Earlier this year at the digital edition of Watches & Wonders, Jaeger-LeCoultre presented two Master Control Memovox models. The one which interests us today is the limited edition Master Control Memovox Timer model, a classic Memovox alarm watch with a twist. Along with the traditional alarm function (typically JLC), the Memovox comes with a novel […]
After seven years of success running on quartz movements, Piaget’s attractive women’s Limelight Gala watch is upgraded with a mechanical movement. Piaget unveils five new gold Limelight Gala models now equipped with calibre 501P, a slim, in-house automatic movement. A stylish watch that captures Piaget’s heyday of jewellery watches in the 1960s and 1970s, the […]
On an icy winter’s day, 175 years ago, 30-year-old entrepreneur Ferdinand Adolph Lange laid the cornerstone of his pocket watch workshop in the small town of Glashütte, Saxony. To celebrate this milestone in Lange’s watchmaking saga, A. Lange & Söhne presents the 1815 Thin Honeygold “Homage to F.A. Lange”. A straightforward two-hand watch in a […]
Grand Seiko continues its 60th-anniversary celebrations with the release of a fifth blue-dial model. The latest reference SBGR321 is a 40mm automatic from the Heritage family with a dial inspired by the colours of dawn over Mount Iwate. Limited to 2,500 pieces worldwide, this three-hand-and-date model will be available in October 2020. Background In December […]
When it comes to the classic, all-rounder watch at Rolex, you might easily think about the Datejust 41 – and rightfully so. The DJ is, objectively, one of the best casual/elegant watches on the market. However, there’s another watch in the collection that also perfectly fits the job, a watch that is also more accessible, […]
The brand Carl F. Bucherer was born in Lucerne in 1888 and is proud of its rich history. But it’s the recent evolution of the manufacture that engages our interest here, and the impressive technical developments advanced by the brand. The brand has become the master of peripheral technology, used first and foremost for automatic […]
Most of us associate the Manero collection with men’s watches and Carl F. Bucherer’s trademark peripheral technology For women’s watches, CFB has the Pathos and Alacria families with complex case structures in precious metals and mostly quartz movements, basically sophisticated jewellery watches designed for special occasions and not for everyday wear and tear. Last year, the […]
Girard-Perregaux introduces two new members to its classic gent’s dress watch collections – the 1966 and the Vintage 1945 – with elegant black onyx dials. Presented during Geneva Watch Days, the 1966 Infinity and the Vintage 1945 Infinity models are limited editions and don a sophisticated black-tie look. Girard-Perregaux 1966 Infinity Girard-Perregaux presented its first […]
Redesigned in 2017, the Maurice Lacroix Pontos Day-Date line is getting three new variants to celebrate the Pontos collection’s 20th anniversary. The design itself is the same, but a new bronze case and dial colours significantly change the overall vibe. Day-date complications are among the most useful for a watch and the execution here is […]
This year, the venerable manufacture Breguet has unveiled several new models, mostly refreshing some of its all-time – yet extremely desirable – Classique models, as well as introducing new blue guilloché dials. Already seen on the 7137 Moon & Power Reserve, these upgrades also made it to one of our favourite Breguet models, the superbly […]