Year after year and watch after watch, I've never ceased to be amazed by Laurent Ferrier's creations. Last year, I was captivated by the brand's first moon phase complication, the Classic Moon. This model is gorgeous, featuring a lunar complication rendered in aventurine glass by Murano artisans and engraved to replicate the shape of celestial…
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The latest collaboration between Noah and Timex takes its cues from the shoreline. Inspired by the quiet symbolism of lighthouses – those stoic, rhythmic guides that once marked safe passage – the new Lighthouse Watch feels like an elevated next step in the New York-based brand's already successful foray into…
The day is finally here. Urban Jürgensen has been reborn yet again, under the guidance of one of the world’s great living independent watchmakers, but with a distinctly different approach to the legacy of one of the oldest names in watchmaking.
In 2021, a group of investors purchased Urban Jürgensen and placed Voutilainen at the…
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Earlier this year, I wrote about a lume-dialed version of the Citizen Aqualand that now sits in my collection – one of the most unusual ani-digi watches on the market with a storied history, with a 40-year history, in fact. And in the comments, a reader named "beernye" said this: …
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It's a rare occasion when a brand revives an old movement – even rarer when the technology was revolutionary 60 years ago and maybe a bit anachronistic in the modern environment. But watch people are anything if not nostalgic and there are plenty of fans of anachronisms, so there will…
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As part of its 250th anniversary celebration, Breguet has taken flight once more — this time, over Manhattan. Following recent celebratory stops in Paris with the Classique Souscription and Shanghai with the Tradition Seconde Rétrograde, the brand touched down in New York to unveil the new Type XX Chronographe 2075BH,…
In 1966, advertising executives tasked with creating marketing campaigns for Rolex advised the Swiss brand that its messaging required a change. A creeping cynicism and shifting cultural values meant the world leaders and powerful political figures it had been invoking as the ideal wearers of its watches were no longer revered with the same awe.…