In the past five years, we've been on a rollercoaster in both the primary and secondary markets. Inventory, pricing, demand, and availability have all been in flux, reaching highs and lows as they attempt to stabilize at a new normal.
The pandemic created lasting shifts on both sides of the coin, from how the industry…
There's something funny about the most surprising watch from MB&F—their first new collection since the Legacy Machine in 2011—being the most traditional in a lot of ways. With 38mm by 12mm round case in platinum or rose gold with short lugs, 30m of water resistance, and only two hands, on paper, the MB&F SP One…
Take a glance at the American microbrand Typsim. It might be easy to assume that the brand falls into the category of the numerous microbrands that make vintage-inspired watches with a modern twist. But when I first started following the brand and the small catalogue of watches it was producing, I knew that there was…
To say there was a lot of anticipation for the relaunch of Urban Jürgensen is both an understatement for some and an overstatement for others. For those in the know—in this case, an odd overlapping section of the Venn Diagram, including those tracking the independent watchmaking scene and fans of neo-vintage high horology—the idea of…
The Nivada Grenchen F77 was relaunched in 2023, and, like many other Nivadas of recent memory, is a relatively faithful 37mm homage to a vintage piece from the brand's extensive (and more profound than I realized) back catalog of interesting pieces. The original was released in 1977 as part of a surge of integrated bracelet…
Alexis Fruhauff doesn't mind going against the grain. While much of the horology industry focuses on high-profile wristwatches, the young Paris-based talent has zeroed in on clockmaking. It's a choice that's served him well in his budding career, and in April, he won the prestigious F.P.Journe Young Talent Competition.
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It's been six years since Jason Heaton reviewed the Ianos Avyssos, the first dive watch from the then-upstart brand Ianos Watches, where the brand blended its Greek roots from founder Jacob Hatzidimitriou into a familiar dive watch silhouette. This year, Ianos launches its third and final model in its dive watch trilogy, the Dytis, in…