Schwarz Etienne is one of the rare independent manufactures that does everything under one roof: design, movement development, finishing and assembly in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Since Florian Brossard took the helm in 2024, the brand has sharpened a clear, contemporary identity built on technical depth. That work was visible earlier this year with the launch of […]
The TAG Heuer Monaco, along with the Carrera, has long been a platform for technical bravura, and the new Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph Air 1 takes the idea into the next decade by marrying a rattrapante calibre with radically rethought case architecture and additive-manufacturing technology. Let’s have a look at what surely is one of the […]
Perpetual calendars are one of the most fascinating and elegant complications. Their sophisticated mechanism automatically adjusts the date throughout the year, accounting for the varying lengths of months and the leap year cycle, eliminating the need for manual correction. Yet one challenge is that if your watch stops, resetting it can be complicated, often requiring […]
Oris is undergoing a complete overhaul of its collection, simplifying and modernising its icons. See what the brand has recently done with the Big Crown Pointer Date, the Divers Date or the Aquis Date. The new ProPilot Date is not a radical reinvention but a careful, disciplined evolution of a practical design the brand first introduced […]
The De Bethune DB25 line has long served as the brand’s classical counterpoint, a collection where its most traditional complications are expressed through a very distinctive design. Since the first DB25QP appeared in 2011, the perpetual calendar complication has evolved through multiple iterations. Among the recent releases were the richly coloured green model with guilloché […]
Bovet‘s Récital line has always been where Pascal Raffy lets invention roam free: oversized domes, theatrical displays and genuinely mindblowing complications. The Récital 30 continues that tradition while making a pragmatic, travel-ready turn. Launched as a scaled-down, wearable sibling to the Récital 28, the Récital 30 focuses on one problem and solves it elegantly with […]
It’s worth recalling that Louis Vuitton, the colossal French luxury emporium, was forged on luggage and steamer trunks. Appointed trunk-maker to Napoleon III’s wife, Louis Vuitton (1821-1892) struck gold with his invention of the flat-topped stackable traveller’s trunk. Since then, the brand has been consistently associated with the Art of Travel, a theme that extends […]
Attaining iconic status in the world of watchmaking is no easy feat. This, however, is what Bulgari has achieved in just ten years, with the bold contemporary Italian design and sophisticated Swiss mechanics of the Octo Finissimo lineup. Its impressive lineup turned the Roman Maison into a master of ultra-thin mechanical watchmaking, as the brand has […]
After the release of what is regarded as the blueprint of the first integrated sports watch in 1972, others quickly followed, including Girard-Perregaux. Launched in 1975, the Laureato was the brand’s answer to the growing demand for a watch with an integrated design. It is one of the earliest, yet also one of the most […]
A slightly more discreet member of the Tudor collection, with the Black Bay stealing the show, the Ranger is the brand’s vision of an all-rounder exploration watch, inspired by a model first seen in the late 1960s. Tudor brought back the model in 2014, with the Tudor Heritage Ranger 79910, measuring 41mm in diameter and […]
As one of the most admired independent watchmakers with a hallmark style defined by elegant understatement, it is hard to believe that Laurent Ferrier’s brand was established just 15 years ago. A third-generation watchmaker and car racing enthusiast, Laurent Ferrier (Geneva, 1946) was about to retire after a 37-year stint at Patek Philippe when his […]
What We KnowIt's not often that we write about watch boxes (or watch accessories in general), but I think this new prototype announcement deserves some attention. As part of a collaboration between Audemars Piguet and the Dubai Future Foundation (a government entity established in 2016 as a technology incubator), the two have announced a brand-new watch box. More than just winding, it can set the calendar and time on the recent caliber 7138-powered 41mm Audemars Piguet Perpetual Calendar Royal
It’s revival season in the watchmaking world, as revered names like Gérald Genta and Daniel Roth find a new lease in the capable hands of La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton (LFTLV) manufacture. A pivotal figure in the rebirth of Breguet and the return of high-end mechanical watchmaking, Daniel Roth’s story makes for a fascinating […]
On the occasion of Dubai Watch Week 2025, Chopard unveils the L.U.C Grand Strike, the brand’s most complex watch to date, with a Grande Sonnerie, a Petite Sonnerie, a Minute Repeater and a tourbillon regulator. Just like the brand’s Full Strike minute repeater, its acoustic merits are nothing short of extraordinary, in particular thanks to […]
What We KnowChopard is no stranger to the chiming watch — in fact, the brand is one of the few I most closely associate with the complication, under its L.U.C line of watches. It looks like Chopard has had one big thing up its sleeve for the end of the year, with today's release of the L.U.C Grand Strike, the brand's most complicated chiming watch to date. From a high level, the new L.U.C Grand Strike features the following: a grande sonnerie,petite sonnerie, minute repeater, and a 60-second t
What We KnowThe Tudor Ranger is the no-nonsense, get-the-job-done field watch in the Tudor brand universe. It proved its worth, or a similar-looking Tudor Oyster Prince did, during the British North Greenland Expedition back in the early 1950s, and the Ranger, in a 34 millimeter diameter, was a big part of the lineup in the decades after. The Rolex sister brand first brought the Ranger back with a very heritage-inspired 41-millimeter version in 2014. Then, in 2022, to mark the 70th anniversary
“It’s been 20 years in the making,” Girard-Perregaux’s CEO, Patrick Pruniaux told Robb Report at a recent meeting in New York last month of its latest high horology release, the Neo Constant ...
What We KnowBulgari's newest collaborative endeavor, utilizing the blank canvas of the Octo Finissimo, is a new collaboration that brings to life the words of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, as beautiful, cultural, wearable art. The 40mm by 5mm sandblasted titanium case features laser-engraved calligraphy from Sheikh Maktoum saying, "The future will be for those who can imagine, design, and im
If the Daniel Roth Tourbillon Souscription Yellow Gold from 2023 or its follow-up, the Tourbillon Rose Gold, didn't get you excited, well, how about the brand's third iteration, now in an almost entirely monochromatic execution in platinum? It's certainly done the job for me, even if the changes seem quite minimal from the past two. But color makes all the difference, in my opinion, of making this perhaps the most youthful yet low-key take on the design yet.The previous two modern Daniel Roth
What We KnowLast year, we saw the very first revivals of the spiky, sea-urchin-inspired Oursin silhouette under the LVMH La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton relaunch of the Gérald Genta name. 36.5mm in diameter, with separate colorways and different versions of the "spikes" around the case, the Oursin was finally back from the 90s. But today, as part of Dubai Watch Week, the brand takes the Oursin to a completely different direction with two new references that expand the Gentissima Oursin fami