There will be a charity watch auction which will commence on eBay on March 16th and will finish on March 26th, with the proceeds going to the children’s charity Bravehearts. Mark Knopfler is the Patron of Bravehearts and he has kindly donated two of his personal timepieces to the auction.…
Over the last few years, Omega has increasingly become one of the watchmaking industry’s leaders in making watches that can withstand extremely powerful magnetic fields and emerge unscathed. With the opening of a new exhibition at the Omega Museum in Bienne, Omega is underscoring just how far it has come – and part of the exhibition is a watch that’s survived what is, by far, the strongest magnetic field to which any watch has ever been exposed (as far as we know).
Classic on the front, party in the back: that about sums up the traditional erotic timepiece. And one of the modern masters of the erotic watch is Blancpain. In this excellent video by The Watches TV, you will discover what “hot horologerie” is all about!
First presented in 2014, the Tonda Métrographe from Parmigiani has a new redesigned dial that makes for easier reading on a choice of colours. The result is dynamic!
The TAG Heuer Connected Modular 45, the sports watchmaker’s second generation smartwatch looks a lot like the first, but it’s been significantly improved design-wise. While the software remains similar, the hardware, namely all the external parts of the 45mm case, is customisable. A total of 56 different variations are available, created with various options for the bezel, lugs, […]
The advent of quartz watches – more accurate, more durable, and eventually much cheaper than mechanical watches – dramatically and permanently altered the way most people tell time. Interestingly enough, the ubiquity of accurate time from cell phones, fitness trackers, and everything else, from your TV to your microwave, has had a similar effect on quartz watches, which though still sold in the millions, are no longer really necessary. The result has been a kind of dumbing down of the quartz watch over the years – development of better accuracy in quartz timekeeping has become something of a niche pursuit, with just a handful of makers pursuing it.
Swiss MCT will unveil a new watch this year at Baselworld 2017 with the rather cool MCT Dodekal One D110. In essence, the MCT Dodekal One D110 takes the brand’s signature techie-looking 43mm-wide cushion case and inserts a dial that has a “digital” jumping indicator for the hours.
While not new, the concept of the Ulysse Nardin Classic Sonata still is captivating, as being one of the few alarm watches on the market, and one with quite some great features. Indeed, the pièce de resistance is the chiming system of this watch, as you’ll get your alarm chiming with a cathedral gong (something usually reserved to super-high-end minute repeaters). Previously introduced in a very “Marine” style, the Ulysse Nardin Classic Sonata is now unveiled in a much subtler version for 2017, and with a steel option.
Launched at SIHH 2017 is the IWC Da Vinci Tourbillon Retrograde Chronograph, one of the flagship models from the Schaffhausen manufacture and face of the revamped Da Vinci collection which is a departure from the barrel case shape and the embracing of the original round case. The Da Vinci Tourbillon Retrograde Chronograph features a flying…
In the world of Haute Horlogerie Maximilian Büsser, Max for friends, is a force of his own. For the Legacy Machine Perpetual, he joined forces with independent watchmaker Stephen McDonnell, and the result is a perpetual calender unlike any other!