Hamilton issue another throw-back to the 1960′s, the Hamilton Thin-O-Matic, a watch with surely the best retro name in the business.  Some of the originals featured the Buren micro-rotor, Hamilton loved it so much they bought the company in 1966.  The 2011 Thin-O-Matic is powered by an ever-reliable ETA 2824 but don’t let that [...]

  Chopard have been sponsor and official timekeeper of the “world’s most beautiful road race” since 1988.  It should therefore be fitting to release a watch in tribute to Italy’s traditional racing colours, Rosso Corsa.  A natural evolution, except for one problem – the perplexing red dial.  Now there have been some woefully bad red [...]

François-Paul Journe presents a new addition to his superb portfolio of timepieces, the F.P. Journe Octa UTC.   F.P. Journe is feisty, out-spoken, innovative, ambitious, in fact just how we at the WatchPress like our Master Watchmakers.  He is a respector of the techniques of the “Old Masters” which he blends with his own pioneering [...]

During the build up to the Brazilian Grand Prix, Hublot unveil two new pieces, the King Power Ayrton Senna and the King Power Tourbillon Ayrton Senna.  Previous Senna tribute pieces by Hublot have formed part of the Big Bang collection, but since the release of the King Power F1 to celebrate the brand becoming F1′s [...]