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New: Swatch Year of the Dragon collection
Swatch releases 5 new watches to celebrate the Year of the Dragon, inspired by neon colours of Asian city street lights and signs.
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New: Longines Master Collection GMT
Longines adds two new GMT references to their classical Master Collection in yellow gold and rose gold. Both limited editions of 500 pieces each.
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New: Casio G-SHOCK Aim High Series
Casio G-SHOCK introduces the Aim High series, a new collection of timepieces with futuristic designs inspired by virtual reality and action video games.
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Wishing all our readers a Happy New Year and a Prosperous 2024!!
As usual, we take a break today to celebrate the new year. It is the first day of 2024, and we made it through yet another year. Happy New Year!
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Countdown to top posts of 2023: The Best 5
We began last week with the countdown to the top 10 posts of 2023 with 6th to 10th places. Today, we complete the countdown with the Best 5!
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New: Piaget Dragon & Phoenix Collection
Piaget has released four new High Jewelry watches that continue the theme of the Lunar New Year. It looks to be 3 Dragon watches and a Phoenix watch in rose gold, although the press release and other publications reproducing the same release seem to suggest there are 2 of each. From the rendered images, it appears to be one dragon and a phoenix in 32mm Altiplano case, one 41mm Altiplano High Jewelry Dragon and finally, a Dragon Piaget Emperador watch, featuring a flying tourbillon.
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Destructive testing of the new Luminox Mil-spec watch
We received the new Luminox Mil-Spec Series - 3351.SET for testing, given the instructions to destroy the watch. We happily took up the challenge.
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Young Watchmaker Remy Cools and his first chat with Deployant
Young Watchmaker Remy Cools was in the Sunny Island of Singapore recently and we caught up with him. How does this up and coming watch maker incorporates the ideas of 18th and 18th century French watch making into his watches.
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New: Blancpain Ladybird Saint-Valentin 2024
Blancpain is way ahead of the pack, and have just released their Valentine's Day special for 2024 - the Ladybird Saint-Valentin 2024.
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Review: The New Breguet Classique 7637 Répétition Minutes
The minute repeater is often seen as one of watchmaking’s most sophisticated complications. The histories of the minute repeater and Breguet have been entwined for nearly 250 years. While Abraham-Louis Breguet, the brand’s founder, did not invent the minute repeater, he was deeply involved in improving it. As early as 1783, he created the firstRead More
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Merry Christmas! Glad tidings of peace, joy and love
We bring you blessings of glad tidings. Peace, joy and love this Christmas. And may you and your loved ones have a great Christmas.
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Countdown to the best posts of 2023 Part 1
Counting down to the end of 2023, and before welcoming 2024, here are the best posts on Deployant for 2023. Part 1 lists the no6 to 10 spots.
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New: Arnold & Son Luna Magna Red Gold “Year of the Dragon”
Arnold & Son Luna Magna Red Gold “Year of the Dragon” is a limited edition watch that celebrates the 2024 “Year of the Wooden Dragon”. The watch is crafted with fine watchmaking, miniature sculpture, and gemstone craftsmanship, showcasing a dragon and a moon made from red gold (5N). The watch is available in two variations featuring pietersite or onyx.
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Samuel Hoffmann tells us what makes Hautlence great
We recently caught up with Samuel Hoffmann, Brand Manager of Hautlence and we discussed what makes the brand tick.And why it is making a comeback.
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Review: the new Bell & Ross BR-X5 Green Lum
"You've got a case that could light up this whole town" she sang... Here's our review of the Bell & Ross BR-X5 Green Lum after a week on the wrist.
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New: Bremont MBIII Stealth Limited Edition
Bremont releases a new collaboration with ejection seat manufacturer Martin-Baker - introducing the MBIII Stealth Limited Edition.
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New: Corum x Cortina Admiral 42 Automatic Black and Gold
Corum and Cortina releases a special Admiral 42 Automatic Black and Gold, only available on the shop.cortinawatch.com online store.
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New: Chopard L.U.C XP Urushi Year of the Dragon
Chopard celebrates the Year of the Dragon with an 88 piece limited edition in ethical 18K rose gold. Introducing the L.U.C XP Urushi Year of the Dragon.
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How to start a haute horlogerie collection: six recommendations
We return once again to the topic of the beginner collector, but this time with a mroe substantial budget of SGD 30k for their first haute horlogerie watch.
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New: Seiko 5 Sports Field series
In summary, the Seiko 5 Sports Field GMT SSK023 and SSK025 are great, accessible explorer watches that are perfect for travelers. They are designed to be practical and accessible, with a GMT complication that makes them perfect for keeping track of time in different time zones.
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How to make gold: visiting the Chopard Gold Foundry
We recently had the opportunity to visit Chopard's gold foundry in Meyrin. And bring you this inside peek at one of the most elusive of manufactures.
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New: Franck Muller Curvex CX Lady
Franck Muller extends their famous Cintrée Curvex cased collection with the new CX Ladies collection, now in two sizes of 30mm and 33mm.
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Dear Santa: Peter makes his picks Christmas Wishlist for 2023
And to close our Dear Santa roundup this year with the Chief Editor's picks. We return the rationale for the wishlist, and why we do this exercise annually.
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New: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Enamel Dragon
Jaeger-LeCoultre releases a Dragon motif to their Reverso Tribute collection with enamel and engraving with their métiers d'arts work on the novelty.
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Review: The New IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Top Gun Lake Tahoe
Hands on review of the new IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Top Gun Lake Tahoe.
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New: Hanhart Flyback in twin set version
Hanhart releases two twin sets, each comprising of a chronograph wrist watch and a dashboard/table stopwatch. Available in two dial colour options.
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New: Laco Edition 98
Laco begins their celebration of their 100th Anniversary (2025) with the Edition 98 to represent their 98 years in watchmaking.
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New & Reviewed: Armin Strom Mirrored Forced Resonance Zeigeist SHH Edition
Armin Strom introduces the new 8 piece limited edition Zeitgeist SHHMirrored Force Resonance in steel and with German Silver movement plates..
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For your consideration: The six complications families
What are complications? How are they classified? What are the best examples in each class? Here is how we propose to classify them.
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New: Lang & Heyne’s “Manufaktur Edition” of the Anton Model
The most striking feature of the Manufaktur Edition is the flying tourbillon with a twist. The lower section of the dial opens up, offering a unique perspective. Peer through the dial, past the tourbillon cage, and capture a lateral glimpse into the heart of the tourbillon. The rehaut functions as a mirror, enabling enthusiasts to scrutinize the intricate mechanics and finesse of the tourbillon.