We’re continuing with the ‘new materials’ theme, with Audemars Piguet’s announcement of a new patented material called ‘chroma gold’, with a camouflage pattern. This follows the brand’s announcement earlier this year of polychrome ceramic, a multi-coloured ceramic, with both created… Read More ›
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UPDATE: Hautlence Retrovision ’47
In an announcement that is not a surprise to those who saw Hautlence’s Retrovision ’47 at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2024 and spoke to them about it afterwards, especially given the huge number of unofficial expressions of interest expressed in… Read More ›
NEW: Officine Panerai Submersible Elux LAB-ID
You may have thought that could not possibly be another luminosity-related release for at least a little while, but you would be mistaken. Officine Panerai has introduced the limited edition Submersible Elux LAB-ID PAM01800, a self-illuminating dive watch with a… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Chopard L.U.C Qualité Fleurier Lucent Steel™
Chopard has expanded its L.U.C Qualité Fleurier collection with a new model in a case made from their proprietary Lucent Steel™ alloy that features a minimum of 80% recycled material, the first appearance of this material in the collection family…. Read More ›
HANDS-ON: GENUS GN2
A couple of months ago we wrote about the launch of the new GENUS GNS2, which uses the brand’s signature time display complication, but in a different way, simplifying the ‘snaking’ time-telling genera, and enclosing it in a newly semi-open… Read More ›
NEW: IWC Schaffhausen’s new Ceralume® Technology and Fully Luminous Ceramic Watch
We’ve covered two luminous dials so far this year, and now it’s time for something on the same them. This time it’s a new announcement from IWC – a proprietary patent-pending luminous ceramic technology called Ceralume® which will allow expansion… Read More ›
NEW: Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Geographic, Date, and Perpetual Calendar
Jaeger-LeCoultre has launched some new models to add to their Polaris collection – the familiar Geographic model is introduced into the family, and the Polaris Date and Perpetual Calendar models get some new colours for their lacquered opaline dials, which… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: Pequignet Royale Tourbillon
Today is about French brand Pequignet’s first flying tourbillon. This new limited edition, called the Royale Tourbillon, is part of the Royale collection, hence its name, and is notable for all of its components being made within an 80km radius… Read More ›
HANDS-ON: HYT T1
HYT marks its first twelve years in 2024, and with this comes a new collection – the T1 Series obviously still uses hydro-mechanical timekeeping, but in a smaller octagonal case and for the first time, a traditional fully enclosed dial…. Read More ›
NEW: NOMOS Glashütte Ludwig 75 Jahre Grundgesetz
Watch brand commemorative watches and collaborations mostly fall into familiar categories or if not, that don’t seem too surprising when they appear (obviously with the odd exception which can nonetheless be explained by the personal likes of those involved). NOMOS… Read More ›