In our politically correct world, attributing gender to watches is ever so passé (or is it passée?) Have you noticed how many brands are now trumpeting ‘unisex’ as an all-embracing category for watches that glide under the 40mm marker? Corum has jumped on this bandwagon with its signature Admiral watch, now proposed in a unisex […]
This October, the Singapore-based company registered in 2021 with financial backing from its three founders and a group of investors presented a Swiss-made Frømand watch that is supposed to “redefine the divers’ watch genre“. The limited 100-piece “Frogman” will retail for CHF 8,850, excluding taxes. Those willing to purchase one are asked to make a […]
Few trends have seen such a strong surge in popularity as the luxury sports watch over this past year. Or rather, past years, as demand has skyrocketed for several of the usual suspects for much longer than just these 12 months. But with soaring demands, people have slowly begun shifting focus to less obvious choices […]
There’s not often genuine, exciting car news coming from the small country of the Netherlands. That’s basically down to the fact we do not have a car manufacturing culture like some countries around us. We’re not like the Germans, Brits or French who can look back at over a century of building cars. We’re not […]
Independent Watchmaker Romain Gauthier does not need any special introduction. Gauthier and his eponymous brand were frequently in the spotlight in the last decade. In 2013 the jury of GPHG gave Romain Gauthier’s Logical One the prize for Best Men’s Complication; in 2018, the jury of Les Talents du Luxe et de la Création de […]
By now, most of you will probably know the name Airain and indirectly, the close link to Lebois & Co. Both names have been revived as part of Compagnie des Montre Lebois & Co, or CDMLEC, which is owned and run by Dutchman Tom van Wijlick. Over the past few years, we’ve seen the iconic […]
Colour has played a determining role this year in the world of watches, and any article we write about colourful watches invariably features Audemars Piguet. No stranger to bold colours, this year, the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar, entirely swathed in blue ceramic, made our Top Five Colourful list of 2022. Today, we introduce another dynamic […]
This year marked the 50th anniversary of Porsche Design, and celebrations started early in the year. In January, the company revealed a Chronograph 1 -1972 Limited Edition, a faithful homage to the original all-black Porsche Design Chronograph launched in 1972, only in a titanium case vs the original steel and with a WERK 01.140 flyback […]
The FIFA World Cup 2022 is well underway, with the final coming up this Sunday. And although Portugal was unexpectedly eliminated by Morocco, stopping Cristiano Ronaldo’s chances of ever winning a world championship with the national team, the soccer star who goes by the moniker CR7 has left his mark on the sport. With records […]
Earlier this year, with the Prospex SPB313, SPB315 and SPB317, Seiko released an appealing new dive watch collection. Compact, slimmer, nicely shaped and inspired by the past, this is undoubtedly one of the best watches the Japanese brand has launched in the last few years. It is time for this 1968-inspired series to greet its first […]