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A Sneak Peek Inside The Rolex Greenroom At The 89th Academy Awards

Just a few short weeks ago Rolex announced that it would be the official sponsor of the 89th Academy Awards (a.k.a. The Oscars, a.k.a. the biggest awards event of the year). As you may remember, last year Rolex sponsored the Oscars Greenroom, the backstage area where presenters can relax before heading out on stage, but this is the first year that the iconic watch manufacture is an official sponsor of the larger Academy, including the whole Oscars event itself. Rolex is still sponsoring the Oscars Greenroom as well and earlier today I got a sneak peek inside ahead of Sunday’s big show.

Piaget Celebrates The Altiplano 60th Anniversary

For Piaget, ultra-thin timepieces have been a reality since 1957. Now the brand celebrates the 60th anniversary of its first ultra-thin watch and its Altiplano collection with a masterful display of colours, sizes, artistic crafts and even a new tourbillon movement

Introducing: The TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-01 43mm, A Familiar Watch In A (Slightly) Smaller Size

Back in 2015, TAG Heuer unveiled the Carrera 01, setting a whole new direction for the famous line of racing chronographs. The Carrera Heuer-01 is big, it’s a little brash, and instead of having a streamlined black-and-white look it shows off the movement though a mostly transparent dial. But today TAG is offering an evolution of the Heuer-01, sizing it down to an ever-so-slightly-more-modest 43mm.

TAG Heuer Debuts New Carrera Heuer-01 43mm Chronograph

Preparing for next month’s Baselworld 2017, Tag Heuer reimagined its signature Carrera Heuer-01 Skeleton Manufacture Chronograph watch.

Germain Baillot Concept Watch

The Germain Baillot Concept Watch is a radical, neo-futurist concept watch straight outta the jet age, equipped with two complications: a 24-hour GMT world timer and a vertical tourbillon. While still purely hypothetical, as a concept, we think it is worthy of attention and discussion.

My First Auction Purchase: Alain Silberstein Pendant Watch (Archive)

I have attended the odd auction. I have even gone to auctions with the intent to bid on a watch. But that hadn’t yet worked out for me. Not until I saw that Parisian auction house Artcurial was auctioning off what was left of Alain Silberstein’s inventory and put in an absentee bid on a long shot. I had little hope.

TAG Heuer Shrinks its Bestselling Chronograph with the Carrera Heuer-01 43mm

TAG Heuer‘s top selling wristwatch is the Carrera Heuer-01, a chronograph featuring an appealing see-through dial that reveals the mechanics below. Priced at under SFr5000, equivalent to US$5000, the skeleton dial Carrera Heuer-01 is a large 45mm in diameter, making unwieldy for some. Now the same aesthetic is available on a more manageably sized 43mm model. While the […]

Pre-Baselworld 2017 – TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-01 43 mm, now in Skeleton Version

Since its inception in 2015, the TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-01 has quickly become the emblematic model of the brand, being also one of its best-sellers – which is surprising, first because of the look, rather in opposition with the previous creations, and because of its price positioning, as being one of the upper-range watches. While in …

A Week On The Wrist: The F.P. Journe Octa Quantième Perpétuel

Not very long ago, a collector friend called the Octa Quantième Perpétuel “the biggest miss in horological journalism in recent years.” Ouch. He claimed the watch had received very little attention from the mainstream watch media. And he wasn’t wrong. This is a Francois-Paul Journe perpetual calendar wristwatch after all, and it’s the first perpetual calendar with jumping day, date, and month on four seperate discs made by anyone. I decided it was time to right this wrong. There are currently four different Octa QP models, and I was lucky enough to get my hands on the 40mm model in red gold with a red gold dial, my favorite of the four configurations (there are platinum cases and 42mm versions too). It’s a pretty good way to start on the right footing.

In The Shop: A 1954 Breitling Navitimer ‘Pre-806,’ A 1960s DS ‘Football’ Watch, And A 1972 Rolex Explorer Reference 1016

This week we have a selection of watches that you’re going to love. While the number of manufactures represented may be smaller, the watches more than make up for it in terms of quality. There are a few Rolex watches ranging from a 1955 Precision in yellow gold to an Explorer reference 1016 with fantastic patina. Additionally, we have a couple of fantastic Breitling chronographs and an unusual DS “Football” watch, too. Be sure to read on to see the full collection.