In the buildup for SIHH 2019, Audemars Piguet has been teasing a new release called Code 11:59. Theyve been posting cryptic videos on Instagram with various athletes and social media personalities wearing a blurred out watch on their wrist. Comments from AP on these posts eluded to a whole new line of watches, not just a new Royal Oak or Offshore model. Then on January?12th, Audemars Piguet announced their new Code 11.59 line; featuring 13 new references and three all-new calibers. These watches [...]
One of the qualities about Glashutte, Germany-based watchmaker A. Lange Sohne that I most admire is their dedication to refinement as well as releasing new watches. The brands fresh slogan, never stand still, (perhaps without knowing it) alludes to this attitude towards brand quality. A. Lange Sohne regularly releases updated or re-imagined versions of existing or substantially similar watches. For instance, the popularity of the Datograph later inspired the creation of the updated Datograph U [...]
While we are enduring fans of all things dive + Oris, their racing-inspired watches have always been both a great deal and great looking. This new limited edition Calobra model for 2013 is a shining example of how Oris does motorsports-themed watches right. Oris isnt new to the racing watch game, and steadily offers new models each year. The sad thing about the Calobra is probably that it is limited given that this could easily be the base for a larger collection. Having said that, the Calobra i [...]
Sponsored post presented on by advertiserThe WatchTime team, longtime hosts of the watch industrys biggest live U.S. events, has nimbly and creatively responded to the pandemic by hosting the first WatchTime Live - an all-new, all-digital platform, taking place October 22-24, that will connect 24 sponsoring watch brands with a dedicated worldwide audience of collectors and aficionados. Like its popular live-event predecessors, WatchTime Live will feature an array of watch-industry panels, pres [...]
Ill be the first to admit that the Casio Pro Trek line is more than a little bit outside my own horological comfort zone. Ive never been described as an outdoorsy type, and Im far more likely to be spotted wearing a vintage racing chronograph than anything solar-powered. That said, its hard not to be charmed by the blend of quality, affordability, and sheer overwhelming functionality of this particular model, the Casio Pro Trek PRG600YB-2.For those who have never handled a Pro Trek before, the g [...]
It may be a bold statement, but I like to think about the brand Richard Mille as both the jester and the rocket scientist within the fictional realm of haute horlogerie.?Since its launch?in 2001, and especially during the last couple of years, it has not only dreamt big time and time again, bringing down at least some of the old-fashioned walls which?older governors of fine watch making had built around themselves, but also had the know-how to back up those extremely bold ideas and realize them. [...]
Prive is the exclusive collection of resurrected Cartier watches from the brands extensive history. Hardcore Cartier fans will recall the mid-2000s Collection Privee Cartier Paris, while newcomers to the brand will probably remember the 2018 and 2019 Prive models, the Cintree and the Tonneau. 2020 sees the arrival of the Cartier Prive Tank Asymetrique, probably the most striking of the lot.SpecificationsBrand: CartierModel: Prive Tank AsymetriqueDimensions: 47.15mm by 26.2mm and 6.38mm-thick for [...]
Outside of watchmaking, one of Switzerlands best-known cultural exports is of course gourmet chocolate. Swiss chocolatiers are nearly as famous as the great houses of Swiss horology, and, for its latest 2020 novelty, Chronoswiss has aimed to combine these two great national cornerstones into one delicious combination. While mechanically the same as previous brand releases, the new limited edition Chronoswiss Open Gear ReSec Chocolate adds an arresting, casual colorway to one of its core product [...]
Casio Celebrates 20 Years Of Edifice With New Limited Edition Honda Racing Edifice WatchCasios Edifice sub brand has been producing sporty, racing oriented timepieces for 20 years now, and to celebrate the anniversary Casio has unveiled the new limited edition ECB10HR-1A ana-digi chronograph in partnership with Honda Racing. The pairing springs from Casios sponsorship of the Scuderia AlphaTauri Formula 1 team, which uses Honda engines, along with the shared Japanese sporting tradition between th [...]
Yesterday, we shared founder Ariel Adams thoughts on Watches Wonders Geneva 2022, the first major trade show that the watch industry, collectively, has attended in three years. had several team members on the ground and, after a week full of seeing new watches from seemingly countless brands, we managed to select some of our favorites here. With omega, Patek Philippe, Grand Seiko, the LVMH group, Richemont, and dozens of indies presenting at the show, it wasnt easy to narrow it down to just a [...]
A discreet and classy luxury diving watch should be an absolute requirement for any well-rounded timepiece collection, in my own personal opinion. In fact, I have many diving watches to choose from when deciding what to wear, and I find it interesting to analyze the choices I make. This brings me to our review of the Bulgari Diagono Scuba which saw a nice refresh and re-lease in 2015. In short, this designer high-end diver comes with all the things youd need in a daily-wear sports watch, along [...]
When Grand Seiko first announced its T0 constant force tourbillon concept movement in 2020, it immediately caused a stir in the enthusiast community despite not being fitted to a watch. Not only was this Grand Seikos first-ever tourbillon, it was also the brands first constant force mechanism, and the first movement in the world to combine the two escapement concepts into a single element. The T0 was a quantum leap in mechanical horology from a brand that routinely pushes the envelope of movemen [...]
Breguet continues to feel like the watch that got away, which more or less means its watches could easily fly under your radar and pass you by. If you dont pay really close attention, it is extremely easy to miss new releases from the storied Swiss watch brand named for the grandfather of modern horology. Today, lets look at the elegantly simple and very satisfying new-for-2016 Breguet Classique 7147 (debuted here), here in 18k white gold. My love affair with many of the brands products such as [...]
Its like a toggle on the horizons just been thrown. Down becomes up. Earth becomes sky, and my guts, a 900-pound sack of meat. Were ninety feet off the ground, going no slower than two hundred and twenty-five miles per hour. As an invisible force begins playing tug-of-war with opposite sides of my skull, my spine compresses like an accordion wheezing out Bal-musette on a Parisian subway. I vaguely remember strapping a?Hamilton Khaki X-Wind Chronograph on my left wrist, but I couldnt turn my head [...]
Part of me has a love/hate relationship with Audemars Piguet. I really enjoy many of their watches, although I dont think they are perfect. Some of their designs are so classic and still hip, and I find myself really liking some of the pieces. Then I think to myself how overpriced some of the stuff is, and how a lot of what the company is epitomizes the snobby luxury watch culture that I personally reject. Anyhow, this is the Forged Carbon version of the Royal Oak Offshore watch. A neat bumble [...]
There are brands out there with instantly recognizable designs. Some of these take the form of designs that are simply iconic (say, the Cartier Tank or the omega Submariner), and so entrenched with the brand identity that you know who it is. With others, there is a specific design DNA (past just slapping a logo onto things) that carries through each and every model. In that latter category, you have Graham. If you see a giant lever for starting the chronograph, you know who youre dealing with. T [...]
Few brands have given me as much to discuss as Graham. Over the years I have used Graham watches as a springboard to discuss a range of topics from my love of large watches to my disapproval of the term Oversize as applied to most things that use the term Oversize. Ive found myself blogging at length around pictures of Graham watches about things that have little to do with Graham watches. Oh Graham, I feel like we know each other so much and so little at the same time.Lately Graham USA sat dow [...]
For a watch brand of A. Lange Sohnes status, event sponsorship is a big deal. Choosing to align such a prestigious name with anything is not a decision taken lightly, and once that alignment has been made, the inevitable expectation is that the partnership and the associated event(s) will run like clockwork. The Concours dElegance is an international roadshow, showcasing some of automotive historys finest machines. With the main focus of the event a parade of exquisite classic cars, A. Lange S [...]
What is the Joseph Iten Breitling collection? It is/was a collection of about 1,500 NOS (new old stock) Breitling watches that were produced in the 1970s and held in a bank vault before the company was saved from forever closing down after being sold. Mr. Iten (now deceased) acquired about 1,500 of an estimated 3,000 NOS watches that Willy Breitling held on to in 1978.?While Breitling watches is alive and well today, the company shut down for a period of time in the late 1970s during the quartz [...]
The Okavango Delta in northern Botswana is home to some of Africas most breathtaking landscapes, bridging together rivers, marshes, savanna grassland, and thousands of small islands while forming one of the most important water sources for wildlife in southern Africa. As the water levels rise during the rainy season, the area becomes a gathering place for lions, leopards, water buffalo, elephants, rhinoceros, giraffes, hippopotamuses, cheetahs, crocodiles, antelope, and a menagerie of smaller an [...]