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Introducing: The IWC Da Vinci Tourbillon Rétrograde Chronograph (Live Pics, Pricing, Specs)

The Da Vinci Tourbillon Rétrograde Chronograph is one of the flagship models in the revamped-for-2017 Da Vinci collection. The watch features a flying tourbillon, a retrograde date display, and a flyback chronograph, all powered by a self-winding in-house movement with several interesting technical features. It’s also got all the aesthetic hallmarks of the new Da Vinci collection too, so let’s take a closer look.

Introducing: The Piaget Altiplano 40mm With Patinated Grey Dial (And New 1203P Movement)

This year is the 60th anniversary of the Altiplano and we know there are going to be quite a few commemorative watches from Piaget to celebrate. In fact, we’ve already shown you two of them. Now we’ve got another to share, the 40mm Altiplano with a patinated grey dial and the brand new in-house 1203P movement.

SPOTTED! BY AG: Dispatch 4, January 2017

IMG_20161202_102003 There you have it – another year done and dusted. Now we’re all trying to get our heads around writing 2017 instead of 2106, and ramping up the excitement about the new releases we’ll be seeing at SIHH and Baselworld. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been able to take advantage of time off work to catch up with a few long lost friends, and to do some summertime watch-spotting. Most businesses might have shut up shop for the Christmas break, but that didn’t stop me from finding a few open cafes. After what feels like a lifetime of research and shopping around, good mate Stefanos FINALLY sought and bought his grail – a Rolex DateJust 1601 ‘Wideboy’, while in Japan. As you can see, the hard work definitely paid off, and he’s scored an excellent example, which is no doubt a keeper. There’s a lesson to be learnt about patience here. And now he’s got a taste for Rolex, I doubt this will be his last piece. Friend of Time+Tide, @Syn.chronus (AKA Glen) was back in town, this time with a pretty special Christmas present. After several weeks travelling around Europe, all roads led to Taiwan, where he picked up…

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Introducing: The Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision In Platinum, Now Available In Blue, Black, And Chocolate

All of the novelties we are about to see at the Palexpo this week take roughly the same amount of space inside the exhibition hall, but some of the watches will have a little more presence than others. This is one such watch.

SIHH 2017: Audemars Piguet Facelifts the Royal Oak Chronograph 41mm, Plus One in Titanium & Platinum

Five years after its launch, the Royal Oak Chronograph 41mm has been restyled for SIHH 2017. Audemars Piguet kept the fundamentals the same, applying some minor tweaks to the dial to give it a sportier look (compare it with the earlier version). All the new Royal Oak Chronograph variants feature two-tone dials, with the sub-dials […]

Richemont Posts Meagre Improvement in Quarterly Results Ahead of SIHH

Just days before SIHH 2017 is due to open – the event is dominated by Richemont’s subsidiary brands like Cartier and IWC – the Swiss group got a slight respite in its third quarter results, after a dismal first half that saw profits fall by 51%, leading to drastic management changes. Sales for the third quarter that […]

IWC Da Vinci Automatic Watch For 2017

For SIHH 2017, IWC has reimagined their Da Vinci line, foregoing the recent tonneau shape for a more classic round case. The new IWC Da Vinci Automatic doesn’t hearken too far back, though, drawing clear inspiration from the Da Vinci SL Automatic ref. 3528 from the late 1990s.

SIHH 2017: IWC Introduces the Da Vinci Tourbillon Retrograde Chronograph

IWC unveiled the smartly redesigned Da Vinci just before SIHH 2017, but kept the top of the line model under wraps, until now. The Da Vinci Tourbillon Retrograde Chronograph features complications found on other IWC timepieces, but never before combined together. Powered by the calibre 89900 – a variant of the movement that also underpins the new Da Vinci Perpetual […]

IWC Da Vinci Chronograph & Da Vinci Tourbillon Rétrograde Chronograph Watches

IWC likes to focus on refreshing one of its core collections each year, and I’m happy to say that this year one of IWC’s most neglected collections is getting an update. I am, of course, referring to the Da Vinci collection.

SIHH 2017 – IWC Da Vinci Tourbillon Retrograde Chronograph

As previously announced on Monochrome, the Schaffhausen-based manufacturer is revamping its Da Vinci collection in 2017 including a return to the original round case which popularised this collection in the 1980s (read our article here). SIHH 2017 is just about to get underway and so IWC has finally unveiled all the new editions for this year, including this complex model combining a flying tourbillon with hacking mechanism, a chronograph and a retrograde date.