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Roger Smith’s One Hundredth Watch is a Masterful Triple Calendar
Following his apprenticeship with the late George Daniels, Roger Smith has taken up the totem as the British master nonpareil. Devoting such exquisite attention to detail for every component of every...
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De Bethune Lights Up a ‘Yellow Submarine’
De Bethune’s new diver, introduced late last year and affectionately called the Yellow Submarine, brings a whole new look to the dive genre. While the DB28GSVY embraces the warmer tones of gold, amber...
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New Ball Engineer Hydrocarbon Honors Blackbird Pilot
The impressive new Ball Watch Engineer Hydrocarbon AeroGMT Sled Driver, with its triple timezone displays and seriously strong anti-shock architecture, pays homage to retired U.S. Air Force Pilot Major...
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Zenith Revives a 1971 ‘Shark Tooth’ El Primero Chronograph
Zenith expands its Revival collection of retro-inspired releases with the new Chronomaster Revival A3817, a faithful reproduction of a 1971 Zenith El Primero chronograph notable for its...
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Gucci Celebrates its Centenary with New Watches and a New Movement
By Nancy Olson Gucci is celebrating its centenary with the launch of a high watchmaking collection, ramped up by the introduction of its first movement by parent company Kering. The in-house automatic...
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TAG Heuer Launches Titanium Monaco
Just ahead of TAG Heuer-ambassador Max Verstappen’s win at the 78th Monaco Grand Prix this past weekend, TAG Heuer launched a new titanium-cased version of the brand’s famed square-bezel chronograph....
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G-Shock Expands Rainbow Options with Blue Phoenix
G-Shock vies for immortality as it debuts a watch within its luxury MT-G collection made with colors said to recall the Blue Phoenix, a bird sometimes called the Chinese phoenix and said to be a symbol...
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Franck Muller Launches Curvex with Central Tourbillon
For its new Grand Central Cintree Curvex, Franck Muller watchmakers found an innovative way to place the hour and second hands around the tourbillon cage, highlighting the large central tourbillon and...
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On the Wrist: Wearing a Waldan
During these past few weeks, eyeing my wrist has been pleasurable – and relaxing. I’ve been wearing a Waldan Heritage Professional watch with an off-white dial, and this 40mm watch’s clean time-only...
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Fifteen Years of Ochs und Junior
A small watchmaking venture started as an experiment continues to design watches that offer simple solutions and unorthodox displays for complex timekeeping functions. By James Henderson This year...
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Detroit Watch Launches Retro-Style Racing Chronographs
From the Motor City, Detroit Watch Company now offers three new watches that celebrate automotive racing with a distinctive retro touch. The independent watchmaker, known for its Detroit-themed...
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Corum Celebrates its Automatic Golden Bridge
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of its line of Golden Bridge automatic watches, Corum launches the Corum 10th Anniversary Golden Bridge Automatic Collection. And with the new collection, Corum...
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Patek Philippe Exhibits Rare Handcrafts in Geneva
If you’re in Geneva between June 16 and June 26, we suggest you visit the historic headquarters of Patek Philippe on Rue du Rhône. There, the watchmaker is exhibiting more than seventy-five Rare...
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iW Interview: Mondaine CEO Andre Bernheim
In 1944, a Swiss engineer and employee of the Federal Swiss Railways named Hans Hilfiker created a clock that became the Official Swiss Railways Clock. If you have ever traveled by rail in Switzerland...
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Ulysse Nardin Dives with a Lemon Shark
By Gary Girdvainis Early diving watches were purpose-built instruments designed to tackle the rigors of our underwater environments. In the earliest examples the focus really was on function. The...
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Zenith Goes on Safari
Zenith’s newest Revival, the Chronomaster Revival Safari, reinterprets the historical Zenith A384 chronograph from 1969, but instead of the original’s 37mm steel case we now have a micro-blasted 37mm...
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My Accutron Spaceviews, New and Old
By Stuart Gleich I am the proud owner of a 1965 Accutron Spaceview with its humming tuning fork. Love to hold that baby up to my ear and listen to that tuning fork just hum its little heart out!...
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Chopard Races With Mille Miglia 2021
Just ahead of the annual Mille Miglia, the 1,000-mile classic car race in Italy slated for June 16 to 19, long-time race sponsor and participant Chopard has released its ode to the race, the new Mille...
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Grand Seiko Hammers an Ice Blue Beauty
The dial on the latest elegant Grand Seiko Spring Drive watch beautifully mimics the undulations of lake Suwa when its surface is frozen, a natural phenomenon called Omiwatari. Grand Seiko says its...
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Bulgari Offers Customizable Octo Roma Naturalia
Through a new in-store digital application, Bulgari watch customers can now design their own Bulgari Octo Roma Naturalia, a 44mm manual-wind watch with a tourbillon and eye-catching stone-set bridges...
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