Cuervo y Sobrinos, the only Swiss watch brand with Cuban roots, takes inspiration from a best-selling model recovered from its archives. The Historiador Cronógrafo 1946 features an attractive panda-style dial in a salmon colour with brown counters. Limited to 100 pieces, the Historiador Cronógrafo references the brand’s colourful past but comes with a contemporary automatic […]
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Royal Oak in 1993, Audemars Piguet launched a beefier, more virile, ultra-robust version known as the Royal Oak Offshore. With its gigantic – at that time – 42mm diameter and bold combinations of materials, the Royal Oak Offshore was referred to as “The Beast”. Over the years, the […]
The world’s most valuable luxury brand, Louis Vuitton, is intimately associated with leather goods and fashion. However, the French powerhouse is looking at luxury in all categories and, since 2002, has accumulated impressive watchmaking expertise. In 2002, Louis Vuitton premiered the Tambour watch, a model immediately recognisable thanks to its drum-shaped case (tambour in French). […]
Longines has a long and extensive history in watchmaking and often showcases its ability to capture the spirit of bygone collections. A few examples are the very popular and widespread Spirit line, but also iconic models such as the Legend Diver. On the other, more modern end of the spectrum sit collections such as the […]
Artya was founded in 2010 in Geneva by Yvan Arpa, a Swiss watch designer with a wild, eccentric imagination. Using unusual materials like real bullets, dinosaur dung, tobacco, and even a case that was struck by a lightning bolt generated by a giant Tesla coil, Yvan Arpa’s watch designs are hard to categorise. His latest […]
In 2021 MeisterSinger turned 20, and the brand’s anniversary was celebrated by launching, among other exciting timepieces of the new collection, the sporty and robust Unomat, which received the prestigious Red Dot design award the same year. The Unomat was available in steel with back or blue dials at that time. This summer, the company […]
Seiko‘s reputation in the field of dive watches isn’t to be demonstrated anymore. Within its Prospex line (which stands for Professional Specifications), there are dozens of emblematic and ultra-capable models. However, if there was only one watch to remember, it should be (of course) the first. Known as the 62MAS, the 1965 Seiko Diver reference […]
It’s official; the summer season kicked off over a week ago, and if any of our readers live in Spain, you will have experienced the dramatic surge in temperature. In Andalucia, temperatures have reached 44.4°C, and here in Madrid, we are dealing with 38°C today. Excuse the odd meteorological introduction, but with such searing temperatures, […]
If you’re on the hunt for a dive watch to enjoy during these warmer months of the year, you’re spoilt for choice by brands from A through Z. If you want to add in a practical GMT functionality, there’s still plenty to choose from, but it’s a lot less widespread already. Add in a water […]
Ming Thein, a famous commercial photographer from Malaysia with a degree in physics, was one of the six founding fathers of the eponymous watch brand that arrived on the scene in 2017 with the 17.0. Despite the somewhat lacklustre names of its collections, MING’s emphasis on top-quality design combined with outsourced Swiss movements and attractive prices […]