The Latest News About Watches

Founded in 1861 in Schramberg, Germany, Junghans was once the largest clock manufacturer in the world, renowned by many for Max Bill’s famous Bauhaus kitchen clock. Moving from clocks to more specialised timing devices, Junghans produced everything from flight instruments to speedometers and from pilot’s watches to chronometers and chronographs, without forgetting the brand’s role […]

Welcome back to another episode of Fratello On Air. This week, we’re asking what would make us buy a Cartier watch. It’s a good question because neither of your co-hosts owns a timepiece from the incredibly popular brand. As we’ll see, the reasons have little to do with what’s currently on offer and more to […] Visit Fratello On Air: What Would Make You Buy A New Cartier? to read the full article.

The post Audemars Piguet opens new AP House in Milan appeared first on Revolution Watch.

Watch collecting is an expensive hobby: these are the ten brands which have the highest average retail prices according to Morgan Stanley's latest report. The post Morgan Stanley says these watch brands have the highest average prices appeared first on Time+Tide Watches. The post Morgan Stanley says these watch brands have the highest average prices appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

Some people just can’t get enough. Enough of the right logo, that is. “Logo luxury” is still very much alive, no matter the attention “quiet luxury” received recently. Logos have a hypnotic allure to some people. People under the spell of the right monogram will want to buy into the brand badly, desiring everything with […] Visit Buy-In Required: Non-Watch Brands That Stand Tall — Hermès, Louis Vuitton, And Chanel to read the full article.

Clockmakers rarely get the credit they deserve, and Elizabeth Doerr believes that Rick Hale is deserving of at least a few minutes of your attention because this young autodidact clockmaker is doing something unique: handmaking self-designed clocks out of wood according to some of John Harrison’s principles. The post Rick Hale: Wooden Clocks Designed and Built as if by John Harrison, Except Today and in the USA (Beautiful Photos + Videos) appeared first on Quill & Pad.

The post Franck Muller Teams Up with Ryoko Kaneta for a Dragon-Themed Cintrée Curvex appeared first on Revolution Watch.

@Time_Mechanic needs very little to no introduction. Ahmed Rahman —widely known as Shary— is the epitome of a real and very savvy watch collector with the finest taste in clothes and cigars. A fine gentleman originally from Bangladesh who resides in London, he is not only one of the most stylish men in the watch-collecting world but he is also an Academy Member at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève —GPHG— and a Juror for the coveted watch prize in 2021.

Known for their luxury design at an approachable price point, British watchmaker Christopher Ward has brought their signature style to a new watch, the C65 Dune GMT White Sand. Inspired by field watch designs of the 1960’s, the C65 Dune GMT mixes vintage design elements with a totally modern upgrade. For one, unlike most GMT’s […] The post Christopher Ward Adds to their Dune Line with a C65 GMT appeared first on Worn & Wound.

The closed-bidding auction is live now through March 9th, with a portion of the sale being donated to the Alliance of British Watch and Clock Makers.

Those acquainted with Lang & Heyne’s collections know the watchmaker to consistently impart a historical narrative, with each series bearing the name of a past Saxony ruler. The design of each timepiece, unmistakably German, is steeped in traditional aesthetics that reflect its inspiration. The model under consideration today draws it from the straightforward thinking of […]

Writing an “Owner’s Review” is tricky. Beyond a certain unavoidable self-indulgence that goes hand-in-hand with writing about your own “stuff,” there’s the matter of when to do it. I’ve always felt that watches, being, at least in theory, objects that can be heirlooms at best, or at least live in a collection for years, or […] The post [VIDEO] First Impressions: the James Lamb Origin Series appeared first on Worn & Wound.

Our most compelling integrated bracelet watches, from the Chopard Alpine Eagle to the Tissot PRX.

Today, we look at what the future has in store for this pioneering American brand and its fans.

Not into the retro reissue look? Tom takes a look at five independents going the modern route. The post 5 exciting contemporary microbrands to watch in 2024 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches. The post 5 exciting contemporary microbrands to watch in 2024 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.

If you have ever looked closely at vintage watches, you will have surely come across radium lume. You probably know it was the prevalent luminescent material until it was abandoned in favor of tritium around 1963. Most likely, you have heard about the dangers of this highly radioactive material. That raises a crucial question: is […] Visit What Is Up With Radium On Watch Dials? How Dangerous Is It, Really? to read the full article.

Timex has carved out a space in the realm of stylish watch collaborations that also manage to be affordable. Todd Snyder, Huckberry, and others–including of course, Worn & Wound–have teamed up with Timex to produce fun takes on the Timex line. Now it’s clothing brand NN.07’s turn. The resulting collaboration, nicknamed The Original Tick Tock, […] The post The Latest Timex Limited Edition Asks Watch Lovers to Put Down their Phones appeared first on Worn & Wound.

Guilloché dials are an exquisite and intricate form of decorative art in the realm of traditional watchmaking. Featuring precise, repetitive patterns, engraved with a rose engine onto the metal or enamel dial base— they are not just visually ...

This article was originally published in the March/April 2022 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. Photos by Marcus Krüger. IWC reduced the size of its iconic Big Pilot’s Watch by 3 mm, cleaned up the dial and installed a new in-house ...

DEPLOYANT - The watch magazine for collectors, by collectors Two things are certain when the Year of the Dragon rolls around: a sharp rise in birth rate within the Chinese community, and a glut of Chinese zodiac-themed luxury watches. It’s a no-brainer for manufacturers, because the Dragon – associated with intelligence, confidence and charisma – is by far the most popular zodiac of them [...] The post Review: The New Roger Dubuis Excalibur Dragon Monotourbillon appeared first on DEPLOYANT.