Franck Muller has teamed with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Geneva to create a timepiece as exclusive as the British car brand’s bespoke automobiles. The Bespoke collection of watches is based on Franck Muller’s well-known “Crazy Hours” watches.The two companies also worked together to customize the interior of the car. Via its Bespoke program, Rolls-Royce enables customers…
Once again the Swiss watch brand from Biel/Bienne, Armin Strom, releases a new generation of its Mirrored Force Resonance watch. This brand, a master at skeletonization, also mastered the art of precision isochronism with its resonance watches in 2016 and continues to create sophisticated mechanical marvels. The elegant new Mirrored Force Resonance combines the…
TAG Heuer Unveils Heuer 02 Chrono In Collaboration With Fragment Design’s Hiroshi Fujiwara
Tag Heuer has been very busy lately. The brand has had several new unveilings already this year — including its connected watch second generation and the connected watch golf version. There are two more unveilings in the works, as well, and today the brand announced its TAG Heuer x Fragment Design Heuer 02 Chronograph. Working with the “Godfather…
Call Of The Wild: Jaquet Droz Petite Heure Minute Tiger Watches
This is an updated post of an earlier post. While we haven’t had the opportunity to go hands-on with the Jaquet Droz Petite Heuer Minute Tiger watches yet, we have definitely formed an impression. After all, Jaquet Droz is long known for its hand-painted and hand-crafted dials, and having been to the brand’s incredible workshops…
Hamilton Watch Takes Starring Role In New Movie: Tenet
Hamilton Watch Company, which has a long and storied past in the world of movies, takes on a leading role in the new espionage thriller starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson. In the movie, where time is omnipresent, the actors rely on a specially made Hamilton prop watch in their race to prevent the…
Perfect Father’s Day Gift: HSNY Virtual Horological Tutoring Program
Skip the ties, the shirts, the electronics. The Horological Society of New York (HSNY) has the perfect gift for Father’s Day this year: Virtual watchmaking tutoring. If dad loves watches, he will love this program.The Virtual Horological Tutoring offers 60- and 90-minute courses that are customizable and offer a theoretical approach to watchmaking. HSNY, America’s oldest…
Introducing The Oris Holstein Edition 2020 And New E-Shop Options
Today marks a very big day for independent watch brand Oris. Headquartered in the Swiss village of Hölstein, Oris today is one of the more progressive watch brands on the market – and at quality/value prices that are pretty difficult to pass up. Today, the brand unveils the Oris Hölstein Edition 2020, as well as updating…
Meet The Ball Engineer II U.S. Marine Corps Watch
Celebrating the tough and tenacious U.S. Marine Corps, Ball Watch Company unveils the new Engineer II U.S. Marine Corps combat watch in honor of the 245th Anniversary of the Marines. This elite corps of the American military is known for its stamina and selflessness on and off the battlefields. Ball, with its American heritage, wanted to…
Introducing The High-Tech $190,000 Corum LAB 02
Swiss watch brand Corum takes the concept of “lab” watches and innovation a step higher with its newly unveiled Corum LAB 02 watch. Two years in the making, this dynamic, technically advanced watch boasts a revolutionary new caliber equipped with a flying gear train, and a host of other firsts for the brand. The LAB…
Introducing the Omega De Ville Tourbillon Co-Axial Master Chronometer
Today, Omega unveils its first first manual-winding central tourbillon movement with Co Axial escapement and antimagnetic properties and Master Chronometer certification. It is a big leap for a brand used to taking big leaps in time. The movement the new watch — the Omega De Ville Tourbillon Co-Axial Master Chronometer — is particularly alluring thanks to…
What Oris, World Oceans Day And the Coral Restoration Foundation Have In Common
Today, June 8, is World Oceans Day — a time when countries all around the world put a focus on our oceans and the sea life that is endangered. Recently, I wrote a comprehensive article about watch brands that are working to save the world’s oceans and life therein — from sharks to manta rays…