1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (1673+ words) Many don’t realise just how complicated casebacks have become. Whether they’re contributing to high water resistance, displaying the movement or becoming part of the case itself, casebacks aren’t simply covers snapped on the back (although those do exist, of course)....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (796+ words) Monochrome Watches Childhood imagination and science fiction to inspire high-end watchmaking? Why not, and MB&F is proof that it can be a successful combination. Since the launch of HM1 in 2007, Maximilian Büsser’s concept laboratory has consistently transformed memories of spaceships,…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (877+ words) Just about a week ago, ArtyA was experimenting with moissanite cases and suspended tourbillons, sticking to its habit of working with unusual materials and bold designs. Now, the brand moves from materials to mechanics with the new Complexity, showcased at…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1433+ words) Wristwatch manufacturers focus on keeping cases air and watertight so the movements can operate trouble-free in daily use. This started in earnest in 1926 with Rolex’s robust Oyster case, but even delicate dress watches today have a degree of water and…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1520+ words) If you’ve ever travelled to Shanghai or Thailand, you might be familiar with the ease of acquiring a convincing fake Rolex for pennies on the dollar. Asian counterfeiters (particularly in Guangdong Province, China) often have access to the original machines…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (510+ words) Frank Geelen is an expert on Haute Horlogerie and his horological heart beats faster from beautiful hand-finished mechanical movements. He loves to explain all technical details of complications like tourbillons, minute repeaters, constant force escapements and column-wheel chronographs and he…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (557+ words) The Impulsion by Louis Moinet is already one of the more extroverted ways to pair a chronograph and a tourbillon. For Dubai Watch Week 2025, the brand dials up the theatre with a sharp new act: the Impulsion Titanium Green, a…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (330+ words) Inside the walls of Citizen’s Watch Technology Research Laboratory (yes, the brand did have that… all the way back in 1964), the brand started to look for alternative, more capable materials to craft watches. Citizen’s engineers turned their attention to titanium,…...

9+ mon, 2+ day ago   (528+ words) It’s been 20 years since Parisian brand Bell & Ross released its emblematic BR-01 collection, a striking design – known as the “circle within a square” – inspired by dashboard instruments found in fighter jets. This strong connection with military planes and pilots of…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (465+ words) Czapek unveils the second special series created to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the brand’s rebirth in 2015. Following the Antarctique Tourbillon introduced in April, this new release presents an exceptional interpretation of the maison’s integrated-bracelet sports watch, distinguished by a plique-à-jour…...