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 ›
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WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020: Vacheron Constantin Fiftysix® Sepia
Two years after the collection’s launch, and after the Fiftysix® ventured into petrol blue at last year’s SIHH, this year sees another colour being added to mix – a dark brown duo in 40mm-sized 18 kt 5N pink gold cases… Read More ›
NEW : Girard-Perregaux 1966 Blue Moon
Following on from Girard-Perregaux’s blackened ‘Earth to Sky’ limited edition piece released earlier this year, they have now launched a similarly black and blue themed variant of their popular 1966 moon phase model. Giving this collection stalwart a contemporary spin… Read More ›
SIHH 2019: Vacheron Constantin Fiftysix goes ‘petrol blue’
At the SIHH 2018 Vacheron Constantin launched a new collection family, called the Fiftysix. The launch pieces consisted of a date model, a day-date/ week, and a complete calendar watch, all of which were launched in stainless steel or pink… Read More ›
PRE SIHH 2018: Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Complete Calendar
If you are looking for a calendar watch in 2018, Vacheron Constantin are making sure that they have yo covered. Hot on the heels of the announcement of the Historiques Triple Calendrier 1942 and Triple Calendrier 1948, which we covered… Read More ›
MB&F : Legacy Machine Split Escapement
Two years ago MB&F released their Legacy Machine Perpetual, a perpetual calendar with a new movement by Stephen McDonnell that used a patented ‘mechanical processor’, about which you can read at this link. This Legacy Machine features an integrated perpetual… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : DANIELS Anniversary Watch
Very occasionally, I find myself worrying about a watch before I see it. Before seeing today’s watch, I worried. I wasn’t worried about dropping it. I wasn’t worried about something happening to it when trying the crown. I wasn’t even… Read More ›
PHOTOS : Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Calendar
As mentioned earlier, 2015 is Jaeger-LeCoultre’s 85th birthday celebration for their beloved Reverso models, with a plethora of models in various sizes and iterations to suit all (or almost all) tastes. Today’s photos are of one of the more complicated… Read More ›
WATCH PROFILE : Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Calendar and Power Reserve
With a large collection such as Cartier’s it can be difficult for those who are looking to buy one of their pieces to know where to start once they’ve managed to narrow it down to their collection of choice. If… Read More ›
PRE-SIHH 2015 : Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Master Calendar gets a meteorite dial
The night skies of the Vallée de Joux wherein Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Manufacture lies forms the inspiration not only of their new calendar watches to be launched at SIHH 2015 but of a broader thematic approach to the incoming year’s releases. But… Read More ›