Last week, and you hardly can have missed it, Audemars Piguet presented a whole new collection of Royal Oak watches celebrating the 50th anniversary of the icon born in 1972.
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The theme of Memento Mori is intended to remind us to cherish each day and to center around symbols of mortality: clocks, hourglasses or skulls. Jacob and Co’s latest iteration
Seiko expands its Prospex Speedtimer chronograph series with a new blue panda-style dial with contrasting black sub-dials. Introduced in 2021, the Prospex Speedtimer celebrates Seiko’s contribution to sports timing with
In the music industry, when a band releases a compilation of its most successful songs, it’s named “best-of” or “greatest hits.” At Omega, such a compilation is named the Speedmaster
It is well known that the Swatch Group, either through Omega (with the Olympics) or Longines, has a long tradition of being the official timekeeper of sports events. Recently, Longines
2022 is a meaningful date for Jacob & Co. as the brand founded by Jacob Arabo expanded its business to luxury watchmaking just 20 years ago. Since then, Jacob &
Cuervo y Sobrinos, the Swiss brand with Cuban roots, has several collections named after famous Cuban cigars. The Prominente, which gets its name from one of the largest Cuban cigars,
The Speake-Marin Academic has been part of the brand’s collection for several years and was introduced during the 2018 edition of the SIHH. The Academic is one of the more
The detent escapement is a grail of chronometry that has rarely been fitted into wristwatches, mainly due to inherent weaknesses – but as with every problem, there is a solution
In the field of dive watches, there are a couple of very well-known heavy hitters, mixed with countless variations on the ever-popular theme. Some have real-life historical relevance, while others
For some years already, the market of luxury sports watches – understand watches with integrated bracelets combining robustness and mechanical refinement – has been stronger than ever before. We’ve seen
In 2019 URWERK launched the UR-100 SpaceTime, a futuristic vessel capable of navigating through time and space. The ‘time’ component was covered by the brand’s signature satellite hour and minute
When first introduced in 1968, the Certina DS-2 marked the start of a new era in Certina’s watchmaking history. The watch was known for, at the time at least, its
The Grand Seiko White Birch, first of its name, the version with a Hi-Beat Automatic movement known under the reference SLGH005, has been an immense success since its presentation in
We’re all accustomed to heavy coffee table books with lavish photography and florid prose describing the centuries-long history and achievements of certain upper echelon watch brands. Since MB&F has always
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