This week we offer a quick look at watch complications from a beginner’s viewpoint. For the past few months we have gotten a lot of questions about watch complications and how to just get the basics down. So here, we offer watch education for a true novice. This week: What is a chronograph? What is…
As we continue the look during FIFA World Cup 2014 at watch brands with top brand ambassadors from international football, TAG Heuer comes into place. The brand has two-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo firmly on board its illustrious roster. We brought you details of this relationship recently here. Ronaldo plays forward for Real Madrid…
By Martin Green, watch collector, journalist for Revolution and Troisanneaux Watch journalists are incredibly spoiled. They might not own every watch or even brand, yet they are exposed to the nec plus ultra of Haute Horlogerie on a daily basis. Such excessive exposure to so many great watches makes it hard to call favorites…..or…
Throughout the past week, we brought you a complete list of five top watch brands that are sponsors of international football teams as the World Cup officially started. We also brought you details of Hublot’s role as Official Timer. Today, we begin to move a step further into the incredible world of who’s who in…
Dubey & Schaldenbrand, with workshops in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, unveils its newest Element series of timepieces (as part of its Grand Shar collection). The very avant-garde and exceptionally clean-looking chronograph watches – created in a limited edition of just 16 pieces — combine 18-karat rose gold with advanced physical vapor deposition (PVD). Each watch features…
Ok watch brands…. we know some of you feel the Grand Prix d’ Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) may not be the right fit for you, what with 12 different categories, 20+ judges and 19 prizes – but we also know it is the only true competition out there right now dedicated to recognizing the tradition…
Swiss watch brand Maurice Lacroix is the Official Watch Partner, FC Barcelona. The brand is producing a collection of affordable “fan’s” Swiss-made Maurice Lacroix watches, a more luxurious “player’s” watch, and a sophisticated “executive” model. We are all anxiously awaiting images and will bring them to you as soon as they are available.
While international football is going strong, let’s not forget that there are a host of other sports happening in the world around us this week. Today we honor the racing world with a very unusual brand: Korloff Paris, it’s not a common watch brand, but that’s because, like many other great watch brands of today,…
Continuing in our coverage of watch brands that sponsor FIFIA World Cup teams, Carl F. Bucherer is the Official sponsor of the Swiss National Football Association. The newest watch created in honor of this relationship for World Cup FIFA 2014: A Patravi ScubaTec SFV Special Edition is being created in honor of the Swiss National…
It was a busy weekend in Rio — with several great matches, fairly predictable wins, teargas firings and more…. but, hey, it’s FIFA so who wouldn’t expect some exctitement? As we continue on our near month-long reportage of a comprehensive look at who’s who in the watch world as it relates to international football, we…
“Time goes, you say? Ah no! Alas, Time stays, we go.” ~Henry Austin Dobson By Norman Miller, NYC Watch Collector – and loving son I’m a watch guy, and have been since my days as watch editor of a now defunct trade magazine in the ‘80s. Even though I switched to the “dark side” of…
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