The Latest News About Watches

Women’s basketball is tremendously popular in the United States. A little over a week ago, news broke that the women’s NCAA title game outdrew the men’s championship game by four million more viewers. The NCAAW’s record-breaking star Caitlin Clark had something to do with those numbers. She was also the number-one pick in the WNBA’s […] Visit Tissot Releases The First Two Official WNBA Watches, Coinciding With The 2024 Draft to read the full article.

Some Fratello editors have been asked to share their favorites from the Watches and Wonders exhibition last week, so I am happy to share mine. But before doing so, let me share some thoughts on this year’s Geneva watch show. A quick Watches and Wonders 2024 recap This year’s Watches and Wonders wasn’t very exciting […] Visit Fratello Favorites: RJ’s Favorite Watches And Wonders 2024 Releases to read the full article.

While the red carpet GPHG prize giving ceremony isn’t until the 13th of November 2024, GPHG Academy members have until the 26 of April to submit suggestions for watches for consideration. Ian Skellern is interested to hear your thoughts on which watches warrant contention and what you think about the new category changes. The post Which Watches Do You Think Merit Contention in the 2024 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG)? appeared first on Quill & Pad.

Launched as a limited edition at the Patek Philippe grand exhibition ‘Watch Art’ held in Tokyo in June 2023, reference 5330 now enters the manufacture’s regular collection with the release of the new World Time Date ref. 5330G-001. It is distinguished by a patented world first: a date display synchronized with local time; that is, the time in the time zone selected at the 12 o’clock position on the city disk and indicated by the center hands.

Blacked-out watches will always be cool to me. There’s something oddly appealing about a black dial sitting inside a black-coated case, preferably with a black strap or bracelet. Admittedly, I’m not remotely close to going on any covert operations, and there are times when a sea of black can actually hamper the ability to tell […] Visit Hands-On With The Boldr Odyssey Black Dragonfish to read the full article.

Baume & Mercier elevates its Riviera to the next level of style with an openworked dial for the first time. The post Baume & Mercier take the Riviera to the next level with the new Riviera Squelette appeared first on Time+Tide Watches. The post Baume & Mercier take the Riviera to the next level with the new Riviera Squelette appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

One of the most notable releases at Watches & Wonders from Rolex is the new Deepsea in 18K yellow gold with a blue dial and blue cerachrom bezel insert. The new Rolex Deepsea Yellow Gold Blue Dial ref. 136668LB features a blue lacquer dial —the identical hue of blue as the ‘Smurf’ Submariners— bearing the name ‘DEEPSEA’ in powdered yellow. The dial features large Chromalight hour markers and hands, filled with luminescent material that emits a long-lasting blue glow for excellent legibility in dark conditions.

After a week of recording Hodinkee Radio at Lucid Studios, we turned the space into a good old-fashioned watch party.

One of the big stars of Watches & Wonders 2024 is the new Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Tourbillon Chronograph Platine in a 50-piece limited edition. Equipped with a platinum 42.5 mm case, crown, dial, clasp, and strap stitching —silk and platinum thread— also in platinum, this watch is one of those that takes your breath away. Combining two complications, a tourbillon, and a mono-pusher chronograph, the perfectly legible dial features a large tourbillon aperture at 12 o'clock, while the 45-minute chronograph counter is positioned at 3 o'clock and the power reserve indicator at 6 o'clock.

This is a pretty big year for A. Lange & Söhne. We’ve hit 25 years of the Datograph, which made its debut in 1999, and Lange is celebrating with a pair of very special limited editions of their iconic chronograph. One of them is truly off the wall, and we’ll get to that next week. […] The post A. Lange & Söhne Celebrates 25 Years of the Datograph appeared first on Worn & Wound.

One of the most impressive and horologically advanced timepieces presented at Watches & Wonders 2024 is the new IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar. IWC now pushes the boundaries once again with its first secular perpetual calendar. In addition to recognizing the different lengths of the months and adding a leap day every four years, the Portugieser Eternal Calendar also takes into account the Gregorian calendar’s complex leap-year exception rules

Long praised for being some of the most practical and relevant timepieces around, Travel and GMT watches are classics that most brands need to have somewhere in their collections. Whether we’re talking about classic multi-time zone watches with a central 24-hour hand, dual-time models with additional indications on their dials or complex world-time timepieces, the […]

The Tour Auto, rooted in the historic Tour de France Automobile dating back to 1899, has become a pinnacle of motorsport, featuring legendary drivers like Maurice Trintignant and iconic brands such as Ferrari and Porsche. Today, over 250 competing crews traverse France’s scenic roads and racetracks, captivating spectators. Baltic returns for a second year in […] The post Baltic Kicks off the Tour Auto with a Limited Edition Tricompax Chronograph appeared first on Worn & Wound.

The king of collaborations wants nothing but integrated bracelets and straps, and has one of the craziest collections of TAG F1s you will ever see.

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A world-first complication is quite a rarity nowadays, especially a useful one like in the case of this Bovet. The post The Bovet Récital 28 Prowess 1 is the first watch ever to acknowledge daylight savings appeared first on Time+Tide Watches. The post The Bovet Récital 28 Prowess 1 is the first watch ever to acknowledge daylight savings appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Now that we’ve had a week to recover from and process, here’s our annual list of launches that deserve more attention.

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, Longines, Official Partner, Official Timekeeper and Official Watch of the event since 2011, presents a new Mini Dolce Vita model in a limited edition of 150 pieces. This ...

Long passionate about cars and watches, the team behind Baltic (Frenchmen Etienne, Paul and Clément) has, last year, finally materialized these shared passions in a cool project, the Tricompax watch and the partnership with Peter Auto and the legendary Tour Auto race. Just ahead of the 2024 edition of this vintage car rally, and as […]

If you had told me a few weeks ago that one of the brands I’d feel best about coming out of Watches & Wonders 2024 would be Raymond Weil, I’d probably have been pretty confused, because at that point I don’t think I even had a meeting set up with the brand, and their attendance […] The post Raymond Weil’s Expanded Millesime Collection appeared first on Worn & Wound.