Welcome to the third installment of the Historie de Tourbillon watch collection from Harry Winston. These pieces have always amused and entertained me. For instance, when they came out with the first Historie de Tourbillon watch here I compared it to Star Wars droids. This third piece is something altogether new but retains the conceptual focus on complex tourbillons and the visualization thereof.For me the design of this watch looks like a combination of MBF (HM2) and DeWitt. Each combing toget [...]

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Here at , we arent just watch nerds, but normal nerds as well. Wed be lying if, as guys, we claimed that having serious talks about surviving a fantasy zombie apocalypse doesnt come up regularly. So much so, that occasionally we think that some type of undead uprising is bound to happen eventually. Being prepared for the zombie outbreak is essential. As part of your readiness kit, youll need some reliable gear, including a timepiece. So forget all those arguments about using your phone or comput [...]

Swiss Rado is working to offer more for fans of modern mechanical watches who may tend to see the brand as characterized by a lot of quartz and an aesthetic that looks modernist from a 1980s perspective. Part of the challenge in appealing to more male watch lovers is putting all the strong visual DNA the brand has cultivated into something more contemporary-looking. The Rado Ceramica Automatic represents all these things and more about the brand, including Rados early role in using ceramic as a [...]

Sometimes you want something excessive and sporty; or perhaps something stunning and formal. Other times however you really want just something simple, elegant, and useful; but that doesnt look like a drugstore Timex (shudder). For those times there is the new Mido Jubilee. A nicely designed watch without a hint of pretention, that will never let you down.Mido has a ton of history, and is now part of the Swatch Group. The brand is more popular in Asia, but can be found in the states as well. One [...]

Omegas commitment to using state-of-the-art Master Chronometer Calibers in all its watches extends to ladies pieces, including jewelry watches, something that represents a step above the usual standard. While most jewelry watches from luxury brands still contain quartz movements, the Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Jewellery, to be introduced in Baselworld this week, contains the Co-Axial Master Chronometer Caliber 8807, a METAS-certified automatic movement with a 55-hour power reserve.Specifications [...]

Omega managed to exceed my expectations when I finally got my hands on the first ceramic-cased Planet Ocean which Im reviewing here today. Debuted a few months after Baselworld 2016, the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT Deep Black carves yet another niche within the brands larger line of high-end Seamaster Planet Ocean diving watches. Omega not only has plenty of dive watches to choose from (seriously, no shortage whatsoever), but the brand also has a number of GMT watches to choose from.I say a [...]

I knew this watch existed for a while but seeing in the flesh solidified the feeling that yes, this is of the most (if not the most) steampunk timepieces in existence and here I get to put it on. I believe it came out in 2008. Plus, unlike stuff from Cabestan and Vianney Halter, this Chronoswiss is not going to cost in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars for a cool timepiece.The watch is the Wristmaster CH 2703. It is two timepieces placed next to each other, and mimics the look of das [...]

I had an opportunity to experience these watch trunks from Piaget a few months ago while some Piaget representatives where in San Francisco at a watch show. I was impressed that the company had these enormous custom made watch cases fit for a passenger on the Titanic. What I didnt know was that enough people would declare I want one, sufficient for Piaget to go out and produce enough of them for sale to the semi-public. Well here you have it, the Piaget Collectors Trunk is surely kit for a king, [...]

[Ed. note since Ive seen Hamilton screw up designs before, I look closely at each new release to make sure they look proper. This one is interesting, and actually feels retro in a fresh way. Youll have to love large applied metal numerals and I sense the polish on them is unique.]A big stainless steel case, wide and easy-to-read dial, military inspired triangular marker at twelve, thick leather strap with rivets. Where have I seen this watch before? Hamilton has not re-invented the wheel with [...]

Miami in December does it get better than this? The locals will agree, but perhaps not during Art Basel, where an estimated 100,000 or more extra people swarm in for the now international art show whose US station is Miami Beach. But I am not at Art Basel right now. I am at Bal Harbor a ritzy shopping mall on the Northern part of the island where locals go to show off and tourists go to shop. Thierry Guetta (aka Mr. Brainwash) walks up to me with his trademark look that includes a hat and sung [...]

Using the parlance of at least one Audemars Piguet brand ambassador, if you want to be a real baller, then go ahead and find yourself a Royal Oak Tourbillon in platinum. Audemars Piguet is already shy enough about distributing too many Royal Oak watches on bracelets in full gold, but Royal Oak watches with matching bracelets in platinum-well, that is another story altogether. I dont even find myself particularly that attracted to the notion of platinum watches, but I salivate a bit when it comes [...]

Ill start off with saying that the Panerai PAM569 is probably my favorite Panerai watch that Ive worn for an extended period of time. Panerai is a brand that most watch lovers admire because of their historic designs that are both beautiful and timeless. It is also hard to find too many other tool watches that are so good looking and versatile. Panerai watches are known to look good on a wide range of straps, and their larger sizes were a major driving force of the tendency for watch makers to p [...]

Jaeger-LeCoultre brand fans will no doubt enjoy the news that the Memovox collection is back starting with this brand boutique-only Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Memovox Boutique Edition limited set of watches. The Swiss brand claims that this refreshed retro-style release of the brands cult favorite alarm watches is due to the Memovoxs 60th anniversary, having been debuted in or around 1956. It has been a while since one of the major luxury watch brands even released a new alarm watch. While chiming [...]

Just released is this very lovely pair of limited-edition Parmigiani Tonda GT and Tondagraph GT watches done in collaboration with retailer Oliver Smith. I spent some time with these two sports watches released last year from Parmigiani and found them pretty impressive from a design, finishing, and horological standpoint. (You can read my in-depth thoughts on the Tonda GT here and the Tondagraph GT here.) Only fifteen pieces of Tonda GT and five pieces of the Tondagraph GT celebrating the 40th a [...]

While pretty awesome to behold (especially in size) and pretty in design, the Breguet Marine Royale Ref. 5847 watch for 2010 is an ergonomic mistake. It looks cool on the wrist making you feel like some sort of well-to-do space pirate captain, but the legibility and use of the watch are pretty whacked. Ive never much bought into the whole Breguet Marine line. Is it supposed to be a true diver? Just dive style? Dive anything? I mean it is called the Marine, and does have an available rubber stra [...]

Audemars Piguet has been creating some of the most technically interesting watches in their Royal Oak Concept collection for the past couple of years. Last year, they showed off the Royal Oak Concept Laptimer, a highly complicated chronograph with three column wheels that could measure consecutive lap times. And earlier this year, they unveiled the equally complex Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie Tourbillon Chronograph watch, a minute repeater exemplifying Audemars Piguets obsession with sound cl [...]

In the span of just two decades, Panerai has risen to become one of the most popular watch brands in the world and also a bona fide manufacture. Today, we are going to take a look at one of their more unconventional?watches, the Panerai Luminor 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Acciaio watch.?The Panerai Luminor 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Acciaio, also known more simply as the PAM 524, is a great choice for lovers of Panerais iconic Luminor case that?want something a little more spe [...]

Of the 50 pieces announced for the upcoming Only Watch 2019 auction, due to be held on November 9th, the Breguet Type 20 watch was one of the unique pieces that attracted the most immediate attention. Why? Well, the name Breguet carries a certain weight among collectors, due to the history of the man behind the original brand, but it also happens to be a very fine looking watch. Although the Only Watch auction has a richly deserved reputation for inspiring makers from around the globe to go a li [...]

In the current haute horlogerie arms race, brands have spread their ambitions beyond increasingly intricate skeleton movements and complications, and set themselves to work developing more durable, reliable iterations of these complex creations. Richard Mille is leading the charge for this new generation of more rugged ultra-luxury timepieces, pioneering immense shock resistances and variable geometry winding rotors to limit the strain of intense physical activity on its movements. For its lates [...]