Introducing The Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde SW, Updated With Côtes de Genève Dial
Jaquet Droz is very well known for its mesmerizing automata like this methodically detailed minute repeater with a nest of birds and this slightly creepy automaton (made over 200 years ago) with...
View ArticleHands-On With The Three Best Watches I Saw From Zenith In Geneva
Zenith doesn't exhibit at the SIHH, but we still found time while in Geneva to check out some new introductions and updates from the brand. While the major product releases will come in Basel, there...
View ArticleIntroducing The Urwerk UR-210Y Black Hawk, Featuring A Winding Efficiency...
Urwerk takes a very different approach to watch design, opting for dial and case configurations that speak directly to the company’s high-tech approach to materials and movements. Last year, we showed...
View ArticleIntroducing The DURR, A Vibrating "Watch" That Tells Subjective Time
First off, the DURR isn't really a watch. Its creators call it a "shivering electronic bracelet," but the DURR is a brightly colored disc mounted on a leather strap that vibrates every five minutes....
View ArticleHands-On With The Red Gold Piaget Altiplano 900P, The Thinnest Mechanical...
Back in December we gave you the very first live photos of the Piaget 38mm Altiplano 900P, the thinnest mechanical watch in the world. The 900P celebrates Piaget's 140th anniversary and continues the...
View ArticleIntroducing The RM 60-01 Regatta Flyback Chronograph, The First Nautical...
Having created watches for a variety of sports – like this RM27-01 worn by Rafael Nadal – Richard Mille presents a new high-tech watch for a different arena: nautical navigation. The RM 60-01 Regatta...
View ArticleFOUND: A 1950s Vacheron Constantin Reference 4178 Chronograph For Sale At...
Vacheron Constaintin's boutique in NYC is one of my favorite manufacture-owned stores in town for a few reasons. We'll explore that in greater details in the coming weeks, but one reason I often go...
View ArticleA Week On The Wrist: The Omega Speedmaster Dark Side Of The Moon
The Omega Speedmaster has remained a mainstay for watch enthusiasts for over half a century. It’s not a stretch at all to call this watch an icon, a term we don't throw around loosely here. While...
View ArticleYou Can Help Send An Omega Speedmaster Into Space (Well, Almost)
Photo of the Stratosphere by The Icarus Project As a follow-up to yesterday's A Week On The Wrist review of the Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon, we have an entirely different kind of story...
View ArticlePhoto Report: Inside TAG Heuer's New Fifth Avenue Boutique In New York City
If I had told you a few weeks ago that TAG Heuer did not have a New York City boutique, you probably would not have believed me. But it was true. This changed on January 28th with the opening of a TAG...
View ArticleYour Complete Guide To The Watches Of United States Presidents
On this President’s Day, we thought we would pull together as comprehensive a list as we can of US presidential watches. We're talking all the way from Washington to Obama, from Timexes to a Patek...
View ArticleIntroducing The Tetra Berlin Collection, A Few New Colorful Watches From NOMOS
Nomos Tetra Berlin Collection Nomos has made a name for itself by doing things its own way instead of following other brands or chasing the latest trend. Here we have four new takes on the basic...
View ArticleVideo Rewind: Inside The Studio Of The Legendary Philippe Dufour
The man you're looking at here? That's Philippe Dufour. He is, according to many, one of greatest watchmakers alive. He makes around 15 (no, I didn't forget a zero) per year, all completely by hand....
View ArticlePanerai Releases Four New Navigational Instruments Inspired By A 1930s Yacht
Panerai releases four new navigational instruments inspired by the 1936 Bermudian Ketch, Eilean. During WWII, it was Panerai that released the first diving watch, the Radiomir 3646, so water has...
View ArticleRecommended Reading: On The Media's TLDR Explains Swatch Internet Time
Back in 1998, Swatch tried no small task: to fundamentally change how we track time around the world. The idea was called ".beat time" and "internet time," and was supposed to simplify communicating...
View ArticleIntroducing The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition à Quantième...
A few weeks ago at SIHH 2014 we were given a special preview of this new skeletonized perpetual calendar from Jaeger-LeCoultre – and today we're finally allowed to share it with you. The Master...
View ArticleIntroducing The TAG Heuer Carrera Mikrograph Avant Garde, In Black Titanium...
The original Mikrograph was introduced in early 2011 and was the first wrist chronograph to measure accurately down to 1/100th of a second. The central hands spins cleanly around the dial once per...
View ArticleFOUND: A Timex Worn By A Member Of The "Miracle On Ice" Hockey Team At The...
For many, the most memorable Winter Olympics moment of all time occurred when the United States men's hockey team beat the USSR for a spot in the gold medal game (which they would go on to win) in...
View ArticleBabe Ruth's 1923 Yankees World Series Pocket Watch Sells For $717,000 At Auction
A few weeks ago we told you about Babe Ruth's Gruen pocket watch commemorating the Yankees' 1923 World Series title. Well, yesterday that watch sold at Heritage Auctions in New York City for $717,000...
View ArticleIntroducing The Arnold & Son Royal TEC1: A Column-Wheel Chronograph With A...
The Arnold & Son Royal TEC1 Arnold & Son's lineage can be traced back to British watchmaker John Arnold, renowned in the 18th century for technological innovation. In more recent times, the...
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