When Serge Michel and Claude Greisler acquired Armin Strom, they took the bull by the horns. Without abandoning Mr Strom’s famous hand-skeletonised movements, the pair developed a full-scale vertical manufacture
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How many integrated sports watches are there on the market? A lot, really a lot. But besides mainstream brands, each offering their own take on the concept – Rolex with
Dutchman Brendan Horneman, an independent watchmaker and teacher at the Dutch national school for watchmakers, goldsmiths and jewellers in Schoonhoven, is set to relaunch his own brand with a brand
The latest Peren Regia LE Dark follows recent models like the Regia X Automatic 39 Diver, but with a stripped-down aesthetic that’s very monochromatic and a bit futuristic. The diving
Ever since the introduction of the brand’s inaugural production model, the Type 1, Ressence has been entirely focused on its orbital display, indicating the time in a sleek, contemporary, almost
Not many brands can claim 270 years of uninterrupted production, fewer still can compete with the mechanical and aesthetic excellence of Vacheron Constantin’s exclusive Les Cabinotiers atelier dedicated to creating
Panerai strengthens its partnership with the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team ahead of the 38th America’s Cup and unveils two new watches that highlight performance-driven engineering and signature design: the
Horloger MING is not your average brand, just as its latest creation is not your average chronograph. Started by designer and photographer Ming Thein in 2017, the watch collecting community
The Laureato, released in 1975 by Girard-Perregaux, was one of the precursors of the luxury sports watch. Redesigned for the fifth time in 2016 and 2017, the Laureato is now
Whenever we speak of luxury mechanical watches, the subject of money is understandably never far away. Even amongst the team, we often debate about prices, and are well aware that
I’ll make the inevitable Rolex comparison right up front. The Submariner is the iconic, always popular Rolex diver, while the technically superior Sea-Dweller (and its variants) take a bit of
SpaceOne, the forward-looking brand founded by watch-centric entrepreneur Guillaume Laidet (behind the return of Nivada Grenchen) and independent watchmaker Théo Auffret, continues its ambitious trajectory by launching its third model:
As with almost all the record-breaking watches from the Octo Finissimo collection – and what a collection that is – the inaugural edition of the simpler version, the automatic, was
The retro-futuristic Amida Digitrend is a horological UFO arriving straight from the 1970s. This unique driver’s watch stands out with its digital display read horizontally through an optical inverting prism.
ArtyA, the avant-garde, family-run Swiss watchmaker known for its expressive, often unconventional horological creations of its founder Yvan Arpa, introduces the next evolution of its Luminity collection with a significant
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