BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN IWC is most renowned for its Pilot watches, a reputation well earned for sure. It also makes the Ingenieur, but I get the sense that those have a

BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN You know, someone commented on my last article about Audemars Piguet that they are no longer considered an haute horlogerie brand. While I get that the endless onslaught

BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN Panda chronograph dial are exceedingly popular with the watch-collecting community. I’m not sure why. Perhaps it’s the contrast between the two, perhaps it’s just because some people like

BY JOVAN KRSTEVSKI The lion is the brand emblem that first appeared on the back of the inaugural Grand Seiko watch in 1960. The case was revived in a trio of

BY JOVAN KRSTEVSKI Seiko unveiled the KSK SJE083, a rather expensive limited edition reissue of the first 44KS model in late 2020. For many, the 44KS represented the first real application

BY JOVAN KRSTEVSKI When you think of watches, Belgium perhaps isn’t the first country that comes to mind, but then there’s the upstart Méraud Watch Co. The brand from Belgium introduced

Piaget may not be a brand that hangs billboards outside the malls, or maybe they do, but I haven’t seen them personally (except in Switzerland). But the Polo line of

BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN I’m sure you’re aware already, but Audemars Piguet has dropped a load of watches this year, which it seems that everyone has fallen in love with. Seriously, I’ve

BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN The Royal Oak is Audemars Piguet’s main model range. Sure, they’ve done other things like the Millenary and the Code11:59 (why that name, why?), but the Royal Oak

BY JOVAN KRSTEVSKI The year 2023 is a significant one for the Lucerne-based watch manufacturer Carl F. Bucherer, as this year marks 135 years since their inception. To commemorate the historic

BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN 2023 marks the 110th anniversary of Seiko’s first-ever wristwatch. Named “Laurel”, the first Seiko wristwatch was developed after the company’s founder, Kintaro Hattori, presumably grew tired of simply

BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN The IWC Pilot’s Watch. Inspired by watches from an era history would rather we all forget, the Pilot’s Watch encompasses watchmaking heritage with modern design to create a

BY JOVAN KRSTEVSKI Only occasionally in the world of horology does a watch appear that seems to rewrite the rules; one such series of watches is Hamilton’s Jazzmaster Face 2 Face.

BY HARLAN CHAPMAN-GREEN Lots of folks like to claim that “things were made better in the past”, the prime example of survivorship bias, or that they were “born into the wrong