The family-owned watchmaking company Delma has quite a solid reputation when it comes to making robust and accessible sports and tool watches. One of the core collections is the Shell Star, a powerful series of dive watches with roots in the mid-1970s. The collection is home to a number of very cool and original models […]
Louis Moinet and its Owner and Creative Director, Jean-Marie Schaller, have never hidden a certain passion for anything related to space exploration and the cosmos. Many of the recent creations of the independent watchmaker are cosmic-themed watches, character-filled watches with distinctive designs and complex displays. There’s something equally important for the brand, and it’s the chronograph, […]
An unexpected success for the young independent watchmaker (maybe a bit too much of a success…), the Antarctique is a very appealing vision of a luxury sports watch with an integrated bracelet, combined with high-end watchmaking credentials. Following multiple stainless steel editions, such as the Passage de Drake or the recent 38.5mm edition (and of […]
In September 2022, Hautlence opened a new chapter in its history. After a few relatively quiet years, with hardly any new models presented, the MELB Holding (also the owner of H. Moser & Cie.) decided to relaunch the brand with a new collection, with a style that was coming back to the fundamentals of this […]
A couple of years ago, Girard-Perregaux announced partnering with Aston Martin, both for its road cars and its Formula 1 team. Since then, this strategic alliance has resulted in 3 watches, with two of them bearing the most classic colour when it comes to racing UK-style, the emblematic British Racing Green tone. As you would […]
While Angelus is part of the well-respected independent watchmakers around, and a brand with a very rich history, it took a modern and bold direction when it was revived a few years ago next to sister-company Arnold & Son. It’s a deliberate choice, but some fans of the name Angelus and of its superb vintage […]
Defined as the brand’s sportiest offering, the H. Moser & Cie. Pioneer collection has been around for some years now, in various iterations. It includes a classic time-only watch, a perpetual calendar, a tourbillon and even a skeleton cylindrical tourbillon edition. But whatever the complexity or the functions added to this all-terrain model, they have […]
Back in 1957, Hamilton (then still an American watchmaker) launched the world’s first electric watch, the Electric 500. It was powered by a battery and never needed to be wound, and the movement was matched with the asymmetrical Ventura line that Elvis Presley made famous in his 1961 hit movie, Blue Hawaii. This was a […]
In mid-2020, we sat down with the new owner of Fortis, Jupp Philipp, who explained to us his intentions for the years to come. And the road map was clear; creating a brand new collection of watches that were typical of the brand, robust tool watches with no compromise on quality and function. The result […]
It’s rather clear that Nivada is one of the brands currently on the rise, specifically when it comes to accessible vintage-inspired watches. Knowing the rich history of the brand, there are a lot of cool things to expect. And the latest watch to surface, following the brand’s own release last week – a 1970s integrated-style […]