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And brand ambassador Austin Butler fronts the time-only mid-size (hurrah) campaign.

The Armin Strom Orbit, with an innovative on-demand date display, debuted in 2022. It was initially launched as a limited “First Edition” before Armin Strom added a permanent collection reference with a black time subdial the same year. Just ahead of Watches and Wonders 2025, Armin Strom introduces a new version by adding a trendy purple […]

In 2023, Schwarz Etienne debuted the Geometry line of watches. With its deconstructed dial, this collection has mixed technical precision and artistic license to create a set of watches that show that going a little avant-garde can have a huge pay-off. Right in time for Watches and Wonders, the Swiss house has released the final […] The post Schwarz Etienne Introduces the Geometry Black appeared first on Worn & Wound.

The new Armin Strom Orbit Purple introduces a revolutionary concept with a date pointer indicating the date on the bezel. This isn't merely a redesign of an existing complication—it's an entirely new horological experience. While traditional timepieces impose the date function constantly, with its inevitable midnight shift marking each passing day, the Orbit takes a more sophisticated approach.

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Why brands are getting busy with social media stars, starting a watch brand is both easy and hard, and AP's enviable Royal Oak problem.

Renowned for often turning classic horology on its side, the Finnish master watchmaker’s new collaboration with innovative Milanese retailer Great Masters of Time (GMT) flips the script even more, but this time from back to front.

Independent watchmaker Czapek launched its first luxury sports watch – the Antarctique – with the brand’s first in-house movement in 2020. Avoiding the classic formula of angular bezels that populate this genre, the Antarctique is a stylish, relatively thin model available with time (and date) functions and a sophisticated rattrapante chronograph. To mark the tenth […]

No, it’s not the one he wore on the Moon, of course. The Speedmaster Professional 105.012 with NASA serial number 46 that Neil Armstrong wore during Apollo 11 is on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. I am talking about the watch he received during that famous banquet dinner on […] Visit Neil Armstrong’s Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Going Up For Auction to read the full article.

Czapek's integrated sports watch gets a new in-house flying tourbillon movement and gorgeous guilloché dial for Watches and Wonders 2025.The post The Czapek Antarctique Tourbillon combines the brand’s sportiest model with a high complication for the first time appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

DEPLOYANT - The watch magazine for collectors, by collectors We are excited to be at Watches & Wonders 2025. Once again. After nearly 30 years for Peter, he is still excited to go. And Stanley’s second WWG has also got him super psyched and excited. We talk about what is new and happening next week in Geneva…and beyond. What is new and happening next [...] The post What is new and happening next week at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2025 appeared first on DEPLOYANT.

In 2020, Breitling revived its Top Time collection. Since then, we’ve seen many two- and three-register chronographs with playful and colorful dials. Many of those watches were part of a collaboration with Deus, Ford, or Triumph, for example. In a sense, Breitling’s Top Time collection is like its Hot Wheels department. Today, the Grenchen-based brand […] Visit Introducing: The Breitling Top Time B31 With A New And Exclusive Three-Hand Movement to read the full article.

Few private horological collections survive intact from the 19th century. The fully catalogued collection of clocks and watches by Rev. Henry Leonard Nelthropp FSA was made initially without the benefit of any reference books. The extensive collection of 260 items was presented to the Clockmakers’ Museum in 1894 and is a fascinating insight into the […] The post The Greatest Horologists You’ve Never Heard Of: Reverend Henry Leonard Nelthropp – The First Great Collector of Watches and Clocks appeared first on Worn & Wound.

When it comes to this classic rectangular watch, the case is its own mechanical complication.

One thing you could never accuse Jacob & Co. of is being boring. With some of the most extraordinary and extravagant timepieces on the market, Jacob & Co.’s watches are always spectacular visually and mechanically. The latest model is an evolution of the 2023 The World is Yours Dual Time Zone. Upgraded with a 30-second […]

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Welcome to another episode of Fratello On Air! This week, we share our hopes and dreams (not really) for what should be an epic Watches and Wonders 2025. After a blah 2024, we’re expecting some cracking releases. We discuss some of our wishes and the event in general. For our listeners, the watch content starts […] Visit Fratello On Air: Wishes For Watches And Wonders 2025 to read the full article.

Maurice Lacroix was founded in 1975 by the Desco von Schulthess watchmaking company, which produced watches for various labels and third parties before that. In just a couple of short years, the name Maurice Lacroix became so popular that a decision was made to focus solely on the newly founded brand. By 1980, all third-party […]