Introduced at Baselworld 2017, the Insight Micro-Rotor was Romain Gauthier’s first automatic watch – read our introductory article here. Originally available in rose gold or platinum, this exquisitely crafted timepiece is now released in white gold. Three limited editions with three different dial options are available: white, black or blue Grand Feu enamel with white […]
RGM Watch Co. is currently the only vertically integrated American brand with in-house, ground-up movements, cases and dials. Weiss Watch Company out of Los Angeles also produces an in-house movement (Calibre 1003), but it’s closely modelled after the Swiss ETA-Unitas 6497. What RGM does is slightly different, as we’ve seen with our review of this […]
In 2017, the MB&F LM1, the watch that started the “Legacy Machine” collection, came to an end with a final edition in steel. It was time for Max and his friend to turn a page… but this wasn’t the end of the story, as a new chapter was opening. Sort of replacing the LM1 was […]
This evening, in the Fryderyk Chopin Institute of Warsaw, a new brand created in honour of the famous Polish pianist makes its debut. The fledgling brand – Chopin Watches – will unveil a 56-piece limited edition watch designed by Antoine Tschumi and made by the reputable independent Swiss watch manufacture, Schwarz Etienne. Inspired by the […]
Bovet’s prodigious Virtuoso V gets a sumptuous red guilloché dial. Given its two-faced nature, the red guilloché is featured on both sides of the movement and showcases the talent of Bovet’s in-house artisans. Technically similar to the former iteration of the Virtuoso V, the dial with the jumping hours display abandons the seconds display and […]
I’m thrilled to announce this news. Machiel Hulsman, former IT consultant turned watchmaker, has created the very first entirely handmade wristwatch from the Netherlands. We have the legacy of Christiaan Huygens, the inventor of the pendulum clock, Christiaan van der Klaauw, a watch and clockmaker who created the smallest planetarium (in a wristwatch), and the […]
This is the Klepcys Vertical Tourbillon from independent Swiss Manufacture Cyrus Watches. It was unveiled at Baselworld last year and was without a doubt one of the more unusual watches I got hands-on with this year. It also offered my first glimpse into a brand that I must admit I knew little about before. Polarising […]
This is the Klepcys Vertical Skeleton Tourbillon from independent Swiss Manufacture Cyrus Watches (an evolution of last year’s model with a closed dial). It was unveiled at Baselworld last year and was without a doubt one of the more unusual watches I got hands-on with this year. It also offered my first glimpse into a […]
H. Moser & Cie. released the Endeavour Flying Hours in 2018, offering a refreshing and contemporary take on a planetary display and the brand’s first foray into non-traditional time representation. Acclaimed for its ability to reinterpret complications in ingeniously simple ways and stage them in dramatic, minimalist settings, Moser’s take on a planetary display of […]
While Armin Strom‘s main focus of the last two years has been on Resonance (see here or here), the brand has much more to show than just this impressive piece of watchmaking engineering. The brand is first and foremost known for being an integrated manufacture of bold, modern skeletonized timepieces. The latest addition to the […]