Laurent Ferrier fans extol the brand for creating what they see as the quintessential dress watch with the Galet and Galet Square lines. Watches like the Galet Classic Square Sector Dial Tourbillon Double Spiral won praise for their clean, simplistic dials, and discreet tourbillons visible only from the watch’s rear.
IWC likes to focus on refreshing one of its core collections each year, and I’m happy to say that this year one of IWC’s most neglected collections is getting an update. I am, of course, referring to the Da Vinci collection.
The Corum Bubble 47 Flying Tourbillon watch is a unique piece for the well-heeled watch lover who values his individualism and dares to be different.
At SIHH 2017, Greubel Forsey will debut a timepiece that they reportedly spent 11 years “researching and developing.”
“When in doubt, add tourbillon.” This might have been the mantra for many high-end watch brands since the dawn of the new millennium, and while the tourbillon trend is tired, it is far from being dead… a point proven by the latest pre-SIHH release coming in the shape of the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic Tourbillon Universal Time.
I’d like to experiment with a new column where I talk about interesting specimens of high horology that perhaps should have never made it beyond the concept phase. Today, let’s look at the 2010 Chanel J12 Rétrograde Mystérieuse Tourbillon, which is also known as the Chanel J12 RMT.
Blue has proved to a popular color for watchmakers in the past few years. But few blue watches are as stunning as the De Bethune DB28T Tourbillon “Kind of Blue” watch.
Blue has proved to a popular color for watchmakers in the past few years. But few blue watches are as stunning as the De Bethune DB28T Tourbillon “Kind of Blue” watch.
Jaeger-LeCoultre has developed the Duomètre into a successful platform for showcasing their creativity and mechanical prowess within the confines of a generally traditional, classically minded, and complicated wristwatch. As the next step in their evolution, JLC has made the small but very noticeable change of fitting three new models with a dark grey magnetite dial.
Angelus is a “new old brand” that was recently brought back under the larger La Joux-Perret manufacture umbrella which includes sister brand Arnold & Son. A good way of thinking about Angelus in relation to Arnold & Son is that while they both feature interesting and mostly complicated original watches, Arnold & Son is inspired by the past while Angelus is more contemporary or futuristic in their design approach.