Rado has a long history of materials innovation in their watches, most famously with super-hard ceramics that hold a mirror finish. Here for review is something entirely new to me, a plasma-infused ceramic watch that looks like stainless steel. Lets take a look.This watchs name is the Rado D-Star Gents L, Plasma Ceramic. The model reference number is 658.0760.3.010. They call the movement a caliber 658, but you and I name it ETA 2824-2. Its 144g on the bracelet, water resistant to 100m despite t [...]
has been producing some?buying guides for eBay, and weve got a fresh new batch to share. Now, we know that many watch people know the ins and outs of how to buy, sell, and trade watches online. However, more casual or beginning people who dont have the confidence of experience can find themselves overwhelmed, intimidated, and plain stressed out about the process.?We hope our guides, which are designed to answer broader questions about watch buying as well as provide watch brand- and model-specif [...]
Harry Winston will soon launch this new collection of watches called the Ocean Sport. While I dont think the name sounds particularly high-end (though the Ocean is a long standing Harry Winston watch), they are interesting are relatively simple and satisfying sport versions of the iconic Harry Winston Ocean watch fare.The Ocean Sport will have a few versions, and pieces for both men and women. Style wise they feel very much influenced by some Roger Dubuis pieces from the last few years. Does any [...]
It aint easy getting excited about dress watches these days, but thats not to say they dont still have their time and place in a thoughtfully assembled watch collection - and its great to see Omega sticking to its guns on the ultra-classic De Ville Tresor watches, which have been refreshed with a new 40mm stainless steel case option, and fitted with a trio of new dial treatments, each with the svelte hand-wound, METAS-certified Master Chronometer movement ticking away beneath.Owing its prolifera [...]
Among fans of Formula One, the name Michael Schumacher is spoken in hushed, reverent tones, for it belongs to a man who, even in this modern age of hyperbole, can rightfully be called a racing legend and, perhaps, the greatest driver of all time. Active from 1991 to 2006 and again from 2010 to 2012, the German driver won seven Formula One (F1) World Championships, holds the record for most victories (91), and in 2002 became the only driver in F1 history to finish in the top three in every race i [...]
Although special and limited edition watches are incredibly common these days, few brands make these offerings so aesthetically tempting as Grand Seiko. Many limited-edition watches are married with an event or brand partner and branded accordingly. While these models are pitched to appeal to fans of the watch brand and/or the partner company in question, they rarely stray too far from the brands lane. With the Grand Seiko Heritage Collection SBGH269 Limited Edition watch, the increasingly globa [...]
This is it-the Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary watch weve all been waiting for since Baselworld 2018 and before, knowing full well that the 50th anniversary of the most important moon mission in human history was coming in July of 2019. Well, despite plenty of dealers seeing it just a few short days before Baselworld, whispering hints like two-tone bezel and laser-engraved footprint in hushed tones around the show, the whole design has impressively been otherwise kept under wraps un [...]
With Baselworld 2017 here,?Omega is releasing fourteen new 38mm Speedmaster watches. Some refer to the automatic Omega Speedmasters that come in this size as reduced, and the brand is noting that these Omega Speedmaster 38mm models will be both mens and womens watches. Sized the same, materials and color choices will separate the mens and womens pieces.Immediately noticeable?are that the sub-dials and date window at 6?oclock have?a distinctive oval shape to them, which gives the dial a sense of [...]
Scattered in this article and in the image gallery below are some images from Roger Dubuis 2012 ad campaign for the Excalibur collection. I dont know who they hired for this and other ads, but when I saw them I was like whoa.! The fantasy loving Tolkeinist inside of me was like holy crap, finally a wrist watch for Middle Earth denizens. With a name like Excalibur it is no surprise that they would take a fantasy-style medieval approach to the artwork for the ads. Though it was done in a way not l [...]
New for 2019, Breitling releases an all-new Navitimer with some interesting influence and aesthetic changes. The all-new Breitling Navitimer 1 B01 Chronograph 43 Swissair Edition seems to be the first of an Airlines collection that Breitling promises to expand. Last year, Breitling made a bold move and released an updated Navitimer 8 Collection to mixed reviews. Later, they released their more modern B01 take on the classic Navitimer design, and that was a lot less controversial if a bit predict [...]
SIHH 2016 was an uplifting watch trade show experience for the team this year as well as the watch industry, in my opinion. From the perspective of watch journalism and editorial, there was a lot to be excited about, as well as many interesting stories to cover. Compared to the last few years which tended to be quite slow the brands displaying at SIHH this year in 2016 had a larger quantity of more impressive watches to show. We see totally updated collections, as well as revised classics, a [...]
In this era of steel-sports-watch madness, it is such a pleasure to see a new collection of high jewelry watches, particularly one with options for men. There are two types of high jewelry watches: the design-focused sort that look like and are made like jewelry, and there is no mistaking that they are for women; and the fully set jewelry watch that usually is a little bigger, has a high level of complication, and could easily be worn by men. Bulgari demonstrated this distinction best in its deb [...]
This pretty awesome collection is going to make a lot of Depeche Mode fans angry. Not because they are bad homages to the band, but because there will only be one set of them made, which will be auctioned off for charity. Each of the 12 piece unique watches will be auctioned off separately (February 8 24, 2010) , but that isnt to say that one super rich, super fan is going to buy them all up. There is one watch for each of the 12 Depeche Mode albums. You can see that in the center of the otherw [...]
As a high-end sub-brand of Japanese watchmaking giant Seiko, Grand Seiko has always stood apart. Now, however, it does so formally, as President CEO Shinji Hattori today announced that Grand Seiko will be presented as an entirely separate brand from Seiko. This, in essence, should be interpreted as more of a rebranding exercise and not to mean that the company is now completely independent of Seiko. We dont yet know all that this will mean for the brand and its products, and while we dont expec [...]
What is a fashion watch? Well it can mean a couple of things, but in this instance it means a company that mostly makes clothes or other fashion accessories, and then embarks on releasing watches. The nicer the underlying brand, the more expensive the watch. French Hermes not new to this game, but in the last 10 years or so have stepped up their watch offerings. Releasing more mechanical watches along with a more masculine line.I have always been a fan of the Clipper line. The good-looking sport [...]
I will continue to say that Jaeger-LeCoultre makes some of the best sport watches around and Jaeger-LeCoultre will continue to communicate very little about them. For the last several years with remarkable consistency, Jaeger-LeCoultre has released one or two new sport watches that offer a great style, interesting and useful complicated movements, masculine designs, and fair prices. This year that aggregate of qualities finds itself in the limited edition Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Chron [...]
As global vaccination rates for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continue to climb and travel restrictions around the world begin to loosen, in-person watch industry trade shows are re-emerging in the wake of a year of event shutdowns. The latest trade show to announce its return for 2021 is Geneva Watch Days, which has laid out a schedule for a phygital hybrid event taking place across Geneva and worldwide via digital presentations from August 30 to September 3, 2021.In many ways, this announcemen [...]
For some reason, all of 2012 went by without us posting a single article on Corum on . I personally covered the brand on other sites such as Departures-International.com, during that year, but it was all quiet on this front. So here is a piece I should have covered last year but at least I am getting to it now. This is probably the most interesting and useful of Corums masculine Ti-Bridge collection of watches. It is the Ti-Bridge 3 Day Power Reserve (which I will just refer to as the Ti-Bridge [...]
The word tresor means treasure in French, and it is the name of Omegas new collection of ladies watches. The sub-collection, actually, of the De Ville family isnt new in name, but they are new in some other ways for Omega. The Omega De Ville Tresor ladies watch comes in a couple of sizes and a range of styles with different case materials, dial colors, and straps. All include diamonds, but options in stainless steel help keep prices more reasonable for more people.Hands-On images by Jason Pitsch [...]
Despite the recent trend toward vibrant color in the luxury watch industry, there are still certain segments of the spectrum that remain under-represented. Purple is a perfect example of this. The color of kings rarely gets attention in watchmaking, but the bold hues long association with power and wealth makes it a dramatic choice for a luxury timepiece. Hublot aims to explore this concept as part of its Watches and Wonders 2022 novelties, bringing an audacious violet hue to its already bold Bi [...]