Blancpain  unveil the first ten watches in the new Fifty Fathoms series – the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Flyback Chronograph with Complete Calendar and Moonphases.   The brand, who for the sixth consecutive year will be partners with the Cannes International Boat and Yacht Show will make use of the superb “Vieux Port” location in Cannes [...]

Hublot build on their superb F1 portfolio of watches with the latest -  the Hublot F1 King Power Monza.  The piece was unveiled as a celebration of the iconic Italian Grand Prix circuit, The Autodromo di Monza where each year thousands of tifosi quite literally turn the  tree-lined track red with Ferrari flags and merchandise.  [...]

Three special edition re-issues continue the 55th anniversary celebrations for luxury Swiss brand Corum, a firm WatchPress favourite.  The brand was established in 1955 by Gaston Reis, an independent watchmaker and his nephew René Bannwart.  From the beginning the brand delivered an innovative and original portfolio of luxury watches, including a succession of distinctive eye-catching [...]

Chopard present a new chronograph piece to add to their 150th Anniversary releases – the Classic Racing Superfast Chrono.  Fans of the brand will be aware of their connections with the world of classic cars, which not only inspire their sporty pieces, but also keep the boss content with a diary full of vintage car [...]

In my article on the Chronoswiss Grand Opus Singapore Grand Prix I mentioned the Franck Muller Conquistador GP Chronograph released last year.  A new piece from the brand has just come to my attention, the Franck Muller Conaquistador Grand Prix Tourbillon. It is no secret that Franck Muller has taken a less prominent role in [...]

Girard Perregaux release a new piece, the 1966 Perpetual Calendar.  Launched in 2006, the 1966 collection celebrates a time when the brand achieved recognition for their research and development with particular regard to high frequency movements.  The latest piece is everything a retro-classic watch should be – flawless, pristine and exquisitely beautiful. Everything about it [...]

To celebrate the Singapore Grand Prix 2010 Chronoswiss release a limited editon of its Grand Opus. You may remember that the brand released the Opus Black Magic at Baselworld 2010 featuring the brand’s patented version of DLC – Dianor, which framed the  hand-skeletonisation and hand-engraving of the movement to superb effect, well the latest piece [...]

Following on from the release of the Edox Chronorally which we loved and reviewed here the brand now present a mechanically powered piece, the  Edox WRC Rally Chronograph Automatic. Featuring a Swiss ETA Valjoux 7750 automatic chronograph movement this one has a pleasing dial layout with the sub- dials neatly aligned to the 12, 6 [...]

Bell & Ross release the Instrument BR 01-92 Compass watch. This is the latest evolution of the BR-01 Instrument series and the brand have been cleverly building the collection by working their way through aviation cockpit inspired dials to great effect.  So far the BR 01  portfolio has included a luxury tourbillon limited edition, a [...]

Parmigiani Fleurier present the Parmigiani Bugatti Super Sport.  Parmigiani have been associated with Bugatti since 2001, a dream partnership and surely the envy of other manufacturers – I mean, which brand CEO wouldn’t love to have a little triumphant swagger around the various annual industry events knowing they are official partners of the company which [...]

It’s hard to believe that it has been almost 35 years since Basil Fawlty coined that famous phrase “Don’t mention the war”…..this week two pieces have come to our attention at the Watch Press which attribute their design inspiration to all things military -  if you’re a lover, not a fighter then please leave now! [...]

Longines release their Les Elégantes Collection for 2010. Ladies watches have in recent times mirrored that of their more masculine counterparts, manufacturers have realised that women want the complications, the sporty styling, even the outsize “look-at-me” cuff shredding size synonymous with some men’s collections.  Throughout these evolutions the exquisitely crafted quintessentially quaint dress watch has [...]

There was a time, I am assured by older and more knowledgeable writers in our industry when a wristwatch would appear on a celebrity’s wrist purely because they loved the piece, rather than through some kind of sponsorship or financial arrangement.  Ebel the brand originally created by Eugene Blum and Alice Levy in 1911 was [...]

Eterna present a new limited edition  watch, a re-release of the Super KonTiki divers watch of 1973.  The new piece is slightly larger than the original at 44mm, but retains the characteristic unusual shaped hour and minute hands and tonneau case. Functionality and readability are ensured and the piece has a reassuringly reliable Swiss  ETA [...]

Zenith present the new Elite Captain model for 2010.  The piece forms part of the trimmed down portfolio which sees the brand re-discovering its classical styling and traditional values.  Jean-Frédéric Dufour the CEO of the brand for just over a year had the seemingly mammoth task of slimming down the  collection of models which the [...]