Seiko Releases Prospex LX SNR049 Sky Limited EditionOver the past several years, Seiko has begun to design its limited edition releases not just around unique finishes or colorways, but around more evocative narrative ideas. The brand has centered recent limited edition releases around ideas as diverse as the texture of Antarctic undersea moss and a perfectly made Negroni cocktail, but the most common theme surrounding these concepts is the look of the natural world. Seiko has looked to the very [...]

Every year at Baselworld, Omega announces a massive amount of new watches, and usually only a handful take the spotlight each year. Last year it was the Trilogy Collection and this year the new Seamaster 300M seemed to get all the love. However, Omega usually has a few sleeper hits up their sleeves, and for 2018, one of my favorite Omega releases is the latest addition to its CK2998 family, the Omega Speedmaster CK2998 Pulsometer Limited Edition watch.The Speedmaster is a watch that needs no int [...]

Citizen Debuts New Promaster/Eco-Drive Satellite Wave GPS Diver 200M WatchSince 1989, Citizen has used its Promaster line to debut new sports watch technologies from depth gauges to altimeters, and as part of its 2020 novelties the brand has used the Promaster nameplate to combine several of its most successful quartz innovations into a new and functional blend. The Citizen Promaster/Eco-Drive Satellite Wave GPS Diver 200m is an aggressive, modernist take on the tool diver concept, bringing toge [...]

The partnership of Hublot and Italia Independent is not new. The two companies first collaborated in 2014, and these new Hublot Classic Fusion Italia Independent watches are the third collection?to be born from this union. For the uninitiated, Italia Independent is a design company based in Italy and founded by the extremely stylish but somewhat eccentric Lapo Elkann of Italys powerful Agnelli family. Most recently, Hublot and Italia Independent worked together to give us the Big Bang Unico Ital [...]

Sad news today as Swiss/French watchmaker Mr. Dominique Loiseau has passed away, Gregory Pons at Business Montres reports. He was just 64 years old. Still relatively unknown to many people, Loiseau was one of the venerable geniuses of modern watchmaking, able not only to restore incredible and complex works from the past, but invent the words most complicated watches of today.I first encountered Dominique a couple of years ago at Baselworld upon the announcement of his new eponymous brand Loisea [...]

Its summertime and, depending on where you live in the world, that could mean a lot of time spent in the water. If you are lucky, then water means the ocean. Anyone who spends enough time at the beach implicitly knows that their experience will vary depending on the tides, and if they are a surfer, their entire enjoyment depends on tracking the tides. Tide chart watches arent anything new. Casio and a slew of other digital watchmakers have been playing with a variety of tide chart watches for a [...]

Chronoswiss has always occupied a niche space in the watch world, with its regulators always bringing particular attention to the brand. For 2019, it released a handful of versions of the Flying Grand Regulator Skeleton watch, limited to 30 pieces each. The model I was drawn to is this ref. CH-6723S-BKLB with blue and orange accents, though there are also versions with red and yellow accents. Personally, theres something about the blue that I find a little more fresh, and Id actually love to see [...]

Breitling Introduces The Premier Bentley Mulliner Limited EditionFor the past 17 years, Breitling has made a special series of timepieces in partnership with British luxury automaker Bentley, the longest running partnership ever between an automotive brand and a watch brand. To celebrate this ongoing connection, as well as the release of the new Bentley Continental GT Mulliner Convertible, Breitling has introduced the new Premier Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition chronograph. While the sporty 42 [...]

The Breguet 1160 Marie Antoinette pocket watch is truly one of the most impressive and fascinating horological objects of our modern times. In many ways, this watch and the story around it have formed the foundation for what keeps me in love with timepieces and why I started in the first place. This article is perhaps not true a hands-on, as no one but a select few watch handlers at Breguet are even allowed to touch what is probably the most valuable modern pocket watch of all time. In 2013, an [...]

One of the coolest watches of the last few years didnt see its proper level of greatness because it was too expensive. At over $100,000 (retailed at about 78,000 euros) the Porsche Design Indicator remained a beautiful and fundamentally superior design that you could only appreciate from a distance. Eterna, who makes all the watches for Porsche Design, still makes 2-4 of the Indicator watches per a year, but on request only. The watch is limited to 50 pieces, so eventually they will be all out. [...]

Although fully engraved cases and bracelets have a long and illustrious history in the world of watch customization, very few fully engraved designs have ever been made by watch brands themselves. Maurice Lacroix is the latest brand to step into this bold visual space, collaborating with famed Parisian parkour expert Simon Noguiera to create a deeply textured and intricate take on its cornerstone integrated bracelet design. The resulting limited edition Maurice Lacroix Aikon Urban Tribe gives th [...]

Looking forward to the next Harry Winston Opus watch is becoming an annual tradition. For 2012 Harry Winston releases the new Opus 12 watch which was made in collaboration with watch maker Emmanuel Bouchet. You can check out coverage of last years extremely popular Opus XI model here. At a glance the Opus 12 is a rather conservative model being in a round case, but checking out the dial more carefully reveals just how complex this watch is.Bouchet is a seasoned watch maker but actually some one [...]

True to its nature, SIHH is not exactly a touchpoint for those who love a simple steel sport watch. But surprises do happen, and among a sea of tourbillons, a handful of grande sonneries, and enough precious metal to underwrite a small ground war, Jaeger-LeCoultre pulled a fast one and dropped a trio of steel Master models that quickly became a highlight of the show. With a crisp but romantic design and a complication for nearly any taste, the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Date, Jaeger-LeC [...]

By releasing the all-new?A. Lange Sohne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds at SIHH 2016, the Glashutte, Germany-based manufacture has given us what quite possibly is the most accuracy-focused and, in that regard, most impressive Lange watch that we have ever seen. And not just that, but as we shall shortly discover, a fantastic package that ticks a lot of the boxes that represent key criteria for so many: moderate?size, good legibility, some cool mechanical?features, and all this wrapped into what i [...]

Since its initial debut in fall 2020, Oris in-house Calibre 400 automatic movement has been gradually working its way through the brands lineup as its new de facto flagship three-hand powerplant. As one of the cornerstones of Oris lineup the Aquis diver was a natural choice to debut the new movement in late October 2020, but at that time the Calibre 400 was restricted only to full size 43.5mm models. As summer 2021 ramps up and enthusiasts search for a new vacation-ready sports watch, Oris takes [...]

Those not intimately familiar with the various timepiece models produced by Graham might not even notice at first glance that the Graham Chronofighter Vintage GMT is a new watch. This isnt the first Graham Chronofighter, it isnt the first Vintage, and it isnt the first GMT. Rather, it is a new model that blends a lot of what Graham has already done into a new and decently satisfying package.Most people even remotely familiar with Graham will probably mistake the Chronofighter Vintage GMT for the [...]

At SIHH 2017, Parmigiani Fleurier released two beautiful new limited-edition versions of one of my favorite watches from the brand, the Ovale Pantographe. It is largely the Parmigiani Ovale Pantographe we are familiar with, but with some newly added exclusivity for those people who wanted a good reason to spend about 60% more on the watch. To see what is new, you must literally look beyond the surface, as these versions look strikingly similar to previous limited-edition Parmigiani Ovale Pantogr [...]

You know what Bell Ross needed? A good pilot watch. Boy, Ill say their collection was missing one of those. THANKFULLY the brass over there figured it out and came up with these nice timepieces for flying. Our hearts can rest easily now phew! In all seriousness, these are additional pilot watches for the brand which prides itself on its pilot and aviation styles timepieces.What is really interesting is how the WW1-92 watches are part of a collection that look nothing like these two models. Look [...]

Why oh why cant there be some cool cult watch made popular by being on Harrison Fords wrist in one of his movies? Seriously, not even Indiana Jones wore a timepiece. That is totally a character that would wear a watch! Something like a Hamilton military watch or similar whoa! I am getting ahead of myself here.No, Han Solo never wore a wrist instrument either. Ford likely wore watches in other roles while he was running from the FBI, or running after someone as the FBI, but it just isnt the same. [...]

At Baselworld 2014,?Bulgari (Bvlgari) quietly introduced two ultra-thin versions of the Octo collection that has been a mainstay of their focus for a few years now. The Octo Finissimo is incredibly thin and something I think many people will enjoy. In 2012, Bulgari released their fully in-house branded version of the Octo, a design acquired with the inclusion of the Gerald Genta brand. Genta, who was an extremely talented and legendary designer, created the Octo, as well as other Bulgari product [...]