Jaeger-LeCoultre has been knocking it out of the park for the last few years with their vintage-inspired tribute collection of Reversos.? Styled after their earliest models from the 1930s, JLC breathed new life into the Reverso line by going back to their roots, using non-complicated manual winding movements, simple dials, and an ultra-thin case design.? The first in the collection, a black dial two hand Reverso known simply as the Tribute To 1931, was revealed at SIHH in 2011, and was subsequen [...]

Swiss watchmakers IWC are well-known among collectors for the watches theyve produced for various militaries such as Britains Royal Air Force. The DNA of these historic military designs still pervades IWCs collection, most prominently in the Big Pilots series and the Pilots Mark XVIII, both of which are military-styled, aviation-oriented pieces. Now, IWC have released a set of special editions of these models, the Mark XVIII Heritage and Big Pilots Heritage, all available in new materials and eq [...]

Harry Winston is one of the most dynamic watch makers today not only because of the sheer diversity of their aesthetic styles and movements, but also because of the vast divide between their most conservative and most wild watches. Today, I am going to look at something which is, remarkably, sort of in the middle, melding classic elegance with a unique-looking haute horology high-end movement. This is the Harry Winston Ocean Tourbillon Jumping Hour, and if the recently covered Harry Winston Opus [...]

2015 marked the 10th anniversary of the Breguet Tradition collection, an occasion which the brand?chose to commemorate with a singular haymaker of a watch: the Breguet Tradition 7087 Minute Repeater Tourbillon. Though this watch was announced at Baselworld 2015, as we prepare for a fresh salvo of show-season announcements from the 240-year-old company, we revisit the 7087-a marriage between Breguets most historically significant complications and modern technologies, to yield a watch that makes [...]

Silicon for the win! The material that has had watch brands debating and experimenting is here to stay and Patek Philippe is making sure of that. News from the big guys in Switzerland says that they intend for all Patek Philippe watches in the future to have Silinvar (their type of silicon) parts. A new limited edition watch called the ref. 5550P uses the brands newest Silinvar component called the GyromaxSi balance wheel. This balance wheel has a new shape that looks less like a wheel and more [...]

2019 is the 20th anniversary of Seikos innovative Spring Drive movement which combines the accuracy of quartz regulation with the passion and tradition of mechanical movement craftsmanship. Grand Seiko will likely release a good number of anniversary launches over the course of the year but at Baselworld 2019 Grand Seiko has launched a brand new sports watch collection known as Grand Seiko Sport that introduces a brand new case (but no new movements at this time). More Spring Drive movements wil [...]

According to Parmigiani, among its primary goals when designing the new Parmigiani Tonda PF Micro-Rotor was to create a purists delight for those in the know, [a watch] that doesnt scream expensive but says excellence. You probably dont need me to remind you: In the competitively ostentatious world of luxury watches, this is an exceedingly rare statement. To be honest, neither the first digital nor the first, albeit brief, physical impression of the Tonda PF sufficed to convince me that it had a [...]

While the Casio G-SHOCK GA-2100, now better known as the CasiOak, may have garnered the lions share of attention for Casios releases over the past couple years, the Japanese purveyor of indestructible watches has quietly rolled out a number of new releases that are bound to appeal to fans of the brand. Among those releases is the Casio G-SHOCK GSTB300S-1A, a new model in Casios G-STEEL line, which feature - you guessed it - steel cases.The G-STEEL line tends to fly slightly under the radar compa [...]

Article by Brian XuEver since its inception, Hublot has established a reputation through partnerships in the world of sports with the likes of Ferrari and Usain Bolt, and its recent collaboration with boxer Floyd Mayweather, the Hublot Big Bang Unico TMT, is no different. The partnership first began in 2015, when Mayweather sported Hublot on his boxing shorts in his bout against Manny Pacquiao, and it now has manifested itself in the form of two watches that celebrate his 50-0 record. Both watch [...]

Today marks the launch of the Parmigiani Fleurier Bugatti Type 390, a watch designed to go with the latest Bugatti Chiron hypercar. In line with most of the pieces that came from Parmigianis now 13-year partnership with carmaker Bugatti, the Type 390 is another very unusually shaped piece filled edge to edge with an equally unique movement. Just like the Bugatti Chiron, the Parmigiani Type 390 also appears to have been beautifully and exceedingly over-engineered, so as to get the attention of ev [...]

Swiss watch company Breitling recently held one of its still-new Breitling Summit event concepts here in Los Angeles. One of the new references launched was this duo of GMT watches, the Breitling Avenger Automatic GMT 45 (reference A32395101C1A1 or A32395101C1X1 / A32395101C1X2) and the related Avenger Automatic GMT 45 Night Mission (reference V32395101B1X1 / V32395101B1X2).First, a tangent about the brands activities. Ive said multiple times recently that the brand has been one of the best perf [...]

Welcome a new generation of IWC Portuguese with the Portuguese Chronograph Classic. From a marketing perspective,?IWC has been dedicating each year to a particular watch collection. 2013 is all about the Ingenieur, but again, that is just from a marketing and PR perspective. There is more on the IWC plate. Another new release for 2013 is rather important for fans of the Portuguese collection. Updated and arguably more sporty than ever, this is the best Portuguese chronograph watch to date. Calle [...]

Omega ups the ante with this new Seamater Aqua Terra GMT Chronograph watch. The timepiece is available in either steel or 18k red gold, and on both versions the hands and hour markers on the dial are in 18k gold. Sounds like omega territory to me. Not sure if any previous Seamaster Aqua Terra watches had gold (white) in the dials of even steel watches. The vertical line pattern of the dial is meant to look like the deck of a boat (the Teak Concept), which explains part of the ritzy character of [...]

The most impressive new Maurice Lacriox watch this year is easily the Pontos S Diver. I think Maurice Lacriox eventually dropped the Diver part of the name. Who knows why I am still going to call it the Diver. I first discussed the Pontos S when debuting it to the world here. Now with a hands-on look at the final versions I can once again say I like it.It is interesting to understand why I like the Pontos S. There is nothing extremely innovative or fancy about this diver. It is a very unremarka [...]

Omega?is clearly prepared for BaselWorld 2013 and has announced three new limited edition models in advance of the show, which takes place in April of this year. The most interesting part of the announcement is the debut of a new gold alloy they call Sedna. The first of their timepiece announcements is the Constellation Sedna, a ladies sized Constellation crafted from this new alloy. A mix of gold, copper and palladium renders a case that looks very much like rose gold and exhibits a strong redd [...]

Although most pilot watch designs can trace their stylistic roots back to World War II or even earlier, a sizeable portion of the market is dedicated to taking the segment in a modern, ultra-functional direction. Hamiltons Khaki Aviation X-Wind series is a prime example of this second style of pilot designs, with a complex and beefy package that integrates an inner rotating calculator bezel uniquely calibrated to determine crosswinds and corresponding aircraft drift angles for precise in-flight [...]

This past May, Longines invited us to attend the 139th Running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville. In typical Derby fashion, it was all fancy hats, mint juleps, beautiful horses, and fast women. It was an epic weekend, and were just now sobering up enough to tell you about it. Seriously, have you ever had a mint julep? For breakfast? They know how to do it right in Kentucky. Longines has a long history of equestrian connection, and their timepieces have been used since the l [...]

A major theme for Cartier watches at the SIHH 2015 watch and jewelry trade show was skeletonization. Actually, over the last few years, Cartier has been showing off more and more skeletonized versions of their in-house-made timepieces that exist among the upper echelon of their horological products. For 2015, we get yet another interesting skeletonized evolution of an existing product the Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Astrotourbillon Skeleton.It was back in 2010 that Cartier initially presented th [...]

Soccer (football) teams (clubs) from around the world will compete for about a month in various cities around Brazil from June 12-July 13, 2104 during the 2014 FIFA World Cup games. One of the most watched sports event around the world, the 2014 World Cup may easily break worldwide viewing records and will have a minimum of about 600 million to well over a billion viewers. That is a lot of eyes, and watch brands both mainstream and luxury are doing their part to be a part of the Brazil World Cup [...]

Heres an unpopular opinion: When you pay over retail for a watch, youre probably paying for something other than the watch itself. Not for an upgraded movement, a rarer dial, or the addition of precious metal in the case. Instead, youre paying for hype and for bragging rights, and if those things are important to you, a five-year waiting list or the gray market price of $65,000 for a Nautilus start to seem less like highway robbery, maybe even downright logical. Anyone else whos been living outs [...]