Bovet Virtuoso VIII 10-Day Flying Tourbillon Big Date Watch
In celebration of Bovet’s 195th anniversary, the brand has just announced the new Virtuoso VIII 10-Day Flying Tourbillon Big Date watch.
Auction Report: Christie’s To Host Only Watch Charity Auction In November 2017
You might remember the Heritage Black Bay One reference 7923/001 or the stainless steel Patek Philippe reference 5016, which eventually hammered for a record $7.2 million back in November 2015. Along with 42 other unique pieces, those two watches were offered at Only Watch, a biennial charity event organized to benefit the Association Monégasque Contre Les Myopathies. In 2015, Only Watch raised just above $11,000,000 to fund the research against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a truly worthy cause. Today, Only Watch announced that it will be back in November 2017, so you can expect some unique timepieces to be unveiled shortly.
SIHH 2017 – A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Annual Calendar
After the massively impressive (yet far from accessible) A. Lange & Söhne Tourbograph Perpetual introduced yesterday, as the main highlight of the SIHH 2017 collection by the Saxon manufacture, we have to go back to the real world and to more usable and pragmatic watches. Well, sort of, as we talk Lange. As part of the novelties is a highly interesting calendar watch, with what certainly the most relevant option to us, the annual calendar – a complication that sits right in the middle between a normal calendar and a perpetual calendar. Here is the discreet and elegant A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Annual Calendar.
Introducing: The Cartier Drive Extra Flat – A Smaller, Thinner, And Awesomer Take On The Distinctive Shape (Live Pics + Pricing)
Last year, the big SIHH news from Cartier was the announcement of a totally new shape and thus collection of men’s watches, the Drive de Cartier. The soft cushion shape was definitely a new look and the first collection of watches straddled the line between dressy and sporty pretty evenly. Now in its second year, we’re getting a limited edition Drive de Cartier Extra Flat that distills the design down to its essence, giving you everything you want and nothing that you don’t.
SIHH 2017 Jaeger LeCoultre overview: Demonstrating rare crafts
For SIHH 2017 Jaeger LeCoultre is focused on composing a new chapter for the Rendez-Vous’ collection of women’s watches using the hallmarks of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Métiers Rares (Rare Crafts) – technical and artistic know-how showcasing impeccable precision and breathtaking craftsmanship. Yet despite the almost…
SIHH 2017 – Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Extra Thin 15202 in Full Yellow Gold
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak is an icon born in 1972 under the pencil of a certain Gerald Genta. It was notable for several reasons – it was the world’s first luxury sports watch, it was imposing, yet impressively thin and, despite being the most expensive watch of its type on the market, it was available only in stainless steel. Collectors had to wait until 1977 to see the apparition of precious metal in this icon (an idea that for long has been rather antinomic with the whole Royal Oak concept). For the SIHH 2017, to mark the 40th anniversary of the first precious metal Royal Oaks, Audemars Piguet introduces a new series of the splendid Royal Oak Extra Thin Ref. 15202 in yellow gold.
Just Because: A Few Quick Pictures Of The AP Royal Oak Ceramic Perpetual Calendar In The Metal…Errr…Ceramic
I called it last week and I don’t think I was wrong – the talk of SIHH is the ceramic perpetual calendar Royal Oak from Audemars Piguet. This 41mm black-on-black-on-grey perpetual calendar is absolutely remarkable in the flesh and we’ve already gotten to spend about an hour with it so far. However, we want to take our time with this one and do a full, detailed hands-on review as soon as it hits stores. In the mean time, we thought we’d show you a few live photos because so many of you have asked for it. So, here you go!
Introducing: The Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Perpetual Calendar In Pink Gold With A Slate Grey Dial
Sometimes a new watch doesn’t have to be really innovative to win over more hearts than most, and this Vacheron is proof. While VC is showing some absolutely incredible pieces with genuinely new and thoughtful takes on mega complications, this watch isn’t really anything new from a technical stand point. But it might still be one of my favorite watches from day 1 of SIHH. What is it? It’s Vacheron’s Patrimony Perpetual Calendar in an 18k rose gold case with a slate grey dial. Is it just that simple? Actually, yes, it is.
Richard Mille RM 50-03 McLaren F1 Record-Setting Lightweight Watch For $1,000,000 Hands-On
Forty grams. That’s the total weight, including the strap, of the new Richard Mille RM 50-03 McLaren F1 watch. Ok, world’s lightest split-second chronograph with a tourbillon isn’t exactly an ultra-competitive category, but a mere 40 grams is still impressive.
SIHH 2017 – Ulysse Nardin Regatta (Or What Could Well Be The Cleverest Regatta Watch So Far)
Live from SIHH 2017, where Ulysse Nardin is exposing for the first time, we’ve just been introduced to what could basically be one of the (if not the) cleverest Regatta watches ever. While most of the regatta watches are basically reversed chronographs (which make a count-down instead of timing an event), this watch simply does both, in the most practical possible way. How? By having a bidirectional second hand that starts counterclockwise during the count-down and once it hits zero, changes direction automatically to become a chronograph. It is impressively ingenious and here is how the Ulysse Nardin Regatta works (and take a look at the following video, it will makes things clear).