Taking a plunge outside its regular pool of high-brow watches endowed with the traditional spirit of the German School of Watchmaking, Glashütte Original surprised us with the launch of a vintage-inspired dive watch in 2019. Christened the SeaQ, the watch’s ancestor emerged from the state-run Glashütter Uhrenbetrieb (GUB) chapter in the brand’s history and was […]
If the Aikon collection has been at the forefront recently for the brand, there’s far more to Maurice Lacroix of course. The Maurice Lacroix Pontos for instance is a well-established collection within the brand and is also available in many guises. From a classy dress watch to dive watches and even a monopusher chronograph, there’s […]
Released last year, the Zenith Defy Extreme has become the Le Locle-based brand’s most daring and robust watch, with an unmistakable look and a movement capable of recording elapsed times with insane precision. With such an aggressive, bold look, and its capacity to mix-and-match materials, it was also the perfect vehicle for collaborations and racing […]
The Speedmaster has long been associated with Space exploration, specifically since 1969 when the watch made it to the surface of the Moon, after NASA qualified it for all manned space missions. Yet, the Moonwatch, also known as the classic Speedmaster Profesional with its hand-wound mechanical movement, isn’t the only watch produced by Omega to […]
“The Speedmaster Moonwatch should be in stainless steel. Period. This is how NASA wanted it, this is how Omega created it, and this is how it went to the Moon.” This is the type of argument you can imagine hearing from the mouth of strongly opinionated Speedy fans. Fair enough, the Moonwatch is still very […]
Suppose you’re one of our loyal readers. In that case, you certainly know that we have a thing for salmon dial watches, chronographs in general – monopushers to be even more precise – classic designs of the 1940s and we have huge respect for the work of Austrian independent watchmakers Maria and Richard Habring (also […]
For autumn 2022, Audemars Piguet will be introducing a dash of coloured ceramic to some of the more complicated watches, including members of its Code 11.59 collection. Aware of the fact that there are few marriages in the watch world sexier than pink gold and black ceramic, AP has chosen this provocative dress code for […]
Massena LAB, the design studio founded by industry veteran William Massena has long been associated with Austrian independent watchmaker Habring². And we can’t blame him, we’ve also followed this path… But today’s watch is a bit special since it’s not based on an existing model but actually launches a brand new reference for Habring². And […]
The open-heart style has long been associated with the classic El Primero chronograph, with the fast-beating heart of the watch, its 5Hz escapement, fully exposed through a hole on the dial. Something quite emblematic of the 2000s editions of this watch collection, it somehow lost a bit of its appeal… Until earlier this year, when […]
One of the most popular categories of watches in recent years is the revival watch. Bringing back a historic model and paying tribute in a very faithful manner can result in truly cool watches. And it’s not something done only by mainstream manufacturers like Longines or Tissot, but also by smaller, lesser-known manufacturers. And it […]