With its unusual vision combining art, mechanical watchmaking and fluid technology, HYT creates watches like no other, portraying time with liquids flowing through an ultra-fine capillary. Presented last fall, the HYT H5 is a key evolutionary step for the brand. Based on three-dimensionality and transparency, its intriguing design language and functionality rely on an innovative, […]
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 […]
Ferdinand Berthoud might be a relatively “young” brand, but it bears the illustrious name of one of the greatest chronometer makers of the 18th century. Although the brand manufactures just a few dozen of watches every year, the sincerity and the integrity of its approach has won plaudits from collectors and experts alike. Presented in […]
During the 2020 online edition of Watches & Wonders, IWC unveiled this complicated Portugieser flying tourbillon, retrograde date and flyback chronograph model. Marking the top-end releases in the new Portugieser collection, along with an equally impressive Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon, the tourbillon chronograph watch was presented in precious metal cases of gold or platinum. If […]
Bovet introduces yet another variation on the Récital 26 Brainstorm Chapter One theme. Housed in an inclined sapphire crystal case with a double face flying tourbillon, a 3D moon phase complication, a big date and a 10-day power reserve, the Chapter One is a transparent display cabinet inviting you to admire all the miniaturised components […]
Breguet’s Marine Tourbillon Equation Marchante 5887 is an unabashedly complex and an unabashedly ornate timepiece. It is a massive gold vessel laden with history, complications and maritime flourishes that invites inquiry. One of Breguet’s most technically ambitious timepieces, the 5887 packs a perpetual calendar, a tourbillon and an ingenious running equation of time indicator on […]
I can remember clearly when MB&F’s Max Busser showed me the Legacy Machine 1 for the first time. It is simply one of those watches that immediately makes an everlasting impression. Mind you, this was a few years ago when such technicalities were simply absent from other brands, small or big. It was quite revolutionary and groundbreaking, or rather paving the way for others. One of the collectors who already appeared in our Collector’s Series goes under the IG handle @winewhiskywatches and today we’re talking about his magnificent MB&F Legacy Machine 1 in white gold.
Originally presented in 2019, the Quasar is a bold iteration of the Girard-Perregaux Neo-Tourbillon, a futuristic take on the century-old Tourbillon with Three Bridges. With last year’s model, the striking design of this iconic movement was presented in all its glory inside a sapphire case revealing its architecture from all angles. Girard-Perregaux now unveils a […]
In the world of diver’s watches, there are two major ones, two that are well known to you and even to many people who are absolutely not into watches. Sure, there are quite a few iconic dive watches, impressive dive watches, but in reality, taking sales numbers into account, the two best-known and most recognizable dive watches are the Rolex Submariner and the Omega Seamaster. We’re going to have a face-off with the Rolex Submariner reference 116610LN and the Bond watch, the blue version of the Omega Seamaster Diver 300m that was introduced in 2018.
What is Bvlgari…? A jeweller? A designer of beautiful high-end accessories? A respectable watchmaker? If ever you still had doubts regarding any of the previous statements, the brand’s latest creation will give you the answer. It’s everything at once, a watchmaker of haute horlogerie capable of creating strong designs and to dress its watches with […]