In 2017, Swiss brand Breitling finally updated its best-selling Superocean Heritage collection with the Superocean Heritage II family, which arrived in a few case sizes, movement options and, of course, color and material choices. At the time, I wrote this review comparing the first generation Breitling Superocean Heritage with the Superocean Heritage II. Today, I take a more specific look at the Breitling Superocean Heritage II B20 Automatic 42 ref. AB2010161C1A1 timepiece. A few years ago, I [...]
For 2013, the newest member of the?Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean collection is the long-awaited Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT. Just before the annual Baselworld watch trade show event, we debuted to the world, the new Planet Ocean GMT GoodPlanet watch here. That blue and orange version of the new GMT watch bears the GoodPlanet foundation name, whom Omega teamed up with to produce a new environmentalist film with the name Planet Ocean. Sales revenue of that specific piece will partially go to t [...]
Like it or not, the runaway success of the Apple Watch has confirmed the demand for greater connectivity in everyday watches-and to meet the perceived rising tide at more wallet-friendly pricing, the Movado Group has announced a fresh salvo of genuine smartwatches powered by a new software platform from Hewlett-Packard called Engineered by HP. These fashion-conscious options differ from Movados last foray into wearable tech, in that they are more than just activity trackers-and they?span the gro [...]
Given its reputation as the watchmakers watchmaker, Jaeger-LeCoultres movements carry a certain cache among enthusiasts, and this is especially true of its complications. As part of its Watches and Wonders 2022 novelties, the Swiss brand brings one of its most storied complications to the sporty Polaris line. The new Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Perpetual Calendar offers a cleanly balanced presentation, a handsome sporting look, and a stunning in-house movement, creating a fittingly intricate new fl [...]
80s loving Europeans (and well, me too) love Depeche Mode musical entertainment and?Hublot certainly does. Back in 2010, the Swiss brand worked with Depeche Mode to create a limited edition of 12 Big Bang watches each with unique Depeche Mode albums covers (debuted here). Those were sold off for charity. Now three years later in 2013, Hublot once again dances slow with Depeche Mode with a new 250 piece limited edition Big Bang Depeche Mode.Sales of the watches will benefit probably the most PR f [...]
The moon phase function has evolved from its traditional role as an accompaniment to mens perpetual calendars to a poetic complication, used more often in ladies watches. It has been reimagined in many ways that depart from the traditional blue-sky-gold-moon-and-stars configuration, but Blancpain finds a way to maintain tradition while updating the function for a modern ladies watch. The Blancpain Villeret Date Moonphase, introduced at Baselworld 2017, sports the traditional moon phase colors an [...]
Interesting news today as Porsche Design and Eterna have announced that they have terminated their watch making relationship. For years Porsche Design (designed) watches were produced by the Swiss watch maker Eterna, located in Grenchen, Switzerland. As of March 10th, 2014, the two companies have announced the termination of their license agreement to develop, produce, and sell Porsche Design branded timepieces.Sadly, I did see this coming. Porsche Design has aligned itself with some interesting [...]
Breguet here offers a music box style watch with a disc and pins, versus the only cylinder approach. What is neat about the Reveil Musical Watch is that you can have the music box play as an alarm. But dont for get to wind this baby up the 20-25 second long tune is a mainspring torque eater. 18k rose gold case with musical notes and staff placed on the side of it. The watch comes with this fancy wooden case and stand. What does that do? It is a system that is meant to amplify the sounds of the [...]
I scream, you scream, we all scream for steel Pateks! Even a casual watch enthusiast will likely recognize the importance of a Baselworld where Patek Philippe launched two new complicated steel watches. We showed you the new 5960 annual calendar chronograph here, but now its time to check out my favorite of this new duo from Patek, the 5990 Nautilus. Combining the chronograph capability of the 5980 with the dual time zone complication of the 5164A Aquanaut, the 5990 offers two sporting complicat [...]
Some of you will like this watch, some of you wont like this watch at all, and still some of you want this watch so badly you can taste it. Welcome to one of the most polarizing types of designs out there, and it is over a year old already. Personally I am very intrigued by the design, probably since I got to check out this and other Kingsquare watches recently. It is a loud and in your face look, but refined nevertheless like something Versace watches should be. The King Square line of watches [...]
The tough, functional aesthetic of aircraft instruments has been the core of Bell Ross brand identity since its inception in 1994. Over the years, this stylistic inspiration has birthed watches based on altimeters, airspeed indicators, and even fighter jet heads-up displays, but one of the most striking of these aeronautical concepts is 2011s BR 01-92 Red Radar. With a deeply tinted red crystal and sweeping disks in place of a handset, the Red Radar captured the feel of an air traffic control r [...]
It should come as no surprise that the travel and tourism sector remains one of the worlds fastest growing (bookings hit $1.6 trillion in 2017, according to a recent Deloitte report), with an increasingly persistent trend being the value of experiences over things. With the watch industry focused on things, it should come as little surprise that savvy brands would try to marry the two - as Panerai indicated at SIHH with a new trio of extremely limited Submersible watches, each with a unique (and [...]
The team knew that new Patek Philippe watches were coming at Watches Wonders 2021 we just didnt suspect that any of them would be from the Nautilus 5711 collection. Thats because Patek Philippe confirmed earlier in 2021 that the 5711 (40mm wide steel case, three-hand movement) Nautilus was going to be discontinued. They just werent clear when it was going to be retired. Patek Philippe may even release additional 5711 models in 2021 the final year the Geneva-based company says that it will pr [...]
Hublot really did something special with this watch, and it looks just great. Totally epitomizing what fresh Hublot designs can feel like. In addition to the great King Power model based design, this watch has two special innovations that you will really like.? First, is a worlds first developed by Hublot a red sapphire crystal. A few years ago omega developed a green colored sapphire crystal for their Milgauss watches. Hublot has done the same but with red. How cool does that look? Of course t [...]
Since its resurrection during the early nineties, A. Lange Sohne has turned into one of the worlds finest and most sophisticated manufactures a position it fails to lose, no matter how economic crises or ever-changing trends affect the industry. As grandiose as that sounds, Lange has always represented the more relaxed end of the market, remaining consistently German with calm and collected novelties, bringing forward the brand and its most famous collections by one small step at a time. But s [...]
Oris continues their classy Complication watch collection with the Artix. Easy on the eyes, and available with a six-link steel metal bracelet or leather strap. It is a graceful creation, and offers a decent mechanical annual calendar watch (with a symmetrical dial layout) at a reasonable price. With more and more watches like this coming out, I wonder what Oris new direction in the States is going to be. I say this because Swiss Oris recently fully took over the US division. So we will just wai [...]
Ferrari North America recently celebrated 60 years of the iconic Italian car makers presence in the United States market. The main celebration was in Beverly Hills, California with a weekend of events including a tour of Ferrari cars on Rodeo Drive, a few parties, and a car auction. As the official watch making partner of Ferrari, Hublot was there attending the events and, of course, with a new limited edition watch, the Hublot Big Bang Ferrari USA 60th Anniversary reference?401.QX.0123.VR.FSX14 [...]
The?Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Big Blue Ceramic GMT may have one of the most descriptive product names out there-its a Planet Ocean that is indeed very big and very blue. And, in truth, it is also quite expensive. Lets see where your money goes?if you get one of these Big, Blue, Beautiful, Expensive things when they become available later in the year.For lack of a better analogy, I like to look at the?Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Big Blue as a fully speced-out Audi or BMW-it is based on a mode [...]
Breathing new life into old things is a particular talent of todays luxury Swiss watch industry. The formula is simple. Take something from the past, adopt it for the tastes of today, and make sure when people see it they arent quite sure what era it was made for. Breitlings re-launch of the Chronomat with the tube-style Rouleaux bracelet is very much an exercise in what todays watch industry does best. Breitling quietly puts the previous Chronomat model to rest (it had been produced for a decad [...]
Sponsored PostEach October, Wixon Jewelers hosts its much-anticipated Watch Fair, an event where watch enthusiasts have the opportunity to shop expanded selections and limited edition models that are otherwise difficult to see in person. This years Watch Fair will display expanded collections of new and rare timepieces from Patek Philippe, Parmigiani Fleurier, Officine Panerai, Jaeger LeCoultre, and Tudor, to name a few. Do you have a watch that you no longer wear? Bring in the timepiece that y [...]