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Why Be So Serious? Five Surprisingly Fun Watches By Serious Brands — IWC, Rolex, F.P.Journe, And More

I’m all for the serious tool watches and their rugged intent, just as I love the classic, uncluttered lines of a dress watch. I’ll wear a diver’s watch when snorkeling off the beach, or I’ll even feel a more competent explorer on a ramble through the woods with a field watch. But what happens when […] Visit Why Be So Serious? Five Surprisingly Fun Watches By Serious Brands — IWC, Rolex, F.P.Journe, And More to read the full article.
Fratello Watches – the magazine dedicated to watches over 2 years ago • 5 views

The LIV GX-AC Signature Orange is plenty bold

If you slavishly follow modern trends, you might believe that current standards dictate that a watch should be between 38-42mm wide, offer some form of vintage design cue and try and remain as symmetrical as possible. Refreshingly, LIV do something far bolder. Founded in 2014 by husband and wife Chaz and Esti Chazanow, the microbrand … Continued The post The LIV GX-AC Signature Orange is plenty bold appeared first on Time and Tide Watches. The post The LIV GX-AC Signature Orange is plenty bold appeared first on Time and Tide Watches.
Time and Tide Watches over 2 years ago • 4 views

Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Worldtimer 2023

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TimeZone over 2 years ago • 4 views

Auctions: More Than Highlights: Everything I Saw While Attending My First Auctions In Geneva

Life beyond Patek and Rolex, selling dials in front of the Mandarin, and limited-edition cocktails.
HODINKEE over 2 years ago • 5 views

Ollech & Wajs Introduces the 8001, an Integrated Bracelet Sports Watch Based on a 1970s Chronograph

Since Ollech & Wajs reconstituted itself in 2019, they’ve released a string of well regarded sports watches that pay tribute to some of the brand’s key designs from the 1960s and 1970s. This period, obviously, is fertile ground for watch design inspiration, with plenty of unusual, colorful attempts to build something different, along with your […] The post Ollech & Wajs Introduces the 8001, an Integrated Bracelet Sports Watch Based on a 1970s Chronograph appeared first on Worn & Wound.
Worn & Wound over 2 years ago • 5 views

Watch Spotting: Inter Milan Manager Simone Inzaghi Wearing A Neo-Vintage Rolex Yacht-Master As The Team Advances To The Champions League Final

It's been more than a decade-long drought, and Inzaghi wore a watch that can handle water just fine.
HODINKEE over 2 years ago • 5 views

A Prototype Turned Bonafide Addition to Martin-Baker Collection: Introducing the Bremont MB Viper

Bremont and ejection seat manufacturer Martin-Baker have been working with another for over a decade now, and they’re partnership has laid the groundwork for innovation in both the testing and watchmaking process. These two British companies are most certainly birds of a feather, producing their own specialty products with a stamp of dependability that signifies […] The post A Prototype Turned Bonafide Addition to Martin-Baker Collection: Introducing the Bremont MB Viper appeared first on Worn & Wound.
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Hands-on – Some Thoughts About The New Rolex Explorer 40 Reference 224270

Size does matter… at least, in this context, it is actually everything that matters. Indeed, looking at this new and rather unexpected watch (but Rolex can do anything they want, and they proved it with the Puzzle and Bubble dials), we can comfortably say that the design is conservative. There’s basically nothing new to see […]
Monochrome Watches over 2 years ago • 5 views

Introducing: Nomos Announces The Orion Neomatik '175 Years Watchmaking Glashütte' In Three Versions (Live Pics)

The brand pays tribute to old masters with beautiful white silver-plated dials and blued steel hands in its latest limited edition release.
HODINKEE over 2 years ago • 5 views

News: Richard Mille Announces the 1st Edition of the Richard Mille Yacht Cup

Richard Mille is excited to announce the very 1st edition of the Richard Mille Cup. From the 10th to the 25th of June 2023, the regatta will attract aficionados and collectors of historical yachts competing between Great Britain and France, from Falmouth to Le Havre, with stopovers in renowned sailing landmarks Dartmouth and Cowes in a series of inshore and offshore races.
Watch Collecting Lifestyle over 2 years ago • 5 views

Opinion: Why Every Parent Needs a Tool Watch

Last week my son was pretending to be a wolf in the kitchen (as four-year-olds do). Inevitably, he face-planted on the tile floor and suffered a bloody snout. As I scooped up my wounded canine, blood poured down my arm, shoulder to hand.  I wear a dive watch most days, and this day was no exception. […] The post Opinion: Why Every Parent Needs a Tool Watch appeared first on Worn & Wound.
Worn & Wound over 2 years ago • 5 views

Meet the Artist: Clément Vieille on His Elaborate Installation Inspired by Hermès’ New H08 Models

Called “The Finesse of Time,” this interactive sculpture was more than a vehicle for Hermès to display its Watches & Wonders 2023 novelties; it explored the essence of watchmaking materials.
Watchonista over 2 years ago • 5 views

The Ulysse Nardin Freak One is a super-freak and chic

Ulysse Nardin’s original Freak shook the watch-o-sphere to the core when unveiled at Basel in 2001. It was like nothing anyone had seen before; a complete reimagining of how a watch can function and display time where there was no crown, no dial and no hands. Seemingly so complex with a gear train sprawled across … Continued The post The Ulysse Nardin Freak One is a super-freak and chic appeared first on Time and Tide Watches. The post The Ulysse Nardin Freak One is a super-freak and chic appeared first on Time and Tide Watches.
Time and Tide Watches over 2 years ago • 4 views

In The Shop - In The Shop: A Few Of Our Favorite G-Shocks

Hodinkee staffers pick their favorite G-Shocks.
HODINKEE over 2 years ago • 5 views

Hands-On With the New Zenith Pilot Watch Collection

After a stretch of El Primero and Defy releases, Zenith gave us not just a refresh of their famous Pilot watch collection but one that is, save for the name, entirely new altogether. For Watches & Wonders 2023, the only brand with the rights ...
WatchTime – USA's No.1 Watch Magazine over 2 years ago • 4 views

On the Wings of History: Bremont Introduces the Vulcan Pilot’s Watch

The Avro Vulcan was a jet powered, tail-less, delta-wing, high altitude strategic bomber, operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984. Heralded as a symbolic last defense against nuclear war, it is one of the most iconic aircrafts ...
WatchTime – USA's No.1 Watch Magazine over 2 years ago • 4 views

Hands-On With The Limited Depancel Legend 60s Chronograph

I don’t think I’ve ever met a watch enthusiast who doesn’t like chronographs with a panda dial. The contrast between the main dial and the sub-dials just makes for a very elegant and easy-to-read look. It’s not easy to get the proportions right, though. The size of the case, the dial, the sub-dials, the numerals, […] Visit Hands-On With The Limited Depancel Legend 60s Chronograph to read the full article.
Fratello Watches – the magazine dedicated to watches over 2 years ago • 5 views

Industry News – Geneva Watch Days Return To Lakeshores In August 2023 With Nearly 40 Brands

If Watches & Wonders is, by far, the most important event of the year for the watch industry (because of the sheer number of exhibiting brands, participants and new models presented), another smaller yet highly interesting event has been taking place in watch-town since 2020. A different take on the watch salon, more relaxed, staged […]
Monochrome Watches over 2 years ago • 5 views

Ollech & Wajs releases the OW 8001 – a new sports watch with integrated bracelet

DEPLOYANT - The watch magazine for collectors, by collectors Ollech & Wajs releases the OW 8001 – a new sports watch with integrated bracelet, inspired by their 1970s design. Press Release info with commentary in italics. Ollech & Wajs releases the OW 8001 – a new sports watch with integrated bracelet The new Ollech & Wajs OW 8001 is priced at CHF 1,856 before [...] The post Ollech & Wajs releases the OW 8001 – a new sports watch with integrated bracelet appeared first on DEPLOYANT.
DEPLOYANT over 2 years ago • 4 views

Curtains Up: Louis Vuitton Wows with Tambour Opera Automata

What happens when you provide exceptionally talented watchmakers and equally skilled artisans with a state-of-the-art atelier and give them the greatest possible creative freedom? Possibly an exquisite miniature masterpiece of fine watchmaking ...
WatchTime – USA's No.1 Watch Magazine over 2 years ago • 4 views