1737 was an eventful year: The Louvre opened its doors for the first public admission to the Salon de Paris; John Harrison successfully trialed his longitude clock; and Abraham Favre
1737 was an eventful year: The Louvre opened its doors for the first public admission to the Salon de Paris; John Harrison successfully trialed his longitude clock; and Abraham Favre
This Ferdinand Berthoud is my kinda watch. It isn’t perfect (truly nothing is), but it is breathtaking and captivating. The beauty is all in the execution and the details. This
I’m going to say something that may not be right and that many may disagree with, but which popped into my mind while thinking about this watch. Xeric is the
The last decade or so at Oris has been one of transition. The brand that once offered your choice of an awesome tool watch or a complicated dress watch seems
The Armand Nicolet M02 family of wristwatches represents the type of classy, retro-inspired timepiece I liked when first getting to know the brand more than 20 years ago. Recently, Switzerland-based
The famous and storied Breguet brand has several interesting and important points in its long history. Many people correctly associate the company with the time of Mr. Abraham Louis Breguet
Founded by the team at RZE to serve as a creative outlet for products that don’t fit into its outdoor/adventure world, Vostra is a brand that purely exists to have
A newer neo-classic German watch brand, DUG offers something unique in the current timepiece market space. DUG steht für “Deutsche Uhrenmanufaktur Glashütte.” The mostly descriptive name merely implies that it
Easily one of the most controversial wristwatch accoutrements is the bund strap. Some people adore them, and some people hate them. Bund straps are watch straps that flare widely behind
The folks at Louis Erard are not known for sporty watches. Quite the opposite; the brand is best known for its endless string of collabs and its regulators. To be sure,
I tend to advise fellow watch enthusiasts not to care much for self-imposed limited production runs, and do so for a host of reasons. To keep it short, some brands
Various versions of the A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk have been presented in nearly every gold alloy available. Gold alloys come in a remarkable array of styles, and A. Lange
Down South, there’s this brand called Jack Mason, ’round Austin way. I’ve chanced to meet the brand and its people more than a few times, and I can say without
One of the watch industry’s more interesting small outfits that I haven’t gotten to know very well yet is Label Noir. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, Label Noir is a design
Out of all the major high-end watch brands on the market today, none seem to have new releases that excite me as much as Breguet. The Swatch Group-owned top-tier luxury