The new holy grail IWC Grande Complication watch is here. IWC has taken their famous easy to read but complete perpetual calendar watch with moon phase and year indicator, that also has a minute repeater, placed it in a Portuguese style case, and updated the dial a little bit. You know how the most sober looking ultra complex watch out there. It is hard not to like the looks and appreciate all that it does. It isnt cheap though!See my full article on the IWC Portuguese Grande Complication watch [...]

For 2013,?Omega fully rounds-out the Seamaster Aqua Terra family with the new Omega Aqua Terra Chronograph GMT. With a new movement and solid looks, this is the semi-formal sport watch in the Omega Aqua Terra collection to lust after. I had no idea that the Omega Aqua Terra collection was so beloved until viewers started to ask en masse a few months before Baselworld 2013 whether or not Omega was going to insert their newer in-house made Caliber 9300 automatic chronograph into an Omega Aqua Ter [...]

This is not going to be one of those articles that is seeped in watch movement technicalities. This is going to be about the visual appreciation of thorough watch decoration. Sometime you want a watch that is just stunning to look at. You gaze deeply in its rich complexity noticing minute details bearing the attention of the engraving tools, and you consider again, that luxury has a face.IWC and Patek Philippe are known for creating high quality, high desire watches. Though they are not known fo [...]

2011 might be the Astro year for Cartier. Last years Cartier Rotonde Astrotourbillon was such a hit that 2011 will have at least two new Astro watches. One will be the Calibre Astrotourbillon (with the Rotondes existing movement), while this one is something totally different. The Astroregulateur (Astroregulator) has an escapement that is connected to the automatic rotor that is mounted on the front of the dial. This concept is really confusing if you dont see it in action. Thankfully, there i [...]

We covered news of Omegas anti-magnetic 8508 calibre when it was announced back in January. The movement was shown fitted in an Omega Aqua Terra model which is now available for purchase as the Omega Aqua Terra 15,000 Gauss. Using a special version of Omegas co-axial 8500 series, the 15,000 Gauss is the worlds first completely anti-magnetic watch. While other brands have a long history of producing magnetic-resistant watches like the omega Milgauss or the IWC Ingenieur, Omegas solution is not to [...]

The modern arms race with watches isnt about gears and pinions, but rather materials. It may appear that brands are hot on beating each others movements but they know that such a war would be a joke. The race for the most accurate movement slowed to almost a halt when quartz watches hit the scene, and there are almost no new viable complications to be invented. The secrecy and excitement in the world of high-end watches is all in discovering, creating, and exploiting the hottest new materials.We [...]

Our team at is excited to announce Gary R. of Toronto, Canada, as the winner of our September Citizen Super Titanium Armor Chronograph watch giveaway. Its streamlined design is a thrilling tribute to 50 years of titanium timepieces from Citizen, and were sure it will make a stylish companion for years to come! Thank you for being a dedicated member of our community. For all our other community members, there is still time to enter and win in our October giveaway, where were offering an Out of [...]

Earlier this year, on March 10th, Citizen announced that it would be releasing the Citizen Eco-Drive Riiiver watch in Fall. With more details now available, and the release date coming ever closer, we thought wed take a look at what we can expect from this handsome hybrid that offers a customizable set of functions designed to personalize the user experience.Firstly, the name: Riiiver is an open-source IoT platform service, through which the watch can connect to various devices and services. Exa [...]

Emirates Airbus A380 landing in Hong Kong. Credit: Wong Chi Lam, planespotters.netTodays news from Hong Kong should remind all of us frequently traveling with watches and/or other valuables of the increasingly severe threat of in-flight theft. An expatriate arriving from the Middle East back to Hong Kong could be one of the biggest victims of this ever more popular way?of?thieves ridding passengers of their belongings, after HK$2 million (around US$257,000) in foreign currency and valuables, inc [...]

Cartier has a few lovely chronographs in their current watch collection (very few, actually), but the company isnt exactly known for being a producer of too many chronograph timepieces. Think of the classic Tank or Santos, or other case shapes that help define the classic French-based (Swiss Made) luxury firm whose products are so often part of an elegant lifestyle. Actually, if you think of most classic Cartier timepieces, they only indicate the time. With that said, recently, chronograph model [...]

The Tourbillon Orrery by Swiss Graham was among the more unique watches we were lucky to see at Baselworld 2013. Graham vacillates between producing bold sport watches and classic timepieces often with an astronomical component. The Swiss brands namesake is George Graham, a well regarded British horologist who was instrumental in many innovations and achievements, especially when it came to astronomical timekeeping and measuring. That should explain a bit why the Tourbillon Orrery has an old-wor [...]

The Cartier Pasha de Cartier returns with major updates for 2020. Two new sizes and some two dozen variations from basic to extravagant define the new Pasha, right along with notable changes introduced for enhanced wearing comfort and ownership experience.SpecificationsBrand: CartierModel: Pasha De Cartier for 2020Dimensions: Various sizes, mainly 41mm-wide by 9.55mm-thick, or 35mm-wide by 9.37mm-thickWater Resistance: 10 bar (100 meters)Case Material: stainless steel, 18k yellow gold, 18k pink [...]

Special Content For?Glashutte OriginalGlashutte Original is one of only a handful of true watch manufactures in modern watchmaking, boasting the capacity and dedication not only to design, produce, decorate, and assemble its watches in-house, but also to craft its dials, make its own manufacturing tools, and train the?next generation of watchmakers. First, let us note that we will discuss at length the fascinating history of Glashutte Original and Saxon watchmaking in an upcoming feature artic [...]

The entire Spending Time Dubai Watch Week 2021 Interviews podcast series is comprised of six episodes. Today, we present episode number 4, which once again is presented by founder Ariel Adams (@ArieltoWatch) and co-host @RickTickTalk discussing a series of interviews recorded live at Dubai Watch Week in November 2021.In this episode, Ariel speaks to RedBar founder Adam Craniotes. The two discuss the return of in-person watch events and the evolving nature of the watch enthusiast community. Late [...]

In less than a decade of production, the complex geometric Bulgari Octo series has firmly established itself as a modern icon of watchmaking. The Italian brand has interpreted this form in a myriad of materials, complications, and variants from the record breaking ultra-thin Octo Finissimo series to the softer, more rounded forms of the Octo Roma, and for 2021 Bulgari gives its customers the opportunity to reimagine the design for themselves. With cases and movements partly made from semi-precio [...]

If your heart has a desire for a watch that combines a very fine and new in-house Blancpain chronograph movement with their Villeret-style case, then this new Blancpain Villeret Pulosmeter Flyback Chronograph timepiece might be for you. Among Blancpains many watches, the company states that the Villeret is its most classic collection. According to them, double-stepped cases, Roman numerals and an understated aesthetic are hallmarks of its Villeret watches. Indeed, if one was to browse the collec [...]

While I have been giving Porsche Design a lot of positive attention for their retro-themed releases lately, this is a new model that is modern looking all around. Part of the P6000 Dashboard collection this model is the P6620 Dashboard Chronograph and comes in a slew of colors and styles.In a sense, this design is a return to the instrument inspired minimalist functionalism that made the brand so popular in the first place. My favorite part of the P6620 is the case design. In titanium or 18k ros [...]

When it comes to sheer visual spectacle, few mechanical complications can match the intricate display of the flying tourbillon. Although discussions about the history of the tourbillon escapement tend to focus on the initial designs by Abraham-Louis Breguet, the invention of the flying tourbillon came over a century later at the hands of German watchmaking instructor Alfred Helwig. As 2020 marks the centennial anniversary of the flying tourbillon, German horological powerhouse Glashutte Original [...]

Mido released their first iteration of the Commander series back in 1959, and since then, the Commander has become the most recognizable collection for the brand in many part of the world (which doesnt include North America). The 2018 addition of the Mido Commander Ic?ne was something that certainly garnered my interest, and so I requested one for review since Id not previously had wearing experience with this noteworthy historic watch design.Its hard to place this watch in a specific era. There [...]

When it comes to dial design and finishing, few brands can currently match Grand Seiko. The Japanese marques wide array of nature inspired textures from freshly driven snow to cherry blossoms and lion manes have garnered fans the world over, and its latest release offers a serene new concept in the series. Beyond an intricate new dial texture and a subtly cool colorway, the new Grand Seiko SLGH005 introduces a new case and dial design standard for the brand that remains true to its heritage whil [...]