Results for Glashütte Original Caliber 36

Introducing: Zenith Chronomaster Original, Now With A Black Dial

For the first time, the classic El Primero gets a black tricolor dial.

Introducing: Frederique Constant's Thirty-First Caliber: The Classic Power Reserve Big Date Manufacture

It's a lot of bang for your buck in a solid package – just what we've come to expect from Frederique Constant.

Hands-on with the Rado DiaStar Original Skeleton

Pros Unique sapphire crystal The cool Ceramos bezelSkeletonized dial Cons Crown operations can get trickyCombining Square faceted sapphire crystal and Skeleton dial can get busy.Design cues for the DiaStar are not for everyone. Overall Rating: 7.75/10 Value for money: 7.5/10Wearability: 7.5/10Design: 8/10Build quality: 8/10 Rado’s iconic DiaStar model gets another update following last year’s 60th anniversary of the DiaStar edition, getting a case material change from hard metal to Rado CeramosTM and a one of kind Square faceted sapphire crystal. The Rado DiaStar was first introduced in 1962, and what an introduction it was. A milestone for the watch industry, the Rado DiaStar came with a ‘funky’ design and, more importantly, a scratch-proof case. Rado designed the very first DiaStar as a ceramic timepiece with a material called “tungsten carbide”. Although some people may argue that it’s not ceramic, tungsten carbide is considered ceramic, at least by the American Ceramic Society.  This is important because no timepiece at the time of DiaStar’s debut could offer a scratch-proof watch. When it comes to material innovation, the Diastar in ceramic was a breakthrough for the watchmaking industry. In modern times, the use of ceramic on timepieces is a more regular occurrence; however, for the industry as a whole, brands didn’t get on board with this material till around the 1980s. This highlights how far ahead in terms of material expertise and usage Rado wa...

Hands-On: the MAEN Brooklyn 36 Triple Calendar

I have to start this review by being honest about something: I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about calendar watches. I just don’t.  When I think “calendar watch,” for some reason that I can’t quite put my finger on, my mind jumps to “perpetual calendar,” even though a watch with a simple date function is also technically a calendar watch as well. My curse, I guess, is that I immediately start thinking about a complication that is, for the most part, completely out of my reach. So when someone says there’s a cool new calendar watch to check out (I can count on one hand the number of times this has actually happened) I’m usually less interested than if someone were to, for example, suggest we go out and get dumplings at the Chinese restaurant down the street, or go see Oppenheimer for a second time, or some combination of those two things.  The other problem, because I tend to associate the very idea of calendar watches with the most complex watches in production, is that when talk turns to calendars, I think of very expensive service costs. A local watch friend once owned a vintage triple calendar made by one of the most respected and admired Swiss brands. It broke, and the bill was, how can I put it this…kind of brutal. Again, not something I want in my life.  This line of thinking, of course, is deeply unfair, and a bias that I freely admit and am trying to break out of. A new watch from MAEN, a Swedish brand with a Dutch name, reminded me rece...

The NOMOS Glashütte Ahoi Neomatik 38 Date Sand And Sky Editions

The Rado Diastar Original Skeleton, celebrating 60 years of innovation

Introducing the Nomos Glashütte Orion Neomatik 175 Years

Point/Counterpoint: Chanel's New J-12 Caliber 12.1 Is Better In White - Or Maybe In Black

Two of our most opinionated editors talk it out.

Tudor Updates Original Black Bay With Master Chronometer Movement

The Tudor Black Bay diver in 41mm has just been updated with a METAS certified Master Chronometer movement at Watches & Wonders 2023.

NOMOS Glashütte - new watches for Easter

NOMOS makes watches gift suggestions for,the coming Easter. these classic looking watches feature brightly coloured dials.

Seiko Introduces New Caliber Within Prospex GMT Diver Collection

Seiko ventures into new (and much requested) territory this week with the release of a new collection of GMT divers within their Prospex family. Using their modern 6159 design language seen in watches like the SPB187 with MM200 roots, the new watches strike a fine balance between their roots, and a strong contemporary vision for the range. Seiko has proven quite adept at this in recent years with their restructuring of their dive watch collections, but these latest examples bring something new to the table: a GMT complication within a new 3 day automatic movement, the 6R54.  The new Prospex GMT diver range welcomes two new references in the SPB381 and 383, and in true Seiko fashion, a single limited edition in the SPB385. Each welcomes the new 6R35 within a steel 42mm case that measures 12.8mm in thickness, and should wear quite similarly to this SPB187 we went hands-on with right here. The angular case gets the distinctive deep chamfer along the lug which has a relatively short overhang to make for a perfectly manageable experience on the wrist. These watches mark the first time a mechanical GMT movement has made its way into the Prospex dive watch, as the GMT diver is something of a niche genre, and may, to some extent, excuse the fact that this is a caller style GMT execution. The GMT hand can be set independently in one-hour increments, making it a better option for those who work with or communicate with other time zones more than for those who travel between them fr...

Introducing: Hublot Classic Fusion Original Goes Back To Where It All Began

Your Carlo Crocco cosplay just leveled up.

Radically Modern: Rado Diastar Original

The Spec Sheet: The Mesmerizing High-Beat Sweep Of The Zenith Chronomaster Original

There's a reason the El Primero movement is so good, and this watch proves that it's still getting better.

The Spec Sheet: Floating In Space With The Newest Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Caliber 3861

We're looking at the latest chronograph of the stars.

Introducing: Grand Seiko Releases Two New 36.5mm Heritage Models In The 44GS Case Design (And They're Not Limited!)

GS heads gather around, there's a new hot (small) watch in town.

Hands-On: The New Oris ProPilot X Caliber 400 Is The Horological Equivalent Of A Summer Jam

So turn it up!

A Deep Dive into the Grand Seiko Caliber 9SA5

For a deep dive into Grand Seiko’s evolution and philosophy, click here.

High-end Mechanics from Nomos Glashütte

New: The Citizen Mechanical Caliber 0200 Model NC0206-18E Japanese armour dial

Citizen releases a new model to their The Citizen Mechanical Cal. 0200 lineup with a model inspired by Japanese armour. Here is the Ref. NC0206-18E.

A Week On The Wrist: The Citizen Eco-Drive Caliber 0100, The Most Accurate Watch Ever Made

One watch to rule them all.

A Week On The Wrist: The New 38mm Zenith Chronomaster Original

It's a marathon, not a sprint, and Zenith just won.

Why I Bought It: Nomos Glashütte Minimatik - Reprise

Martin Green still vividly remembers admiring the Minimatik in the comfort of the Nomos booth at Baselworld 2015. Other watches were presented to him during this appointment, but he kept reaching for the Minimatik. Now he has bought one for himself, and here Martin explains why.

Introducing: A New Silver Dial For The Tudor Black Bay 32/36/41

A silver lining in more ways than one.

Introducing: The Rolex Oyster Perpetual 36 With New Colorful Dials

New dials on top; new movements underneath.

Introducing: The Zenith Chronomaster Original Is Back - In Stainless Steel and 38mm

It took 50+ years, but Zenith is finally giving the people exactly what they want.

2021 Zenith Chronomaster Original Revealed

Let’s rewind a little, back to 2019. Zenith was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the El Primero and presented a box of 3 watches limited to 50 sets. Included in the set was the highly sought after A386 re-edition in steel. The only way to get your hands on this piece was to buy the box set, which came with a fourth slot for a forth-coming “1/1000th of a second” chronograph, to be released at a later time. Yes there were other A386 anniversary editions that can be had separately, but they came in precious metal. What people wanted was the steel A386. Zenith kept teasing the market with various versions of it, but not the exact iconic version that was released in 1969, as one of the first to house this ground-breaking chronograph movement.  Then in 2020, the Manufacture edition dropped, with a prototype dial that was found in a little box up in the attic where Charles Vermot hid the tools, parts, and plans to build the El Primero back in 1975. The idea was that you could only purchase the Manufacture edition when you visit the Zenith Manufacture. Sort of like a gift shop purchase at the end of the tour. It would be extremely difficult to come by as you’d have to have made the trip to Switzerland to pick one up.  Look, we gotta give it up to the product designers and planners. hats off to Romain Marietta, who probably has one of the best jobs in the industry. This was a superb idea. This guaranteed exclusivity and collectability. But then we all knew what happene...

In-Depth: Built To Last: The Oris Caliber 400

With this mighty movement (which powers the Aquis Date), Oris has made simplicity a virtue.

Introducing: The Rolex Datejust 36, With Some Wavy New Dials

Classicists will be into the fluted dial. But heading into summer, you can't beat the palm frond.

Nomos Glashütte Metro Neomatik 41 Update: ‘Dating’ A Classic

The Nomos Metro Neomatik 41 Update was introduced at Watches & Wonders 2021. As Nomos enthusiasts might conclude from the name, it sees the brand’s latest interesting date complication, first seen in 2018, introduced into the progressive Metro line.