If there’s one thing I’ve learned from being in the watch industry, it’s that you never know when you’ll have the opportunity to do something unique, and that saying “yes” to something without having all of the details might result in a rare, or even once in a lifetime experience. With that in...
[toc-section heading="Introduction: The Boutique Battlefield"] If you were to sit in a boutique and have the sales associate slide two black-dial watches across the tray before you, both may look completely identical to the naked eye, even if they’re not. They might reflect the overhead lights...
Introduced in 1996 with the reference 5035, Patek Philippe’s Annual Calendar was neither a simplified perpetual calendar nor an upgraded complete calendar, but an entirely new mechanism protected by a patent; we explained the full story of its creation and evolution in this article here. By...
A Hodinkee article on C.H. Meylan becomes a museum exhibition at the Espace Horloger in Le Sentier. And it only begins to just barely scratch the surface of what makes the Vallée de Joux so special.
When it comes to more modestly sized watches, Nomos has long been ahead of the current trend of smaller models. The brand is built on clean, conservatively proportioned designs across its collections. The Tetra – Nomos’ square offering – was part of the inaugural lineup introduced back in 1992...
The latest release from Perrelet is the kind of watch that refuses to sit quietly on the wrist. Rather than simply borrowing visual cues from the casino, the new Perrelet Turbine Casino Roulette transforms the brand’s signature spinning turbine display into an interactive roulette wheel,...
From Seiko to Rolex & Tudor, Omega & Casio, Militaries Around the World Have Long Issued Timepieces As Tools of Warfare. These Are Some of the Most Important. Starting in the First World War, official government-issued wristwatches became crucial tools in conflict, providing a necessary layer of...
Travel has always been at the heart of Louis Vuitton, and the Escales Autour du Monde collection, like all Escale watches, has a great poetic sound to it. The name, which translates as “Stopovers Around the World,” recalls Francisca Mattéoli’s celebrated book documenting Gaston-Louis Vuitton’s...
It’s July 21st, the day that the Omega Speedmaster Professional became the Moonwatch. It may have actually been one of the first nicknames that a wristwatch ever received, as it has been used for many decades now. As a watch enthusiast, you’ve probably heard the story of the Moonwatch a thousand...
Earlier today, we reported the increase in sales indicated by the Swatch Group (+8.5% at constant rate), which follows almost identical signs reported by Richemont about a week ago (+8% for Specialist Watchmakers and +20% in total, with a growth mostly driven by Jewellery brands). Now, it’s time...
