A hands-on review of the TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 200 Solargraph in 40mm Grade 2 titanium on the OEM NATO strap, bought days before the 2026 redesign. Specs, comparisons, and what solar quartz is actually for.
From Liz Taylor's Serpenti on the Cleopatra set in 1962 to Pacino's Diagono in Heat, Tony Stark's Iron Man Bulgari, and the Octo Finissimo arriving in 2024.
The TAG Heuer Carrera Skipper (Ref. CBS2213.FN6002) reviewed: a 39mm revival of the 1968 regatta watch that collectors had to teach the brand to remember.
Hands-on review of the Cartier Calibre de Cartier W7100016, the 42mm sport watch built to house Cartier's first in-house automatic movement, the 1904 MC.
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B.R.M. timepieces aren’t new, but the French brand remains perpetually under the radar despite the very loud nature of its mostly racetrack-inspired wristwatches. B.R.M (BRM) was around when aBlogtoWatch started in 2007, and little about “Bernard Richard Manufacture” as a brand has changed since...
In this episode of Superlative, aBlogtoWatch founder and our host, Ariel Adams, sits down with Olof Larsson, co-founder of Aera, to explore the philosophy behind building a modern tool watch brand from the ground up. With decades of experience in the watch industry and a family history in...
If you’ve been following AWAKE for any period of time, you’re undoubtedly aware of the brand’s absolutely stunning dials, crafted using the Vietnamese art of Sơn Mài. While AWAKE still utilizes this technique in its new collection, the Sơn Mài – Guilloché Main collection is about much more than...
June 2026 is underway, and with long, warm summer days ahead, we here at aBlogtoWatch are ready to add some warmer, bolder colors to our wardrobes. We’ve paired with Camp to bring some of these charismatic summertime hues to the wrist, as one lucky winner will earn this Camp Fieldtimer Manual...
Roger Dubuis continues to leverage the mythology of Arthurian England in its Excalibur product collection with a new women’s watch for 2026. The new model is the reference DBEX1198 Roger Dubuis Excalibur Lady Of The Lady Sylvan Green watch. It is one of two smaller new Excalibur watches for...
Welcome to a long-awaited episode of Fratello On Air! Well, at least we’re excited to be back. It’s been a while, meaning we’ll cover some recent news from the watch industry, sneaker landscape, television, and even our personal lives. We look forward to catching up with you! This podcast player...
Zenith’s caliber 135 continues its revival within the brand’s modern lineup with a new version. After the restored vintage-powered editions from 2022 and the following G.F.J. releases in 2025 and 2026, the brand now adds a special, limited collaboration with Naoya Hida to the collection. This...
Shortly after Seiko released four revamped Astron GPS Solar Dual-Time Chronographs for its 145th anniversary, the Japanese brand drops two fresh new summer “flavors.” No, they’re not pistachio and raspberry ice cream —although, come to think of it, matcha (green tea) and sakura (cherry blossom)...
On June 1st of every year since 2020, Oris has introduced a homage to Hölstein, the Swiss village that the brand calls home. According to Oris CEO Rolf Studer, it’s also a “thank you” from Oris to the Oris community. For this year’s edition, Oris used its new Artelier model, introduced at...
Every year, Praesidus commemorates D-Day with a string of special releases. This year, on June 6th, it will be 82 years since D-Day took place on the beaches of Normandy. On that day in 1944, a total of 156,000 Allied troops successfully stormed the French beaches during Operation Overlord. For...
In 2024, Delma celebrated its 100th anniversary with a few pleasant releases, such as the Heritage Chronograph, and even unexpected ones, such as the 1924 Tourbillon. Unexpected because the brand is particularly known for professional dive watches such as the Shell Star, Blue Shark and Quattro,...
When Zenith, celebrating its 160th Anniversary, revived the Calibre 135 in 2025 with the launch of the G.F.J. collection, the manufacture brought back one of the most important precision movements, a calibre that dominated observatory chronometry competitions throughout the 1950s and remains the...
When it comes to dive watches, some brands might be sort of a niche for a wide audience, but still carry a great legacy for the diving community. So is Squale, a brand that celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2024 and was created by Charles Von Büren, a renowned case maker. Since then, several...
The Hölstein Editions are Oris’ annual limited-edition watches, released each June 1st to celebrate the brand’s birthday and honour its roots in Hölstein, Switzerland. Introduced in the early 2000s, the more elegant Artelier family was fully redesigned this year to become a more contemporary and...
More than three decades after its debut in 1993, the Offshore remains arguably the version of the iconic Royal Oak best suited to an active summer lifestyle. Nicknamed “The Beast” when it was launched, the Royal Oak Offshore challenged the conventions of luxury watchmaking with its oversized...
I am drawn to tool watches: under 40mm, mechanical, with some heritage behind them. The Garmin Tactix 8 Cerakote Edition is none of those things. I have worn Garmins for some time now, but at 51mm this is a significant step up from the svelte Venu X1. The Tactix sits at the top of Garmin’s […]
A Rolex Paul Newman Daytona ‘John Player Special Cherry’ (JPS Cherry) has never appeared at auction. Not in the past, nor in recent years, since they are known in the public sphere. For good reason. No serious auction house would accept such a risky consignment. The truth is, nobody really knows...
On December 5, 2025, Sotheby’s will conduct a series of auctions in Abu Dhabi, UAE, including the Prestigious Jewels & Watches from an Important Private Collection. One of the highlights is a Rolex Oyster Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6263 with a rare all-silver, monochromatic ‘Albino’ dial, which...
A pink gold Patek Philippe Ref. 1415 ‘World Time’ with a regular non-enamel dial but a peculiar ‘flat’ bezel was just sold at Phillips in Geneva for the impressive sum of CHF 444,500, incl. premium. A world record. More than double what regular pink gold examples can reach. It was the rare...
Auction houses do not always get it right, as many of my articles have shown. Not getting it right is one thing, but going ahead with a sale after Perezcope alerts you to an obvious Frankenstein watch is foolish. It happened at Sotheby’s New York late last year with a vintage Blancpain Fifty...
In late 2020, waning action star Sylvester Stallone was caught lying on camera when his pristine Pre Vendôme Panerai Luminor ‘Logo’, supposedly worn during the entirety of the shoot of his 1996 action movie ‘Daylight’, was auctioned by Phillips in New York. Stallone not only told bald-faced lies...
In the past few years, Parmigiani Fleurier has been on a roll with debuting incredibly minimal takes on the watch industry's most beloved complications, from the GMT to the minute repeater. At Watches & Wonders 2026 , the brand took on the chronograph, debuting its own take on a complication...
Rolex revived one of its most polarizing watches this year at Watches & Wonders with a new Yacht-Master II featuring an updated design and new mechanics. The next evolution of the Rolex Yacht-Master II picks up where the previous generation left off when it was discontinued in 2024, with vibrant...
While its operational years were cut short, the effects of the Bauhaus school of design have proven to be enduring – especially when it comes to the watchmaking world. Active from 1919 to 1933, the German school of art, architecture, and design introduced a holistic new vision for the...
Unveiled at this year's Watches & Wonders , the arrival of the new Grand Seiko SLGB006 'Ice Forest at Dawn' is one of the latest announcements from Shinshu and continues the story of the Evolution 9, born of the original Series 9 concept. Down below, we're breaking down the key details of the...
Since 2018, Germany’s Glashutte Original has released Annual Editions — special timepieces from its vintage-inspired Sixties and Seventies collections that are produced for only the calendar year in which they are announced and are notable for bold and unconventional colorways and dial textures....
Gold Bars & Rolexes Seized from CIA Officer, SOF Week Watches, Bremonts for Ejectees, Unit Watches at Auction, Putin’s Watch Ban, Royal Pop Madness, Watch Crime, & More By Benjamin Lowry With Memorial Day in the rearview mirror and our Third Option Foundation fundraiser complete, it’s time to...
From a Rolex recovered from a Cold War crash site in China to a Sea-Dweller and Panerai worn by a protective contractor defending the CIA annex in Benghazi, the watches of fallen CIA personnel offer rare insight into the lives of America’s quiet professionals Memorial Day honors all military...
How Omega Built Space, Breitling Hijacked the Moment, & IWC is Chasing the Future At Watches and Wonders in Geneva a few weeks ago, my first stop was IWC Schaffhausen, a company I have long admired as the Mark XVII was my go-to for most of a decade while overseas at CIA. As I neared the packed...
From Omega Speedmasters worn on Gemini and Apollo missions to G-Shock, Seiko, Breitling, & Rolex models utilized on the International Space Station, for astronauts, watches will always be tools When the Artemis II astronauts blasted off on mankind’s first trip to the Moon in over fifty years,...
Supporting The CIA Special Operations Community With A Patriotic Take On The Five Eyes Nylon Watch Strap The TOF USA Five Eye 2.0 is COMING SOON HERE With roots dating back to the earliest days of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the CIA’s Special Activities Center (SAC) is responsible...
In the horological sphere, we associate the 1970s with the quartz crisis, but there was a more significant threat facing the world at large: an energy crisis. Oil consumption was reaching an all-time high with widespread international travel and car ownership becoming more prevalent and...
In the span of just a few short years, Kollokium has gone from a nearly secret insider side project with a hard to discern future to a fully fledged brand. When the Projekt 01 first came on the scene, it was a bit of a mystery to most what the founders (Manuel Emch, Barth Nussbaumer, […] The...
“Watches, Stories, and Gear” is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, explore interesting content that inspires us, and put a spotlight on causes we believe in. Oh, and any gear we happen to be digging on this week. We...
Moser’s new Endeavour Flyback Chronograph Dual Time Date occupies a strange niche which the brand has now explored twice in the span of just a few months: a watch with a movement that has been converted from an automatic version to manually wound for additional functionality and convenience. I’d...
Collaboration has been at the core of watchmaking since the early days with the etablissage system on which the artform was founded joining together craftspeople of all disciplines to bring a watch to life. In our modern era, collaborations have become more formalized between watchmakers as well...
Hands-on review of the $499 Monterey Watch Co. Celestium: an integrated-bracelet microbrand that channels Laurent Ferrier design with uneven execution.
Sea-Gull 1963 Panda Pilot (D1963) review: 40mm, ST1901 column-wheel chronograph, 520-piece limited edition. Why the dial text matters more than the price.
A review of Panerai's PAM01654 flyback chronograph from the Luna Rossa partnership - a 150-piece limited edition built for timing competitive sailing in the America's Cup.
Review of the MeisterSinger Chronoskop MM202, a discontinued vertical reverse panda chronograph from a brand known for single-hand watches. Valjoux 7750, 43mm stainless steel, and a dial layout you will not find anywhere else.
Review of the Panerai Mare Nostrum PAM00008, one of 172 black-dial chronographs from 1997. Specs, disputed history, movement details, and market pricing.
Tracing Cartier watches through cinema history from Valentino's anachronistic Tank in 1926 to Wall Street's power symbols. Exploring how timepieces evolved from personal possessions to silent narrators of character and class.
The mysterious Panerai Mare Nostrum: examining conflicting evidence about the massive 52mm 1943 chronograph. Design analysis, Christie's prototype discovery, and enigmatic case back matching 1993 replica raise more questions than answers.
Complete guide to the Dirty Dozen: twelve WWW military watches from 1945. Detailed analysis of Buren, Cyma, Eterna, Grana, IWC, JLC, Lemania, Longines, Omega, Record, Timor, and Vertex with collecting tips and authentication guidance.
Exploring the Longines Avigation collection, particularly the iconic A-7 with rotated dial. Heritage-inspired pilot chronograph design from 1934 U.S. Army Air Corps specifications, featuring monopusher functionality for cockpit use.
Tracing Heuer Seafarer history from the rare 1950 Ref. 346 to the 1968 compressor 2446C. Exploring tide-display chronographs commissioned by Abercrombie & Fitch and their modern TAG Heuer descendants.
Did you see the new Blancpain Grande Double Sonnerie introduced last month? Russell from Time+Tide is not alone in saying that this is the last watch he expected to come from Blancpain this year.
By using his pulse to time the swings of a chandelier, Galileo, at the age of 19, discovered the property of isochronism, the mechanical principle behind the motion of the pendulum.
An Italian story. This is a story about men of genius, passion, and courage. It's a story which has come a long way on March the 23rd, 1916. In 1936, the first shipment of Rolex watches with reference 2, 5, 3, 3 is delivered to the Panerai company.
The Timepiece Show series brings its community-first format to Toronto for a weekend of independent watchmaking, direct access to founders, and an approachable collector atmosphere.
Geneva's independent alternative to Watches & Wonders returns in September, scattering new releases and brand presentations across the city in a decentralized, collector-focused format.
Windup's summer stop brings independent watchmaking to the Midwest for three days of hands-on access, panels, and community. Free and open to the public.