This year Piaget celebrates 60 years of the ground-breaking Altiplano. Released in 1957, the original model was the perfect vehicle for the revolutionary 2mm thin 9P, which went on to become the gold standard for reliable, elegant, ultra-thin movements. Over the decades, there’s been a clear evolution of the Altiplano (which…
Dress Watch
Well! Very few do a good job of straddling the gender divide equally when it comes to watches that are described as unisex, quite honestly. Sure, there are plenty of women who’ll happily wear hefty, so-called masculine watches, but it’s a rare Aussie bloke who’ll strap into anything involving diamonds and pastels,…
The story in a second: The most important Girard-Perregaux of 2015 isn’t the one that just won a major prize. When Antonio Calce came on board as Girard-Perregaux’s CEO at the start of 2015, he discovered a sleeping giant. One of Switzerland’s most storied brands, GP had over 200…
Well! Here are the new Presage Chronograph Collection from Seiko. Now, let’s check it out below! Seiko Presage Enamel Automatic Chronograph (ref. SRQ023) Without doubt, this will be the most popular of the collection, given that it’s virtually the same as last year’s breakout model. The most obvious change is Roman numerals…
MeisterSinger is renowned for its highly recognizable mechanical single-hand watches. Its Neo collection is characterized by slim models with a very thin bezel and a minimalist dial featuring a round date window. In response to the request of several customers asking for a larger case, the German watchmaker is now…
Over the past few years we’ve come to depend on Montblanc for their faultless heritage-inspired reissues and ‘real world’ pricing structure, so imagine the surprise on our faces when we caught our first glimpse of their 2017 line up. Sure, there were still plenty of Heritage Chronométrie pieces and new…
With the new DB25L Milky Way, De Bethune introduction brings a sublime representation of a deep blue starred sky on the wrist of few lucky owners. The blued and polished titanium dial is enriched by small white gold spheres, set one by one by hand, to represent the most luminous…
Zenith released two new El Primero chronographs fitted in black ceramicised case with two opposite chiaroscuro dial interpretations. The three counters – originally in anthracite, blue and light grey – create here a ‘visual opposites’ effect against a finely sunray-patterned ebony black or silver-toned base, punctuated by black luminescent faceted…
Okay, today’s buzzword is ‘pivot’. And at this year’s first major watch fair, SIHH in Geneva in January, IWC ‘pivoted’ in a big way with just about everything they did. The booth was fitted out to emulate a vast Florentine dome, the watches were Engineered for Women and, rather than…
Longines introduces the Flagship Heritage 60th Anniversary 1957-2017, a new classic timepiece available in three limited editions in steel, yellow gold or rose gold in order to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its first Flagship collection. In their 38.5 mm case, the numbered timepieces house the L609 self-winding calibre (ETA…