The Eberhard & Co Tazio Nuvolari Vanderbilt Cup “Naked” …  yes, this new watch does celebrate a very special state-side victory – but, given the weekend that it is, I’m claiming this one as a “Monaco Special” – here’s why …   Tazio Nuvolari – “Il Mantuani Volante”, is perhaps best described using the words [...]

Ateliers Louis Moinet CEO Jean-Marie Schaller is having a good year – understatement.   Earlier this year a timepiece bearing the name Louis Moinet was revealed to be the first chronograph ever – fact.     It has a movement which beats at an astounding 216,000 vibrations per hour and is capable of splitting seconds [...]

This is the new Oris ProDiver Pointer Moon.  Looks different.  Is different.   Perhaps such on the dial busyness on a dive watch is not to your taste, but this is the first mechanical watch to feature both a lunar cycle and a tidal range indicatior and naturally Oris are rather chuffed with it.   [...]

30 years have passed since the founding of Chronoswiss.  25 years have passed since the first Chronoswiss Régulateur was unveiled and 16 months have passed since   Chronoswiss was sold, leaving its creator in the role of “Consultant”.  For 2013 a new celebratory piece, the Régulateur 30 was presented to the industry, but first allow me [...]

The merging of watch companies with motor sport teams and events often prove to be flighty dalliances – witness the comings and goings of F1 partnerships etc. etc. But there are exceptions.  Chopard have been sponsor of the Mille Miglia since 1988.   Theirs is a most authentic partnership, and part of its charm and [...]

It’s a diver’s watch, but it’s dressy.  It’s dressy, but it’s a diver’s watch.  It’s modern, but it’s vintage – and its styling is extremely clever.   Blancpain could so easily have celebrated 60 years of their Fifty Fathoms collection with something bolder and chunkier, instead the new Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe 2013 is reminiscent of [...]

New edition, new calibre and looking rather fabulous to boot – the new Eterna Royal KonTiki Two Time Zones watch.   Inside is the Eterna Calibre 3945A, part of the brand’s proprietary calibre 39 family, appearing in its first version for this piece.  I say first because this movement will be capable of 88 variations.  [...]

In celebration of 240 years in the business Urban Jürgensen & Sønner have unveiled the magnificent Montre Observatoire Émail 2013.  The model represents a new flawless facade, one which belies the inner complexities of the in-house P8 Calibre which powers this piece.     I cannot stress how technically adept the P8 Calibre is.  It features [...]

Two anniversaries and a superb trio of timepieces released in their honour – unable to cherry-pick, instead we feature all three….   Jaeger-LeCoultre are celebrating 180 years in the business, Aston Martin are almost 100 years old and their partnership has inspired some rather fine wristwatches.  With such a prestigious marque to associate with, the [...]

BaselWorld was abound with big anniversaries.  Rolex and TAG Heuer celebrated 50 years of their respective Daytona and Carrera models, it’s been 30 years since the inception of Swatch changed everything and Seiko have been making watches for 100 years.  All presented suitably high profile new watches in celebration.  Among this rash of celebratory pieces [...]

    Hours before the doors to the Baselworld exhibition opened each morning over the past week, the people who would spend the following nine hours welcoming buyers, browsers, celebrities, journalists and assorted others who make Baselworld happen have long been on the move and making their way by air, trains and trams to the [...]

The distinctive Regulator pendulum clock dial, once used for precise time measurement in industry and science is one which transfers its functionality to great effect for that of a wristwatch.  A fine example of such a metamorphosis is the Glashütte Original Senator Chronometer Regulator new for 2013.   On a varnished silver-grainé background, each function [...]

  The re-creation of historical timepieces is something which Alpina accomplish with aplomb.  In celebration of the company’s 130th anniversary, this is the Alpina 130 Heritage Pilot Chronograph.     Gottlieb Hauser, the man who formed the first watchmaking co-op to help craftsmen buy components at reduced prices and find the best route to market [...]

Some have termed the new Nomos Ahoi a “Dive Watch”… but that’s a loose description for this smooth-bezeled model.  I’ll go instead for the Nomos description of “Sporty, robust, upbeat, modern” because this is a brand who know a thing or two about how to market their unique watches – a refreshing change from some [...]

In the market for a quintessential dress watch?  One capable of displaying the current phase of the moon to stunning effect?  This is the Frédérique Constant Slimline Manufacture Moonphase and it is simply gorgeous.     In an industry where some of their associates have a history numbered in hundreds of years,  Aletta and Peter [...]