For the past 4 years, Bell & Ross has been hard at work expanding its urban-oriented BR 05 collection, the Parisian brand’s vision of a sporty-chic watch with integrated design. First presented with a time-and-date display, it took a couple of years for the brand to connect this collection to its aviation roots, by presenting […]
Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927, became a poster boy for Longines. Not only was the brand in charge of measuring the official flight time of his epic feat, but it worked together with Lindbergh to create the famous navigation watch – Hour Angle – for pilots. Famous […]
If we would make an analogy to the car industry, we would call this an LCI (Life Cycle Impulse), a facelift or a mid-life update. Rolex, aware that it hasn’t drastically changed its watch, claims that it has “restyled” its Oyster Perpetual Sky-Dweller. There’s indeed a new, or at least updated version one of the […]
The difference a dial can make… We’ve said it on multiple occasions, but a simple change of dial colour can truly transform a watch. And the new opaline silvery-white dial of the Black Bay GMT that has been introduced earlier this year at Watches & Wonders is there to make a point. For several years, […]
Swiss brand Fortis has been under a drastic restructuring in recent years, with almost all collections being discontinued. There was, of course, an ambitious plan behind this bold move, a complete overhaul of the brand that materialized with the introduction of a brand new Flieger collection in 2020. Fortis being Fortis, this typology of watches […]
It has been eight years since Patek Philippe launched a Pilot-style watch. It was the unexpected Travel Time 5524G, a watch that caused a lot of discussions, mainly due to its controversial appearance and a confusing attachment to the Calatrava family. The inaugural reference, the variants to follow, including the now-discontinued 7234, and the 2019 […]
Of course, there were some more important new models presented by Rolex at Watches and Wonders 2023. The updated Daytona, moving to a 12xxxx generation, the titanium Yacht-Master 42 or a new dress watch, the convincing Perpetual 1908. Nevertheless, a pair of new models – to make it clear, colour and material updates on an […]
Released in 2021, the Seiko Presage Style 60’s was designed to become the brand’s vintage-inspired, slightly elegant offer in a relatively accessible price range, next to the more high-end Craftsmanship and Sharp Edged series. First presented with a time-and-date or an open-heart movement, this watch modelled after the important 1964 Crown watch, has since been […]
Together with the chronograph, I do believe that the combination of a dive watch with a traveller’s function, a.k.a a GMT complication, makes for some of the most attractive and practical watches. In short, it’s your go-anywhere, do-anything kind of watch. And not only for summer but for any time you want to be a […]
French watchmaking company Yema has been on the resurgence in the past few years, with a range of historically inspired and very well-built tool watches. Add in the factor of in-house constructed movements for some collections, relatively affordable prices and partnerships with both the French Air Force (Armée de l’Air) and the French Navy (Marine […]