From the workshop of Maurice Lacroix comes a new limited edition piece, the Maurice Lacroix Pontos Décentrique Phases de Lune. Enthusiasts who appreciate unusual dial arrangements may have noticed previous Pontos Décentrique releases and this latest watch with its visually stunning atypical styling will not disappoint. The Maurice Lacroix Pontos Décentrique Phases de Lune Display [...]

  From Montblanc comes a new release, the Montblanc Collection Villeret Vintage 1858 Chronographe.   The first Montblanc watch collection was unveiled in 1997 and this has evolved into an elegant and appealing portfolio of mens and ladies models.  Ambitions to be respected within the industry as a serious watch brand gained momentum when Montblanc’s [...]

F.P. Journe watch company At The Watch Press we relish the opportunity to feature some of our own personal favourite watchmakers and their often astonishing accomplishments in their field. We all have different reasons for our choices, be it design, complication, sophistication or even quirkiness of a particular manufacturer. However, it is quite rare for [...]

Officine Panerai present the latest addition to their highly successful Radiomir collection – the Panerai Radiomir Titanium 47mm Limited Edition.  This special edition piece features the Panerai Calibre OP XXVII hand wound movement based on a Minerva base.  The watchcase constructed from titanium is 47mm wide and is the instantly recognisable cushion shape. The very [...]

Omega continues its sports timekeeping traditions with the release of a new Timeless Olympics collection.  Omega were the first company to be appointed as Official Olympic Games Timekeeper in 1932 when they provided 30 precision timing instruments for the event in Los Angeles. One piece in the forthcoming collection is the Omega Timeless Olympic Speedmaster [...]

With a Valjoux 7751 movement based on the highly acclaimed 7750 Calibre, Baume & Mercier present a new addition to its Classima Executives XL collection first launched in 2004 – the Classima Executives XL Chronograph Complete Calendar. As its name implies this latest piece features an array of functions within its classic 42mm round case [...]

Frédérique Constant - relative newcomers in the industry – have achieved another world first in the form of the “Manufacture Tourbillon Moonphase Date 24 Silicium”.  The brand were the first to develop a tourbillon featuring an escapement wheel made from silicon, the smooth surface of which needs no lubrication and which being incredibly light, results in [...]

First released in 1960, the Admiral’s Cup watch was to shed its beautifully crafted Carré skin in the early 1980’s as part of a radical new design when Corum became commercial sponsors of yacht racing.  The re-birth of the piece featured a now instantly recognisable  rounded 12-sided case with brightly coloured nautical pennants decorating the [...]

From the prestigious Saxon manufacture comes a new addition to the world-renowned Lange 1 collection – the Lange 1 Daymatic.   This is the first wristwatch in the series to have an automatic winding movement, therefore the usual power reserve indicator, a feature on all previous manually wound Lange 1 dials is no longer required.  In [...]

The design of ladies’ watches is a niche seemingly overlooked by some of the luxury watch houses, not so at Blancpain where the Le Brassus manufacture continues its pioneering attitude to the creation of women’s timepieces.  In 1998 the brand presented the first ladies’ fly-back chronograph, and the same movement was used to power the “Saint-Valentin 2009“, [...]

With the release in 2009 of the RM 021 Tourbillon “Aerodyne”  Richard Mille impressed the industry with the continued use of ever-more technically advanced modern construction materials.  The materials in question – orthorhombic titanium aluminides – a group of alloys originally the subject of research by NASA for use in construction of the wings of [...]

The Tourbillon is  considered by many to be a trademark complication of the Daniel Roth brand and the small but highly specialised team of technicians and craftsmen at the Le Sentier workshop have produced an impressive collection of tourbillon pieces encased within the instantly recognisable Daniel Roth Ellipsocurvex watchcase.  Of these one of the most [...]

The new JeanRichard Diverscope JR1000 Goldwaters manages to successfully marry the attributes of the stylish, rugged men’s sports watch with those of the serious diver’s watch with a depth range of 300M/1000ft .

Officine Panerai present a new model to add to their highly collectable Historic Collection, the Panerai Radiomir P.999 42mm Pink Gold, powered by a new hand-wound P.999 movement with 60-hour power reserve developed and produced at the Neuchâtel manufacture which was opened in 2006. The P.999 Calibre is smaller than previous Panerai movements allowing the [...]

Building upon the growing success of their 1966 Collection which made its first appearance in 2006, Girard-Perregaux have announced the addition of the 1966 Chronograph to this select series. Offered in both pink gold and white gold and featuring a sapphire crystal exhibition caseback, the new 40mm piece remains true to the more classic theme as found [...]