Behold the BR 02. The Success of the Bell Ross BR 01 really brought Bell Ross back into the ether. The small company was basically sharing their name with Sinn, and selling Sinn watches to different markets. There was nothing wrong with the Bell Ross watches, but they werent as innovative as they were mere quality time tellers. Then a few years ago the airplane instrument inspired BR-01 watch was released in a wave of design controversy. Some said it was too square, some said it was too big, [...]

Next year, in 2019, A. Lange Sohnes Datograph will be 20 years old, but ask almost anyone at all and they will say that it remains no less impressive today. It might be too nitpicky to point out that its difficult to operate in low light, but while a smattering of lume on the dial is enough to tell the time, it is insufficient for the reading the date, much less operating the chronograph. The brand has addressed this with the new A. Lange Sohne Datograph Up/Down Lumen, which is the first Datog [...]

Continuing their relationship with deep-going free diver Carlos Coste, Oris produces another limited edition dive watch for the world record holder. This new watch is the Oris Carlos Coste Limited Edition Cenote Series timepiece and will be offered as a set of 2000 pieces.Coste just completed a new dive record by diving to 150 meters into the Don Ojos cenote (cave network) under Yucatan in Mexico. Coste, a Venezuelan native, dove down using minimal equipment. I have placed some videos here of h [...]

Today, well have a look at a watch that Ariel first covered back in June of 2011 the Glashutte Original?Seventies Panorama Date. Of course that begs the question, to some extent, as to why were covering it again. The primary reason would be that there have been some new strap options coming into the mix, but also for the simple fact that, back in 2011, it was impressions from the show floor. Now, were bringing you a full, hands-on review of this German timepiece.This is my first experience with [...]

Jacob Co.s unofficial mandate is to continually impress and surprise its core base of customers. Targeting members of the ultra elite, the people who tend to buy Jacob Co. watches arent looking for sheer value or refined brand prestige. What the people who buy Jacob Co. watches want is novelty and originality. Thus, as Mr. Jacob Arabos enduring mission is to satisfy his customers, his challenge is to keep things fresh, keep things interesting, and in many cases keep things complicated.Underst [...]

Swiss Made Oris watches used its participation at Dubai Watch Week 2021 to introduce some new products, including this Big Crown Pointer Date Calibre 403 watch, to the delight of collectors. This is the first time Oris exclusive calibre 400 series of movements is used in a Big Crown Pointer Date watch, which is a historic icon of the brand (originally introduced in 1938) that has been popular for decades. As the name implies, these watches were born of aviation timepiece instruments that had lar [...]

Admittedly, it has been a while since Ive spent any serious time with the people at Franck Muller. The Swiss watch maker is a sort of modern legend, and the Franck Muller Group is further an assortment of luxury brands that includes others such as Backes Strauss. In the past, the group was even larger including brands such as Rodolphe, Pierre Kunz, and Martin Braun. Now, Franck Muller himself and co-founder Vartan Sirmakes continue to make watches at their Watchland headquarters in Switzerland [...]

I can certainly understand why brands like to diversify their products and fight the sales war on all fronts, but sometimes, I wish theyd just stick to what theyre best at. Graham, the Swiss-owned, English-inspired brand have recently released the Geo.Graham Tourbillon, which is a simple, smart, and straightforward watch that is quite delightful to look at (see our release writeup here). But it doesnt look like a Graham to me, at least not like the crazy-crowned sports studs theyve been churning [...]

A familiar face appears again with the Omega De Ville Tourbillon Numbered Edition and its trademark center-mounted tourbillon. Originally debuted in 1994, whats new is a solid gold movement with a Master Chronometer certification that entails anti-magnetic properties - a first for an Omega tourbillon - and a stunning new caseback view on this hand-wound caliber.Powered by the bar-none exquisite-looking Co-Axial Master Chronometer Calibre 2640, the latest De Ville Tourbillon has its bridges and m [...]

With a massive product lineup spanning an array of functions, styles, and price points, theres a Casio G-Shock fit for nearly every outdoor activity on some level. The specialized G-Lide series is an excellent example of this, with a suite of tide-tracking functions aimed squarely at the surfing community. Weve touched on the G-Lide series before on , but for 2020 the brand has returned to the concept with a trio of new models featuring a more refined case design, streamlined access to features, [...]

reader David B. from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the fortunate winner of the Hamilton Khaki Field Titanium Auto watch that we gave-away recently. David will get to own and wear the same model watch that is featured in the movie Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Congrats again to him. Everyone else can enter to win a Traser Red Combat watch on here until the end of the month. [...]

Ever since Jer?me Lambert took the reins in 2013, Montblanc has really become a brand to watch whenever SIHH comes around. For the past few years, Montblanc focused on releasing bang-for-buck watches, and a fine example is the Montblanc Meisterstuck Heritage Perpetual Calendar which, at 10,000, was one of the most affordable perpetual calendar watches you could buy. That was followed by the Heritage Chronometrie Chronograph Quantieme Annuel, a watch that combined the chronograph and annual calen [...]

div#disqus_thread { display: none;}Brand partnership watches are rarely good, but can you really blame them? All too often, these co-branded goods are the by-product of a calculated marketing effort whose primary aim is reaching a new audience, rather than actually creating something interesting that adds to the existing conversation. Now in its second iteration, the Hublot Big Bang Unico Sang Bleu watch remains a sterling example of just how to make a compelling co-branded product: toss the [...]

For 2012, Hamilton released a very nice limited edition piece in honor of the brands American history, the Hamilton Khaki Navy Pioneer. More specifically, its in honor of the 120th anniversary of the brand. What was really interesting is that in addition to the limited edition piece, they released a similar non-limited edition of the Hamilton Khaki Navy Pioneer for everyone else. More on that later. While Hamilton is no longer an American company, they used to be. They found a vintage Hamilton m [...]

For over a decade now, Mr. Stephane Waser has been at Swiss watchmaker Maurice Lacroix. Today he sits as the historic brands Managing Director. As a luxury timepiece brand, Maurice Lacroix has been intelligently re-imagining itself over the last few years. It has had to, just like many of the major names in fine timepieces. The world is changing and, along with it, wristwatch appetites and purchase habits.Ive had the pleasure of seeing Maurice Lacroix redirect its attention on timepiece enthusia [...]

There is something intrinsically ornate about annual calendars like the Patek Philippe 5396. While a QP (quantieme perpetuel, French for perpetual calendar) is arguably the ultimate date complication, the annual calendar can be executed in a more aesthetically pure fashion, unencumbered by the need to display that pesky year indicator. There is an undeniable appeal to an annual calendar, an X factor that seems well-suited to a dressy watch with an old-school charm. Maybe the annual calendar has [...]

1783 France Louis Abraham Breguet is contacted for the commission of the worlds most elegant and complicated timepiece to be handed to Queen Marie-Antoinette. A task commissioned by Count Axel de Ferson, an officer in the Queens high guard, and a suitor to the queen. Price and time meant nothing, make the most spectacular watch the world has ever seen; the noted queens affection for jewelry and rare items was to be outstanded. At least that was the idea. In 1793, ten years after work had begun [...]

I am not always a fan of Invicta watches, but with the number of pieces they release, there are bound to be some cool ones. Lately I have been fascinated with watches that have wood in them. Some watches are all wood, while others use the material for the dial, or other elements of the watch. Invicta has taken wood and used it in their Pro Diver watch, for the Pro Diver Wood watch. You can see that wood is used as the center link in the bracelet, as well as for the dial.The wood used is actually [...]

IWC has had a recent flurry of activity-from updating its Portugieser chronograph to a spate of new Pilot watches including a limited edition tribute. The brand has also introduced two of its Portugieser watches, the IWC Portugieser Chronograph and the IWC Portugieser Automatic in new blue dial variants with stainless steel cases. With the trend firmly established across the industry, core collections and popular models getting a blue dial is an easy way for brands to offer something fresh.The d [...]

As more brands announce their SIHH 2019 releases, IWC has given us a taste of its novelties this week, including the new IWC Pilots Watch Chronograph Spitfire in bronze. Within IWCs popular and wide-ranging Pilots Watch collection, this is among a number of models dedicated to the Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter aircraft called the Spitfire used around and during World War II. Taking their Spitfire Chronograph design, IWC has re-imagined it with a patina-ready bronze case, an earthy green dial to [...]