For five weeks I wore the Carl F. Bucherer Patravi TravelTec watch. I was sad to have to return it. This timepiece is a bold statement in sophistication and Swiss watchmaking. The watch has several great functions – including a chronograph and the ability to tell time in three different zones simultaneously. This latter function…
Meet Dominique Burdet – Master Watchmaker for Audemars Piguet
Meet the man who spends nearly a thousand hours hand crafting one superb Audemars Piguet timepiece. His name is Dominique Burdet and in his haute horlogerie workshop at Audemars Piguet’s Le Brassus factory, this master watchmaker and his team create the highly complicated mechani for the brand’s Grand Complications – complete with minute repeaters. …
Cars and Watches: Hands on with the new Scuderia Ferrari Orologi by Movado Group
By Ryan Walsh We all heard the announcement last year that the Movado Group entered into an exclusive licensing agreement to design and manufacture watches for the renowned Italian automaker Ferrari under the brand name Scuderia Ferrari Orologi. The first collection made its debut a few months ago at BaselWorld 2013 and is now available…
Up Close and Personal with the Bremont Codebreaker – A Tribute to WWII History (video and original pics)
Last night we had the opportunity to spend quality time with our good friends at Bremont Watch Company, and we got the chance to really see and touch the new Codebreaker watch. History rs are going to go in big for this one—because it celebrates the thousands who worked tirelessly in England during World War…
How Mother-of-Pearl Dials are Made
Many brands today use mother of pearl for dials on both women’s and men’s watches. Shimmering and intriguing, mother of pearl is not an easy substance to work with. It is quite brittle and ultra thin when used as a dial and breakage can easily occur. Depending on the complexity of the dial, the entire…
Throwbacks: A Look at some 20th Century Wristwatches
As and brands lo to their archives for inspiration, we decided it would be interesting to pull out a few of our older average-retail-priced 1980’s and 1990’s timepieces and take a lo at their size and design. Just for the fun of it. We also added a 1940’s Bulova — just because…