H10: The Green Room Interviews: What Was The First Watch That Had An Impact On You?
Jean-Claude Biver, Aurel Bacs, Alton Brown, and more share fond memories of early watches.
Photo Report: Watches & Wonders Miami 2019
A look back at an amazing weekend filled with all things watches.
Hands-on – Bovet Récital 21 Retrograde Perpetual Calendar
Functional elegance – The perpetual calendar holds a special place in the heart of watch aficionados. Its mechanical memory and ability to display the date for decades into the future, even for leap years, is a feat of horological engineering. But most of all, the perpetual calendar is a thing of beauty. And when you […]
The Grey NATO: Episode 75: Watches And…
Watches, adventure, cameras, cars, gear – how do you have it all?
Introducing – Ulysse Nardin Marine Mega Yacht Watch – (Luxury) Ship Ahoy!
For a company that built its name as a purveyor of precision marine chronometers, Ulysse Nardin has a long-standing and authentic link to the sea. Combine this with the brand’s penchant for extravagant complications and showmanship and you get the Marine Mega Yacht, a watch that combines a flying tourbillon, a tide indicator, a moon phase indicator with miniature lifelike recreations of a ship’s features – anchor, chain, propeller, windlass and bow – directly on the dial! With a price tag of just over EUR 300,000, the platinum watch is a limited edition of just 30 pieces.
Introducing – Glashütte Original Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date Annual Edition Fiery Orange
Following last year’s beautiful and successful “Annual Edition” of the vintage-inspired Glashütte Original Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date, which depicted a superb metallic green dial, the Saxon brand returns in 2019 with a new model. Again, these watches will be produced for just one year – and you can expect to have a new model for 2020. […]
VIDEO: Rado’s off-centre DiaMaster proves that life isn’t always balanced
If you’re looking for a watch that’s a little left-of-centre style-wise, look no further. Rado’s idiosyncratic DiaMaster takes many of the conventions of fine watchmaking and turns them, if not on their heads, at least a little bit sideways. And the resulting watch is, it must be said, quite charming. Of course, there are still some familiar Rado hallmarks on display, like the high-tech ceramic case. There’s also an ever-reliable automatic movement that isn’t content to be relegated to the caseback, instead taking centre stage on the dial side — to great effect. The case is hefty, at 43mm, and rated to 100 metres, which is a nice touch. There are four different variations on the theme, but we were most taken by this black-on-black option. Rado DiaMaster XL Automatic Australian pricing Rado DiaMaster XL Automatic, black ceramic case, $3850
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INTRODUCING: Glashütte Original gets spicy with two new pumpkin-hued Sixties models
Hold onto your hats because Glashütte Original has just dropped another dose of exceptional colour, in the form of the 2019 edition of the Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date. In case you don’t recall last year’s version, it was a pretty exceptional green (here’s a closer look) and a very popular choice. It was also one of the greatest examples of green being a breakthrough trend for 2018. Now, we don’t think that this fiery orange will have broad cross-sectional appeal, but if you’re a fan of the colour, the chances are good that you will love this pair of limited production pieces. Before we get to those dials, a quick refresh on the basics of these pieces — the time-only Sixties is a svelte 39mm by 9.4mm high, and powered by the Calibre 39-52. The Sixties Panorama Date adds a few millimetres, clocking in at 42mm by 12.4mm, but that extra size comes with a big panorama date. Back to that dial, though. It’s a point of pride for Glashütte that they own their own dial facility in Pforzheim, and this facility still has original dial dies from the 1960s, which add a nice touch of heritage, as well…
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Auction Report: Audemars Piguet Will Sell A Unique Royal Oak Chronograph To Benefit Clean Water Charity One Drop
The blue-and-purple chronograph should fetch good money for a good cause.
Hands-on – IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert”
Since 2007, IWC has been producing a special series of watches designed to meet the demanding needs of elite jet pilots. Established as an independent collection within the IWC Pilot’s Watch family in 2012, the TOP GUN series has become renowned for its use of hi-tech materials and stealth, military-inspired styling. IWC introduced a total of four new TOP GUN models at SIHH 2019 this year. We’ve already gotten hands-on with the impressively technical Double Chronograph TOP GUN Ceratanium, as well as the practical Automatic TOP GUN. Now, it’s time to turn our attention to the slightly more unusual Chronograph TOP GUN Edition “Mojave Desert” (Ref. IW389103) – because it is objectively unusual.