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Baselworld 2015: Patek Philippe Ref 5524 Calatrava Pilot Travel Time

Patek Philippe Ref 5524 Calatrava Pilot Travel Time

Baselworld 2015: Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Ref. 5524

Pre-Basel 2015: The New Geo. Graham Tourbillon

Thin watches have certainly ranked among the hottest trends over the past few years, and at Baselworld, Graham will enter this realm with the new Geo. Graham Tourbillon, an automatic model that shaves millimeters by employing a micro-rotor. Like the stunning Tourbillon Orrery, this new piece bears the “Geo. Graham” designation, indicating that it is […]

A. Lange & Söhne celebrates the 200th Birthday of its founder F.A. Lange with a limited edition 1815 timepiece

A. Lange & Söhne F.A. Lange 1815 "200th Anniversary"

SIHH 2015: IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition “75th Anniversary”

The Portugieser is perhaps IWC’s most iconic family. Though new models have been added, the essential design codes have survived largely unchanged for 75 years. To celebrate that milestone, IWC has declared 2015 the Year of the Portugieser, and one of my favorite new models from SIHH is the Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition “75th […]

SIHH 2015: Chester’s Top 5 picks

For me, I am at a stage of severe infatuation with subseconds at 6 time only watches. So naturally, I will show partiality to watches in this category. Apart from that, I like the notion of watches being down sized which I assume is the dream of classic loving thin-wristed men, like myself, of the asianRead More

SIHH 2015: IWC Portugieser Grande Complication

It has been 75 years since the Portugieser collection was launched, and IWC had decided to mark this milestone by giving the Portugieser Grande Complication a face-lift. Subtle changes were made to this flagship model, to give it a more subtle and contemporary image. In terms of aesthetics, there has been several changes to theRead More

SIHH 2015: IWC Portugieser Minute Repeater

Twenty years after its inception, the Schaffhausen-based watchmaker have decided to launch two limited edition pieces for their Portugieser Minute Repeater. These limited edition pieces are cased in either platinum, or red gold. On the surface, the IWC Portugieser Minute Repeater may be a seemingly simple watch. It features an extremely clean dial, with anRead More

SIHH 2015: IWC Portugieser Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde

The IWC Portugieser Tourbillon Mystère Rétrograde combines the magic of a floating tourbillon with the logic of a date hand that reverts to its starting position and the power of a 7-day in-house calibre.

SIHH 2015: His and Hers at Piaget

At this year’s SIHH, Piaget unveiled a series of men and women’s wristwatches that complement each other so perfectly. Some are ultra-thin while others are reinterpretations of Piaget models from the past. No matter your taste, you’re bound to find your happiness in the brand’s variety of new timepieces. PIAGET ALTIPLANO CHRONOGRAPH If you’re a fan of Piaget’s […]

SIHH 2015: IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition “75th Anniversary”

In 2015, the large digital date and month display becomes a dominant feature of the IWC Portugieser watch family.

SIHH 2015: IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph

IWC listens to its collectors and have shrunk the yacht club chrono. It is now 43mm instead of the 45mm it once was. A great move by the brand by any standards.

SIHH 2015: Lange novelties – Datograph Ab/Auf in pink gold, Datograph Perpetual in white gold, Lange 1 and Saxonias

The crop of novelties from Lange this year is quite large. We have already covered the two major pieces viz the Lange 1 Tourbillon Handwerkskundst in December, and the Lange Zeitwerk Minute Repeater. Here we cover the rest of the novelties.

SIHH 2015: IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days Edition “75th Anniversary” (Updated with Prices)

SIHH 2015: IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days Edition “75th Anniversary”

Pre-SIHH 2015: IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar

  “Design icon” is among the most abused bits of hyperbole in the Press Release Writer’s Guide, yet in a few rare instances, it actually applies. The IWC Portugieser is such an instance.  Few can question that 1939 witnessed the birth of a bright horological light, and in just a few days, at SIHH, IWC […]

Pre SIHH 2015: IWC celebrates the 75th birthday of an icon: The Portugieser

IWC celebrates the 75h Birthday of the Portugieser with a new and updated collcection

Pre-SIHH: A. Lange & Söhne Introduces 3 New Versions Of Saxonia Classics

One thing you can say without fear of contradiction of A. Lange & Söhne enthusiasts is that they’re a detail oriented bunch; these are not people who buy watches because the company has charmed a new film star into wandering around with their watches (Lange doesn’t do celebrities) or because a sports team’s agreed to […]

Spot the Watch! : Shark Tank

Watches from Shark Tank

SIHH 2015: Piaget Announces Record Breaking Altiplano Chronograph

Watch enthusiasts and -connoisseurs look forward to it perhaps even more then Christmas; the announcements regarding the upcoming SIHH. What new watch wonders will be waiting for us in the next year? When it is up to Piaget, more of the same. More of the same record-breaking, ultra-thin delights commonly known as watches. Like a […]

A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia: New design accents for SIHH 2015

The Lange Saxonia was one of the four original watches introduced a bewildered watchmaking world in 1994. The other 3 being the now iconic Lange 1, the visually arresting Arkade and the technical showcase Pour le Mérite Tourbillon.     Three new models have been announced in this pre-release: the Saxonia, the Saxonia Automatic and theRead More

Lange 1 Tourbillon Handwerkskunst Review

Lange 1 Tourbillon Handwerkskunst Anniversary 20th year

Watches and Wonders 2014: A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 20th Anniversary Edition

Two decades ago, a legend was born. And that watch elevated German watchmaking into a whole new platform. To celebrate the birthday of the legend, the Lange 1, A. Lange & Sohne has released a special watch set to commemorate this wonderful occasion in this year’s Watches and Wonders.   To be brutally honest, it isRead More

A. Lange & Söhne 20th Anniversary His And Her Matching Watches

2014 marks the 20th Anniversary of the Lange 1, the statement making gesture that Walter Lange and Günter Blümlein introduced to the world in 1994. Despite there being a total of 4 watches launched when the brand was revived for the modern era, the Lange 1 was the undoubted star. It was easy to understand why […]

Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso Ultra Thin 1931: A Treat That Never Ends

Sometimes you just get bored with it; Brands that release a seemingly never-ending avalanche of variations of existing models, the difference between them often minor. The same could have been said of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s approach to the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin 1931 collection, yet here however, every new variation seems to actually make sense. Not in […]