While ceramic has been a favourite material at Audemars Piguet for the Royal Oak, it has not been used for a watch bracelet, until now. Just announced at SIHH 2017, the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar is ceramic from end to end, with the case, bezel and every link of the bracelet in black ceramic. The case […]
Last Tuesday, we saw how the latest limited edition Speedmaster – the “Speedy Tuesday” – was sold out within three and a half hours. It is quite a mean feat, considering each of the 2,012 pieces comes with a price tag of S$8,400. But it does prove that the appeal of the Speedmaster is simply…
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra Thin Openworked first debuted at the 2012 SIHH in platinum, and at the 2016 SIHH HODINKEE’s Cara Barrett introduced us to the yellow gold version. This year, AP is releasing the watch in two new metals: stainless steel and pink gold. AP has also announced that these are the last two watches that will offer the AP Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin Openworked with this particular skeletonized movement design. As Cara mentioned in her 2016 story, the first skeletonized AP was a 1921 pocket watch and the first skeletonized Royal Oak was made in 1986, so these are participants in a long, storied tradition.
Watchmakers regularly introduce existing watches in new colors and new metals. Sometimes this feels like incremental news, and sometimes it feels like you’re getting a whole new watch. These two releases definitely fall into the latter camp. A day before SIHH 2017 officially starts, Audemars Piguet has unveiled both the Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin and the Royal Oak Chronograph in combination titanium and platinum iterations. Yeah, we’re excited too.
We sensed something special would be coming from Le Brassus this year, but we were a little unsure about the exact model, since there are a number of Royal Oak–related anniversaries this year. What we have here is a new Royal Oak Chronograph marking the 20th anniversary of that model, with a seriously updated look. No, these don’t contain a new in-house chronograph movement, but they’re worth taking a closer look at nonetheless.
It’s no exaggeration to say that here at Quill & Pad we are big fans of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso. And now Urwerk introduces its own, very robust version of a reversible watch: the UR-T8 “Transformer.”
As you might know, this year is the 20th anniversary of a rather unique and disruptive brand named URWERK. As we already showed to you in a dedicated movie, this independent watchmakers started with their first watch at Baselworld 1997, as they were still almost kids. However, even if they just turned 20, don’t believe that Frei & Baumgartner are now old men who are sleeping behind their desks… And as proof of the strong vitality and creativity of URWERK, here is their latest creation, the impressive URWERK UR-T8, which renew the concept of satellite complication and of traditional case.
For 2017, the technically inspired, avant-garde watchmaker Urwerk is releasing their Urwerk UR-T8 watch to mark the 20th anniversary of the brand. A notable feature of the Urwerk UR-T8 is that it allows for the case to be flipped, kind of Reverso-style.
For 2017, the Richard Mille RM 035 Ultimate Edition honors the brand’s partner Alexis Pinturault, an alpine ski racer that now has a whopping 19 World Cup victories under his belt.
Montblanc is revamping the TimeWalker collection this year, and as a part of the reimagined collection has released the TimeWalker Chronograph UTC. The new chronograph is a welcome addition to the sporty collection known for its oversized black DLC-coated cases and mix of complications.