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It’s easy to end up in an exciting discussion about Heuer, Omega, or Rolex watches. But didn’t know many collectors that would lose track of time when discussing Alpina until I met Bas from Vintage View. Today, we will look at his personal treasure, a Valjoux 13-powered Alpina “Leftie”. I got to know Bas on […] Visit #TBT A Fascinating Unicorn Alpina “Leftie” Valjoux 13 to read the full article.

Arnold & Son is gearing up for Watches & Wonders, which takes place in the last week of March, by launching its Globetrotter in platinum. It is for the very first time the brand uses this precious metal to house its charismatic world ...

Between strong visual brand recognition and a trustworthy product reputation, G-Shock is the ultimate candidate for partnerships with other brands and embraces that quality fully. Doing so once again, the brand is introducing its latest ...

The A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon lives up to its name. It has a date, a chronograph, a perpetual calendar, and a tourbillon. But it has more: this watch has character. Assigning human traits to a cold machine is a – romantic – fool’s errand, but it’s also irresistible in the presence of a masterpiece. A. Lange & Söhne’s warmest watch is more than a machine with a heartbeat. It has soul. The post A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon: A Machine With Heart And Soul – Reprise appeared first on Quill & Pad.

Photography by Roger Ruegger. Blancpain is celebrating the 70th anniversary of its iconic Fifty Fathoms dive watch with the launch of a new model, the Tech Gombessa Fifty Fathoms. The diver was co-developed by Blancpain CEO, Marc A. Hayek, and ...

Today, on white sands by the crystalline waters of the Rangiroa Atoll in French Polynesia, Blancpain unveiled the Fifty Fathoms Tech Gombessa. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of what many recognize as the first modern dive watch, the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms. Since 1953, watches and diving have both come a long […] Visit Introducing The New Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech Gombessa — The Tech Diver’s Dive Watch to read the full article.

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When you imagine a dive watch, your mind likely conjures up a very specific and stereotypical image. It’s probably a bit on the larger side, it will have well-lumed indices and maybe a different colour on the minute hand for ease of legibility, and it will definitely have a count-up, 60-minute bezel with a lumed […]

Most divers can only dream of using this watch as designed, which just makes it that much cooler.

The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech Gombessa presents a world-first three-hour timing bezel The “absolute black” dial captures almost 97% of the light to make the lume pop and enhance underwater legibility The release continues the 70th birthday celebrations of the Fifty Fathoms Laurent Ballesta is the closest thing we have to a modern-day Jacques Costeau. The … Continued The post The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech Gombessa is “a pure diving instrument” for the modern age appeared first on Time and Tide Watches. The post The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech Gombessa is “a pure diving instrument” for the modern age appeared first on Time and Tide Watches.

DEPLOYANT - The watch magazine for collectors, by collectors Blancpain continues the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the Fifty Fathoms with the new Tech Gombessa, with a simple, but interesting innovation designed specifically to meet the modern diver’s technical requirements. We were given a preview ahead of today’s announcement, and this is our hands on review with live photographs. New and reviewed: Blancpain [...] The post New and reviewed: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech Gombessa appeared first on DEPLOYANT.

Seiko is one of those brands that many of us start looking at when we get into this hobby. However, it took me a while to appreciate Seiko, and as always, it started with some vintage pieces. I think my first model was a King Seiko that I got after seeing RJ’s a good few […] Visit Why I Picked My Grand Seiko SBGA439 Over A Ming to read the full article.

Independent watchmaker Arnold & Son presented the striking Globetrotter in 2018, and a slightly updated version saw the light of day in 2021. Both editions were executed in stainless steel and came out as an exciting and visually pleasing take on the world time complication. This year, the company chose to launch the Globetrotter Platinum […]

On his vacation to Los Angeles, Wei decided to get more ink done on his tattoo sleeves from probably the best tattoo artist of the black and gray style and a personal friend, Carlos Torres. Wei and Carlos talk about how they met and the longstanding friendship that has developed over their shared passions for […] The post In Conversation with Carlos Torres, The World’s Best Black and Gray Tattoo Artist appeared first on Revolution.

This installment of Pre-Owned Spotlight is specifically for all you engineers out there. My wife is actually a chemical engineer. She spends most of her time in the office, though, so she wouldn’t really need any antimagnetic watches. While I think that’s the case for most engineers these days, it’s still nice to get a […] Visit Pre-Owned Spotlight: Daan’s Selection Of Antimagnetic Watches In The Year Of The Rolex Milgauss And The IWC Ingenieur to read the full article.

In this episode of Fratello Talks, Daan, Timo, and RJ talk about the fanatic fans of watch brands. The comments on articles where we discuss Rolex, Tudor, or Omega are sometimes quite unforgiving towards one of the brands. But often, they are also entertaining (and educational). We discuss why fans are so important for brands, […] Visit Fratello Talks: Brands And Their (Super)Fans to read the full article.

Having previously owned two vintage watches powered by Landeron movements, I’ve always believed they were unsung heroes in the world of Swiss chronographs. One of the watches I had was a Rotary that dated all the way back to 1937, and the Landeron 47 inside it still worked perfectly and intuitively. Méraud have made my … Continued The post HANDS-ON: The Méraud Antigua is a yachting watch that bobs along on a delightfully retro wave appeared first on Time and Tide Watches. The post HANDS-ON: The Méraud Antigua is a yachting watch that bobs along on a delightfully retro wave appeared first on Time and Tide Watches.

But we may have to wait a couple months to see it for ourselves.

Automotive inspired watches are never easy to pull off, but if there’s one brand that’s consistently done just that, it’s undoubtedly Autodromo. Their watches, from the Vallelunga to the Group B, all convey a deep knowledge and passion of the underlying inspiration in ways that aren’t always immediately apparent. Whether it’s the shape of the […] The post Autodromo Enters a New Class with the Group C appeared first on Worn & Wound.