“Grande Complication” — it is only now that I realize how long it’s been since I last read these words. Thanks to the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Grande Complication — yep, the official name is actually that brief — it is now back in my life. We saw the basis of this watch, the Excalibur...
This watch is known as the Louis Erard 2340 x Astro Boy reference 35123TA23.BMT12, a limited edition made in collaboration with Japan’s Tezuka Productions (which owns the rights to the Astro Boy entertainment franchise). To my knowledge, this is the first “character dial” watch (at least...
Like a dim light coming upwards slowly from the deep, the Zodiac watch brand emerges from a plunge. The company, owned by the Fossil Group here in the United States, stopped importing new watches into the United States (the products are Swiss-made) for a period of time. This was motivated by...
Both as a watch media professional and as a private collector, I’ve never personally been fond of the concept of a “grail watch.” The idea that there’s one true watch out there that scratches the collection itch permanently, stands above all others, and signifies the end of an enthusiast’s...
The Perception Trap: Why Used Prices Dominate Industry Confidence It is notoriously tough to know if a watch brand is doing well or not. Ironically, this fact applies whether you work internally at a timepiece company or are trying to guess the economic performance of a watch company when...
Two feats of horology shall forever carry the torch of fine watchmaking: skeletonization and tourbillons. Even if all other marketing efforts have come to fail it, the industry should be able to unconditionally rely on these two remarkable achievements in mechanics. Case in point: the H. Moser &...
The Biver watch brand is now a few years old, but it hasn’t really come into its own yet. There is the making of something there. Circa 2026, though, Jean Claude-Biver’s eponymous watch brand has some nice products and potential, but does not yet represent a fully-formed brand narrative....
