If you’re at all familiar with Hamilton’s portfolio of tool watches, you’ll know about its various Khaki collections designed and built to tackle adventures in the water, on land and in the air. The company has a long history in all three fields of tool watches and is very capable of offering good, reliable timekeeping […]
Norqain’s highly successful Adventure Neverest line debuted in 2021 and kickstarted the independent Swiss brand’s partnership with the Butterfly Help Project supporting schooling for the children of sherpas in Nepal. Two new models – a three-hand and a GMT – join the collection with bold black or grey and golden dials inspired by the jagged […]
Mido Watches can look back at over a century of watchmaking, as it was founded by Mr Georges Schaeren in 1918. Based in Le Locle and part of the Swatch Group since 1985, Mido has a broad spectrum of watches on offer, ranging from stylish time-only watches to sporty and robust divers and GMT watches. […]
Gambling, the act of wagering something of value in hopes of getting more of said value in return through a game of chance, has fascinated us for centuries, millennia even. The earliest known six-sided dice date back to 3,000 B.C. for instance. Betting on fitting animals was a common practice in ancient times, but non-violent […]
Union Glashütte is a Swatch Group company with many beautiful watches in the catalogue, offering intelligent design, good quality, and friendly prices that make its references appealing. Recently, the brand unveiled a series of classic car rally-inspired limited editions, drawing admiration from car enthusiasts and watch fans alike. Among Germany’s premier classic car rallies, the […]
Pitted as a rival of Grand Seiko from 1961 to 1975 to stimulate internal competition, the fate of Seiko’s two top-tier brands took very different paths. Grand Seiko’s stellar trajectory was uninterrupted and became an independent entity in 2017; King Seiko faded into oblivion until it was revived in 2020 with a limited re-edition based on […]
Last year, the renowned Lucerne-based watchmaker, Carl F. Bucherer, unveiled the all-new Central Counter chronograph as part of their prestigious Manero collection. The timepiece was designed to appeal to elegant outdoor enthusiasts and sophisticated football fans, boasting an extra minute track ring with markings like “additional time,” “15 minutes extra time,” and “add. time” sectors. […]
The pursuit of a more sustainable lifestyle is a growing phenomenon, and, more and more brands are embracing a sustainable ethos. Founded by Nicolas Freudiger, Cédric Mulhauser and Singal Depery, ID Watch likes to present its watches as the most eco-innovative timekeeping instruments available, and are to be considered at the forefront of circularity in […]
We continue our round-up of the unique pieces created for Only Watch 2023, the fundraiser promoting research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Today, we are taking a closer look at the watch donated by Trilobe, an exceptional version of its Une Folle Journée model celebrating the Japanese art of Kintsugi called the Trilobe Une Folle Journée […]
On the occasion of the model’s 60th anniversary, Rolex revamped the Cosmograph Daytona collection earlier this year. The update included a range of aesthetical updates, most of them quite subtle as always, and tweaked the mechanical side of things as well. We’ve already gone in-depth with the 126500LN, the classic Oystersteel with white dial and […]