The Swatch Groups Mido has been aggressive as of late, releasing a slew of thoughtful and fairly affordable watches-watches like the Multifort Chronometer and the Commander Big Date. Thats good news for all of us because god knows we need more affordable watches to get more people excited about the hobby. Just in time for the holidays, Mido has just announced a new dive watch with a lot of features that will get fans of dive watches excited. Meet the new Mido Ocean Star Diver 600.The Mido Ocean [...]

Movado Museum Classic WatchMovado recently began quietly shipping this new Movado Museum Dial Classic watch collection to its retailers. The new watch model is a slight revision on the longstanding Movado Museum Dial watch collection that has been around for what feels like ages. In the early 2000s, the apparent ubiquity in previous years of Movado Museum Dial timepieces seemed to slowly subside from mainstream culture, replaced by a? host of other timepiece styles. This change happened without [...]

So, what watch does one wear to the Academy Awards as a first-time Oscar nominee? Admittedly, this was a new first-world problem for Tom Cross, who, as editor of the film Whiplash, recently received an Academy Award nomination for Best Editing one of five Oscars Whiplash is up for this year. UPDATE: Tom Cross received the Academy Award (as well as Independent Spirit Award) for Film Editing for the movie Whiplash. This was a scenario Tom Cross did not anticipate when he started work on the labor [...]

Japanese powerhouse Citizen has joined forces with Tokyo-based lunar exploration company ispace. As the new corporate partner of Hakuto-R, the worlds first commercial lunar exploration program, the famous watchmaker will provide its Super Titanium? to the upcoming missions aiming to make space travel far more common than it is today.Super Titanium? is produced using Citizens proprietary surface-hardening technology. This type of pure titanium will be used in the new HAKUTO-R lunar lander and rov [...]

For Baselworld 2016, Omega is making sure their Seamaster Planet Ocean line gets a refreshed look along with a METAS-certified Master Chronometer movement.?With a splash of orange, we welcome the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Master Chronometer watch in 43.5mm. You may have seen the teaser for this in your Instagram feed, and the reveal does not disappoint.?Building upon the new brand standard set by the 2015 Globemaster, this Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Master Chronometer features?the familiar [...]

The Swiss watch maker Franck Muller has somewhat?of a Charlie?and the Chocolate Factory air?to it. With an elaborate production facility named Watchland outside of Geneva, oftentimes?over-the-top brand positioning, and watch collections with designs far from the traditional, it would not be too surprising if they were to announce that golden tickets were being hidden in the packaging. Unfortunately for fans of the brand, that isnt the case, but the Franck Muller Vanguard Chronograph is still a n [...]

For 2020, Cartier has been expanding the still-fresh and highly satisfying Santos collection with new flavors. While the Santos Chronograph is getting a lot of attention given its additional mechanical complexity, this stealthy black variation of the three-hand Santos de Cartier Large Model is a fashionable stunner. There arent that many Cartier watches you can wear with a black leather bikers jacket - and yet here we are with this lovely piece in DLC-coated steel.Mind you, this Cartier Santos r [...]

There are over a half a million kilometers of coastline in the world with over 2 billion people living within earshot of said coastline-and somebodys got to keep em all safe. The Bell Ross?V2-94 V2-92 Garde-C?tes watches celebrate the men and women of the globes many branches of the Coast Guard who do just that, with a pair of sporty and capable watches that look and feel as though theyre readily up to the task.All images by Ariel AdamsNow, if the V2-92 and V2-94?Garde-C?tes editions look eeri [...]

A week has passed already and SIHH is still but a blur And if I was to pick the blurriest part of all, it would be the windows of the booths-but only after the countless straight faces that fly past me in that utterly beige interior of the fair. When rushing from one 30 to 60 minute one-to-one appointment to the next, I always had to be head-deep in my phone or some other consumer electronic device that demanded my attention, leaving time only to wave hello to friends and colleagues, but none fo [...]

It should not come as a major surprise that a year after the successful debut of the original limited edition Hublot MP-05 LaFerrari watch, Hublot returns with two more versions. When I last checked (early July of 2014), the video of the original Hublot LaFerrari watch had over 450,000 views on our YouTube channel. Say that you will about Hublot timepieces, but the brand still has it when it comes to creating ultra-high-end timepieces that demand attention.In order to full understand the story [...]

Piaget Possession, with malachite dial and diamond bezel.Possession and Extremely Lady sound like fragrance collections, but they are actually two great new watch lines introduced by Piaget?at SIHH in Geneva. Together, they are right on target for todays ladies market, representing a few emerging trends in ladies watches. The most important of these trends is the concept of multiple options, including price. The Possession collection alone starts at $3,350 and goes all the way up to $22,400. In [...]

There is something to be said for being the first to start it all.When you think of luxury diving watches, other brands might compete for attention, but the mere mention of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is enough to end all discussion on which is the most important diving watch in history. Which other watch can claim to have laid down the blueprint of what we know as the essential aspects of a diving watch? From the depth requirements, the?unidirectional?bezel marking dive time, to the must-have i [...]

Calling it right now: The worldtimer should be the official complication of 2020. With more webinars being viewed, more Skype, WhatsApp, and Zoom calls being held, and more podcasts being recorded across multiple timezones than ever before, theres never been a better (or more practical) time to own a proper worldtimer than right now. And as if on cue, Montblanc has again updated its flagship worldtimer - the Star Legacy Orbis Terrarum - with a new case and an impressively rendered new dial while [...]

Over the past few years, few brands have changed their offerings as dramatically as Montblanc. Fully embracing its legacy as the successor to the legendary and long-running Minerva Watch Company, the marque has turned its design focus away from aggressive, design-forward modernist pieces towards heritage inspired pieces celebrating the long history of the Minerva brand. For its 2020 novelties, Montblanc has turned its attention to Minerva designs of the turn of the early 1900s along with the 40s [...]

Most people havent followed Montblancs ascension to a high-end watch maker like I have. The path they made from even making timepieces in the first place to where they are now is interesting, and only took about 10 years. Villeret 1858 collection watches are among their highest-end pieces and rely on Montblanc Villeret which was formerly Minerva. This Grand Chronograph Enamel Dial is like an old-world pocket watch in wrist watch form. Even the back of it opens up like a pocket watch. The enamel [...]

A brand that never had to go to the neighbors, i.e., fellow Richemont Group brands, for a bit of inspiration or watchmaking prowess is Roger Dubuis. Their latest devilish machine is the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Diabolus In Machina, and it packs a minute repeater, a flying tourbillon, and a host of other mechanical and design quirks.SpecificationsBrand: Roger DubuisModel: Excalibur Diabolus In MachinaDimensions: 45mm-wide, 16.8mm-thickWater Resistance: 3 bar (30 meters)Case Material: CarTech Micro- [...]

Someone recently asked me a question about watches with 24 hour dials. That is, watches that display time in the 24 hour format versus the 12 hour format that we are mostly used to here in the US. Many digital watches do this with ease (switch back and forth), but 24 hour analog dial watches are much less common. In the US, 24 hour time is often referred to as military time. If you are in the military you need to know it, otherwise you can be more or less ignorant of what 17:00 is. I guess it is [...]

The name Patek Philippe is among the most powerful in the entire watch industry. It is synonymous with class, conservatism, high auction values, price legitimacy, and some of the best looking traditional watches now, or ever. Patek Philippe remains an independent company whose secrets and plans are tightly guarded, and its most exclusive watches often go directly from the factory to the hands of the worlds most prestigious collectors - never to be displayed in a store counter or window. When it [...]

What started with laser engraving on the side of a watch case is turning into a trend and serious art form for Piaget. Last year they released two watches with such laser engraving; the Piaget Polo Tourbillon relatifs. One was of a Paris skyline, and the other of New York. Each was done with incredible detail and was a shining example of artistic use of the technology. Only a few of each was produced, with pricing in the astronomical region.Now Piaget continues its fascination with the landmarks [...]

While mostly known for its pilot watches, for the fourth year in a row, Bell Ross has partnered with the Renault Sport Formula One team to produce a series of watches themed after and fitted for use in motorsports. For Baselworld 2019, Bell Ross has put out four chronograph models as part of the RS19 family: The BR V3-94, BR 03-94, BR X1, and the BR X1 Tourbillon Chronograph, are all dressed to the nines in Renault yellow and carbon fiber.Starting with the most affordable end, the V3-94 RS19 m [...]