Few watch brands enjoy the instant brand recognition of Swatch, especially non-luxury brands. Sure, Swatch has its haters—though I’ve always found said haters unimaginative and lacking in whimsy—but the fact that their social cache and cultural relevance has stayed steady for decades is...
Prices rose for all major watch group brands as primary market prices climbed, but value retention remains weak for most Richemont, Swatch, and LVMH brands, according to the report.
Few brands embrace colour and material innovation quite like Hublot. Since the original Big Bang in 2005, it has explored every imaginable fusion, from sapphire, ceramic, and carbon to precious metals, often paired with interesting chromatic tones. Think vivid Big Bang Tourbillon Automatic Green...
Earlier this week we brought you news of the latest in Zenith’s ongoing Revival series, but the big news for the brand coming out of LVMH Watch Week is a big expansion of the contemporary Defy collection at all levels. As a certified Defy-head, this move has my full support. I’ve said it before...
This auditory masterpiece from the Geneva-based watchmaker is not only an exquisite example of the sonic haute horological state-of-the-art, but is also the most complicated watch every created in the 30-year journey of Chopard's movement manufacture
The Santos is Cartier’s own resident sports watch. With over a century under its belt, the Santos is among the brand’s most iconic designs, and strikes as somewhat the more robust, laid-back spiritual cousin of the brand’s dressy icon, the Tank. I would argue that the Santos is also kind of the...
Founded in 2019 by Lilian Thibault, Awake is a young French brand built on the idea that time can be experienced more consciously, through sustainability, creativity, and cultural preservation. In line with this approach, Awake seeks to revive and modernise ancestral crafts from around the...
This week, alongside the monochromatic Chronograph in Black Ceramic and the Skeleton Black Ceramic & Gold, which added an interplay of black ceramic and gold-toned mechanics to the Skyline collection, Zenith revealed the Defy Skyline Tourbillon Skeleton. This powerful new reference pushed the...
