Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Monday, 30 January 2017
Hands-On With The New Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Extra-Thin in Yellow Gold
I am a huge fan of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Extra-Thin, or as it was called before 2012, the ‘Jumbo’. It was actually one of the watches that sparked my interest in mechanical watches in the mid 1990s. Today, I talk you through the new reference 15202BA.OO.1240BA.01, the yellow gold Royal Oak Extra-Thin in […]
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Friday, 27 January 2017
Hands-On With The Breitling Navitimer 01 Blacksteel
Although you’ll find Breitling not very often covered on this – and other – websites, they are still highly in demand according to the numbers we showed you last week. The Navitimer is our favorite Breitling model and comes in many variations. One of the models that looks a tad bit different from the others […]
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Thursday, 26 January 2017
Wednesday, 25 January 2017
#TBT Rolex Daytona 6265 Big Red – A Watch Worth the Hype?
Silence. It’s the sound of the Rolex Daytona 6265 Big Red upon opening the safe deposit box and it’s sadly the noise, or lack thereof, that this highly finished chronograph creates 99% of the time. In the roughly 20 years since giving way to automatic followers, the formerly unwanted manual wind Cosmographs have become icons […]
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A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Annual Calendar – Hands-On
The SIHH 2017 is over and we’re left with mixed feelings. If all SIHH brands knew how to make us smile like A. Lange & Söhne seems to be able to do every year, there wouldn’t be any issues. This year, A. Lange & Söhne showed their 1815 Annual Calendar watch, and it immediately became […]
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Don’t Be Ashamed About Collecting Watches, The Others Are Worse! 7 Examples Given In This Article!
How often do you need to explain your love for watches? I’ve noticed that I don’t mind explaining why I like watches so much, or explaining what I am exactly doing all day as a watch journalist. It is understandable because – believe it or not – not everyone is into watches or even familiar […]
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Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Speedy Tuesday – Speedmaster Radial Dials
Since the successful launch of the Speedmaster ‘Speedy Tuesday’ limited edition, quite a bit of people asked us about the radial dial. Although Omega already had a radial dial in one of their watches in 1966, it wasn’t used in the Speedmaster Professional until 1973 with the Alaska Project II. Let’s have a closer look […]
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Monday, 23 January 2017
Sunday, 22 January 2017
Watches & Pencils #23 – Watch Pools: Now and Future
Let’s start 2017 with an old fashioned compact episode. Every year we see that the watch world is changing. Especially collecting vintage watches has become more difficult than around the 90’s or early 00’s. The watch pools are drying out and everybody is hunting after the same fish. What will the future look like? Besides […]
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Saturday, 21 January 2017
Friday, 20 January 2017
Most Popular Watches Of 2016 (on Chrono24)
Some of you may know that I like to crunch numbers, talk statistics and discuss the watch market. Chrono24 is the largest watch market place in the world, and shows us some statistics in the wonderful infographic. Amongst others, it shows the Top 15 of brands with the highest demand in 2016 on their website. […]
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Thursday, 19 January 2017
SIHH 2017 Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Pirelli – Automatic Skeleton
This year, Roger Dubuis showed us a couple of new pieces. But one of the pieces that we liked best, is this Excalibur Spider Pirelli. That’s right, Pirelli. A partnership with the sole sponsor of Formula 1. It isn’t just a ‘container’ partnership, but Roger Dubuis is actually using the rubber of F1 tyres. Used rubber, […]
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Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Watch Strap Review Part 26. – Worn & Wound Shop
A new year means a new Watch Strap Review. Our 26th installment of the series brings us a company from the USA. Worn & Wound These guys are definitely not newcomers to the game and they have a wonderful site and a super cool shop. Their selection is pretty versatile from watch rolls to tools, […]
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SIHH 2017 – Richard Mille RM 50-03 McLAREN F1 (Live Pictures)
We are always looking forward to the SIHH presentation by Theodore Diehl, who works for Richard Mille. He is a great talker, and author, and today he presented us the Richard Mille RM 50-03 McLAREN F1 timepiece. Richard Mille is known for his brilliant technical timepieces, but with this 40 grams tourbillon split seconds chronograph […]
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Tuesday, 17 January 2017
H.Moser & Cie: Novelties of SIHH 2017
H. MOSER & CIE. HONOURS ARTISAN WATCHMAKING WITH THE HERITAGE TOURBILLON With the Heritage Tourbillon, H. Moser & Cie. pays tribute to exceptional artisan watchmaking.This exceptional timepiece links tradition and modernity, two elements which coexist in all creations by H. Moser & Cie. The Heritage Tourbillon is a salute to watchmaking past and present. It is […]
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SIHH 2017 – Girard-Perregaux Laureato in 42mm
The Girard-Perregaux Laureato is back. Of course, there was an introduction last year as well, but this year we see that GP is offering a full range of these 1970s marvels. Sizes 34mm, 42mm and a tourbillon in a whopping 45mm are being presented at the SIHH 2017. We have a look at the one […]
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Monday, 16 January 2017
Speedy Tuesday – RIP Eugene Cernan – We look back at ‘his’ Apollo 17 watch from 2012
It is Speedy Tuesday! Today we feature the OMEGA Speedmaster Pro Apollo XVII 40th Anniversary. A Speedmaster that has been linked to the last man on the Moon mission. Our regular Speedy Tuesday contributor Darren Townend submitted one of his Speedmasters for today's topic. A wonderful silver dialed Speedmaster Professional with a special engraved caseback.
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SIHH 2017 – Live Reporting
SIHH 2017 started and to be able to give you quick previews, we created our SIHH page, where you can have a look at the wristshots and other photos we take during this salon in Geneva. You can either click this page or refresh this particular post every now and then. (since the feed is […]
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20 Years of Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Watches – The 2017 Editions
One of my personal favorite wrist watches, ever, is the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak. I have owned a couple of them and ended up with the reference 15202 ‘Jumbo’. One of the models I had and still love till this day, is their Royal Oak Chronograph. This year, Audemars Piguet is actually celebrating the 20th […]
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Sunday, 15 January 2017
H. MOSER & CIE. LAUNCHES THE SWISS MAD WATCH
Not Swiss Made but still 100% Swiss – Holy Cow! The Swiss Mad Watch is unique, symbolic, and irreverent, but most importantly, 100% Swiss and proud of it. With the Swiss Made label for watchmaking revised from January 1st, 2017, to require 60% of components in a watch to be of Swiss origin, H. Moser […]
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Saturday, 14 January 2017
The Facebook Diver’s Watches Group – the Power of Social Media
It’s true that when Gil Scott-Heron wrote in 1970 that, “the Revolution Will Not be Televised”, he wasn’t referring to the watch industry. With what we’ve seen lately, though, it’s looking more and more like the revolution is likely to take place via Social Media – or perhaps we’re already in the thick of massive […]
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Friday, 13 January 2017
Pre-BaselWorld 2017 – Omega Speedmaster Automatic Racing Dial
Even before the SIHH 2017 starts, Omega announces some BaselWorld 2017 news. Besides the Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday limited edition, they announce the Speedmaster Automatic Racing Dial and the Speedmaster Automatic 38mm. We will cover the ladies 38mm model at a later stage, but let’s have a look at the Speedmaster Automatic Master Chronometer with racing […]
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Thursday, 12 January 2017
SIHH 2017 – Cartier Announces the Rotonde de Cartier Skeleton Mysterious Hour Watch
Cartier’s presentation at the SIHH in 2013 was for me personally an important one, since the ‘Rotonde Mysterieuse’ was introduced and the ‘Santos Dumont Skeleton’ in pink gold was launched. Two watches that I absolutely adore. Both of them had amazing features like the floating hands of the Rotonde Mysterieuse and the transparant movement of […]
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Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Updates for the Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire Timepieces
Despite our somewhat different focus when it comes to watches, we have a lot of respect for Bart and Tim Grönefeld, also known as the horological brothers, and their amazing timepieces. Just before SIHH 2017 kicks off, they introduce us a couple of new variations of their Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire. A stainless steel version of his […]
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The Day After – Omega Speedmaster Professional Speedy Tuesday Limited Edition
Yesterday, Omega announced the Speedmaster Professional Speedy Tuesday limited edition. Watches could be reserved immediately via the official Omega website. And you did. Massively. Yesterday was an unreal experience and I would like to share some of it with you today. First of all, if you reserved one of the 2012 Omega Speedmaster Professional Speedy […]
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Tuesday, 10 January 2017
OMEGA Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday Limited Edition
It is with great pride that we introduce you to the Omega Speedmaster Professional Speedy Tuesday limited edition to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Speedy Tuesday. Limited to 2012 pieces, referring to the year when it all started. For the very first time, Omega is offering this watch only via their own website. What better […]
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Monday, 9 January 2017
SIHH 2017 – We Are Looking Forward To The New Christophe Claret Maestro
SIHH 2017 is around the corner, and our mailbox is filling up with pre-SIHH releases and under-embargo material. Somehow I feel all these pre-SIHH releases spoil the surprise aspect a bit, but all brands are craving for exposure of course. Big brands like IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, A. Lange & Söhne, Audemars Piguet etc. will […]
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Friday, 6 January 2017
Hands-On Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Deep Black Review
The Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean collection is over 10 years old. In this article we already gave you some background on the Seamaster and Planet Ocean in particular. A fact you should know is that in 2007, the models were slowly upgraded to Omega’s in-house calibers (8500 and later on, in 2011, 9300). Other improvements […]
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Wednesday, 4 January 2017
Servicing a Chronograph – We Followed Every Step
Chronograph Service A few months ago, I visited a watchmaker and followed every step he did on servicing this vintage Valjoux 22 chronograph. Not only out of interest, but also to get an idea of all that work a watchmaker does to keep our watches ticking. As a showcase and to create a bit more […]
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Tuesday, 3 January 2017
Speedy Tuesday – Omega Speedmaster Tropical Dial Parade – 12 References To Show
Ask most Speedmaster collectors what will top a Speedmaster CK2915. A Speedmaster CK2915 with a tropical dial might be the answer. Tropical dials, or chocolate dials, are very sought-after and can be found over the entire range of caliber 321 Speedmaster models and some 145.022 references. In this article we take a look at 12(!) references […]
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Monday, 2 January 2017
Top 10 Best Read Articles Of 2016
Happy New Year everyone! In our recap of 2016 you can read more about our view on the current state of the watch industry, interesting watches that were introduced and some words on how we performed last year. Since 2016 has ended, we take a brief moment to look back at the top 10 best […]
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