I like to sleep in. I typically don’t go to bed before 1 am, and generally wake up around 7:00 or 7:30. This morning, though, I we up at 5:00 in the morning to a barrage of texts — all from various people telling me the news: Watches & Wonders Geneva (previously known as Salon…

Hands On With The Franck Dubarry Fileteado GMT
By Steve Huyton Previously the founder of a late 1990’s brand known as TechnoMarine, Franck Dubarry, has always had a penchant to create unusual timepieces. When he founded TehnoMarine in 1997, he made a name for the fashion-forward brand by adorning rubber strapped dive watches with diamonds. Having long since left that brand behind…
Introducing The MB&F Legacy Machine FlyingT Without Diamonds
Around this time last year, my good friends over at MB&F unveiled their first women’s watch: LM FlyingT. While I d the watch, I was very vocal about the fact that I wished they had done a non-diamond version for those of us women who mechanics over bling. Max Busser, whom I have known…
Video: Thierry Collot Of Zenith Explains The El Primero Chronomaster 2
Recently, we had some time to catch up with Zenith USA head, Thierry Collot, who to the time to explain the brand’s recently released El Primero Chronomaster 2 (available with either a blue or black bezel). The watch demonstrates the brand’s incredible accuracy in timekeeping and is an evolution of its El Primero mechanical caliber…
Introducing the Longines HydroConquest Green
Last week in New York City, Longines unveiled some of its newest watches for the year, and green to center stage in the form of the new khaki-green colored HydroConqust Automatic watch. The diver’s timepiece — water resistant to 300 meters — features a bold green dial, matching green polished ceramic bezel and green textured…
IWC Unveils ‘Laureus Sport For Good’ Portugieser Hand-Wound Monopusher
Following in its “Laureus Sport for Good” partnership, IWC Schaffhausen releases the all-new “Laureus Sport for Good” Portugieser Hand-Wound Monopusher Edition. The newest timepiece is created in a limited edition of just 500 pieces and features an engraving on the case back of the winning design from the brand’s annual drawing competition. The winning design…