5 High Jewellery Bracelets: Hands On!
If you’re a connoisseur of haute watchmaking, chances are you also appreciate the exceptional talent that goes into the creation of haute jewelery.
Review: Meditations on the Credor Fugaku Tourbillon
Baselworld 2016. The halls were abuzz…with news from Seiko. The first ever Seiko Credor Tourbillon wristwatch from this much loved, ultra conservative watchmaker from Japan. We made the beeline to see it. First through the showcase. The first impressions was one of moderate surprise. No, we lie. We were shocked! Then we had our…
Review – Ulysse Nardin FreakLab, the modern version of the mother of concept watches and silicon
In the small but fascinating world of watchmaking, some timepieces deeply influenced the whole industry. The Submariner almost defined what a dive watch should be. The story behind the Speedmaster is still an immense source of fascination. The Royal Oak created his own and so-respected category, the luxury sports watch. In a much more discreet way, Ulysse Nardin, in 2001, introduced a watch that deeply changed the face of modern watchmaking: the Freak, a watch that can be considered as the mother of concept watches and of silicon. Its time for us to review its successor, the Ulysse Nardin FreakLab.
A Visit To The Glashütte Original Manufacture – Photo Report
Glashütte Original Manufacture Last week, Bert and I traveled from The Netherlands (our home country) to Glashütte in Germany. It is only a one hour flight, from Amsterdam to Dresden. In Dresden, a driver awaited us with a welcome sign and a shiny black BMW 530. We’ve seen worse. As it was end of the […]
Loving Ultra-Thin Watches? History’s Repeating Itself
The compact, formal men’s watch went into retreat starting in the mid-2000s, as the diameters of wristwatches grew and grew and grew some more. Large, aggressively styled watches by the likes of Audemars Piguet, Hublot and Richard Mille are the quintessential wrist accessory of this era, so much so that Swiss bank Vontobel estimates that they are […]
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: 26th August, 2016 – the shady edition
Birds are chirping, flowers are budding, and there’s a renewed sense of optimism in the air. Yes, springtime is almost here. Not sure about you, but this impending seasonal change calls for a celebration. So, charge your glasses with something that possesses refreshing citrus notes and find out what happened this week in watches.…
Girard-Perregaux Competizione Stradale Chronograph Watch Review
There is something uniquely special about a nicely executed, simple chronograph. At a time, when everything has to be explained, scrutinized and analyzed, every once in a while, it just feels sweet to be able to lean back and enjoy the perks of a job done well. Once you cut the whole “’70s vintage-inspired” malarkey, that is what you end up with the Girard-Perregaux Competizione Stradale Chronograph. Let us now explain, scrutinize, and analyze.
INTRODUCING: The warm tones of the A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Automatic in Terra Brown
When A. Lange & Söhne release a new watch there is always a collective “ooh” and “ahh” that resonates within the watch community. Germany’s most prestigious brand has always earned respect and admiration for staying true to their design philosophy. So it isn’t too often that we get to see an ALS special edition that offers a new look on a classic model, but with the arrival of these new Saxonia Automatics that’s exactly what you get.…
Introducing: The New Rado Ceramica, By German Industrial Designer Konstantin Grcic
After releasing this HyperChrome Ultra Light at Baseworld back in March, I think it is safe to say that Rado is quietly doing some seriously cool stuff right now. The latest example hit our inboxes this morning: the brand has partnered with prolific industrial designer Konstantin Grcic to re-launch its iconic Ceramica watch line, originally introduced in 1990. Since then, the Ceramica’s profile has been the very definition of Rado and now it gets some new flavor from a highly-respected designer.
Funky Colors For Emmanuel Bouchet’s Head-Turning Complication One
We are big fans of Bouchet’s work in general and the ingeniously complicated Complication One in particular. What we were shown at Baselworld 2016, though, was truly imaginative: funky new, definitely out-of-the-ordinary colors for such a serious and technical timepiece.