Since Cartier reinvigorated its fine watchmaking department eight years ago, it has surprised us each year with one great complicated watch after another. This year, Cartier had a different kind of surprise: a resurrection of the Panthère de Cartier, which had been discontinued in the early aughts.
For 2017, Bulgari adds a new flavor to its popular Octo watch collection with the new Bulgari Octo Roma. At first glance, you’d be totally forgiven for not knowing that it is new or exactly what is new about it. Despite having a new case and dial, the magic Bulgari wanted to lend to the Octo Roma was that it look as though it was part of the Octo collection all along.
Like many other Swiss watchmakers today seeking to assert themselves in changing times, Maurice Lacroix is examining its character and concentrating on its strengths. That leads me to the Maurice Lacroix Pontos Chronograph, which I actually saw hands-on in this form at Baselworld.
Pre-owned Rolex exchange website Bob’s Watches receives numerous Rolex watches, many of which come with powerful stories. In this series, owner of Bob’s Watches Paul Altieri will share real stories about real Rolex watches and discuss what makes both the read more…
At SIHH 2017, I enjoyed seeing the interesting new Girard-Perregaux Neo Bridges Automatic Titanium watch – that takes an aesthetic concept the brand began a few years ago and makes it just that much more accessibly priced (but still pretty read more…
At SIHH 2017, Montblanc debuted a smart new member of the vintage pilot watch-inspired Montblanc 1858 collection with a dual time complication. In a two-tone steel and bronze case, the Montblanc 1858 Automatic Dual Time is an uncommon offering given its particular design, choice of materials, and functionality.
The best conversation I had at SIHH 2017 was with American car legend Peter Brock. In my hand while we chatted was Baume & Mercier’s latest Shelby watch for 2017, which is more than just a cosmetic update of the outgoing models.
At SIHH 2017, Parmigiani Fleurier released two beautiful new limited-edition versions of one of my favorite watches from the brand, the Ovale Pantographe. It is largely the Parmigiani Ovale Pantographe we are familiar with, but with some newly added exclusivity for those people who wanted a good reason to spend about 60% more on the watch. To see what is new, you must literally look beyond the surface.
For 2017, Glashütte Original debuts a new limited-edition collection of five different watches within the Sixties Square family. Limited to 25 pieces per watch, this set is known as the Glashütte Original Sixties Square Iconic. The dials are all made by Glashütte Original’s own dial maker in Pforzheim, Germany – serving to pay homage to original dial colors produced by the brand in the 1960s.
At SIHH 2017, Swiss Piaget released two new versions of a timepiece originally re-leased back in 2015. For 2017, the Piaget Vintage Inspiration watch is in two new versions with a very sexy meteorite dial option.