SIHH 2017 is upon us and IWC has unveiled a host of exquisite heritage inspired timepieces from the lauded history of the Swiss Schaffhausen manufacture. For SIHH 2017 IWC pays homage to the iconic design of the 1980s with their latest Da Vinci collection and with it, eschewing the tonneau case shape we’ve all become familiar with…
Last year Audemars Piguet unveiled a slew of Royal Oak watches in yellow gold, with a notable omission, the Royal Oak Extra-Thin “Jumbo”. As the Royal Oak marks the 40th anniversary of the first yellow gold model of 1977, that has now been rectified with a pair that will make their debut at SIHH 2017. The new […]
On the sidelines of SIHH 2017, TAG Heuer and the other watch brands in the LVMH Group (Hublot and Zenith) will be presenting novelties to journalists and retailers who have flocked to Geneva for the week. Following on from the full Black Ceramic Heuer-01 we showed you earlier this week, TAG returns to the roots of its collection, with …
First introduced in stainless steel and then gold last year, the Signature 1 is Greubel Forsey‘s most accessibly priced wristwatch, showing only the time, with no other complications. Now the Signature 1 gets a bit more luxe, with the third and final version in platinum making its debut at SIHH 2017. Mechanically identical to the earlier versions of […]
Last year Audemars Piguet introduced the Royal Oak Offshore Diver Chronograph in luminescent colours – that same colour palette has now been applied to the time-only Royal Oak Offshore Diver. One of a dozen new Royal Oak models to be unveiled at SIHH 2017 tomorrow, the Royal Oak Offshore Diver “Funky Colour” is available in […]
Conceived as objet d’art for the wrist, Greubel Forsey‘s Art Piece watches have tended to be platforms for philosophical statements. The latest in the series is meant to be a memento mori of sorts, one that shows the time only on demand, with the dial being dominated by an extra-large power reserve display instead. A pusher on […]
While ceramic has been a favourite material at Audemars Piguet for the Royal Oak, it has not been used for a watch bracelet, until now. Just announced at SIHH 2017, the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar is ceramic from end to end, with the case, bezel and every link of the bracelet in black ceramic. The case […]
Last Tuesday, we saw how the latest limited edition Speedmaster – the “Speedy Tuesday” – was sold out within three and a half hours. It is quite a mean feat, considering each of the 2,012 pieces comes with a price tag of S$8,400. But it does prove that the appeal of the Speedmaster is simply…
The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra Thin Openworked first debuted at the 2012 SIHH in platinum, and at the 2016 SIHH HODINKEE’s Cara Barrett introduced us to the yellow gold version. This year, AP is releasing the watch in two new metals: stainless steel and pink gold. AP has also announced that these are the last two watches that will offer the AP Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin Openworked with this particular skeletonized movement design. As Cara mentioned in her 2016 story, the first skeletonized AP was a 1921 pocket watch and the first skeletonized Royal Oak was made in 1986, so these are participants in a long, storied tradition.
Watchmakers regularly introduce existing watches in new colors and new metals. Sometimes this feels like incremental news, and sometimes it feels like you’re getting a whole new watch. These two releases definitely fall into the latter camp. A day before SIHH 2017 officially starts, Audemars Piguet has unveiled both the Royal Oak Tourbillon Extra-Thin and the Royal Oak Chronograph in combination titanium and platinum iterations. Yeah, we’re excited too.