With two new releases, the The Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph and The Longines Column-Wheel Sports Chronograph the brand continues to consolidate its historical position as creators of classical and sporty timekeepers. Both pieces use the L688.2 self-winding movement developed with ETA which was launched in 2009.  For many traditionalists the presence of a column-wheel (in this [...]

Although I am familiar with the name of Beat Haldimann, the much-revered master watchmaker from Thun, I will confess to never actually having taken time to explore what goes on in his own atelier – and what comes out of it too. Well, having read a press release received today, I decided that it was [...]

Wow! This is a little story which is hard to pass! Maybe you know that in Switzerland all forms of motor racing are actually outlawed and so, instead of guys retiring to the garage/potting shed at night to put another five hours into the ‘project’ muscle car, rally car or whatever, their Swiss counterpart retires [...]

Prior to making it’s debut in the upcoming 2010 Baselworld watch industry exhibition, Eterna have unveiled a new addition to their collection due out later this year. The Eterna Madison Eight Days is a very good-looking piece indeed and features Eterna’s new ‘Spherodrive’ in-house manufacture hand-wound mechanical movement. While it can be argued that Eterna [...]

There’s a new wind sweeping through the corridors and workshops at the Zenith manufacture in the guise of Jean-Frédéric Dufour, the company’s new CEO, and it looks like his influence has helped to put the brand solidly in the running for Watch of the Year gong with the stunning new El Primero Foudroyante 1/10th Chronograph [...]

The new Rebellion Predator certainly won’t be to everyone’s taste, but on first seeing it, I immediately thought this dramatic piece merited a short feature here on The Watch Press. Firstly, Rebellion are a young company which is based in Lonay near the shore of Lake Geneva. Established in 2008, they bring a distinctive design [...]

F P Journe have unveiled the new Vagabondage ll wristwatch and in doing so have demonstrated once again their ability to create yet another take on the art of displaying hours, minutes and seconds. From F P Journe press release: ” F.P.Journe presents the second chapter of the Vagabondage Limited Series, “Vagabondage II”, which will [...]

Lovers of the cool Doxa brand will be pleased to set their eyes on the new Doxa Sub 800 Ti Professional. As boasted on their own site (itself a peculiar setup with two variants of the same site available as far as I can see) the watch ‘looks like steel, so it must be…..titanium’ of [...]

One of my favourite and eclectic brands, Havana-based Cuervo Y Sobrinos, have announced their new Cuervo Y Sobrinos Torpedo Historiador Semanal in anticipation of the 2010 BaselWorld industry exhibition in March.   Well, when I say ‘new’, it is in fact a modern interpretation on one of the marque’s distinctive 1940′s models. The Torpedo Historiador [...]

I first really noticed the Ball Watch company a few years ago and have always meant to get my hands on one but never actually got round to it. Ball Watch possess a quite unusual characteristic which is not found in many watch brands – although a nod of recognition also goes to Traser/H3 watches [...]

Hublot have teamed up with one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Depeche Mode. Greatest ‘rock’ bands off all time I hear you wonder? Yes. Have you caught them live? If you have, you’ll know what I mean. In all, Depeche Mode have released 12 albums, the latest of which, Sounds of the [...]

As the driver replaces his steering wheel and steps out of his cockpit in parc ferme after two hours of intense concentration and having been subjected to grueling  g-forces, noise and nearly always high temperatures, he waves to his team and supporters before being ushered away into the paddock building as he makes his way [...]

The following exerpt is taken from the De Grisogono press release announcing the latest 2010 interpretation of their Instrumento Grande Chrono: Acclaimed at its launch, it’s back today in a striking updated version featuring a series of unusually arrayed functions. In 2005, when it first came out, it made quite a splash. With its oversized [...]

As BaselWorld 2010 approaches, so we get to hear about and preview many of the new collections from the leading watch houses. I received the following press communiqué from the DeWitt company: “The launch of the new Twenty-8-Eight collection of DeWitt is an inspired evolution of the brand, as it harmoniously integrates a more classical [...]

As well as their Senator Sixties Panorama Date making it’s debut, Glashütte Original also showcased the lastest evolution of another key model in their collection – the PanoMaticLunar XL. Continuing the ‘Pano’ model’s lineage of typically Glashütte design, where, as with their neighbours and illustrious contemporaries A. Lange & Söhne, the watch face is laid [...]