A look at watches with a variety of horological complications and functions above and beyond telling time.
Watch pundits of today often lament that all we create in watches now are throwback references to the past. In fact, today’s watchmaking complications – freely defined as anything additional on a timepiece above and beyond the “simple” time indication – not only reflect the mechanical genius of generations ago, but also – and …
The artisans at Jaquet Droz created two new “Year of the Monkey” Petite Heure Minute watches this year– and each is a stunner. Each is based on the legend of the Monkey King (Sun Wukong), wiy referred to in Chinese literature, who, although tasked with the job of protecting the Garden of Celestial Peaches (whose fruit…
The year 2016 will mark the 200th year of the chronograph, as invented in 1816 by Louis Moinet. That first precision instrument boasted an amazing 216,000 vibrations per hour and measured 60ths of a second. It also featured a reset function that was unheard of at that time. In short—a pioneering masterpiece. Earlier this year…
Independent Swiss watch brand Armin Strom continues to unveil masterpieces of art and technology while at the same time regularly paying homage to its founder, master skeletonizer Armin Strom. Strom had founded his brand in 1967 and nearly 45 years later, in 2011, retired, leaving the brand to be fully operated by the Michel family. Today,…
Recently in New York City, I got first-hand los at some of the most exciting new timepieces destined to make their way to the US market next year. I’m speaking about the new Cartier watches that were shown as a sneak peek at the upcoming SIHH 2016 in Geneva. While there are some spectacular new…
At the risk of sounding redundant — this is the third year in a row that we can expect great things in women’s watches at the SIHH in Geneva in January. Women’s watches have been the highlighted focus for many brands for the past three years, with some brands unveiling entirely new, specially-created women’s s.…
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