Bangalore Watch Company was founded in 2018 and has since built its catalogue with native India in focus. Aviation, cricket, space exploration and national industry have all served as foundations for its collections, often narrative-driven. Last year, the brand introduced the Peninsula...
The idea that great chronographs need to cost serious money has become one of the biggest myths in modern watch collecting. Yes, the upper end of the market is packed with six-figure grails and impossible waiting lists, but the truth is that some of the most compelling chronographs on the market...
Over the last decade, forged carbon has become increasingly seen in modern watchmaking, particularly in sports and performance-oriented designs. But Bangalore Watch Company’s new Peninsula Carbon takes the material conversation in a very different direction. Rather than simply using carbon fiber...
Glashütte Original’s Sixties Annual Editions have become something of a tradition, using colour and texture to reinterpret the spirit of the late 1960s through fun and expressive dials. From the vivid green tones of the early editions to the fiery orange degradé models, the glacier blue versions...
Annual editions should be more of a thing, I think. A promise from the brand to maintain availability for a sustained period of time balances out the “act fast!” time pressure that comes with strict or one-time limited editions. It also puts not the customer, but rather the brand, under pressure...
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....
Last year, Louis Erard entered the integrated sports watch segment with the 2340 collection, a sharply designed and relatively accessible proposition built in titanium and steel, with a nicely executed integrated bracelet. Named after the postal code of Le Noirmont, the brand’s home in the Swiss...
In 1966, Favre Leuba introduced the first Harpoon model wristwatch. More recent Favre Leuba watches with the “Harpoon” name have been more aggressively styled sports watches, but the original Harpoon (despite being named after an intimidating spike of a projectile weapon) was a sensible...
Ask me for a list of my favorite affordable dive watches, and the 38mm DS Action Diver in titanium will be on it every time. When Certina released the lightweight 38mm version of its popular diver, it stood out immediately, and not just for its great dimensions, solid specs, and attractive...
