Despite our somewhat different focus when it comes to watches, we have a lot of respect for Bart and Tim Grönefeld, also known as the horological brothers, and their amazing timepieces. Just before SIHH 2017 kicks off, they introduce us a couple of new variations of their Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire. A stainless steel version of his […]
The Corum Bubble 47 Flying Tourbillon watch is a unique piece for the well-heeled watch lover who values his individualism and dares to be different.
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Some watchmaker-and-carmaker collaborations are a great success; others fail miserably; most, of course, fall somewhere in the middle. Many of the variables, the partners obviously can’t control — timing and luck, for example — but others, they can govern and refine. The now five-year-strong Hublot and Ferrari alliance proves a success story to learn from.
By Roberta Naas
As a teaser to what is coming next week at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) 2017, Cartier unveils one of its more complicated watches of the new year: the Rotonde de Cartier Minute Repeater Mysterious Double Tourbillon. A mouthful to say, the watch has even more in store to feast the eyes upon when you get close up with it.
This week we have a very diverse selection of watches, ranging from super-thin dress watches with sharp hands to bold chronographs with lots of color and unusual geometry, with brands like Hamilton, Rolex, Meylan, and Tudor all represented. Read on to see the full selection.
Yesterday, Omega announced the Speedmaster Professional Speedy Tuesday limited edition. Watches were available for reservation immediately via the official Omega website. We weren’t sure if people would truly take to the watch and the prcoess, but you did. Massively. Yesterday was an unreal experience and I would like to share some of it with you […]
Recently, our contributor Peter took an in-depth look (to say the least) at a watch, and he immediately loved it. Presented at Baselworld 2016, later reviewed in our lines, the Armin Strom Edge Double Barrel, in its first execution (in black PVD-coated steel), is a robust sports watch combined with a real, technical and impressive haute horlogerie movement – as usual for the brand, with a high degree of skeletonization and of decoration. Later this year, the brand introduced the rose gold version, and today we take a closer look at it – and you’d be surprised how a change of material can transform a watch…
Building a minute repeater is tricky business, one that very few watchmakers can manage. The minute repeater is a complication that chimes the time on demand – usually the hours, quarter hours and minutes – by activating a slide or a pusher. This most noble of complications is highly coveted by watch collectors today for its mechanical…
California-based Sisu makes big watches, and that’s all they do. However, there is more to the brand and its products than that, not least a healthy dollop of character. While size matters at Sisu, they offer impressive build quality and comfort, and the Sisu Carburetor Q1 watch I am reviewing today is a good example.