As the 2016 Olympics draw to a close, it’s apt to recall the Olympic motto – Citius, Altius, Fortius. If ever there was a credo which professed constant evolution and improvement- ” “Faster, higher, stronger” would not only fit the bill but in an act of historical symmetry and poetry, the ethos…
In 2014, we wrote a “hands-on” sponsored post of the then new Glashütte Original Senator Chronometer Regulator released at Basel 2013. It was the first new Chronometer model to come out since the original debuted in 2009. At Baselworld this year, Glashütte Original came out with a new variant of the Glashütte Original Senator Chronometer, a white gold piece with a blue dial.
I know what you’re thinking. Not another boutique brand. But when the Vice President of the Christie’s New York Watch Department, aka our good friend Eric Wind, emailed saying he’d found a dive watch from the Netherlands worth checking out, we wondered what a newborn watch company had done to land on a vintage expert’s radar. So we got in touch, had a few watches sent over to the office, and, surprise, what arrived was a very vintage-inspired watch built to modern standards.
Here’s the dilemma: you love watches, mechanical watches, with a classical or vintage look. On the other hand, you also love connected items and the concept of a smart watch is something you dug into, especially since the introduction of the Apple Watch. However, you don’t like it. You think it’s not going to fulfill your needs of mechanical / vintage / luxury timepieces (and you’d be right). You don’t want to wear two watches either and the solution found by Sinn is… weird. Well, Maintool, a young French startup, might have a solution for you, with a discreet connected strap that can be used on any kind of watch. Here’s Classi.
Panerai returns to its roots with the pleasingly traditional Luminor 1950 3 Days PAM00673, a limited edition of 1000 watches modelled on the ref. 6152/1, complete with retro-style gilded pencil hands. It’s been a hyperactive year for Panerai, having introduced new models at SIHH 2016, followed by a half dozen more just a few months later, […]
What’s the most ‘TAG Heuer’ thing you’ve ever done? If the question ever comes up for me, I’ll have a ready answer. It was that time I rode shotgun in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car with the then leader of the Porsche Carrera Cup, 21-year-old Matt Campbell at speeds up to 250km/h around Sydney Speedway.…
Given the sales success of the INOX (aka I.N.O.X.) watch collection, Victorinox Swiss Army added more models to the durable, decent-looking sport watch family for 2016. In addition to the slightly larger Victorinox Swiss Army INOX Professional Diver and additional strap/bracelet options, the INOX now comes in a titanium versus steel metal case.
Russel Crowe and his Speedmaster It’s been a while since we saw a Speedmaster in a movie. Of course George Clooney’s new picture, Money Monster, is an exception. However, we know that since George is Omega ambassador it was not such a huge surprise. Well, I just watched the new movie of Ryan Gosling and Russel […]
A letter from someone I know A couple of years ago, 2012 to be precise, I traveled to Paris together with Bert and Gerard to witness the 40th anniversary exhibition of the Royal Oak. Being a big fan of the Royal Oak, we decided to drive down there and have a look. A friend, who […]
The Graf von Faber-Castell collection – or “Graf” as it’s known to pen buffs – is Faber-Castell’s top-of-the-line series of pens; it includes premium writing instruments, like the recently released Pen of the Year, among others. The Pen of the Year for 2016 was inspired by Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, a 1,441-room residence that became the cultural and political center of the Hapsburg Empire.