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A Week On The Wrist: The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe In Sedna Gold
The Fifty Fathoms watch has been around since 1953, and for its 60th anniversary in 2013, a thoroughly updated version was created: the Bathyscaphe, which takes its name from the undersea exploration...
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Big Ben To Go Silent During Major Renovation Works
A few months back, I contacted my local Member of Parliament (MP) in order to schedule a visit of the Elizabeth Tower. Now, if that strikes you as an odd and roundabout way of getting inside one of...
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Hands-On: An Astonishing Collection Of Vintage Bvlgari Ladies' Watches For...
Bvlgari is a word most often associated with jewelry, snakes, and the Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater. But what some of you might not know is that Bvlgari has, for many years, made (and continues to...
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Très Vite: Track Day With Baume & Mercier, And A Quartet Of New Capeland...
I could hear them long before I could see them, and then long after they’d pass, disappearing around turn one – the jackhammer of the GT350, the basso profundo of the 289 Cobra and banshee wail of the...
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Bring a Loupe: A Stunning Rolex Daytona, A Late Breguet Type 20, A Cool...
If you like chronographs you are in for a treat this week. Expect to find a crazy good Daytona, a forgotten military Breguet, and an oversized Bulova straight from the 1970s. And you will get...
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Seven Pocket Watches That Will Make You Forget Wristwatches (And Wonder Why...
The lion's share of attention from collectors goes to wristwatches – this despite the fact that the wristwatch has existed for only a fraction of the time watches as a whole have existed. It's not...
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Hands-On: A Closer Look At The New Zenith Elite Chronograph Classic Blue Dial...
Zenith caught us by surprise back in 2015 when they introduced a very handsome dress chronograph called the El Primero Chronograph Classic. We're used to mostly sporty stuff from the Le Locle...
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A Week On The Wrist: The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Ultra-Thin, And Some...
We first saw the Vacheron Constantin Overseas Ultra-Thin at the SIHH last January, and at the time, our impressions based on the brief exposure afforded by a meeting in the middle of a busy trade show...
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IN THE SHOP: A Patek Beta 21 With Full Set, A Meters-First 5513, A Great...
And we're back! This week, we've gone ahead and found you some absolutely remarkable things, truly. You know, we love a meters-first 5513 Sub as much as the next guy (oh, btw we've got one of those...
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Breaking News: Christie's To Offer Mega Rare Steel Lange 1 With Black Dial In...
A. Lange & Söhne's short 21-year history has been one of immense success – offering truly cutting edge horological developments and design classics by the caseload. In fact, I would venture to say...
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Editors' Picks From The Upcoming Christie's Geneva Auction
The ongoing battle between Phillips and Christie's has produced some fascinating behind-the-scenes narratives, but to the rest of us, the result is nothing but better scholarship and increased...
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Ultra Thin: What It Is, Why It Matters, And Who Does It Best (Part 2)
(Above, the Piaget 20P/Lassale Caliber 1200, the thinnest hand-wound movement ever made.) In Part One of this story, we looked at the history of ultra thin watchmaking – at why the earliest watches...
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Hands-On: That Insane Patek 530 Sector Dial Coming Up At Christie's Geneva
Okay, you knew this was coming. Back in March, we announced that Christie's would be selling the earliest known steel 530, and oh, by the way, it features a sector dial, is signed by Astrua, and is in...
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Hands-On: Grape Flavored Oyster: The Rolex Oyster 36 With Red Grape Dial
"He patted Smiley on the shoulder: 'Maybe you should have more fun in life.' 'Maybe I should have done,' Smiley agreed." – Smiley's People, John le Carré The Rolex Oyster 36 came out in 2014, and was,...
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Bring a Loupe: Beautiful Vintage Chronographs From Mido, Gallet, Heuer, And...
This Bring A Loupe will be dedicated to chronographs; this is not the first time, but we found too many cool listings on eBay to not make it the focus of this week. The usual suspects are there, from...
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Introducing: The (Incredible) Mechanical Marvels Collection At Sotheby's New...
As you may have noticed, it's auction season. Yesterday we picked our favorite watches from the Christie’s Geneva sale and today I bring you a sneak peek of what Sotheby’s has to offer in New York on...
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Introducing: The Montblanc TimeWalker Pythagore Ultra-Light Concept (With A...
Montblanc has been making a name for itself over the last few years primarily through the rapid introduction of very classically oriented, but at the same time, very (relatively) affordable watches....
View ArticleIntroducing: The DENCO53 By Dennison, A New Field Watch From A Reborn English...
The Dennison family is no longer associated with the eponymous British company, though its revival is appropriately led by a man who has spent the past decade wheeling and dealing in vintage watches,...
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Former Mayor Giuliani To Donate Historic Wittnauer To Charity, In Partnership...
This is a neat one from the good folks over at Analog/Shift. Some time back, they were asked by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani to find a very particular timepiece – a 1962 Wittnauer...
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Found: A Captivating Collection Of Escapement Models At Heritage Auction's...
I have a particular affinity for escapement models. I remember the first time I saw one at watchmaking school – escapement engineering concepts that I had been wrestling with suddenly made sense....
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