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Pre-Owned Picks: Off We Go, Into The Wild Blue Yonder!

Cockpit-ready pilot's watches – or the perfect Top Gun movie night accessory.

Which Rolex Movement Takes The Top Spot? A Watchmaker’s Comparison Of Rolex Calibers 3135 And 3235, And Which Is Better? – Reprise

Ask any watchmaker about the Rolex 31 family of calibers and the story will be the same: it has stood the test of time. Ashton Tracy hasn’t met a single watchmaker who doesn’t love working on these workhorse Rolex movements. They are easy to service, keep great time, and stand up to abuse. Put simply: they work. So how does it stand up to big brother, Caliber 3235? Find out right here!

Vintage Watches: A 1994 A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1, A 2013 F.P. Journe Chronomètre Bleu With Full Set, And A 2001 Patek Philippe Aquanaut

The Vintage Team dances into "Neo-Vintage" and beyond in this exceptional Wednesday drop.

Weekend Edition: A Primer on Dress Watches (Which Are Coming Back In Style Right About...Now)

There's more to life than steel sport watches.

Scurfa Watches Review: Wish I Tried This Watch Brand Sooner

For under $300 is Scurfa Watches the full package? Get all the facts, details, and unique photos you need to make the best choice right here!

Breguet Introduces the Tradition Quantième Rétrograde 7597 in White Gold and Blue

Introduced in 2005, the Breguet Tradition is characterised by its inverted movement that reveals most of the movement on the dial. It was a modern concept inspired by the 19th century: the movement was inspired by the souscription pocket watches created by Abraham-Louis Breguet. Since its launch the Tradition has grown into a full-fledged collection ranging from time-only models to the top-of-the-line tourbillon with fusee-and-chain. One of the simplest, yet most striking, is the Tradition Quantième Rétrograde 7597, which has been given a new look with an attractive blue dial. Initial thoughts I have always found the Tradition attractive, particularly the early models with smaller case sizes that tend to work better with in traditional palettes like yellow gold or “pink-on-pink”. The newer models are more sophisticated mechanically, but their cases are larger while the colours are mostly modern in greys and blacks, so the retro-elegance is absent. But the latest Quantième Rétrograde is amongst the best looking Tradition models in the current catalogue. It’s mechanically identical to the original introduced in 2020, but now it gets a two-tone dial that has more contrast, giving it with a stronger character and easily setting it apart from the more classical Tradition models. The date indicator makes a 180 degree jump at the end of each month The blue-on-grey livery isn’t novel, since it was used before on the boutique edition Tradition 7097, a simpler watch tha...

Hands-On: The HYT Supernova Blue Moon Runner, And A Defense Of The Hyperwatch

Sometimes you want Last Year At Marienbad and sometimes you want Jurassic World.  

Talking Watches: With Rhuigi Villaseñor, Creative Director Of Bally And Founder Of The Fashion Brand Rhude

LA's most in-demand designer finds inspiration and aspiration in this killer collection.

Editors' Picks: Six Baby-Blue Watches You Could Conceivably Afford

Does the scarcity (and price) of the Tiffany Nautilus give you the blues? Try one of these alternatives.

Wrist Watching: 3 Of Eddie Van Halen’s Watches As Amazing As His Guitar Solos . . . From Jaeger-LeCoultre, Corum, And Bell & Ross – Reprise

Van Halen was the catalyst kicking off Elizabeth Doerr's lifelong passion for rock music as the first band she stumbled across in this genre (but most certainly not the last). One cursory listen to “Eruption” and she was hooked on rock for life. In honor of the anniversary of Eddie Van Halen's untimely death on October 6, 2020, cue “Eruption” and take a look at three tasteful and fun watches the guitar god owned and wore.

Introducing: The Breguet Tradition Automatique Seconde Rétrograde 7097 Boutique Edition With Blue Guilloché Dial

The essence of Breguet's souscription timepieces, captured in a wristwatch.

Introducing: The Panerai Luminor Chrono Goldtech Blu Notte PAM 1111 (Live Pics & Pricing)

After launching steel automatic chronographs at Watches & Wonders Geneva, Panerai breaks out the gold.

Vintage Watches: A 1970s Cartier Santos-Dumont, A 1960s Heuer Autavia Retailed By Abercrombie & Fitch, And A 1960s Favre-Leuba Deep Blue

Grab a cup of coffee – with this wide selection of vintage, you'll need it.

Introducing: The Glashütte Original 2020 Sixties Edition In Glacier Blue

A couple of cool customers, from a small town in Germany that's a big name in watchmaking.

Glashütte Original Introduces the Sixties and Sixties Chronograph “Glacier Blue”

A yearly tradition starting two years ago, the Sixties annual edition is a limited-production run of Glashütte Original’s well-liked, retro Sixties. In contrast to the sedate, Teutonic colours of the regular models, the Sixties annual editions are characterised by dials in bold colours and elaborate patterns, all produced the traditional way at its sister company located just several hours away. The annual edition began in 2015 as an experimental collection of watches with dials in over-the-top colours, before becoming an annual edition, first with a green dial patterned after water droplets, followed by an orange version of the same motif last year. Now Glashütte Original has gone in the opposite direction with the Sixties and Sixties Chronograph featuring pale-blue, dégradé dials finished with a simple, radial brushing. Decidedly more restrained than the earlier editions, the new “glacier blue” dials are still nuanced and striking. Subtle blue As with all of the dials found on the Sixties annual editions, the new “glacier blue” dials are produced by the what was once the Th. Muller dial factory in Pforzheim, historically the heart of the German jewellery and clockmaking industry, and now owned by Glashütte Original’s parent company, Swatch Group. The blue dials are finished in a dégradé, or graduated, colour that darkens towards the edges – an effect that requires multiple steps to achieve. It starts with a dial blank made of German silver that is...

Throwback Sundays: Six Independent Watchmakers which you should know, but may not

Six Independent Watchmakers who you may not know: Ch. Frodsham, McGonigle, Petermann-Bédat, Sylvian Pinaud, Tulloch and James C. Pellaton.

Hands-On: Bell & Ross BR 05

Luxury sports watches in steel with distinctive case shapes and integrated bracelets have been an unstoppable trend of late. Though the segment was born in the 1970s with the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and then Patek Philippe Nautilus, it’s arguably at the high-water mark now. Several brands have joined the party with their own luxury sport watches, each designed with a different impetus, but often met with a certain degree of controversy. Recent examples include the Vacheron Constantin Overseas, Piaget Polo S, and Girard-Perregaux Laureato. And now, it’s the turn of Bell & Ross (B&R;) with the BR 05. Unsurprisingly, the BR 05 is a riff on the most iconic Bell & Ross design – the circle-within-a-square case. The BR 05 enters a crowded segment in both an affordable manner; it’s kitted out with a well-constructed case and customised movement for under US$5000. An unmistakable form At first glance, the rounded-square case and bezel with visible screws inevitably brings to mind Gerald Genta’s classics. But on its own, the BR 05 is a logical derivative of the signature B&R; case. The BR 05 is a compact watch, with a wide bezel making it look slightly smaller than it actually is. The case measures 40mm across and 10.4mm in height, which is relatively slim and within the general ballpark of such watches. That being said, a case below 10mm would have given it more elegant and classical proportions. And in contrast to the merely adequate depth rating of the ...

The Value Proposition: The Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 53 Compression 'Blue Lagoon' Watches

Summer's not over yet!

Ep. #104 Black Friday Wish Lists & 2 Years of TBWS

Kaz and Mike celebrate 2 years of TBWS and share a handful of watches they hope to see discounted during the wave of Black Friday sales. What do you have your eye on this year? Be sure to share the watches you're hoping to hunt down this holiday season.

Watchscapes: Watches that blow your mind: Greubel Forsey GMT Earth

Watchscapes: We explore the extension to the Greubel Forsey GMT, with the new Greubel Forsey GMT Earth and why it blows our mind!

Christmas Wish List: Suzanne Wong, Revolution Technical Editor at Large

Suzanne’s note to Santa isn’t just a list of watches, but a list of watches in very specific case/strap/dial combinations. Rudolph had better be good at helping take quick notes; just ONE day to Christmas now!

Bal Harbour Shops Collectors Weekend Celebrates Watches and Cars

H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Concept Funky Blue

When it comes to minimalism, we think that there are very few watchmakers that have achieved what H. Moser & Cie. have accomplished. The Perpetual 1, for instance, is one of the most revolutionary and simplest perpetual calendars that the horological world has ever seen.  H. Moser & Cie. have decided to up the ante withRead More

Baselworld 2015: Hands On With The Glashütte Original PanoReserve & PanoMaticLunar In Blue (Live Pics)

When news broke of the new dial colours that Glashütte Original were introducing for the PanoReserve and PanoMaticLunar, I was particularly excited. After-all, I had grown to know about and admire the brand through these two watches, and when I was first acquainted with them, I can honestly say that I fell in love immediately. What’s […]

Montblanc Star Twin Moonphase – Once In A Blue Moon

In many cases, watches that have the moonphase complication suffer from exactly the same problem as many chronographs: their dial layout is almost identical with one another. Not that this is so much a problem. This layout is often very practical and pleasing to the eye, but this does not diminish our craving for something […]