Grand Seiko has been on a proverbial roll in recent years and, based on recent releases, shows no signs of stopping. With the launch of the Evolution 9 collection, which redefined the design codes set down by the Grammar of Design in the late-1960s, the brand reaffirms its capability of making very good sports and […]
Chopard has been the official sponsor and timekeeper of Italy’s Mille Miglia since 1988 and Co-President Karl-Friedrich Scheufele has participated in every race from 1989, covering over 30,000 competition miles. In fact, this has been the longest partnership in history between a watchmaker and major motorsports event, and 35 previous watches in the Mille Miglia […]
Did you know achieving serious water resistance with a square watch case is much more complex than a round one? No? Well, now you do. It is not surprising that there are many more diving watches with round cases than square ones, so fans of everything unusual applauded the launch of Bell & Ross first […]
The Defy Skyline collection was introduced by Zenith in 2022 and offered a new interpretation of the original Defy series, aimed to improve the brand’s standing in luxury sports watches. There were 14 references in the Skyline collection so far, including a range of 36mm watches. The 41mm models, powered by El Primero 3620 high-frequency […]
The Freak, the brainchild of the late Ulysse Nardin owner Rolf Schnyder and genius watchmaker Ludwig Oechslin, has been with us for 22 years. The first Freak was packed with innovative ideas that would transform the conservative ways of watchmaking, changing perceptions. Since 2001 the watch with no crown to wind and time set, no […]
In 2020 TAG Heuer celebrated the 160th anniversary of the brand and launched several editions of the Carrera Chronograph to highlight the importance of the watch to the brand’s past, present and future. The origins of the iconic Carrera and its value to the watchmaking history received plenty of coverage; the perfect chronograph design, conceived […]
A descendant of the St. Moritz model of the late 1970s, Chopard’s Alpine Eagle collection winged its way into the luxury sports watch scene in 2019. Now a fully fledged collection, the Alpine Eagle welcomes a second iteration of its 8Hz high-frequency movement on board the Alpine Eagle Cadence 8HF in titanium with a black […]
Cartier is putting on an impressive show at Watches & Wonders this year. Among the novelties is a revisited collection of the elegant Tank Américaine, a Tank watch with an elongated and curved rectangular case introduced in 1989. Ultimately all Tank watches owe their origins to the cult 1917 Tank watch made by Louis Cartier, […]
Launched in 2022, the Angelus Chronodate is a tribute to the brand’s 1942 Chronodate, a classic bi-compax chronograph featuring a central pointer date. The brand now introduces three new versions of this modern re-interpretation of the model: a jet-black dial available in gold or titanium and a fern green dial available in titanium only. If […]
Celebrating its 35th anniversary and marking its debut at Watches & Wonders 2023, Frederique Constant presents a new version of its Classics Tourbillon Manufacture. First released in 2008, the brand’s in-house tourbillon calibre reappears in a luxurious 39mm rose gold case. Featuring a more modern dial design, the new Classics Tourbillon Manufacture is a limited […]