Traditional watchmakers have responded differently to the rise of the smartwatch. TAG Heuer has made its own smart watch, the TAG Heuer Connected, while Montblanc and IWC have taken the route of a smart strap attachment to a traditional watch. The Sinn Duales Bandsystem takes the brute force approach, combining a wristwatch with an Apple Watch on […]
At Baselworld 2016, I got to play with the first watch using Breitling’s so-called “Breitlight” case material, which is the Breitling Avenger Hurricane. This is a deceptively cool watch even though it clearly isn’t for everyone.
When discussing Omega’s limited editions, it’s generally pieces from the Speedmaster or Seamaster lines that spring to mind – and certainly when it comes to the Rio 2016 releases, it’s the Mark II Speedy and the brightly-bezelled Seamaster that have been chewing up most of the bandwidth. …
Watches launched on Kickstarter typically combine simple, inexpensive cases with novel time display mechanisms, the bestselling Klokers KLOK-01 being a case in point. The Jubileon Superellipse is latest watch to hit the crowdfunding site, but it takes a different tack, concentrating instead on a high quality watch case in stainless steel for under US$500. Though put together by Swiss suppliers, hence the “Swiss […]
On a certain level, after wearing the Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes de Vache 1955 almost every day for a week, my feelings are as uncomplicated as “I like it. A lot.” On another level, to leave it at that would be to do the watch, and the history it represents, a disservice. The Cornes de Vache is a watch that challenges a tremendous number of assumptions many of us have about what exactly it is that makes a watch important. Though in its own way it’s a definitive, and even final, statement about a certain kind of watchmaking, it’s also the opening line in a whole new conversation about originality, design fidelity, and authenticity.
I’m pleased to invite members of the aBlogtoWatch audience living in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, to an RSVP event with Crown & Caliber at Wingtip in San Francisco on August 17th, 2016, from 6:30pm until 8:30pm.
Pierce Brosnan’s personal and professional timepieces have included big names like Rolex, Cartier, Omega, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and Panerai, but also intriguingly Speake-Marin. What influence do the roles he plays have on his personal watch taste? Martin Green provides the answer.
Last night KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote a research note to investors in which he predicts that the first major update to the Apple Watch will be coming this year, as early as at next month’s iPhone release event. It’s been nearly two years since the Apple Watch was first unveiled at a special event in Cupertino, California – we were there live, with a first look at the limited demo units – and there’s been little indication of where the Watch is going since then.
Eterna Before I start with the Eterna Super KonTiki Chronograph review, a few words on the company first. Eterna has a long history that goes all the way back to 1856. However, it wasn’t called Eterna until 1905 (but Dr. Girard & Schild, after its founders). Before I jump to mentioning watches, Eterna is also known […]
MeisterSinger’s signature design is a watch with a lone hand marking the hours. This relatively young company (founded in 2001), based in Münster, Germany, has produced many iterations on the basic idea over the years, with watches like the Singulator, the Salthora and the Circularis, amongst others. The latter is available with a 120 hour hand-wound movement, with design input from Meistersinger on several key components, and now MeisterSinger has added a 120 hour automatic movement likewise produced to its specifications, with small date, to further expand the Circularis collection.