Appealingly sporty and relatively affordable – the basic version sells for just over US$5000 or S$7000 – the Carrera Heuer-01 is TAG Heuer‘s bestselling chronograph. Previously only available in steel, titanium or gold, the Heuer-01 is now available entirely in black ceramic. The case middle, bezel and lugs are in smooth, sandblasted black ceramic, with the option […]
The first time someone meets me in public, the conversation typically goes something like this: Them: “Hey, can you get me a discount on that new Rolex, Omega, Lange, or whatever?” Me: “Nah, I really can’t.” After the awkwardness subsides there, the next question is usually, “Okay, so then who’s next on Talking Watches?” And, usually, I have a handful of names with which to respond that might mean something to said John Q. Public – like a professional baseball player (with exceptionally good taste in watches and cameras), a noted writer (with exceptionally good taste in cars and comedy), or a watch-world intellectual, or perhaps even a well-known collector. Today, however, you’re getting none of that.
As a pre-Baselworld 2017 treat, Omega today announces a new flavor of Speedmaster with the Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Automatic Master Chronometer watch that features a “racing dial.” With accents in sporty orange and the distinctive style of minute track associated read more…
Oris has steadily released a ton of hits over the past year. We’ve seen several new dive watches from the Swiss manufacture, including color updates to the Divers Sixty-Five, and a jazz-inspired dress watch. This year for Baselworld (yes, we are already talking about Baselworld), Oris is unveiling a new, fully in-house developed movement for a new watch that features a so-called “business calendar” complication. Here’s a first look at the Oris Artelier Calibre 113.
For 2017, French high fashion and luxury goods manufacturer Hermès introduces a platinum version of its perpetual calendar watch, the Hermès Slim D’Hermès Quantième Perpétuel Platine. The brand released an earlier rose gold model, so while we are not talking about an outright novelty, it is a chance to discuss a watch we have not covered before. It also, once again, inevitably raises the always lively debate regarding fashion brands’ legitimacy as watchmakers.
In honor of the upcoming 27th edition of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH), which opens its doors on January 16, 2017, we present you with an overview of 35 new models that have already been revealed – at least electronically.
RESSENCE Watches is a relatively young brand in the watch industry and took many by surprise when they unveiled their prototypes at Baselworld in 2010. Benoit Mintiens, the founder and creative mind of RESSENCE Watches had a simple concept in mind when designing his watches which was to keep users at the core of his design. RESSENCE watches are…
Ressence is beginning 2017 with a bang by announcing its first dress watch, the Ressence Type 1 Squared. Here is a quick first look at the watch.
With Ressence, everything started with a style, a shape and a perception of the watch that were rather different from the traditional codes of watchmaking. Very round, almost void of case, smooth, without crown, almost entirely focused on the dial and the display, this concept used on the Type 1, and even emphasized on the Type 3, was the hallmark of the brand. Then came the Type 5, a dive watch which combined the Orbital Convex display with what was a proper materialized case. Today, Ressence comes with its fourth watch, the Type 12 (or Type 1 “Squared”), less dematerialized and more horological than before, in an assertive cushion-shaped case. Still, the fantastic “Beyond Hands” display of the brand has been kept.
Ressence has made a name for itself with minimalist designs backed by ingenious mechanisms to display the time – including its signature oil-filled planetary display – but its latest wristwatch dials back the complexity to prove less is more. Slated to be launched at SIHH 2017 next week, the Type 12 “Squared” is based on the original Type 1, the […]