Space Watch Developments, Epstein’s Watch Collection Revealed, a Queen Joins the Military with a Rolex, Celebrities Affected by Watch Crime, & a Texas Rolex Shootout By Benjamin Lowry With only flirtatious hints of the approaching spring to cling to, we remain mired in the doldrums of winter’s...
I’m writing this just a few hours jetlagged from an IWC preview in Los Angeles, where I had the chance to see much of what the brand has in store for this year. Now while most of what I saw has to stay under embargo for now, one piece I can talk about is the […] The post Hands-On: IWC Turns on...
Some colorways naturally lend themselves to a particular watch style. Think, for instance, of a blue-and-red “Pepsi” combination for a GMT watch, stark black and white for a Flieger, or simply the marriage of blued hands over a porcelain-white dial on any number of dress watches. I’m sure I’m...
Abraham-Louis Perrelet made his mark in watchmaking history with his work on automatic winding. The modern Perrelet brand is recognised for its patented Double Rotor and Turbine watches, which feature hypnotic spinning rotors on the dial. Much less theatrical, Perrelet’s Weekend collection...
Another Friday, another list. This week, we follow up on last week’s list of the top five Rolex GMT-Master II alternatives with the best alternatives to the Rolex Explorer II. It’s a logical step since the two models offer much of the same functionality. But they are inherently different watches...
If the Bambino is Orient’s daily beater with classical leanings, then the Stretto is their daily beater with a more contemporary style. It’s a little sharper and brighter than its Bambino cousin and nowhere is that expressed better than with the new Orient Stretto Date 2026 Special Edition...
It has only been a few months since I last reviewed a Peacock wristwatch, but this Chinese tourbillon is very different from the last one I shared with the aBlogtoWatch audience. In general, Peacock wants to promote its prowess as a maker of quality, affordable tourbillon watches. Peacock isn’t...
Long associated with pilot’s chronographs and robust instrument watches, Tutima has, over the past decade, built a compelling “classical” collection. The Patria line, introduced in the early 2010s and coinciding with the brand’s return to Glashütte, offered refined cases, restrained dials and,...
Three years ago, the Raymond Weil Millesime Automatic Small Seconds timepiece won the GPHG 2023 Challenge Watch Prize. That was a bigger surprise to most watch fans than Audemars Piguet winning the Grand Prix for the Code 11.59 Ultra-Complication Universelle RD#4. Since that award-winning watch,...
