Like many watchmakers these days, Oris is working on improving the planet and supporting relevant organizations. In fact, it’s now independently certified as a climate-neutral company. Its latest partnership is with Coulson Aviation, a family-run Canadian agency that sends planes and equipment around the world to fight wildfires. Of course, there’s a new watch to […]
Movie-themed watches aren’t very uncommon, but it’s another thing to just create a watch inspired by a movie instead of creating a watch to be worn in a movie. Either by chance, like with the Seiko worn in Apocalypse Now, or intentionally like with the Hamilton Khaki Field Murph. Regardless of the scenario, it can launch a watch […]
Carl F. Bucherer traces its history back to 1888 when the company was founded in Lucerne by Carl-Friedrich Bucherer. The brand enjoys a long history with various historical models to draw inspiration from and chooses not to copy or revive past references but rather capture the timeless spirit. CFB has been producing chronographs since the […]
It might be a tiny town in Saxony, but many wonderful things happen in Glashütte. Just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Roland Schwertner founded the brand Nomos and set up its workshops in Glashütte alongside some of the most revered German brands. With its trendy Berlinerblau design studio based in Berlin, Nomos […]
One of the rare watchmakers to claim its pride to be Chinese, Atelier Wen has been under our radar since its very inception. From the original watches with porcelain dials to the very successful sports watch earlier this year, the watchmaking company run by Frenchman Robin Tallendier has gained impressive traction. Today, it announces its […]
Mido, for quite many years, has been claiming to draw inspiration for the watch designs from the world of architecture, but the connection is only possible once you are an architect or a designer. Still, Mido produces good quality, good-looking watches with classical proportions, and its affordable and comprehensive offering is bound to be noticed […]
Austrian independent watchmaker created by couple Maria and Richard Habring, also known as Habring², has been building a variety of watches/movements, most of them with a little twist for the display – such as a deadbeat seconds or a foudroyante seconds. Yet, their most emblematic model is, without a doubt, the so-called Doppel, or split-seconds […]
Independent watchmaker Brellum just took the veil off its latest creation, the last limited edition model to be released by this young brand in 2022. It is primarily black, and it looks beautiful. The Pandial LE.3 DD DLC Chronometer comes black-tie dressed, and is an evolution of the black-and-white Pandial LE.2DD Chronometer. There was also […]
Swiss watch designer Gérald Genta was ahead of his time. The man who designed the Royal Oak and the Nautilus, singlehandedly kickstarting the extraordinarily coveted luxury sports watch genre, also anticipated another niche for watches inspired by characters borrowed from pop culture. When Genta decided to produce watches under his own name, he unleashed his […]
Black & gold livery on the F1 racetrack was the epitome of cool in the 1970s and 1980s and, judging by the number of watches decked out in this sleek, glamorous colour scheme, is still as appealing as it was in its heyday. So, when you take a legendary racetrack watch like the TAG Heuer […]