launched a new in-house movement, the COSC-certified automatic Calibre SMA0, which made its maiden appearance in the form of two limited edition pieces called the ‘One’ and ‘Two’. These are the first watches in… Read More ›
The headline-grabbing Swiss Alp watch has taken a horologically unexpected turn this year, its rectangular case now with a movement from sister brand Hautlence inside it. Meet the rather cool Swiss Alp Watch Minute Retrograde. The white gold 48mm case… Read More ›
It’s amazing how much difference changes to metal or dial colour/ material/ texture can make to a watch. This year, A. Lange & Söhne have released a new Little Lange 1 Moon Phase with a guilloché argenté-coloured dial in a… Read More ›
The longstanding close personal relationship between Richard Mille and motor sports legend Jean Todt has lead not just to the latter wearing the former’s watches, but also watches designed in his honour. Earlier this year we had the opportunity to… Read More ›
In recent years Greubel Forsey has been characterised by a very public desire to nurture the preservation and continuation of watchmaking skills, first manifested in the form of the Naissance watch (more formally called ‘Le Garde Temps – Naissance d’une… Read More ›
In 1958 Jaeger-LeCoultre commemorated the International Geophysical Year by creating a robust utilitarian watch that was protected against magnetic fields (600 gauss), shock and water resistant, and extremely accurate. Fitted with Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 478b, the Geophysic chronometer was presented to… Read More ›
Sometimes, you get lucky. So far this year I have been fortunate enough to have seen two very singular and remarkable pieces of automata, their creations separated by almost 250 years. The newer one, by Van Cleef & Arpels, tells… Read More ›
One of the most popular of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak manifestations, whose size was increased from 39mm to 41mm in 2012, the Royal Oak Chronograph 41mm has been refreshed for 2017. The basics have been kept the same, but… Read More ›
In 2015 HYT launched a radically new look to their liquid display watches in the form of the H3, with a linear time indicator using two bellow mechanisms located on in the top right and left corners of the case…. Read More ›
I have a liking for ‘mystery dials’, and 2017 has brought with it a rather impressive new one from Cartier, who have combined a minute repeater and double tourbillon into such a watch. Not only this but rather intriguingly, it… Read More ›
