Last month we reported on the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH’s report on Swiss watch exports for the month of March 2020. It showed a fall, but the expectation was that April’s results would be considerably worse, due… Read More ›
Women’s watches
HANDS-ON : Zenith Elite Moonphase
Sometimes a watch surprises you when you finally see it – today is about one of those watches. Earlier this year Zenith released a number of new pieces, of which one was this Elite Moonphase in rose gold, as part… Read More ›
NEW : Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Chronograph Calendar and a Master Control update
Named for the fact that it was the first of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s collections to have the ‘1000 Hours Control’ certification, the longstanding Master Control collection is getting some attention this year with newly tweaked Date, Calendar, and Geographic models, plus the… Read More ›
NEW : Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding 34mm
In a welcome bit of news for the legion of Royal Oak fans, the perennially popular model just got a new size – 34mm, and it is not quartz. The new models are not replacing the current 33mm Royal Oak… Read More ›
NEW : Breguet Reine de Naples 8918 Grand Feu Enamel Dial
Breguet’s women’s watches do incredibly well, and the collection that dominates the 21st century image of their female-oriented pieces are those named for and inspired by, Caroline Murat, amongst whose titles were the Reine de Naples. These ovoid-shaped cases have… Read More ›
NEW : Zenith Chronomaster Revival ‘Shadow’
Watch brands love an ‘origin story’, and if you can combine one with a famous movement and words like ‘prototype’ and variations on the theme of ‘found in a dusty box in the corner of a hidden room discovered when… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020 : IWC Portugieser Automatic 40 (Ref. 3583)
Sometimes, it is the simple watches that can get a lot of people excited. Amid the plethora of new releases in IWC’s year of the ‘Port’ is the new Portugieser Automatic 40 – the revisiting of a much loved classic… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020 : Vacheron Constantin “La Musique du Temps®” Les Cabinotiers – the singing birds
Over the past couple of months there has been widespread coverage of how the natural world has (re) emerged as humans have retreated indoors, whether it be in the form of flora, fauna, or the sight of stars or mountain… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020 : Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso One Red Wine
As a continuation of the nod-to-Geneva Reverso theme this post is about a new but familiar new model launched this week in the same city. One of the hits of last year, and whose popularity went beyond its attention-grabbing hue… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020 : Cartier’s new Maillon de Cartier collection
Watches & Wonders Geneva 2020 has had to go digital this year, but a major participating brand, Cartier, have decided to have their own dedicated website as well as participating in the fair’s site. The site, called ‘Digital Watchmaking Encounters’,… Read More ›
