At SIHH 2014,?Parmigiani will introduce the newest member to its Bugatti watch collection with the Bugatti Aerolithe Flyback Chronograph. It is in my opinion perhaps the most attractive Bugatti timepiece they have come out with so far being simple in design with a very classically attractive color palette in a deep metallic blue with a hint of red. The watch is meant to honor a historically unique Bugatti car that has since disappeared.Interesting fact about the 1935 Bugatti Type 57 Aerolithe i [...]

When the original Bell Ross BR01 watch collection debuted about a decade ago, it was a sort of manly dress watch and there was nothing like this BR01-93 GMT model. There were a few versions, but many of them focused on the pieces inherent luxury status and ability to not look like just a 46mm wide wrist instrument. As the collection evolved, Bell Ross increasingly turned the BR01 into just that a military-inspired instrument-style wrist watch without too much polish, and lots of matte surface [...]

Sponsored post presented on for advertiserMeant to evoke the silhouette of the cockpit clocks found in military airplanes from the 1960s, the Bell Ross instrument-style rectangular case shape is instantly recognizable, having become somewhat of an icon since its introduction in 2005. First released in 2018, the BR 03-92 Dive Collection is the first watch to utilize the brands iconic square case in the form of a dive watch. Accordingly, enthusiasts are afforded the opportunity to own a piece th [...]

It used to be all about tourbillons and minute repeaters and complex chronographs, but if there is one genuinely useful complication that has been getting more attention from luxury watch?brands lately, then it is the dual time zone display. The latest, and one of the most comprehensive additions to the ever-growing family of multiple time zone watches is the Bulgari Hora Domus.In todays world where it is not at all unusual to be wearing a luxury timepiece when traveling, functions that can actu [...]

Watch What-If is a special column on aBlogtoRead.com that asks the playful question what if an iconic watch you know and love was offered in a different style? The idea embraces a good timepieces core design and has fun by offering new colors and material concepts to stimulate your senses. These ideas may be provocative, artistic, or just plain silly. This is about fun, Photoshop, and the celebration of wrist watch design and experimentation. The original design we work off will always be at the [...]

For over 35 years, the Casio G-Shock has been an icon of tough, dependable and affordable quartz watchmaking. The G-Shock line has developed an incredibly loyal and enthusiastic following over time, propelling a series that started as an inexpensive, indestructible timepiece for difficult conditions to a dizzying array of features, styles and price points for nearly any application. Through it all, however, few G-Shock iterations have remained as iconic as the original design. The 5000 series, w [...]

Often colorful, always highly technical and very expensive, Richard Mille once again blasts our senses with this new Richard Mille RM 35-02 Rafael Nadal Quartz-TPT. Richard Mille chose the run-up to the French Open tennis tournament for the announcement of the latest in one of their most famous and representative family of watches, the Rafael Nadal line, for the tennis champion and brand ambassador. Beyond the blinding colors and exotic case material, this model is notable as the first automatic [...]

In-house quartz watch movements at Breitling? Pretty much, yes, with the new Breitling Cockpit B50 timepiece in their Professional collection of watches. OK, so lets start by talking about the whole in-house quartz part of the conversation, as it is perhaps the most interesting, outside of the design of the watch. For years, Breitling has been sourcing high-end thermocompensated quartz movements from Swiss ETA. These come in a few varieties, but are contained in all the quartz movement-based Bre [...]

You know that I have been economically deluded by the watch world when I hear that a watch costs around $35,000, only to think, that sounds like a really good price. Not that I can afford it, I just wouldnt expect an 18k rose gold-cased Audemars Piguet watch with an in house chronograph movement to go for that low of a price. I must have luxo-fever. But for $35,000 you cant go too wrong with this beautiful chronograph version of Audemars Piguets lovely Millenary watch. The sorta asymmetric is no [...]

Omega is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Speedmaster, Seamaster 300, and the less remembered yet cult-collectors favorite Railmaster watches with what theyre calling the Omega 1957 Trilogy. The reeditions are staying true to the original designs but with METAS approved Master Chronometer movements for the Railmaster and Seamaster. The Speedmaster, however, retains the iconic manual-wind 1861 caliber thats immediately associated with the moonwatch.? Of course, all three will be limited ed [...]

The majority of this article is an interview with the insightful Panerai lover Mr. Jose Pereztroika who, in addition to being an accomplished designer, is what you might call a forensic watch historian. His passion for Panerai, as well as vintage Panerai watches and the brands history, has led to some rather surprising discoveries which arent always flattering to the people involved. Pereztroika has been slowly chronicling his research on specific historic Panerai watches and the circumstances a [...]

Oddly enough, two timepieces this year were designed to incorporate detent escapements a form of escapement in the regulation system of a mechanical timepiece found almost exclusively in stationary clocks. One wrist watch to feature a detent escapement is the Christophe Claret Maestoso (hands-on here), and the other was the quietly announced Bulgari LAmmiraglio del Tempo, that also contained a sophisticated minute repeater. Both the Christophe Claret and Bulgari watches are technical marvels, a [...]

Watch fans making the pilgrimage to Switzerland to see where the magic happens will have to add one more must-visit to their itineraries, as Jaeger-LeCoultre has just announced the opening of its own Heritage Gallery in Le Sentier-a new interactive museum experience that celebrates the venerable Swiss maisons 184-year legacy as the watchmakers watchmaker.While theres certainly no shortage of interesting, historically significant watchmakers inside Swiss borders, there arent many that actually ex [...]

A good number of Swiss watch brands are owned by conglomerates. There are only a handful of independent brands left and Swiss Raymond Weil is one of them. As most readers will probably know by now, Swatchs decision to reduce supply of ETA movements to brands outside of the Swatch Group has had a significant impact on the Swiss watch industry. In the past couple of years, many brands outside of the Swatch Group have either scrambled to develop and produce their own movements or have sought out al [...]

One of the most simple and satisfyingly elegant new tourbillon watches for 2014, not surprisingly, comes from our German friends at A. Lange Sohne. The 1815 Tourbillon immediately caught my eye when we learned about it at SIHH 2014 due to the large-diameter tourbillon and good, legible looks based on the popular 1815 collection. Being a Lange, it doesnt stop there, and this tourbillon-based watch has a few extra tricks up its sleeve.A. Lange Sohne doesnt make a lot of just tourbillon watches, [...]

In keeping with their tradition of aviation-inspired timepieces,?Oris announced the Oris Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 114 for Baselworld?2018. Its a new addition to the well established ProPilot line, but this time with the latest in-house movement featuring a 10-day power reserve?with a non-linear indicator, GMT complication, and lastly, a date complication. According to Oris, no other Swiss watch combines these complications?into a single piece. While Oris has made several second time-zone or GM [...]

The success of the Bell Ross BR-01 series has spawned legions of copies from other manufacturers, both good and bad. The best of which are not specifically copies, but rather thematic reinterpretations of the look in another brands own style. This is exactly the case with the Xemex Avenue model number 2805.04, where designer Reudi Kulling imbues the iconic Xemex touch to the design idea.All Xemex are the free moving lugs, straight lined number indicators, and hands of the watch. The font type [...]

Citizen, Japanese manufacturer of watches of virtually all styles and for every conceivable purpose, have just bolstered their formidable Promaster collection with an addition to their feature-packed pilots watch line, the Skyhawk A-T. With some notable updates for the more premium Promaster designation, the new Citizen Promaster Skyhawk A-T Limited Edition now features a lightweight titanium case, blue highlights throughout, as well as the familiar bevy of complications of its predecessor.For t [...]

When you think of watches associated with space (and space programs), it probably calls to mind the Omega Speedmaster, or perhaps the Poljot Strela. Did you know that Breitling also has a watch associated with the great space race of the mid-20th century? It did, and Breitling is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the watchs flight into space.On May 24th, 1962, a Breitling Navitimer was on the wrist of Lt. Cmdr. Scott Carpenter as he orbited the Earth three times in an Aurora 7 capsule. What [...]

Last year,?Roger Dubuis?introduced their first carbon-case watch, and this year for SIHH 2017 we see them push the use of carbon even further. The?Roger Dubuis Excalibur Carbon Spider watch adds the first ever carbon movement plate, bridges, and tourbillon upper cage to be made entirely in carbon. This very light case and mainplate combination not only strips away weight but enhances performance, resulting in a very cool-looking black and red (hence, Spider) watch that is emblematic of Roger Dub [...]