With the exception of a few clocks and other time-indicating objects, wristwatches are the only expression of watchmaking these days. But this has not always been the case. Naturally, there were pocket watches but also watches disguised in all types of objects: canes, miniature music instruments, pendants, keys, or even perfume-dispensing guns. Reviving this tradition, […]
H. Moser & Cie. introduces the Endeavour Perpetual Moon Concept Aventurine, a limited edition of 50 pieces in red gold or steel. Like all the Concept watches at Moser, the dial is stripped down to its bare essentials. Set against a majestic dark blue aventurine sky, the Moon is the undisputed star of the show […]
Classic, traditional, restrained… Those are not words you would associate with watches manufactured by HYT. Not only does the display itself, based on a fluidic indication of the time, make a statement, but the design, the style, the size… Everything about these watches is meant to be futuristic. The watches are bold but also artistic […]
Swedish watchmaker Patrik Sjögren and master blacksmith Johan Gustafsson are the men behind the brand GoS watches – short for Gustafsson & Sjögren. Renowned for the use of Damascus steel and themes inspired by Scandinavian landscape and folklore, the two-man show produces highly artisanal watches in highly limited editions. Earlier this year GoS introduced a […]
Since the reintroduction in 2015 of the name Czapek, Antoine Norbert de Patek’s ex-partner before he founded Patek Philippe, the freshly recreated brand has focused on high-end watchmaking, of course, but also displays a strong appetite for hand-crafted dials, whether they are made in enamel or guilloché. Using its latest watch as a base, the […]
Artisans de Genève is a watchmaking company that offers watch customization services for private clients. However, Artisans de Genève is not your typical watch customizer. No blackened timepieces here… Its work goes far beyond aesthetics with impressive modifications on the structure of the watch itself and its movement performed by its craftsmen and watchmakers. For […]
After covering several exciting new independent watchmakers who have launched their maiden timepiece, here’s one more for you. A young French watchmaker has spent three years developing his debut watch, and what a watch it is! A major achievement for any watchmaker of course, but to do it in such a way is far beyond […]
HYT watches was born from an ambitious vision combining science, art and philosophy: portraying time with liquids. Because our perception of time is fluid, HYT decided to represent time flowing like a river. To achieve this, the brand imagined a high-tech micro-fluidic module driven by a mechanical movement. The idea is to use two immiscible […]
Moritz Grossman introduced its first GMT complication at the beginning of 2019, a superbly crafted watch with an easy-to-consult and easy-to-adjust second time-zone. Presented in 41mm white or rose gold cases with three different dial colours, the model we have for our hands-on session is the white gold with an argenté dial. With its relatively […]
For the 2019 edition of Only Watch, the biennial fundraiser for research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Armin Strom presents a unique version of its complex yet minimalistic resonance watch, applauded for its unique take on chronometry. On this occasion, this timepiece is reinterpreted with blue accents, in reference to the colours of the charity’s eighth […]