It was only last month that we covered the new Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms No Rad, a limited re-interpretation of the 1960s’ Fifty Fathoms “no radiations” with its immediately recognisable symbol. We mentioned the simultaneous release of a two… Read More ›
Think of today’s post as running in parallel to a post from last year about Triwa’s watches made from recycled plastic. Parallel because it is not about using recycled material to make watches, but it is about Swatch deciding to… Read More ›
Colour is again the theme of this post about Watches & Wonders 2021 releases, but manifested in a very different manner to the previous post. For the newly launched Electro Capsule Collection Arnaud Chastaingt, Chanel’s Director of the Studio de… Read More ›
The colours one associates with Zenith Defys tend to be, by and large, more muted in tone – greys, blues, white, black, silver, perhaps a foray into green or purple. They aren’t averse to colour, they’ve just not gone ‘all… Read More ›
Some of you reading this may have been young(er) adults when Cartier launched the Must concept in the 1970s, but some also likely to have been kids of the 1970s and 1980s with a vague awareness or recollection of having… Read More ›
It would be remiss of me not to note that the colour green did make some appearances during Watches & Wonders Geneva 2021. It would also be remiss of me not to mention that Patek Philippe released four new Nautilus… Read More ›
Last year Piaget won the “Aiguille d’Or” at 2020’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) for the Altiplano Ultimate Concept, a watch whose prototype was a standout at the SIHH 2018. At 2mm thick the thinnest mechanical watch in the… Read More ›
The last post was about a watch whose dial seemed (to me at least) a bit 1970s-inspired. This is about the revival of a design that actually is – the Riviera, launched in 1973, is Baume & Mercier’s Watches &… Read More ›
“If we want to survive we need to be different.” This was said during an online H.Moser & Cie press session, and whilst being different has been a core part of the brand’s identity, whether in terms of their watches… Read More ›
One thing you can’t say Bvlgari is that they are content to rest on their laurels. Seven years and seven world records for thinness – the Octo Finissimo has more than made its mark in its brief life, from simple… Read More ›
