Part of their Mechanical Wonders collection, the highlight of the new ASTRONEF from Louis Moinet is a dial with two satellite flying tourbillons that rotate in opposite directions, a development that took three years of R&D. All of this is… Read More ›
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NEW: IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound Tourbillon
It may have been the year of the Big Pilot for IWC, but as 2021 comes to a close they have turned their mind to dress watches, launching a new Portugeiser. This latest version of the Portugieser Hand-Wound Tourbillon has… Read More ›
NEW: Angelus U53 Tourbillon Volant
Angelus has just added the new limited edition Angelus U553 Tourbillon Volant to its Urban Collection. A skeletonised dive watch with a tourbillon, it is not their only diver tourbillon (U50 Diver Tourbillon and U53 Diver Tourbillon) but, at 46mm,… Read More ›
NEW: Moritz Grossmann Hamatic Vintage and Benu Tourbillon Limited Edition
Moritz Grossmann recently launched two new limited edition versions of their HAMATIC Vintage and Benu TOURBILLON in red gold, with black dials. Both also feature the brand’s first use of 750/000 rose gold in-house handmade hands. As is the case… Read More ›
NEW: Audemars Piguet CODE 11.59 Flying Tourbillon Flyback Chronograph
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 ›
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 ›