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Hands-On: The Albishorn x Massena LAB Maxigraph

Spending some time with one of my favorite releases from last year.

Introducing: The Vulcain Nautical Legacy Massena LAB

A few new additions put a fresh spin on the classic Cricket Nautical.

Hands-On: The H. Moser & Cie. x Massena Lab Endeavour Chronograph Compax

H. Moser and Massena release a tribute to vintage Moser chronographs.

Buying Guide – Curing Gold Fever With Five Heavyweight Luxury Sports Watches

If there’s one thing to be said about luxury sports watches, is that if done right they will stay on your wrist for a very long time. The undeniable appeal of such watches comes down to the shaped cases, integrated bracelets and often textured dials. Mostly crafted from robust stainless steel, there are those that […]

Olympic fever: Six sports chronograph to enjoy the games better

A quick survey of sport chronographs to enjoy the Olympic games, either as a spectator or to emulate the athletes and engage in the sporting activities.

Hands-On: The Cartier Tank Mini Keeps Small Watch Fever Burning

Honey they shrank the tank!

Introducing: The Massena LAB x Revolution Uni-Racer 1949

A vintage pièce unique Patek dial is the perfect inspiration for this collaboration.

As Rolex ascends the luxury pyramid, Tudor reprises its role as protector and creative lab of the group

Introducing: Angelus and Massena Lab's New Chronographe Médical

The two brands dug deep in the archives to revive an incredibly rare, fascinating, and specialized watch. It's just what the doctor ordered.

In-Depth: Carl F. Bucherer’s New "Mastery Lab" Brings Pièce Unique To The Masses – If You Can Afford One

The minds behind the new individualization program believe that if you're ponying up for a watch, it should be distinctly yours.

First MB&F; Lab in the world opens in Raffles Arcade in Singapore

Introducing: Bulgari Puts Record-Thinness Aside In Favor Of Power Reserve With The New Octo Finissimo Skeleton 8 Days

That's 192 hours, or 11,520 minutes, or 691,200 seconds.

Inside The Manufacture: Inside A METAS Master Chronometer Lab – Which Is Inside Tudor, Which Is Inside Rolex HQ In Geneva

Torture-testing Tudors.

Introducing: The 17.09 MING x Massena LAB

Two OG watch enthusiasts combine forces in a powerhouse indie collaboration.

Hands-On: The Rolex Submariner Date Reference 126619LB

A lower-key white-gold Sub with clean black dial.

Introducing: The Panerai LAB ID PAM1700 With 70-Year Guarantee

A lifetime guarantee in celebration of 70 years.

Introducing Chopard Mille Miglia 2020 Race Edition and the Mille Miglia Lab One

Introducing: The Massena LAB Uni-Racer

A '60s classic reinterpreted.

Introducing: The Unimatic x Massena LAB Modello Uno Ref. U1-ML6 (With Exclusive Live Pics)

Tropical vibes in a modern, affordable, water-resistant diver.

Blancpain celebrates Watchmaking and Art de Vivre in Hong Kong

Blancpain recently hosted an exhibition in Hong Kong dedicated to its Grand Complication timepieces and showcasing this year’s newest timepieces.

Breguet’s Classic Tour Brings Gentlemen’s Art de Vivre to Geneva

Fine watches, bespoke suits, made-to-measure shoes and a beard trim were all on the agenda for Breguet’s Geneva Classic Tour.

Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600 + Metiers D’art Copernicus Celestial Spheres - Tropical Fever

While the Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600 is a watch that draws attention for its complex intricacies, the Metiers D’art Copernicus Celestial Spheres are a trio of watches that captivates because of their intricate complexities.

Hands-On: the Aera M-1 Blackbird

Is it too late to dub the summer of 2025 “Black Watch Summer”? That might be how I remember this particular season. The watch I’ve worn most, by far, as the temps have soared is my Ming 37.09 “Uni,” a blacked out void of a watch if ever there was one. And a few weeks ago at Windup I purchased my first vintage watch in ages, a DLC coated Favre-Leuba chronograph that I couldn’t pass on. And now, as we’re fully in the dog days, I sit here with the new Aera Instruments M-1 Blackbird on my wrist, another cool, sleek, blacked out watch that bolsters the notion that Aera is one of the most interesting accessible indies of the moment.  I reviewed Aera’s D-1 dive watch a few years ago, and the tone of that review was one of pleasant surprise. At the time, the brand was in the midst of launching their second collection, and from the photos and press materials I had seen, I was struggling to make sense of why this brand needed to exist. That might seem like a harsh standard, but we live in a period where it’s incredibly easy to churn out incredibly generic sports watches for minimal money and talent that absolutely no one needs. The whole point of this website, as I see it, is to find the stuff that has a real reason to be made because it offers something different. So I was surprised to find that the D-1 subverted my expectations by flipping the idea of a dive watch on its head. It kind of looks like a generic dive watch at a glance, but every single detail is act...

Introducing: A Snowy Take On The Fan-Fave 'Omiwatari' Leads 4 New Watches From Grand Seiko

A smaller Snowflake, just in time for winter.

Technical savoir faire: How to hack the tourbillon

The hacking tourbillon. We explore the various methods currently available to hack the tourbillon, and a commentary on the watches which do.

Highlights: Pocket Watches at Phillips Hong Kong

The upcoming Phillips Hong Kong auction includes a diverse and spectacular selection of pocket watches spanning two centuries. From early 19th‑century enamel masterpieces crafted for the Chinese market to 20th‑century tourbillon chronometers that triumphed at observatory trials, the lots on offer demonstrate the technical and aesthetic evolution of the watch over the last two hundred years. Lot 1086 – S. Smith and Son No. 1899-1 Tourbillon Chronometer with Kew Class A Certificate Albert Pellaton-Favre constructed the first of two tourbillons in the auction, which was later retailed by S. Smith & Son. The other, by Patek Philippe, is the work of his son, Jämes-César Pellaton. Both are depicted in Reinhard Meis’s famous Das Tourbillon. The English and Swiss disagreed on what constitutes a chronometer. The English argued that a chronometer must use a chronometer (detent) escapement, while the Swiss considered any watch a chronometer if performed well enough – which the English would call a “Half-Chronometer”. As the Willis enamel dial boasts, the first is a chronometer by both English and Swiss reckoning, with a spring detent escapement and “Especially Good” certificate from the Kew Observatory. While S. Smith and Son retailed quite a number of tourbillons, including others with detent escapements, most were sourced locally, while the present lot uses a Swiss movement. The London branch of Baume Frères ordered six tourbillon chronometers from Albert Pella...

Hands On: Zenith G.F.J., Calibre 135 Revived

Zenith has finally started to look beyond the El Primero with the G.F.J., which features a new version of the storied chronometer cal. 135. Conceived to mark the brand’s 160th anniversary, the G.F.J. moniker is a reference to the brand’s founder, Georges Favre-Jacot, whose initials grace the facade at the manufacture in Le Locle. This new model marks the return of the famous movement phased out about 60 years ago. But production has officially restarted, and the new cal. 135 features modern upgrades that differentiate it from the vintage original used in the Calibre 135 Observatoire introduced in 2022. The “new old stock” cal. 135 that Zenith dusted off for the 2022 edition. Image – Zenith The movement returns to market in a 160-piece limited edition in platinum and features an elaborate blue dial that that is made from lapis lazuli and mother of pearl. For about double the price, owners can request a full platinum bracelet, which endows the watch with impressive heft. Initial thoughts I’ve always liked the cal. 135 and wished Zenith would bring it back. That said, I was not convinced by the first stock images I saw of the G.F.J. I felt like the dial was overwrought, and the basketweave pattern on the movement was distracting. Having spent some time with the watch, I would soften my criticism of the dial as it’s more subtle on the wrist and up close the details are finely done. Moreover, subsequent non-anniversary versions will likely have these details toned...

Zenith Defy Watch Guide

Swiss watch manufacture Zenith traces its roots to 1865, when it was founded in the village of Le Locle by precocious 22-year-old watchmaker Georges Favre-Jacot. As one of the first watchmaking maisons to integrate all aspects of the watchmaking process under one roof, from case manufacturing to movement production to final casing and assembly, Zenith has long prided itself on its quest for timekeeping precision. The company has earned a record number of chronometry prizes over the years, and its most influential contribution to watchmaking history is its El Primero chronograph caliber, released in 1969. (Learn more about El Primero here.) In that same pivotal year, Zenith also released an avant-garde wristwatch series called Defy, whose bold, edgy design proved to be ahead of its time, and found its expression in the now-legendary Ref. A3642.  The Original Defy (1969) That watch was nicknamed the “coffre-fort,” a French term translating to “bank vault” or “safe,” a reference to its robustly angular, octagonal case, 14-sided bezel, and high-for-the-time water resistance of 300 meters, secured by its crown, caseback, and mineral crystal, all of which screwed securely into the case. Its “ladder-style” bracelet from legendary chainmaker Gay Frères also made the original reference notable. The Defy was positioned as Zenith’s toughest watch, featured in an advertisement in which six of the watches were strapped to the spokes of a motorcycle in a speed test a...

Perrelet reinvents its Turbine with the new Casino Roulette, turning time into a game of chance

The new Perrelet Turbine Casino Roulette ditches the traditional turbine blades in favour of a fully integrated roulette wheel dial.

In-Depth: TAG Heuer's New Monaco 'Evergraph' Swaps Levers and Springs for Flexible Nickel-Phosphorus Parts – Here's How it Works (Live Pics)

Developed by the TAG Heuer Lab, in close collaboration with Vaucher, the new chronograph, with TH-Carbonspring, COSC-Certification, 5Hz balance, and more, is one of the brand's proudest achievements yet.