A new year means a new Watch Strap Review. Our 26th installment of the series brings us a company from the USA. Worn & Wound These guys are definitely not newcomers to the game and they have a wonderful site and a super cool shop. Their selection is pretty versatile from watch rolls to tools, […]
Last summer, in 2016, we saw the release of the Piaget Polo S and Polo S Chronograph watches. Designed and marketed as an everyday steel watch intended to attract the growing market segment of younger watch aficionados who appreciate in-house read more…
For SIHH 2017 A. Lange & Sohne unveiled a new Tourbograph Perpetual “Pour le Mérite”. The fifth watch to join the “Pour le Mérite” line, a series which is emblematic of A. Lange & Sohne’s pinnacle of watchmaking skills, the series is best know for its fusée-and-chain transmission. This…
Montblanc has more or less reinvented itself over the last few years, with innovative complications, well designed watches, new high-tech materials and development of the Minerva manufactured movements alongside the goal of “accessible luxury”. All offered at a relative competitive price, even if we are talking about the incredible Montblanc 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter. New for this year will be no less than 5 new TimeWalker models including this Montblanc TimeWalker Chronograph UTC, the traveller’s sport chronograph of the collection.
Here’s something a little unexpected from Christopher Claret. A wristwatch that doesn’t cost $100,000+ and one that comes in a 42mm case than feels like you could wear it daily. The brand’s latest watch is called the Maestro and it has all of the interest of a genuine Christophe Claret creation, but in the most accessible package yet. Here are all the details.
As some might say, show must go on… But how futile and material this would be, the SIHH is about watches and A. Lange & Söhne again has a great, impressive and highly desirable collection of watches, including the Tourbograph Perpetual, the Zeitwerk Decimal Strike and the 1815 Annual Calendar. And who could be better than our good friend Wilhelm Schmid, CEO of A. Lange & Söhne, to explain these SIHH 2017 novelties. Here is our conversation with him.
New for 2017 come the Ralph Lauren RL Automotive Tourbillon and Double Tourbillon watches, joining the line inspired by the eponymous designer’s own 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe. Yes, a double tourbillon joins the Ralph Lauren stable.
By Roberta Naas
Vacheron Constantin has long been known for its unwavering dedication to perfection and complications. This year at SIHH 2017, the brand stands true — unveiling a one-of-a-kind watch that is the brand’s most complicated wristwatch to date (It even tops the current holder of the title “most complicated wristwatch” currently on the market). The Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600 was five years in the making and offers an incredible 23 functions via its two-sided dial
When you think power reserve, you thought that the 7-day IWC’s or the 8-day Panerai’s were already massively powerful – and obviously, they have more power than 99% of the mechanical watches produced. Well, if power is your thing and if you simply hate to wind a watch, you might have to consider the Lange 31… and 31 here is nothing about the diameter of the watch, but it is about the length of the power reserve, in days. Yes, this watch can run for 31 days, coming from one single barrel, when fully wound. Impressive, right. This powerful watch comes in a new version for the SIHH 2017, in white gold with a grey dial.
While the headlines at SIHH 2017 are more or less dominated by incredible complications and equally incredible price tags, it’s nice – almost refreshing – to find that some brands like TAG Heuer haven’t totally abandoned accessibility.