Compared to other similarly sized watch companies, Formex operates from a unique position within the industry. It is the house brand for the Swiss manufacturer Dexel, which also owns the dial workshop Cadranor and produces components for many of the world’s top luxury marques. Until now, the...
Formex unveils the Aria Manufacture Chronometer, an ultra-thin titanium watch featuring the brand's first in-house micro-rotor movement. The 40mm piece measures just 6.9mm thick and weighs 78 grams with an integrated titanium bracelet.
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...
Swiss brand Albishorn is known for their rather daring mission of recreating vintage watches that never existed; a goal that seems confusing until you see their wide swathe of “imaginary vintage” offerings, each of which draws from iconic timepieces of the past while forging their own new...
Hockey first, now football. After earlier NHL and NHLPA editions, as well as the recent refresh of the Adventure lineup, Norqain presents the new Adventure Chrono Swiss Football National Team Limited Edition. Unlike many sports-team watches that stop at a logo or a few colours, this one was...
Paying tribute to one of the most important physicists of the modern era is no small task. J. Robert Oppenheimer’s legacy is enormous, towering over the atomic age, technology, and modern geopolitics. His contributions are staggering, and to honor them in a watch, the watch must be equally...
Back in 2020, Zenith released the Chronomaster Revival Liberty, a North American exclusive limited edition that is still one of the most popular of the A384 reissues we’ve seen. In fact, you could probably make a case that the early success of this particular A384 revival laid the groundwork for...
Following the Maxigraph, the Marinagraph, the Thundergraph, the original Type 10 Chronograph and the later cream-dial Type 10 Officer, the young Albishorn brand returns to its fictional military aviation universe with the new Type X-Graph. Once again, founder Sébastien Chaulmontet and designer...
In 2019, Zenith celebrated the 50th anniversary of the El Primero, the world’s first automatic chronograph movement. Zenith’s high-frequency, integrated automatic chronograph movement was fitted inside three inaugural watches, including the A384, a bold tonneau-shaped case with a two-tone dial...
