In The Shop – In The Shop: Four Watches That Highlight The Compelling Way Oris Uses Colors And Materials
A brand new Big Crown Pointer Date with a solid bronze dial, plus three other watches in stand-out colorways.
HANDS-ON: The ladies Rado Golden Horse blue dial 35mm
These are strange times in the horological world … on the one hand, it honestly feels like a large portion of gents watches are regressing rather quickly into exceedingly vintage tendencies: aesthetically, dimensionally, mechanically — it just seems like there’s been a complete about-face from the pursuit of the avant-garde. On the other hand, ladies watches have seemingly dodged the vintage vogue all together, and are instead carving a contemporary path forward that includes bright colours, big cases and better mechanical movements. This is evidenced rather perfectly with Rado’s Golden Horse Ref.R33103203. It’s a watch that’s unequivocally made for the gentlewoman. However, unlike a ladies timepiece from a decade ago, which would’ve most likely been two-tone, champagne-dialled, quartz-powered and no more than 28mm, this Golden Horse features a complete stainless steel construction, large 35mm case, bright sunburst blue dial and a mechanical self-winding movement. In fact, the only thing that’s antiquated about this feminine Golden Horse is its name — everything else about it is, for a ladies timepiece, very much from the new-school. The radially brushed, sunburst blue dial, for example, features modish contrasting hints of red, which can be found on the quintessential Rado logo, seconds hand and date wheel. Likewise,…
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Introducing – Hublot Big Bang Integral Collection
It is hard to overlook the current trend for sports watches with integrated bracelets… They are simply all over the place and in all price segments. Hublot, one of the main participants in the robust luxury sports watch, has been aware of this and already had such an option in its Classic Fusion watch. But, […]
Introducing: The Hublot Big Bang Integral
After 15 years of the Big Bang, we get a new integrated bracelet.
Introducing – Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Automatic Black Sandblast-Polished Ceramic
Monochromatic, full-black, stealth… What a bold watch! While the classic titanium or steel versions of the Octo Finissimo Automatic need little or no introduction anymore, fewer might know that a full black ceramic version was also introduced at Baselworld 2019 – well, it wasn’t forgotten by someone from the team who declared it as “one […]
Introducing – Zenith Defy 21 Land Rover Defender Edition
While the main novelty for Zenith at the 2020 LVMH Watch Week will be the reintroduction of the Elite collection (more on that soon), there will be some more watches introduced by the brand, including several limited editions based on existing models. Part of the show is a rather good-looking, modern and stealth version of […]
Introducing – Bvlgari Serpenti Seduttori Tourbillon
LVMH’s first round of 2020 watchmaking novelties is being unveiled in the luxurious Dubai Bvlgari Hotel today. So what could be more fitting that a quick peek at the highlight of Bvlgari’s watchmaking releases: the Serpenti Seduttori Tourbillon. In keeping with Bvlgari’s recent tradition of setting world records in the watchmaking arena, this new Serpenti […]
Introducing: The Bulgari Serpenti Seduttori Tourbillon
The Seduttori gets a fancy new movement.
Introducing: The Zenith Defy 21 Land Rover Edition
A Defender-inspired limited edition in full matte grey.
Drake shows us “Life is Good” with his custom Patek Philippe Nautilus designed by Louis Vuitton Artistic Director
Drake recently took to Instagram to let us know about his latest watch acquisition — a fully custom Patek Philippe Nautilus Annual Calendar Ref. 5726 that had been black DLC-coated and gem-set with dozens of emeralds. While Drake is well known for his love of the Genevan firm, this watch was special for a couple of reasons. Firstly, he posted the image of the watch only hours after fellow rapper Future released his latest track, Life is Good, which Drake features heavily on. In the song, Drake drops a hint about the timepiece he is about to show-off on Instagram, rapping, “Virgil got that Patek on my wrist goin’ nuts” and “Virgil got the Patek on my wrist doin’ front flips.” It doesn’t take a genius to work out he is referring to: Virgil Abloh, the CEO of Off-White and current Menswear Artistic Director at Louis Vuitton, who appears to have designed the watch for Drake. Captioning the post, Drake wrote: “New designer you guys probably have no idea what’s going on in the scene super underground all good I will put you on to Veerjil Ablow”. Suffice to say this flaunted Drake’s watch game in a very big way. Not…
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