The DB11 is a true old-school Gran Turismo, a car to travel with from London or Paris to the Cote d’Azur in comfort, luxury, and most certainly style. And there is something magical about a V12 engine: its distinct sound and the knowledge that there is a mythical beast under the hood.
Some might use today’s Bring A Loupe to find a holiday gift at the last minute, so we made sure to feature a bit of everything, from the great classics to more under-the-radar picks. Among the obvious candidates, you will find two very coveted vintage wristwatches: the Rolex Explorer 1016 and the Heuer Carrera 3147N, with its peculiar date at 9 o’clock. We will also cover an interesting iteration of the Olimpico line from Girard-Perregaux, and a sexy blue-dialed Eterna. This is your Bring A Loupe for December 23, 2016.
Boucheron, Cartier, Chanel, Graff, and Harry Winston bring us holiday cheer with these fabulous creations.
Every watch fan knows the feeling. You’ve just found a great watch for sale online, and right before pulling the trigger a little voice pops into your head advising caution. It’s the ultimate buzzkill to buying a pre-owned watch online, and why I was so excited to take a trip to Atlanta-based Crown & Caliber, a company that promises to silence all those little voices.
After showing you our selection for the best sports and dive watches, after the 5 best chronographs, the best dress watches or the best of the ultra-complicated watches, it is now time to end these guides with what certainly is our most preferred category, the one that properly creates sparkles in the eyes of our team: the best of “indie watchmaking” of 2016. Just before Christmas, we bring you the ultra-bold, the ultra-complex, the ultra-everything. No compromises, no justification of price, no industrial matters. Here, it’s all about dream, passion, creativity and innovation. Here are our 5 best watches from independent watchmakers introduced in 2016.
An original owner vintage chronograph is the type of thing we’re all looking for on Ebay – and Louis always does a wonderful job at finding them for you in our weekly Bring A Loupe column. Today, though Louis’s Bring A Loupe is queued up for later in the day, I thought I’d call attention to an original owner automatic Autavia listed on Ebay in Germany. An original watch like this always has a lot of interest in it, but few, if any that I can recall, have also survived the tragedy of the most dramatic of human occurrences – a moped accident.
We continue on our tête-à-tête with Chopard co-President and F. Berthoud President, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele (KFS). In Part 1, we explored the origins of the L.U.C manufacture and the lessons learnt. And in this article, we chat about Chopard’s involvement in the Qualitie Fleurier Foundation, the support for Fairmined Gold, and…
Undone is democratizing custom made watches by offering affordable yet customizable timepieces via their watch customizer. For 2017, their new Urban Chronograph collection is available for pre-orders and pledges on Kickstarter until the end of December.
3, 6, 9 and 12 – There is no watch brand that relies, so much on these four bold numbers. Year after year, Panerai keeps its followers in a grip and surprises them with new models. Often with minimal changes, since at Panerai it is all about details. Now I just said minimal changes, but that’s a bit […]
We all look for different things in watches, whether that be the design, features or even just the price. One thing we can all agree on is that we want our watches to look good, and specifically look good on us. The Engineer III Bronze Star and Silver Star – coming from Ball Watch, offers all the great aspects of a modern day timepiece and is available to pre-order online now.