As we all get a nice three-day weekend in America for Labor Day, and as we all picnic (albeit hopefully social distance picnicking) and head to the beach, it’s a…
Time and History: What Labor Day Is Really About
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This past weekend, TAG Heuer once again cemented its dominance in the world of motorsports as the single luxury watchmaker to serve as top sponsor at both the Indianapolis 500 and the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco. To celebrate, the Swiss brand unveiled three striking new iterations of its legendary Monaco timepiece: the Monaco…
What It’s Really Like To Attend Grand Prix D’Horlogerie Geneva, GPHG
This year marked the second time that I attended the Grand Prix d’ Horlogerie Geneva, GPHG. Some call this the Academy Awards of the watch industry. I am not so…
What Is The Difference Between Mechanical Manual-Wind and Automatic Wind Movements?
Newcomers to the watch industry, especially collectors just starting out, often get confused about mechanical movements and are unsure when it comes to the difference between a mechanical automatic movement…
What Has 771 Parts, Retails for Just about $450,000 and Is Coming to Stores Very Soon? Up Close with the A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater
By Gordon Henderson When A. Lange & Sohne launched the Zeitwerk in 2009 and unveiled its digital display, the brand created an aesthetic that was something truly different from not…
What Happens When A Brand Themes Its Direction For The Entire Year? Vacheron Constantin Tells All
It was in March at the Watches & Wonders Geneva 2022 exhibition, that the longest continually operating Swiss watch brand, Vacheron Constantin, announced that this year, its unveilings (both product…
What Goes Into The Making Of A One-Off New-Brand Watch: The Birth Of Paolo Mathai Kaleidoscopic Watch
By Steve Huyton I can’t pinpoint the exact moment when I first became interested in horology, but it was definitely at an early age. Later in life after several creative…
What Does It Mean For A Watch To Be Swiss-Made
Today, watches are made in many countries around the world, but the standard to which most collectors aspire is for a Swiss-made watch. Switzerland has been building mechanical watches for…
What do Winston Churchill, Cuba and Cuervo y Sobrinos Have in Common? Find Out
With roots in Havana, Cuervo y Sobrinos is a brand with a Cuban soul and Swiss heart. Made in Switzerland, Cuervo y Sobrinos watches often recall their heady roots – when, in…
What do the Cape of Good Hope, Vasco da Gama and Villeret Have in Common? The New Heritage Chronometrie Dual Time Vasco Da Gama 238 Limited Edition Watch from Montblanc
It was just over a year and a half ago that i had the distinct privilege of traveling with Montblanc to Capetown, South Africa. There, the brand celebrated the unveiling…
What Bremont’s New MBII Configurator Can Do For You
The configurator. One of the first brands to offer this concept was Armin Strom — and that was several years ago. Initially, some buyers were reluctant to go on…
Three Top Jump Hour Watches
We get so used to loing at time on our watch in the typical way — with hour hands, minute hands and seconds – that sometimes we forget there are…
What All The Hype Is About: Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight, Navy Blue
Just last week, Tudor — sister brand to Rolex — unveiled its new Navy Blue Black Bay Fifty-Eight watch. Collectors were clamoring. There were good , bad , change-of-mind and…