A little while ago there appeared some new smoked dial options added to the COD 11.59 family. Now we have a new complication – the combination of a flying tourbillon with a flyback chronograph in a skeletonised dial form. Audemars… Read More ›
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NEW: Ulysse Nardin BLAST
The new BLAST from Ulysse Nardin isn’t a ‘blast from the past’ because it combines some old things (tourbillon, skeletonisation) in a thoroughly modern fashion. Nor is it a ‘blast from the past’ because it looks familiar – it is… Read More ›
NEW: Corum LAB 02
The home of the Golden Bridge (since 1980) is now the home of the LAB 02, their latest transparent ‘dial free’ watch, which features a flying tourbillon and floating movement. Only this time, the movement’s parts are not in a… Read More ›
NEW : Chopard L.U.C Flying T Twin Baguette
The 72nd Festival de Cannes, aka the Cannes International Film Festival, has just finished. Chopard, an official partner of the film festival since 1998, is the brand which more than any other, is featured adorning attendees and nominees. To mark… Read More ›
H. MOSER & CIE. : Watch Concept Black Minute Repeater
When H.Moser & Cie released the first Swiss Alp watch it was a flashpoint for discussions about the brand. As a bit of marketing, it was ingenious, but over the last couple of years they have shown that it was… Read More ›
SIHH 2019 : Audemars Piguet’s new CODE 11:59
Sometimes, new watches can be highly divisive, but seldom has an ‘establishment’ brand’s new collection been subjected to such a rapid, visceral, and almost universal round of negativity at its launch. What happens when the time ticks over from 11:59… Read More ›
H. MOSER & CIE : new Pioneer Tourbillon
H.Moser & Cie have continued to expand their Pioneer collection with the introduction of a new limited edition (flying) tourbillon model. Beneath a domed sapphire crystal is the familiar Moser midnight-blue fumé dial, with sunburst pattern. The indices and hour… Read More ›
MB&F : the HM7 Aquapod goes green
Two years ago, MB&F released the remarkable Cnidarian-inspired HM7 Aquapod (about which you can read here) in two limited editions of sixty-six pieces in rose gold, and thirty-three pieces in titanium. The former had a black ceramic bezel and the… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2018 : Blancpain Villeret Tourbillon Volant Heure Sautante Minute Rétrograde
Blancpain has just launched an unexpected new watch in the form of a flying tourbillon piece that uses jump hours and retrograde minutes as their timekeeping form. This striking new watch comes in both unlimited (18 carat red gold case)… Read More ›
GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL : Senator Tourbillon Edition Alfred Helwig
Glashütte Original have announced a new limited edition version of its Senator Tourbillon, named in tribute to Alfred Helwig, the onetime head and Master Watchmaker of the German School of Watchmaking in Glashütte who created the first flying tourbillon in… Read More ›
