This past weekend marked the Rolex 24 at Daytona event where the Tom Blomqvist, driving #60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06, to the victory. Not only did he win the race and trophy, but also he won the coveted Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona watch. Reflecting on his team’s second consecutive win and…
Long awaited, the fruits of a collaboration formed a couple of years ago now comes to fruition: Giorgio Armani enters the fine watch world with Swiss watch brand Parmigiani Fleurier. The watches are befitting of the creations Giorgio Armani conjures. It was in December of 2020 that this dynamic duo (Parmigiani and Armani) announced that…
In an interesting move, Bulgari has partnered with Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo auction house and created a special edition of its iconic Octo Finissimo watch. The Octo Finissimo has become a pillar in the Bulgari watch collections and the new Special Edition Phillips piece promises to make a lot of noise…
Unless you’ve walked through a watch workshop where rare handcrafts are executed by master artisans, and witnessed their microscopic work in person, it is difficult to really understand how much goes into the making of a Metiers d’ Arts watch. The new Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous Sonatina Peaceful Nature watches are not only technically advanced and masterfully…
German watch brand Tutima Glashütte is all about creating watches that perform important functions that their owners need or want, such as flying or diving. The brand has a long history in these realms and is known around the world for their aviation watches and their dive watches. Now, the brand releases the new MariTimer…
This story was supposed to be a watch review of my M.A.D. 1 Red watch. But it morphed. The reason I this watch better now than when I first got it is because I thought this watch was gone forever. But it wasn’t. You can read about that toward the end of the…
It was in 2021 that Breguet released some new technology in the form of its Valentine’s Day Reines de Naples Coeur Eternal Love limited edition watch. That timepiece, with white lacquered dial and a big gold heart was innocuous loing enough – but it packed a punch. The large heart in the center of the…
I’ve been in the watch industry a very long time. In fact, I started my journey in late 1984 and my first full year in timepieces was in 1985. That was the same year that IWC unveiled its revolutionary DaVinci Perpetual Calendar watch that had been developed over the course of several years by…
Recently, I had the opportunity to go “hands on” with the newest CuleM Sky GMT watches and it was a fun experience. The Sky series is the second evolution for the young brand, whose Portal GMT watch I first reviewed last year. It actually launched the World GMT collection in 2019. I d that world…
Today, as we learn the news of the death of Bert Kalisher, many long-time watch industry veterans are most likely conjuring images of this man – a mentor to so many in his day. A true gentleman and somewhat of a Renaissance man, Bert Kalisher died peacefully on Sunday November 20th at the grand…
Just two weeks ago, I joined A. Lange & Söhne in Boston where the brand opened its 8th US Boutique on prestigious Newbury Street. This Boston equivalent of Saville Row is fast becoming a watch r’s mecca. The gorgeous new A. Lange & Sohne store is nestled neatly into space that sits alongside brands such…
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