At CES 2017 in Las Vegas, Casio has just announced their second smartwatch, and it’s pretty cool. The Casio Pro Trek Smart WSD-F20 builds on the design of the WSD-F10 with an updated look but, more importantly, new and compelling functionality.
The Gravity Alpha GT-124 Watch is designed with the cosmos as an inspiration, using two moving disc plates placed over each other and balanced to create a moving kaleidoscopic effect. Let’s take a closer look.
“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.
The Blancpain Villeret Métiers D’Art Ganesh watch is a tribute to the Hindu Lord Ganesha, and it is a new offering from Blancpain’s Villeret line of watches. Lord Ganesha is one of the most worshipped deities in the Hindu religion and is also known as the patron of arts.
As is the case with previously released Itay Noy watches, it is the dial on the Itay Noy Chrono Gears that steals the show. The Itay Noy Chrono Gears watch is not a chronograph as it may first appear due to the gears which resemble subdials, but the two “gears” are in fact pointers that themselves rotate around the dial.
Undone is democratizing custom made watches by offering affordable yet customizable timepieces via their watch customizer. For 2017, their new Urban Chronograph collection is available for pre-orders and pledges on Kickstarter until the end of December.
The TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-01 Full Black Matt Ceramic is new for 2017 and the latest addition to the tirelessly expanding range of Carrera Heuer-01 watches.
As SIHH 2017 approaches, Ulysses Nardin has just teased three of its new watches that will bolster its Classic collection. See them here first.
There’s a notable dearth of clean, reasonably sized, mechanical world-timing watches on the market, which is a shame because not only are they super cool, the complication is exceptionally useful. Well that’s about to change with the Girard-Perregaux WW.TC 1966 – a classic world-timer with thoughtfully reserved proportions.
60 years ago, Seiko made its first automatic mechanical movement. To celebrate the occasion, Seiko has announced the Presage 60th Anniversary Limited Edition watch.