How to Start a Vintage Watch Collection
By Laurent Martinez Over the years, I have noticed a recurring pattern with collectors that are new to the vintage watch market. There seems to be a tendency to compulsively buy too many watches at...
View ArticleJeff Stein Lauds ‘Favorite’ TAG Heuer
We know Jeff Stein as a leading collector of vintage Heuer chronographs, who occasionally dabbles in the newer TAG Heuer models. It caught our eye when, twelve hours after he received his Fragment...
View ArticleCitizen Celebrates Stark Week
At the start of Marvel’s Stark Week (August 9th to August 16 ), a series of events including live videos, trivia and tutorials that celebrate Marvel’s Tony Stark, AKA “Iron Man,” Citizen releases two...
View ArticleG-Shock Move Combines Fit and Function
As G-Shock’s first watch outfitted with a heart-rate monitor, the new GBDH1000 reaches out to a host of fitness buffs requiring instant cardio data during their workout routines. Runners and athletes...
View ArticleTAG Heuer Honors The Brickyard
TAG Heuer this week honors the 104th Indianapolis 500, scheduled for August 23, with a new Formula 1 watch that references the race’s “The Brickyard” nickname. Red bricks appear to line the right side...
View ArticleHSNY Update: iW Interviews Nicholas Manousos and Aldis Hodge
After the Horological Society of New York appointed its former president Nicholas Manousos to a new position as the Society’s Executive Director (succeeding Edwin Hydeman), and with the addition of...
View ArticleAccutron Introduces Electrostatic-Powered Watches
After ten years of research, Bulova’s Accutron brand this week unveils a new type of watch movement that relies on electrostatic energy to help power its hands, and places the movement into two new...
View ArticleGreubel Forsey’s Balancier S Combines Sports and Chronometry
Greubel Forsey has re-engineered the unusual ovoid case it developed for the 2019 GMT Sport to develop the all-new Balancier S, showcasing a large, high-precision inclined balance wheel and gear...
View ArticleSilberstein-Designed Louis Erard Regulator Nearly Sold Out
When Louis Erard debuted this watch late last year, we knew its days were numbered. This week the independent Swiss watchmaker announced that only a handful of models remain in the limited edition...
View ArticleCitizen Launches Titanium Trio
Earlier this year Citizen debuted the Satellite Wave GPS F950 Titanium 50th Anniversary Limited Edition as it commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the Citizen X-8 Chronometer, the world’s first...
View ArticleBulgari Debuts New Ultra-Thin Octo, Retro Gerald Genta and Aluminum Watches
Bulgari advanced its six-year run of horological record-breaking this week with the new Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Chronograph Skeleton Automatic, the sixth ultra-thin watch in as many years claiming...
View ArticleUlysse Nardin’s Latest Skeleton X is a Blast
Ulysse Nardin this week launches Blast, the latest of the Le Locle-based watchmaker’s Executive Skeleton X series of open-worked watches that feature distinctive rectangular and X-shaped bridges within...
View ArticleBulova Celebrates the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC
Just ahead of the re-opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on August 29, the museum and Bulova team up to celebrate the museum’s 150th anniversary in 2020 with the Bulova MET150...
View ArticleBall Watch’s Newest NEDU Goes Deep
The newest Ball Watch Engineer Hydrocarbon NEDU design enhances the dive watch’s existing, rugged construction with a revamped bezel and the addition of a new feature that underscores the NEDU’s solid...
View ArticleThe MB&F-L’Epée TriPod and the Rule of Threes
Three optical “eyeballs” and three legs dominate the insect-like profile of TriPod, the latest MB&F desk clock co-creation with L’Epée. The rule of threes is further demonstrated by the clock’s...
View ArticleZenith’s Black & White Debuts Defy Color
Zenith re-interprets its Defy 21 and Defy Classic contemporary skeletonized collections with stylish black and white simplicity on two new boutique editions. Each Defy model is paired with a white...
View ArticleGrand Seiko Adds to 60th Anniversary Celebration
Grand Seiko continues its yearlong celebration of the first Grand Seiko collection it debuted six decades ago with a new Heritage Collection Automatic Limited Edition powered by automatic Caliber 9S65,...
View ArticleH. Moser Stuns with ‘Matrix Green’ Streamliner
H. Moser’s new Streamliner Centre Seconds, the second model from the independent Swiss brand’s integrated steel Streamliner collection, focuses on timekeeping basics by displaying simple hours, minutes...
View ArticleFrederique Constant Revives Highlife
Frederique Constant this week brings back its Highlife collection, one of the Geneva watchmaker’s earliest lines, updated with an integrated steel bracelet and a contemporary dial design. The...
View ArticleUlysse Nardin Updates its Dual Timer
Ulysse Nardin this week refreshes its Executive Dual Time with a slightly smaller case, reduced lug size, thinner bezel and a decidedly cleaner dial. This new, dressier version, however, retains the...
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