One of the most significant collection launches in recent times from Jaeger-LeCoultre was their re-introduction of the ‘Polaris’ name in 2018 in the form of an entirely new collection family. Since then, the revival and modernisation has proved a… Read More ›
Diagonally across the plane aisle on my GVA-LHR flight was a passenger who may/ may not have also been at Watches & Wonders Geneva. Dressed in a sober navy suit and flipping through Instagram, I noticed what he had on… Read More ›
A double chronograph with a black zirconium oxide ceramic case and titanium case back marked the birth of the TOP GUN line in IWC’s Pilot’s Watches family in 2007. Since then, using different materials have been a hallmark of TOP… Read More ›
Brand partnership association is a very personal thing, even when it comes to watches. For example some of us associate certain types of racing, car brands or sporting teams with certain watch brands, but which watch brands may be determined… Read More ›
We all think we ‘know’ bezels, but what we know is what we are used to seeing. Which is not what is on Armin Strom’s new “Orbit”, which has something very unusual – a pointer date function displayed on the… Read More ›
A couple of months ago we mentioned the new direction (and with it, a new sportier type of model called the Hastroid Green Nebula) that HYT are taking under their new management. Now, as a follow up to this new… Read More ›
Is this going to be one of the most sought-after pieces of 2022? Last year MB&F released a watch called the “M.A.D.1” which was notable for a number of reasons – firstly the low price (both in and of itself… Read More ›
One of the things for which Frederique Constant is known is its accessibly priced complications, whether this be something complex like a Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar, or something with a more simple complication, like their popular Worldtimer collection. I called it… Read More ›
If back in 2007 when the good looking black modern Longines Legend Diver (LLD) made its appearance (date or no date, remember that?) you had said that it would be not just flourish but end up available in over a… Read More ›
The Five Deeps Expedition, the world’s first manned expedition to the deepest point in each of the five oceans, was the baby of submersible pilot and adventurer Victor Vescovo. Omega produced a Seamaster Planet Ocean Ultra Deep to accompany him… Read More ›
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