Tockr is a relatively new watchmaker that launched its first models in 2017, the C-47 Radial Engine Collection. The watches paid homage to the WWII era C-47 aircraft with a radial engine motif, a plane that founder Austin Ivey’s grandfather flew during the war. Both Austin and his father became pilots as well, and all […]
It’s certainly time for a Friday afternoon beer, and for no more reason than the eyebrow-raising results that came out of the GPHG overnight. The GPHG is, of course, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève or, as is endlessly repeated, “the Oscars of watchmaking”. The ceremony was held yesterday, with a couple of awards that caused Zach to almost ruin his laptop by spitting his drink out when certain watches were announced as the winners. Not that they weren’t excellent watches in their own right, but were they the best in their category in 2020? We’ll leave that one up to you to decide. There were a couple of watches that were certainly deserving winners, including the Greubel Forsey Hand Made 1, the Vacheron Constantin Overseas Perpetual Calendar ultra-thin skeleton, the H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Flyback Chronograph Automatic and several others. My favourite of the lot, after having the privilege of holding the watch on two occasions, would have to be the Hand Made 1 by Greubel Forsey. It is 95 per cent made by hand, and took more than 6000 hours to complete, a feat that is hard to wrap your head around in the age of ubiquitous…
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A new UTC model, the 105 St Sa UTC with dual time functionality on a 24-hour scale, joins Sinn’s Instrument Watch collection in the new sporty Series 105 sub-category. When you read about the launch of GMTs or world timers, most brands try to conjure a glamorous world of first-class travel experiences. Forget about flowery […]
As with any awards show, there can be a discrepancy between which watches fans think should have won and the watches that actually win. And it has to be said that the divide between popular and GPHG opinion is something of a canyon these days, with mega-brands like Rolex and Patek Philippe curiously not making any kind of showing. If this is indeed the “Oscars” for watchmaking, aren’t we rolling without Spielberg? Or, in the modern day, saying no to Nolan? This is a subject deserving of a post of its own, because, of course, “it’s complicated”. How so? It’s like, they need to be invited to the dance if they haven’t bought tickets to the dance, but Rolex and Patek don’t wanna dance, so they politely decline to go to the dance, etc etc etc. We can leave this as a topic for another day. But, to wit, some of the winners in 2020 struck me as eyebrow-raising, and some straight-out dubious – this is increasingly an age of transparency and it would be fair to say that the GPHG remains cloaked in more than a reasonable amount of secrecy. Here are three winners that had me running a gamut…
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Thin for the win.
Let’s face it – blue is a very saturated colour throughout the novelties of 2020. This is not necessarily due to a lack of creativity. If anything, it is fan service: brands truly working to provide what the people want. Hublot, on the other hand, is not one to just follow a trend – they find a way to tweak it in their moderate moments, and disrupt the hell out of it at their most extreme. And thus, they have created a new answer to the blue craze with the Hublot Big Bang Unico Sky Blue. Leveraging their innovative approach to materials, design and fabrication, Hublot presents a compelling candidate for the most interesting blue watch of 2020. The case The Hublot Big Bang Unico Sky Blue is 45mm in case diameter, and is made from Hublot’s masterfully constructed and crafted sky blue and white ceramic. The ceramic is executed with contrasting satin-brushed and high-polished finishes. The ceramic material used isn’t just aesthetically pleasing to the eye, it is also a tough and strong material that is highly robust with an extraordinary degree of shock and scratch resistance. The contrasting finishes applied to the ceramic, especially the polished facets, will…
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Despite the challenges the industry had to face this year, it needed a celebration and some joy. So here we are, as the 2020 edition of the GPHG, known as the “Oscars of the watchmaking industry”, has come to a close and the prize for the best watch of the year, also known as the […]
Rocky’s timepieces will cross the block in December, alongside some from theater icon Guy Laliberté.
This is it, the 2020 Oscars of the Watchmaking industry, the so-called Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève or GPHG 2020, is about to begin and the best watches introduced during the year are about to be awarded. From ladies’ watches to chronographs and exceptional mechanical proposals, the entire spectrum of watch production is covered. For […]
Watchmaking’s big night from the comfort of your own home.