This year URWERK presented a black platinum edition (not its first black platinum piece) of its UR-210, a timepiece famed for two things – its combination of patented revolving satellite complication with wandering hour and three-dimensional retrograde minute hand, and… Read More ›
SIHH 2018
HYT : H²O Black and Blue Limited Editions
In 2012 when HYT unveiled its original hydro-mechanical watch it was one of the year’s headliners, both for its incredibly modern good looks, and for its innovation. In the years since then, they have proven themselves as survivors in a… Read More ›
IWC: Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days ‘150 Years’
This year IWC Schaffhausen announced a number of special Portugieser watches as part of its 150th birthday Jubilee collection : the Portugieser Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition ‘150 Years’, Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon Edition ‘150 Years’, Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Edition “150 Years”a… Read More ›
DEWITT : Academia Endless Drive
Today, following on from our last post about one of the most interesting watches we’ve seen so far this year, we are looking at another timepiece that we have found eye-catching, although it is for reasons of design, and how… Read More ›
RESSENCE : Type 2 e-Crown® Concept
One of the most intriguing new watches I’ve come across so far this year has been the Ressence Type 2 e-Crown Concept. Self-evidently, ‘e-Crown®’ refers to ‘electronic crown’, a new time setting technology developed by Ressence that stretches the brand’s… Read More ›
MONTBLANC : 1858 Geosphere
Montblanc’s releases during 2018 are focused into three lines: the 1858 collection, the TimeWalker collection, and the Star Legacy collection. Today, we are looking at the first of these. As well, this year marks the 160th birthday of the ‘Minerva’… Read More ›
PARMIGIANI : Revival of the Kalpa
The tonneau-cased Kalpa with its teardrop lugs and Delta-shaped hands is perhaps the case design most characteristically recognised as being from Parmigiani Fleurier. It is also of great sentimental value to Michel Parmigiani; in 1998, the Kalpa was where his… Read More ›
ULYSSE NARDIN : Freak Vision
Since it was first launched, the Freak has become arguably Ulysse Nardin’s most distinctive model collection. This year, they have updated it not only with their first automatic version, but also using new technology first unveiled inside the Innovision 2… 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 ›
NEW : H.Moser & Cie Perpetual Calendar Cosmic Green
H. Moser & Cie recently launched a new variant to their distinctive minimalist perpetual calendar in the form of the new limited edition Perpetual Calendar Purity Cosmic Green. It was an embargoed piece that they were showing it at the… Read More ›