There are some collaborations that just?feel right. And while the image of a lycra-clad triathlete might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Breitling, Id wager that the word Ironman wouldnt sound too discordant to most ears. Last week saw the release of the Breitling Superocean Ironman Limited-Edition watch, and it is a handsome addition to a collection thats been receiving quite a bit of attention lately.The partnership between Breitling and the Ironman (a Wanda Sports [...]

There are dozens of ways to segment the tastes of watch lovers, and one is to draw a line between people who appreciate timepieces with the addition of precious stones such as diamonds and those who simply do not. There is no right or wrong answer to the question of whether or not a watch decorated with diamonds is better as a result. It is a matter of taste, budget, and perhaps most importantly (well, budget is probably the most important to many people) whether or not you feel a timepiece can [...]

In the long history of pilot watches, there is perhaps no more visually iconic chronograph than the 1953 Breitling AVI Ref. 765 Co-Pilot. While its Navitimer stablemate may be more famous, the clean simple forms and external rotating steel bezel of the AVI ref. 765 became the de facto template for pilot chronographs for decades, influencing designs from the likes of Dodane and even Breguet. As part of the brands continuing push to reintroduce classic models into its lineup, Breitling has premier [...]

omega works in mysterious ways. Some will find this?modus operandi?annoying and dissociating, and others will experience it as tirelessly fascinating. I myself have slowly converted from the former to the latter group. All this is to say that, when there is something - anything - new from omega, I ask myself: Why has omega done this? When it comes to this articles subject, the omega GMT-Master II 126719BLRO Pepsi with meteorite dial, I think Ive got it figured out on first sight.When the first 2 [...]

Someday Id like to hear the real story of Franck Mullers history as a watch brand. As a timepiece maker it is a fascinating company that has done a lot and gained a laudable amount of popularity for a high-end exclusive watch maker. Having said that, the Franck Muller group has certainly had its series of ups and downs from severe economic woes to quasi-scandals. The brand has been admired as helping to bring the luxury watch into new areas of culture with innovative marketing and some very uniq [...]

Cartier unveils the Tank Chinoise as the sixth chapter in the Cartier Prive Collection, highlighting the iconography of Chinese architecture and interior design. The Tank Chinoise had not been re-envisioned since 2004 when it was redesigned during the CPCP (Collection Prive Cartier Paris) era. The new release unveils the 9627 MC skeleton movement specifically developed for this watch in parallel with the new rectangular dial, which adds a fresh look to the Tank Chinoise (which originally had a s [...]

Is it weird that I sometimes compare watches with things I know in pop culture? I find it especially gratifying to compare exclusive multi-hundred thousand dollar timepieces with such plebeian pop culture essentials as the Tusken Raider Sand People from the Star Wars universe. Really though, look at the face of this Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon No. 1 and tell me that it does not (at least vaguely) remind you of the face of the Sand People (Person?). I see the axis points of the two tour [...]

For their SIHH preview, Roger Dubuis, the brand known for innovative materials used on sporty and skeletonized watches, announced two new timepieces?C the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Pirelli and the Excalibur Aventador S. Both watches further extend the Excalibur line, stay true to the brands penchant for skeletonization, and further the brands new relationship with Lamborghini.As part of the Excalibur collection, both watches have the familiar, aggressive case design and identical proportions [...]

No Longer Made is a series done in collaboration with our partners at eBay, in which editors feature their favorite watches that are no longer in production.I have a lot of fun collecting modern watches that many people have forgotten or never knew about to begin with. This opens my story about the truly cool Bugari Diagono X-Pro timepiece. It was in 2010 that Bulgari released the Diagono X-Pro model (on here), and produced it (along with one limited-edition variant) for a very short period of [...]

The people at A. Lange Sohne get their kicks by doing things that others in the world of horology havent yet. To some who arent familiar with such competition between mechanical watchmakers, this pursuit of technical novelty at any cost might seem anywhere from quaint to queer. Does the world need a roughly $150,000 chronograph timepiece because it contains two sets of the popular complication? The proud faces of the watchmakers and product managers at the impressive and high-end German brand w [...]

What you are looking at here is the new Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Ref. 5524 introduced at Baselworld 2015. Yes, it is an unmistakably pilot-style watch from Patek Philippe. Your eyes are not kidding you.Patek Philippe has got to be one of the most unpredictable?brands in recent times. Most recently, the company announced that it would revise its prices and that resulted in most regions receiving price cuts. Although this is not the first time Patek Philippe has done so, it comes [...]

The wind speed was brutal. It was almost unfair. I was out in what felt like a gale for literally seconds before my expensive European umbrella was trashed and I was soaked. The wind warped it like aluminum foil in front of my eyes like it was a sick marionette puppet performance. In the past I had trusted its apparent durability to the elements with much confidence. In one fell swoop the elements decided to test its limits with a result that would satisfy a giggling teenager.The pathetic thing [...]

Most wristwatches made today are hardly state-of-the-art, but rather continue a tradition of watch making set in motion long ago. One reason many collectors are interested in vintage watches is because many of them represent important achievements in technology and functionality that we take for granted today. has done its homework and brought to you what we feel are the top 10 most technically important mechanical wrist watches. By the 1920s, consumers had accepted wristwatches as practical an [...]

Lets face it, there are not many brands like Richard Mille. They are effectively the Pagani Automobili of the watch world as they have consistently pushed the limits and interaction of materials, technology, and design. Richard Mille is famous for their use of massively complex skeleton movements, curved tonneau cases, and exotic materials. Some readers will remember the RM056 model which was launched at BaselWorld this year featuring a case made of sapphire crystal and sporting a $1.65m price t [...]

Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for BreitlingIf youve seen Brad Pitt on-screen (and Im not sure I know anyone who hasnt), you have a pretty good idea of what Brad Pitt is like in real life. At least that was my experience when I had a rare opportunity to interview the megastar actor in Los Angeles. Pitt also happens to be a known wristwatch aficionado - so the conversation proved interesting, given that the context was timepieces. The occasion was Breitling formally unveiling Brad Pitt as i [...]

IWC likes to focus each year on one of its watch families. While we now know that 2013 is the year of the Ingenieur, with various models already announced, last year was the year of the Pilot.? With that came various small changes and updates to its iconic Big Pilot, Mark XVII, Top Gun, and Spitfire series, as well as a new perpetual calendar Big Pilot with ceramic case, and a new Pilot Chronograph that includes a newly developed in-house chronograph movement.? What may have been lost to some wa [...]

Welcome back to the original feature, My First Grail Watch. In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, were speaking with Michele Sofisti, who has been in the watch industry since the mid-90s, and has be at the helm of a number of luxury watch brands which as of today includes running Gucci Watches, Girard-Perregaux, and JEANRICHARD. Yes, that is a lot. With his grail watch, I think many will find it refreshing that it [...]

One of the most visually impressive watches of SIHH 2017 was the first universal time tourbillon by Swiss Jaeger-LeCoultre, and it is predictably bold and indeed quite expensive. Prior to the SIHH 2017 watch trade show, we debuted the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic Universal Time Tourbillon watch here. Our David explained how this top-of-the-line Geophysic built on the modern retro-inspired collection of watches that is, in turn, based on a range of Jaeger-LeCoultre watches from the 1950s. Unlike th [...]

For many watch lovers, Raymond Weil is a familiar Swiss watchmaker that a lot of people recall being sold in places such as big department stores. Over the last several years, Raymond Weil has become less popular because the places that mainly sold its products have become less popular. More recently, the family that runs Raymond Weil decided to reintroduce its line of inspired, affordably priced Swiss Made watches to the hobbyist community. A product I think a lot of other watch enthusiasts wil [...]

Casio recently announced this high-end limited edition G-Shock MR-G, in attractive black and yellow tones, in honor of Bruce Lee, as 2020 would have been the film and martial arts stars 80th birthday. The watch is the Casio G-Shock reference MRGG2000BL-9A, which is part of the modern generation MR-G (MRG-G2000) timepiece family that has covered previously in other forms. The GPS and Bluetooth-based movement represents the most sophisticated technology employed in Casios analog timepieces, and t [...]