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Buying Guide: Jumping For Joy, With Six Of The Coolest Jumping Hour Watches
18+ hour, 51+ min ago (864+ words) Monochrome Watches Fresh off the avalanche of releases during Geneva Watch Days, we’re revisiting a Buying Guide topic from earlier this year. Sparked by watches like the De Bethune DB25 Digitale, one of this year’s absolute best of the fair, and…...
First Look: The Chronoswiss Neo Digiteur Pastel Code Brings Fresh Tones to the Collection
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (602+ words) Chronoswiss founder Gerd Lang will forever be remembered as the watchmaker who produced the world’s first serially produced wristwatch with a regulator layout in 1987. Without a shared central axis, the separation of hours, minutes and seconds characteristic of regulators connects…...
First Look: The Ulysse Saint-Petersbourg by Beauregard x Vianney Halter
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (669+ words) Monochrome Watches Alexandre Beauregard is a friendly character who has been gravitating toward the world of independent watchmaking for a few years now – although he is, above all, known for his expertise as a jeweller and gemmologist at his workshop…...
First Look: The new King Seiko Vanac HKF005, with "Tokyo by Night" Dial
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (520+ words) Released last year, the King Seiko Vanac came as a surprise from the Japanese manufacturer. Contrary to most previous King Seiko watches, inspired by the early days of the sub-brand, the Vanac was based on an edgy King Seiko reference…...
First Look: The New and More Compact Greubel Forsey GMT Balancier Convexe
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (747+ words) Greubel Forsey introduced its impressive three-dimensional GMT complication in 2011. Equipped with a rotating globe and an inclined 24-second tourbillon regulator, the complications were housed in imposing cases with a protrusion to accommodate the globe and a windowpane on the flank…...
First Look: Titoni goes Higher-End and Sporty with the new Luxe Tourbillon
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (497+ words) Tourbillons have long been associated with traditional high watchmaking. Still, in recent years, we have seen quite a few of these appear in the more accessible segment, from Yema, Patria, or Louis Erard. Powered by a movement using the same…...
First Look: The Louis Vuitton Tambour Spin Time Comes Back as a Permanent Collection (Incl. Video)
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (413+ words) Under the sapphire back (new for this year, as the 2025 limited edition had a closed back) is the same movement as the 2025 limited edition: the in-house, automatic calibre ST13.01 with its solid gold rotor, micro-blasted bridges, polished chamfers and colourless jewels....
First Look: Montblanc Star Legacy Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph Limited Edition 100
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (664+ words) Since its founding in 1906 in Hamburg, Montblanc has built its reputation on luxury writing instruments. In 1997, Montblanc expanded its offerings to include watches. Bringing the two seemingly disparate worlds of fountain pens and mechanical watches closer together, Montblanc released the…...
Introducing: Union Glashütte Unveils the Compact and Dressy Seris Small Second Collection
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (457+ words) Monochrome Watches Recent releases from Union Glashütte have been largely about chronographs, from the latest Averin Chronograph with its white embossed tile-pattern dial to the Belisar Chronograph with its monochromatic look. Now, the Glashütte-based brand has something different in store…...
First Look: The New Schwarz Etienne 1902 Petite Seconde Heure Dorée
1+ week, 2+ day ago (522+ words) Schwarz Etienne’s 1902 collection has evolved through a broad range of interpretations, including the Petite Seconde, Power Reserve and GMT models, all united by the Manufacture’s focus on in-house movement development and production in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The collection is a platform…...