Category: Dress Watches

Introducing – The Redesigned Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda 1950, Now with Three New and Enhanced Dials

The Tonda is the largest of all Parmigiani’s watch collections and caters to both men and women. Meaning ‘round’ in Italian, the Tonda 1950 family of automatic watches represent Parmigiani’s take on the ultra-thin, elegant dress watch genre. The date 1950 is a reference to master watchmaker Michel Parmigiani’s year of birth. Three new models in sumptuous 39mm rose gold cases and dashingly handsome dials in contemporary colours  – slate, blue and grained white – join the Tonda 1950 collection.

6 years ago

Hands-on – Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Chronograph Ivory Enamel Limited Edition

The elegant figure eight that graces the dial of the Grande Seconde collection has proved particularly flexible when it comes to incorporating complications. So far this year we have seen several complications join the Grande Seconde family, including a dual time… But the most surprising was the monopusher chronograph with an “off-off-centred” display. While we’ve already […]

7 years ago

Women’s Watch Wednesday – Claude Meylan Tortue Lady “La Pointe de Sable”

Specialized in skeletonized watches, Claude Meylan is an independent watchmaker based in the Vallée de Joux, in l’Abbaye, to be precise. The brand’s latest women’s watch is a special edition of its Tortue collection named “Pointe de Sable”. This stylish creation stands out with is openwork movement fully decorated by Philippe Narbel, a watchmaker and […]

7 years ago

Hands-on – The new Blancpain Villeret GMT Date ref. 6662

The Villeret is Blancpain’s classic core collection with a pronounced focus on understated elegance. Ranging from grande complications and complex calendars all the way down to ultra-thin two-handers like the latest Extra-Plate 6605, the traditional look of Villeret is unmistakable. For 2019, Blancpain adds a new 40mm GMT with date model to the Villeret line-up with manifest minimalism that fans of the collection will appreciate. We were able to spend some hands-on time with the Villeret GMT Date 6662 models in red gold, although the watch also comes in stainless steel.

7 years ago

Introducing – A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Time Zone 25th Anniversary

The Lange 1 is the foundation watch of the Saxon brand’s renaissance. Presented on 24th October 1994, along with three other inaugural models, the Lange 1 best encapsulates the spirit of the brand. With its multiple references to the original 19th-century Lange watchmaking adventure in Dresden, its asymmetric dial and hallmark outsize date, the Lange […]

7 years ago

Introducing – The Slightly Redesigned Glashütte Original Senator Chronometer (live Pics)

The Senator Chronometer has been around since 2009 and is still one of the most acclaimed watches in the entire Glashütte Original collection. Inspired by marine chronometers, it was also the first Glashütte Original watch to flaunt official chronometer status. And then comes the elegant design, the typical Saxon details and the movement itself (sorry, we love this watch here). In order to celebrate its 10th anniversary, Glashütte Original has decided to give its Senator Chronometer an elegant, contemporary facelift. And here it is.

7 years ago

Introducing – The New Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Dual Time (Hands-On)

Jaquet Droz revisits its Grande Second Dual Time watch with an azimuthal map of the Earth’s continents viewed from the North Pole. Although the movement and the layout are identical to the previous Grande Seconde Dual Time models, the integration of a map enlivens the scenery and underlines the vocation of this watch as a stylish travelling companion. As always with Jaquet Droz, the aesthetics are elegant and balanced, dominated by the prevailing figure-eight motif of the Grande Seconde collection.

7 years ago