Functional innovation brings greater practicality to one of watchmaking’s more intriguing perpetual calendars. Sometimes, when a venerable brand like Vacheron Constantin spends years developing an exceptionally complicated timepiece, the innovations
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Functional innovation brings greater practicality to one of watchmaking’s more intriguing perpetual calendars. Sometimes, when a venerable brand like Vacheron Constantin spends years developing an exceptionally complicated timepiece, the innovations
When I think of Farer, I don’t necessarily associate the brand with pilot’s watches. Moreover, I don’t link it to any particular watch category at all, even though I’ve previously
The fusee and chain system is one of those terms in high horology parlance that instantly elevates the status of a given watch. And yet few appreciate the elegance and
Charlie Paris has been designing and assembling accessible watches since 2014. The Alliance line represents the French indie brand’s take on a go-anywhere, do-anything (GADA) model. I got a chance
Doxa is one of those watch brands where the lore is kind of hard to escape. Every release is the subject of intense enthusiast discussion as the watches are contextualized
What We Know Angelus is bringing back one of my favorite traditional chronograph designs with the new multi-scale Instrument de Mesures. The new version of their 2025 GPHG Chronograph award-winning
Brand Certiga Works Caliber Number CW04 Base Caliber Seiko/TMI NH34A Movement Type Automatic, self-winding mechanical Lignes 12”’ Diameter 27.4mm Height 5.32mm thick Jewel Count 24 jewels Beat Rate / Frequency
When I joined the watch industry more than 40 years ago, Philippe Stern was already a driving force at Patek Philippe. Though his father Henri was still leading the compnay,
Philippe Stern, who served as general director and later president of Patek Philippe from 1977 to 2009, died yesterday at the age of 88. Under his stewardship, the Geneva manufacture
Haute Time's exclusive editorial features the new timepieces from the Omega Constellation Observatory collection. The post Interstellar: A Haute Look at the Omega Constellation Observatory Collection appeared first on Haute
Long-time MONOCHROME readers might remember that we were among the very first to cover the work of Dutch designer and watchmaker Laurens de Rijke. Back then, the focus was on
Philippe Stern, the visionary executive who led Patek Philippe through the end of the quartz crisis, kept the family company independent and secured its position at the top of Swiss
There’s something deeply satisfying about a watch brand that knows exactly where it comes from. YEMA’s workshops sit in Morteau, in the heart of France’s historic watchmaking region, and the
In Greek mythology, there is the well-known story of Icarus, a heady youth whose lofty aspirations send him flying on homemade wings of feathers and wax. In its cautionary denouement,
DEPLOYANT - The watch magazine for collectors, by collectors Gerald Charles launches an addition to their Maestro 2.0 Ultra Thin collection with a new Asia Limited Edition in a jade