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SIHH 2017 – Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Extra Thin 15202 in Full Yellow Gold

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak is an icon born in 1972 under the pencil of a certain Gerald Genta. It was notable for several reasons – it was the world’s first luxury sports watch, it was imposing, yet impressively thin and, despite being the most expensive watch of its type on the market, it was available only in stainless steel. Collectors had to wait until 1977 to see the apparition of precious metal in this icon (an idea that for long has been rather antinomic with the whole Royal Oak concept). For the SIHH 2017, to mark the 40th anniversary of the first precious metal Royal Oaks, Audemars Piguet introduces a new series of the splendid Royal Oak Extra Thin Ref. 15202 in yellow gold.

Just Because: A Few Quick Pictures Of The AP Royal Oak Ceramic Perpetual Calendar In The Metal…Errr…Ceramic

I called it last week and I don’t think I was wrong – the talk of SIHH is the ceramic perpetual calendar Royal Oak from Audemars Piguet. This 41mm black-on-black-on-grey perpetual calendar is absolutely remarkable in the flesh and we’ve already gotten to spend about an hour with it so far. However, we want to take our time with this one and do a full, detailed hands-on review as soon as it hits stores. In the mean time, we thought we’d show you a few live photos because so many of you have asked for it. So, here you go!

Introducing: The Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Perpetual Calendar In Pink Gold With A Slate Grey Dial

Sometimes a new watch doesn’t have to be really innovative to win over more hearts than most, and this Vacheron is proof. While VC is showing some absolutely incredible pieces with genuinely new and thoughtful takes on mega complications, this watch isn’t really anything new from a technical stand point. But it might still be one of my favorite watches from day 1 of SIHH. What is it? It’s Vacheron’s Patrimony Perpetual Calendar in an 18k rose gold case with a slate grey dial. Is it just that simple? Actually, yes, it is.

Richard Mille RM 50-03 McLaren F1 Record-Setting Lightweight Watch For $1,000,000 Hands-On

Forty grams. That’s the total weight, including the strap, of the new Richard Mille RM 50-03 McLaren F1 watch. Ok, world’s lightest split-second chronograph with a tourbillon isn’t exactly an ultra-competitive category, but a mere 40 grams is still impressive.

SIHH 2017 – Ulysse Nardin Regatta (Or What Could Well Be The Cleverest Regatta Watch So Far)

Live from SIHH 2017, where Ulysse Nardin is exposing for the first time, we’ve just been introduced to what could basically be one of the (if not the) cleverest Regatta watches ever. While most of the regatta watches are basically reversed chronographs (which make a count-down instead of timing an event), this watch simply does both, in the most practical possible way. How? By having a bidirectional second hand that starts counterclockwise during the count-down and once it hits zero, changes direction automatically to become a chronograph. It is impressively ingenious and here is how the Ulysse Nardin Regatta works (and take a look at the following video, it will makes things clear).

EXCLUSIVE: “Actor guy” James Marsden from Westworld wants IWC to make a PC with a split-seconds chronograph

KD_IWC-Party058 James Marsden, a face you will recognise from at least one of your favourite films (guys: Zoolander, girls: The Notebook, me: Westworld), describes the moment he surprised/scared IWC’s Creative Director, Christian Knoop, the night before. “I was chatting with Christian and I told him can you please make a perpetual calendar with a split-seconds chrono in a 43mm case. Please?” Knoop’s expression must have been somewhat like mine, read, the open-mouthed emoji with red cheeks. “His mouth was agape, he was like ‘How do you know about the 89630 movement in my new perpetual calendar?’ And I was like, it’s because I’m obsessed. They made a perpetual calendar with a chrono in the older Da Vinci, I think it was 2004 or something, and they’ve brought that back now and I just love a chrono movement with a perpetual calendar. He was like… ‘How do you know this, actor guy?” T+T: When did you get your first good watch? James Marsden: An IWC was the first really special watch I was given when we wrapped the last season of a show… Ally McBeal in 2002… It was given by David E. Kelley… It was the first upper tier nice watch I’ve ever owned. It was…

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Introducing: The Montblanc Timewalker Rally Timer 100, A Chronograph That Converts Into A Stopwatch And Rally Timer With A Truly Stunning Manually-Wound Caliber Inside

While Montblanc’s primary focus this year is the more commercially oriented Timewalker collection, there is one piece from the collection that stands out not only due to its quality and price but do to its ingenuity – the Timewalker Rally Timer 100 Limited Edition. What is it? It’s a stopwatch, a table clock, a dashboard-mountable rally timer, and a wrist chronograph. But that’s not even all – the damn thing features one the finest manually wound chronograph calibers on planet Earth!

Obituary: Walter Lange (1924-2017)

Walter Lange, whose great-grandfather was clockmaker to the kings of Saxony and founded A. Lange & Söhne, passed away in Germany on January 17, 2017. Born in Glashütte before the Great Depression, Lange’s life spanned the most significant events in 20th century Germany: the Second World War, the Cold War and East Germany, and the reunification of […]

H.Moser & Cie: Novelties of SIHH 2017

H. MOSER & CIE. HONOURS ARTISAN WATCHMAKING WITH THE HERITAGE TOURBILLON With the Heritage Tourbillon, H. Moser & Cie. pays tribute to exceptional artisan watchmaking.This exceptional timepiece links tradition and modernity, two elements which coexist in all creations by H. Moser & Cie. The Heritage Tourbillon is a salute to watchmaking past and present. It is […]

Cabestan Triple Axis Tourbillon Full Sapphire Watch

At Baselword 2015, Cabestan showed off its Triple Axis Tourbillon watch. The Cabestan Triple Axis Tourbillon watch is significant for a number of reasons. It was, and I believe still is, the fastest-rotating triple-axis tourbillon watch in existence.