One of my first stops at SIHH a few weeks ago was the Jaeger-LeCoultre booth, where I was on the hunt for one thing in particular – and it wasn’t even a watch I was looking for. I stepped into the booth, got tunnel vision, and b-lined for the back, where, sitting on an unassuming white bookcase was the new Marc Newson–designed Atmos 658 clock. It was love at first sight.
Graham is a company with some very different faces. If you know the company at all, it’s probably thanks to the Chronofighter series of chronographs, which have a left-handed crown, with a love-it-or-hate it trigger system for starting and stopping the chronograph, and a separate button for re-set. This watch is not one of those watches. Not even close.
Back in 2013, Graham released a very avant-garde astronomical watch known as the Graham Tourbillon Orrery. Priced at over $300,000, this planetarium-style watch had an extremely complicated movement produced for Graham by Christophe Claret.
The Chanel Première line celebrates its thirtieth anniversary this year, and it does so with more imaginative mechanical style than usual. The new Premíère Camellia Skeleton features the brand’s second in-house movement with camellia-inspired bridges within a Place Vendôme-inspired case.
The beauty and elegance of fine Swiss made timepieces date back centuries. With a following of thousands of individuals, these sought after watches have often been out of reach for many consumers. KLYNT Geneve brings you the creative design and reliability of the Swiss watchmaking tradition without the hefty price tag. The modern designs from KLYNT take cues from architecture and design. With elements from some great indie watchmakers and a design that won’t let you cold, these timepieces are a nice and accessible way to enter the world of modern and bold watches.
Oris is well known for offering quality watches that present good value for money. It’s the dive watches, the vintage-inspired models in particular, that get most of the attention, but Oris does a lot more than just divers – the Artelier Calibre 113 is a perfect example. This calendar watch has an in-house movement, a slightly unusual display, and an impressive 10-day power reserve.
Some watches are as impressive as their name is long. This is for sure the case with the Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Spitfire by IWC. Powered by manufacture caliber 89801, this watch elevates the technical complexity of perpetual calendars to an even higher level by making the date and the month digital instead of the usual hand.
The Omega Speedmaster Alaska Project II 2008 re-edition is my 52Mondayz watch of week #9 Omega Speedmaster Alaska Project II 2008 This week I will attend an Omega Speedmaster event. Long time friends-of-the-show Ace Jewelers in Amsterdam will open their ‘Moon Room Speedmaster Pop-Up’ on Speedy Tuesday evening. On the opening night our own Robert-Jan […]
We don’t get to talk about Ralf Tech too much, but right off the bat I want to say that I really became a much bigger fan of the Ralf Tech WRV V Automatic 1977 “Parisienne” dive watch after spending a few weeks with it. Given the amount of watches we’re exposed to here, it can be difficult for anything to “stand out.”
Schwarz Etienne, a brand that flies under the radar for many but if you take the time to look a little closer, you will soon discover that it has a lot to offer. Its product offering is structured around three main collections (plus a few exclusive pieces). Recently we had the opportunity to visit to the manufacture, which was an eye-opening experience, to say the least. The brand has incredible potential and already boasts a surprisingly high level of vertical integration – in particular the in-house production of hairsprings with E2O innovations, their sister company located in the same facilities in La Chaux-de-fonds. That’s rare enough and it really needs an in-depth explanation.