5+ hour, 4+ min ago   (462+ words) Last year, Hanhart introduced the Preventor HD12 as its vision of a robust and versatile everyday watch. Positioned alongside the brand’s historically inspired pilot’s watches and chronographs, the series offered a compact case with enhanced surface hardness and a straightforward time-only…...

7+ hour, 4+ min ago   (470+ words) Vacheron Constantin has long been one of the great names in artistic watchmaking, regularly using engraving, enamelling, guilloché and other traditional crafts to transform the dial into a canvas. For this new collection, part of the Maison’s “One of Not…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (325+ words) Just ahead of Geneva Watch Days, MB&F has teamed up with Maison Alcée to release a wonderful build-it-yourself mechanical desk clock. Celebrating the 15th anniversary of MB&F’s M.A.D. Gallery, the two brands have collaborated on Nostromo, an…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1305+ words) Small changes can go a long way, but when a watch goes from bracelet-only (sort of) to a leather strap, it can go a very long way. Especially when said watch is a true pioneer in the field, with historical…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1394+ words) Following up on our recent ABCs of Time article on the history of watch bracelets, we turn our attention to clasps, which are much more than simple closures today. In fact, some of the best are R&D marvels with…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (892+ words) With such a name, it was just a matter of time before seeing travellers’ watches coming back to the Escale collection of Louis Vuitton – remember that escale is French for stopover. The inaugural version of this watch, first released in…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (497+ words) 1 – Which watch changed the way you looked at watchmaking? 2 – What is the quality you value most in a watch? Innovation. For me, this is the most important point. A watch must create not only a new emotion, but it must…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (372+ words) 1 – Which watch changed the way you looked at watchmaking? 2 – What is the quality you value most in a watch? Character. A watch should have a personality before it has specifications. If you can recognise it across a room without reading…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (641+ words) Henri Grandjean (1803-1879) was a master watchmaker from Le Locle, renowned for his precision marine chronometers and for his pioneering role in Swiss chronometry. The name was recently revived by entrepreneur and collector Sohail Aziz and positioned as an independent brand…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (712+ words) 1 – Which watch changed the way you looked at watchmaking? For a German watch enthusiast, the first four Lange watches of the modern era, unveiled in 1994, were, of course, truly remarkable. The Lange 1 was unlike anything that had ever existed before....