The modern Audemars Piguet Perpetual Calendar shares plenty of similarities and differences with the vintage models. The overarching design codes have more or less remained the same, with an octagonal Royal Oak case, crown, and perpetual calendar function, but even these are with slight changes. The now 41-mm case (previously…
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Acquisitions are rarely a surprise in this day and age, and especially in this industry, but we’d be lying if we said we weren’t at least a bit surprised to learn that the majority stake of Glycine Watch S.A. has just been sold to the Invicta Watch Group. As pioneers…
The new 2016 Heuer Mikrograph 100th Anniversary from TAG Heuer commemorates the 100th anniversary of the “Mikrograph”, the world’s first stopwatch with a precision of 1/100 seconds that Heuer presented in 1916. Thanks to this patented stopwatch, Heuer became the official timekeeper of several editions of the Olympic Games and…
I like the a power reserve on just about any watch, and I like the way this one looks.Along with the A07.161 comes a power reserve indicator designed to look, very fittingly, like a fuel gauge. While the A07.161 offers the date (in addition to three-hand time-telling, of course), Christopher…
WatchTime New York,America’s largest luxury watch show,features a plethora of luxury watch brands and returns to Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 14-15 . One of these brands is Bell & Ross, which will showcase its innovative, automotive-inspired BR 03-94 AeroGT watch. Many of the watch’s design elements are based on those…
The new Bulgari Hora Domus offers an original dual timezone display in the signature case of Daniel Roth, the brand that Bulgari acquired in 2000. When the wearer is not travelling, the local time coincides with the home time and the two hands overlaps appearing as one.Two hour hands, one…
Last week we showed you Panerai’s new dress watch, the Luminor Due, and today we’re going to look at all the other novelties that were presented to us during the recent presentation in Amsterdam. Let’s have a closer look of what we think of the update for the Luminor 1950,…
Designed in Britain and made in Switzerland, their watches take cues from mid-century timepieces and design, and mix them up with a more contemporary edge, creating stylish, sophisticated yet fun watches.Today we’ll be looking at one of their two GMT models, the Barnato. Named for the British adventurer Diana Walker…
The brand Hautlence Vortex Bronze that makes a point of ‘crossing the line’ now comes with their most complex timepiece in a bronze case, and it looks just brilliant! Hautlence Vortex Bronze Over the last five years the use of bronze as material for watches has become quite a popular thing,…
While I have yet to crack the watch open I can only imagine the same eye for detail that was shown to the exterior was taken with the movement. It has kept incredibly good time throughout my owning it.Inside the Paradive, MK II opted for a decorated ETA 2836-2 with…