With the Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 AM watch, “AM” stands for antimagnetic, and serves as the debut of the collection’s first timepiece built with an increased resistance against magnetic fields.
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BY JOVAN K Grand Seiko has spent the last few years refining its sport watches, but this one feels like a genuine step forward rather than another dial update with a
Some watches are just beautiful, plain and simple. A select few represent visual balance, good taste, and timeless appeal, and do so with utter confidence. And when a brand stumbles
Today, Oris introduces its Star re-edition. It’s a celebration of the very first Oris watch to feature a lever escapement, from 1966. But “Oris Star” sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Back
This year, Hermès is celebrating the fifth birthday of its H08. It already feels like the maison’s sporty watch, with its characteristic geometric shape, has become a real staple in
Editor’s Note: Ariel’s hands-on impressions of this watch were gathered during an exclusive pre-Watches and Wonders preview event where cameras were not allowed. Press images are used to illustrate the
Editor’s Note: Ariel’s hands-on impressions of this watch were gathered during an exclusive pre-Watches and Wonders preview event where cameras were not allowed. Press images are used to illustrate the
Once the purview of only the wildest, most stylistically aggressive brands in watchmaking, fully colored ceramic cases have gradually become more of an expected inclusion for high-end brands in the
Since the debut of the modern Ingenieur in 2023, IWC has been dutifully expanding the collection with fresh materials, complications, and sizes. And at Watches and Wonders 2026, the IWC
Space is having a huge moment right now, and if you’re at all like me, you’ve been transported to a time in your youth when you were soaking up anything
For nearly a century, IWC has been making watches for pilots. Now, for the first time, it’s made one for astronauts. The new IWC Pilot’s Venturer Vertical Drive carries the
Genuine technical revolutions in field of mechanical watchmaking are a rarity — it’s far more common to find a “revolutionary” design that simply makes an existing design concept more efficient,
The modern TAG Heuer Monaco collection has been in a bit of a strategic quagmire for years. Despite ostensibly being the brand’s most recognizable, desirable flagship nameplate, in recent years,
For Watches & Wonders 2026, Panerai has presented a collection of manual-wind Luminor models, which are inspired by the important references and technical achievements that define the brand’s approach to
Given that skeletonization is a favorite technique of Zenith, it comes as no surprise that the brand has now applied it to one of its newer and more popular chronograph
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