Chopard 2020: New L.U.C Perpetual Twin, Mille Miglia and Happy Sport
When it launched in 2016, Chopard’s L.U.C Perpetual Twin garnered applause for its easy-to-read steel-cased perpetual calendar. Its high-end finish, eclectic large-date dial and superlative...
View ArticleA. Lange & Söhne Presents Gold Odysseus and Zeitwerk
At this year’s virtual Watches & Wonders, A. Lange & Söhne debuted two watches with white gold cases. For each watch, the debuts represent their premier in the precious metal. One, the...
View ArticleHermès Reaches Beyond the Moon
Reprising the ethereal Arceau de la Lune moon phase watch that was for many a highlight of the 2019 SIHH, Hermès during this past week’s virtual Watches & Wonders 2020 unveiled five new models in...
View ArticleZenith Revives a Shadow
Zenith unveils the Chronomaster Revival Shadow, another winning retro model designed as a result of Zenith’s deep dive into its own El Primero history. The newest watch updates the look and feel of a...
View ArticleJaeger-LeCoultre Updates its Master Control Collection
Ever since its 1992 debut, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control collection has been the source of many of the watchmaker’s most classically styled complicated watches. At the recent (virtual) Watches...
View ArticleBell & Ross in Black & Green
The green-tinted sapphire crystal display on the upper level of the new Bell & Ross BR03-92 HUD offers the illusion of a digital Head Up Display, or HUD. Bell & Ross echoes HUD, a technical...
View ArticleChronoswiss Jumps in Gold and Blue
Few watch functions are as dramatic as a jumping hand. Chronoswiss takes full advantage of its twice-per-minute jumping hand by placing it just above the 6 o’clock spot on the new, metallic blue and...
View ArticleBaselworld 2021 Canceled
The MCH Group, which organizes Baselworld each year, announced earlier this week that it will cancel Baselworld 2021. That show, which MCH scheduled for January 28 to February 2, 2021, was initially...
View ArticleCorum Bathes Admiral in Bronze
With its pennant-shaped markers and distinctive case shape, Corum’s Admiral Cup is as identifiable on the wrist – even when seen across a room – as the Corum Bubble. This in part explains why the...
View ArticleMB&F and L’Epée Co-Create Desk-Sized ‘Explorer’
As if ported through a wormhole, MB&F’s Starfleet Explorer arrives to earth just as time itself seems to have stalled. The new desk-sized steel clock displays hours and minutes atop a skeletonized...
View ArticleGrand Seiko Debuts Racing Green GMT
Grand Seiko and The Watches of Switzerland Group have together developed a new watch within Grand Seiko’s acclaimed GMT series. The new Grand Seiko Toge Special Edition combines influences from both...
View ArticleTAG Heuer Launches Monaco Grand Prix Edition
Even though the Monaco Grand Prix, originally scheduled for last weekend, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, TAG Heuer is still presenting a special-edition timepiece in tribute to the event...
View ArticleParmigiani Fleurier Slates Two Tourbillon Watches
Parmigiani Fleurier launches two slate-dialed complicated watches as part of its Watches & Wonders 2020 debut lineup. Each model includes a thin tourbillon and each is also being made as part of a...
View ArticleAn American Watch Legacy
By Gary Girdvainis The story of Waldan Watches is an inspiring one. I’ve followed the progress of the company since the early days of International Watch, and with the re-birth of Waldan Watches...
View ArticleTravels with Rado
By Steve Lundin, Watch Culture Editor There is a crucial moment that every watch collector faces in those fast seconds before a multi-day excursion: picking the watches to wear. My personal go-to for...
View ArticleBaume & Mercier’s Enticing Grey Moon
At Watches & Wonders 2020 Baume & Mercier added four Clifton watches with the impressive Baumatic automatic movement, which boasts a five-day power reserve, high efficiency escapement and...
View ArticleiW Interview: Tim Stracke, CEO Chrono24
By Gary Girdvainis Chrono24 is a marketplace for luxury watches that offers buyers and sellers the opportunity to buy, and sell, pre-owned, vintage, and new luxury watches. As iW recently discovered in...
View ArticleZenith Revives Chronomaster A386 in Shades of Blue
As Zenith prepared for last year’s fiftieth anniversary celebration of El Primero, its premier automatic chronograph, the Le Locle watchmaker sifted again through the cache of tools and prototypes...
View ArticleWempe Debuts All-Steel Iron Walker
Wempe Glashütte I/SA, the watchmaking division of German-based watch and jewelry retailer Wempe, this week adds a third watch collection to its roster with Iron Walker, a set of four steel...
View ArticleNOMOS: Symmetry From Chaos
Story and Photos by Steve Lundin Travelling through Berlin’s fractured, graffitied and tattooed streets, it’s understandable that Nomos founder Roland Schwertner would have been drawn to the balance,...
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