Back to Basics: The Three Purest Designs by Leading Brands

Nothing is more challenging then to design a pure and simple watch. All of a sudden every little single detail can make or break the design. But with some watches everything fits together, like is the case with these three watches.

9 years ago

Just in: Announcement: Fabergé Visionnaire Chronograph

Fabergé is perhaps well known for their eggs as for anything else. The Fabergé Easter Eggs (Russian: Яйца Фаберже́; yaytsa faberzhe) were created by Peter Carl Fabergé and his company between 1885 and 1917. These jewelled eggs gained fame as gifts from the Russian Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II as Easter gifts for their…

9 years ago

Haute Complication: Breguet Tradition 7087 Minute Repeater Tourbillon

Few complications are as prestigious as the tourbillon. While many brands have one in their collection, there is still something special about getting it from the brand that invented it: Breguet, especially when it is not just a tourbillon, but they add something to it!

9 years ago

Review: The Ressence Type 1 Squared – Thin & Dressy

Founded in 2010, Ressence is a brand which satiated an underserved segment. Taking a very mechanical, very analogue method of time keeping and displaying time in a thoroughly futuristic almost digital way. As a result, Ressence is to watchmaking what Pebble was to Silicon Valley, an innovative horological start-up with industrial…

9 years ago

Watch of the Week: Patek Philippe Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph

Ask people about their favorite Nautilus, and you can expect a variety of answers. Some prefer the original time-only model in steel; others want a moon phase or a precious metal. We fell in love, at its introduction in 2014, with the Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph.

9 years ago

Review: H. Moser & Cie. Swiss Mad Watch

Never in our wildest dreams could we have imagined that the most talked about watch from SIHH 2017 is a watch made of Swiss cheese. Well truth is indeed stranger than fiction, all thanks to Moser. The Schaffhausen-based manufacturer has indeed outdone itself this time with the one-of-a-kind (literally, it is a piece unique) Swiss Mad Watch.…

9 years ago

Corum Bubble invites You to Ask: Are Watches your Expression or the Makers?

Speak to a modern watch aficionado about Corum and inevitably, the brand’s emblematic model from the 1970s – the Corum Golden Bridge and its high profile creator Vincent Calabrese spring from lips. While it is true that Calabrese deserves all the kudos and recognition, the recent Corum Bubble exhibit at Marina iLight…

9 years ago