While the summer is often a low ebb for the horological tide, this month proved that Swiss, German and Japanese firms have all been hard at work developing and releasing products to hold us over between the important early-spring trade shows and those occurring in late fall and winter. A non-limited Eastern Arabic-dial dress watch […]
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Watch guys tend to idealize “the one-watch collection” — the idea that there’s one watch out there to rule them all, one watch a person can own and wear in just about any situation, every day, forever. For me, that watch is a Rolex Submariner. I’ve owned one for 20 years now, and I’ve worn […]
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Back in the days when Nick Nolte and Robert Shaw were ogling Jacqueline Bisset in a skimpy wet T-shirt on the set of The Deep, an excellent dive watch was essential — for actual self-preservation-related reasons. Before there were dive computers, a timepiece that could go deep was a reference instrument that helped seagoers avoid […]
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Watch brands love talking about innovation, but May’s most compelling releases suggest that the industry’s real strength lies in its ability to reinterpret the familiar. Last month saw the return of icons such as the A. Lange & Söhne Cabaret Tourbillon and Longines Legend Diver, while brands including Daniel Roth, King Seiko and Zenith mined […]
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In 1848, an enterprising 23-year-old watchmaker named Louis Brandt established a small workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Before long, Brandt was selling his timepieces across Europe, and his two sons, Louis-Paul and César, came to work for him. Upon Louis’s death in 1879, Louis-Paul and César took over, operating under the name Louis Brandt & […]
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Given the Met Gala’s profound and continued ability to draw eyes, it was only a matter of time until the vast and extremely expensive universe of watches came knocking. Over the past few years, luxury timepieces have quietly infiltrated the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual fundraiser, semi-incognito on the wrists of big-stepper celebrities that range […]
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Watches and Wonders may dominate the horological conversation each April, but even an event as gravitational as Geneva’s marquee trade show can’t contain the full scope of what the industry has to offer. While much of the attention this year was rightly focused on headline releases from the likes of Rolex, Patek Philippe and Cartier, […]
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In 1931, a Swiss watchmaker named Louis Cottier patented an ingenious mechanism that could display all of the world’s time zones simultaneously. Adopted by brands such as Vacheron Constantin, Rolex and — most famously — Patek Philippe, the “world timer” uses a “city ring” display in conjunction with a 24-hour ring split into day and […]
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This week, we’re on the ground at the Geneva-based trade show Watches and Wonders, getting the scoop on some of the releases we’ll see all year from virtually every big name in the industry. Naturally, this includes the biggest name in the industry. Despite its historically austere reputation, Rolex is no stranger to the odd […]
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At long last, Watches and Wonders 2026 is upon us. Each spring, Geneva becomes the center of the watchmaking universe as brands, retailers, collectors and journalists descend upon the picturesque Swiss city for the industry’s biggest showcase of new timepieces. Running from April 14-20, the fair once again takes over the Palexpo exhibition center while […]
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At Watches and Wonders Geneva, Patek Philippe tends to operate with the quiet confidence of a maison that doesn’t need to shout. Releases are incremental, complications are refined rather than reinvented and the overall message is usually some version of, We’ve been doing this longer than anyone, and we’ll keep doing it our way. That […]
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One unfortunate consequence of the rising popularity of watches as collectibles is that timepieces are increasingly expensive. In any given month, we acknowledge that the new releases in this roundup can feel downright prohibitive. The upside? That was very much not the case this March. From a colorful $500 Shinola to a sub-$2,000 Doxa diver, […]
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What is typically a sleepy winter month turned into an extravaganza of horological delight — can I say stuff like that without getting punched? — when everyone from high-end independent Parmigiani Fleurier to affordable fan favorite Zodiac decided to release straight-up spectacular watches. For fans of 18th-century sympathique clocks and unreserved haute horlogerie, a collab […]
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The 1950s and 1960s saw an explosion in leisure activities as men returned home from the war, technology proliferated, travel became quicker and more affordable, and wealth accumulated. Chief among these newfound hobbies — and, in certain cases, professions — were SCUBA diving and racing. In both cases, practitioners needed a reliable wristwatch to accompany […]
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