When Serge Michel and Claude Greisler acquired Armin Strom, they took the bull by the horns. Without abandoning Mr Strom’s famous hand-skeletonised movements, the pair developed a full-scale vertical manufacture and successfully addressed the phenomenon of Mirrored Force Resonance in a wristwatch format. Another horological success story was the brand’s Gravity Equal Force watch of […]
One of the slimmest complete calendars on the market, and it’s less than 4k USD?
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Omega’s new itty-bitty Aqua Terra isn’t just a case of ‘shrinking and pinking’, with these models boasting new, impressive calibres.
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How many integrated sports watches are there on the market? A lot, really a lot. But besides mainstream brands, each offering their own take on the concept – Rolex with the Land-Dweller, IWC with the Ingenieur, Tissot with the PRX, just to name a few – isn’t there a place for more niche, singular models? […]
Dutchman Brendan Horneman, an independent watchmaker and teacher at the Dutch national school for watchmakers, goldsmiths and jewellers in Schoonhoven, is set to relaunch his own brand with a brand new, and highly original watch. The Tree of Life was his first work made for the public, back in 2018, under the name Kneijnsberg & […]
Understanding how your watch will age can be an important step in knowing how to look after it for years to come.
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The latest Peren Regia LE Dark follows recent models like the Regia X Automatic 39 Diver, but with a stripped-down aesthetic that’s very monochromatic and a bit futuristic. The diving bezel is sterile save for a white circle at 12 o’clock, and the white dial elements seem to almost float over the depths of the […]
The high-tech 20.01 is revised for the fifth series.
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Ever since the introduction of the brand’s inaugural production model, the Type 1, Ressence has been entirely focused on its orbital display, indicating the time in a sleek, contemporary, almost minimalist manner, without hands. The launch of the Type 8, the brand’s most focused model, only reinforced this feeling with a dial only featuring a […]
Deceptively simple name, downright kooky design.
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