Hands-On: The Breguet Marine Tourbillon Équation Marchante 5887
The ultimate Breguet Marine adds a new colorway with unique details to match.
In The Shop – In The Shop: Six New OMEGA Seamaster Diver 300Ms, Just In Time For Summer
An ideal mix of performance and value, with plenty of variety to choose from.
Best of Watchville: Fratello Examines A Complicated Crystal
The Prokop & Broz Spiral uses a crystal that takes months to make.
Introducing – The HERO-ERA Wristwatch, by Historic Endurance Rally Organisation
Every now and then a collaboration between a non-watch company or organisation and a watch manufacturer pops up, sometimes delivering a very interesting new product combining values from all involved. And if it also happens to be a logical joint effort between parties, it may tick all the right boxes. Renowned historic rally organisers HERO-ERA […]
Introducing – Seiko Presage Arita Porcelain Dial Limited Edition SPB171
About a year ago, Seiko presented a new range of watches in the Presage collection, once again paying tribute to traditional Japanese craftsmanship. Following watches with enamel, Urushi lacquer, and guilloché with translucent enamel (Shippo) dials, these featured Arita porcelain dials. This year, Seiko continues with this theme and presents the new Presage Arita Porcelain […]
INTRODUCING: The Hublot Big Bang e, a truly left-field smartwatch, including the only way you can (currently) buy it
Hot on the heels of the launch of the latest TAG Heuer Connected watch in March, their LVMH watch sibling has launched the new Hublot Big Bang e. And while it’s not surprising in itself — Hublot already play in this space — its execution has some genuinely eccentric touches. But first, the specs, because they’re far more palatable for average-sized wrists than the first smartwatch Hublot released. This new 42mm smartwatch, 7mm smaller than the original model, is available with either a ceramic or titanium sandwich-style case, and features the same overall design as the first-ever Big Bang way back in 2005, keeping its core aesthetic consistent with the rest of the existing collection. It was two years ago, for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, that Hublot first threw its hat into the luxury smartwatch ring, when they released the Hublot Big Bang Referee to be worn by officials during the games. It was a smart advertising play, with the brand proudly displayed at every player change on the substitution board, and showed another indication of LVMH’s intention in the smartwatch business. The first Hublot smartwatch was seriously large, however, measuring a gargantuan 49mm across and 13.9mm thick. This was…
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IN-DEPTH: Remembering the OG Seiko Samurai 'Save The Ocean' SRPC93K
Editor’s note: The Seiko Samurai ‘Save The Ocean’ feels like it’s been around forever. It probably has claims, as much as practically any other modern watch, and certainly on any other diver, on being something of a modern icon with its striking ‘ventral pleats’ horizontally striping the dial, and its top to bottom blue graduation designed to emulate the ocean. It has seen many variations on a theme that is perfectly set out with the SRPC93K. This was first published midway through 2018, and boy, does it look as good as ever two years later. The story in a second: Same great watch, brand new dial. The centrepiece of Seiko’s 2018 Prospex collection is, without doubt, the brand new and very blue ‘Save The Ocean’ series, offered in Turtle, Samurai and solar variants. It follows on from the recent Black Series and Blue Lagoon. But while last year’s limited edition was purely a cosmetic update, the Save The Ocean release has an element of social responsibility. Seiko has teamed up with Fabien Cousteau (grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau), who is himself a marine conservationist, to raise funds and awareness for Cousteau’s Ocean Learning Centre. Part of this awareness-raising involves prominent displays of what…
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Independent Watchmaking – Winnerl, a Historical Name Revived in the Vallée de Joux
Winnerl might be a newcomer but this independent brand bears a historical name, that of a 19th-century Austrian horologist, recently revived by an Austrian watchmaker, Bernhard Zwinz. After having worked for some of the greatest brands and with some of the most respected watchmakers, Zwinz now manufactures watches in his own workshop, inspired by the […]
Talking Watches: With Naoya Hida
Get to know the proprietor of an up-and-coming watch brand with vintage styling.
Introducing: The Jaquet Droz ‘Fleur de Lys’ Grande Seconde Paillonnée And The ‘Fleur de Vie’ Petite Heure Minute Paillonnée
Two new watches that showcase a very traditional art.