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Grand Seiko’s New Manhattan Flagship Is The Latest New NYC Horological Landmark
Grand Seiko’s New Manhattan Flagship Is The Latest New NYC Horol...

The Grand Seiko Flagship is the latest of a series of new boutiques, including Citizen and Chanel. For those of us who have been long-tim...

Raúl Pagès Is The Winner Of The First Louis Vuitton Watch Prize For Independent Creatives
Raúl Pagès Is The Winner Of The First Louis Vuitton Watch Prize For In...

The mechanical purist’s pick was the jury’s choice as well. A charming mechanical automaton in the shape of a bee. A time-onl...

The Blancpain x Swatch Fifty Fathoms Scuba: Diving Into the Rising Tide of its Stormy Journey
The Blancpain x Swatch Fifty Fathoms Scuba: Diving Into the Rising Tid...

The Ocean of Storms is set to rescue the much hyped collaboration. Have you ever tasted food that is neither bad nor good? You put it in ...

A Delayed Reaction to the Return of Universal Genève
A Delayed Reaction to the Return of Universal Genève

Breitling’s revival of Universal Genève may hinge on one model: The Polerouter. The dust has settled, and reality has set in. By now, eve...

Striking Design + Brilliant Watch Pairings
Striking Design + Brilliant Watch Pairings

At the beginning of December, we hosted our first initiative under the umbrella of The 1916 Company, partnering with Eleonor Picciotto an...

The 1916 Company Launches Jewelry Exhibition with Contemporary Designers
The 1916 Company Launches Jewelry Exhibition with Contemporary Designe...

The 1916 Company and Eleonor Picciotto will showcase collections by Suzanne Syz, Alexandra Rosier, Selim Mouzannar, and Elie Top. The 191...

Audemars Piguet Wins Big At The GPHG
Audemars Piguet Wins Big At The GPHG

The company’s Code 11.59 Universelle RD#4 takes home the top prize, the Aiguille D’Or. The 2023 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie...

Geneva Watch Days: Is Bigger Better?
Geneva Watch Days: Is Bigger Better?

The biggest ever edition of Geneva Watch Days may be the shape of things to come. It was not all that long ago that the tradition of mult...

The Louis Vuitton Tambour, In Steel
The Louis Vuitton Tambour, In Steel

A steel drum serenade for the wrist. For every major fine watchmaking brand, there is a design which is so strongly identified with it th...

The De Bethune DB28xs Starry Seas
The De Bethune DB28xs Starry Seas

A company with big ideas makes a small miracle. De Bethune’s DB28 collection is not, of course, the only family of watches that De ...

H. Moser & Cie. Serves Up Tantalum With a Side of Stone
H. Moser & Cie. Serves Up Tantalum With a Side of Stone

H. Moser & Cie. takes tantalum to a new level with Jade and Lapis. The history of watchmaking is, in part, an exercise in material sc...

The Lion in Winter: The Carillon Tourbillon Biver
The Lion in Winter: The Carillon Tourbillon Biver

“I will be the master of my cheese until the last piece.” — Jean-Claude Biver, 2009 I have a lot of memories of Jean-Claude B...

Roger Smith “Masterpiece” Pocket Watch No. 2 Up for Auction at Phillips
Roger Smith “Masterpiece” Pocket Watch No. 2 Up for Auction at Phillip...

The watch that earned the blessing of one of watchmaking’s toughest critics: George Daniels. In every professional life, if you are...

A Few Things I Didn’t Hate from Watches and Wonders 2023
A Few Things I Didn’t Hate from Watches and Wonders 2023

Variety is the spice of life. This year’s Watches and Wonders Geneva was the biggest version of the show so far — there were over...

Why the Relaunch of Gérald Genta Matters
Why the Relaunch of Gérald Genta Matters

The first name in watch design’s time has come (again). Gérald Genta was, as they say, the hero watchmaking deserved but not the ...

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