It’s a mind-boggling answer to me, but the question is: If you had your leg bitten off by a shark would you then advocate to save the sharks? Mike Coots, who lost his right leg during a tiger shark attack while he was bodyboarding, answered yes to that question. A new friend of the Ulysse Nardin…
Disco Fever Reigns In The New Glashutte Original Seventies Chronograph Panorama Date Watches
With everything around us beginning to recall the 1970’s – think fashion, muscle cars and — Glashütte Original takes the lead in this trend, unveiling its Seventies Chronograph Panorama Date mos in summer colors reminiscent of the era: Vibing Orange and Disco Blue. Perfect for those summertime vibes, these newest watches are being released in limited editions of…
Meet The New Corum Bubble Skull X-Ray
True watch fanatics know the incredible cult-like following that sprang to life 22 years ago when Corum unveiled its first-ever now-legendary Bubble watch. The brainchild of Severin Wunderman, a genius in the watch world who owned the brand at the time, the Bubble watch wowed everyone with its huge domed crystal and its crazy…
Reflecting On The Rattrapante: Meet A. Lange & Sohne’s 1815 Rattrapante
Known as one of the most difficult horological instruments to build, the Rattrapante (or split-seconds) chronograph is a watch that can track multiple events with different ending times all at once. It is no easy feat and requires hundreds of extra tiny mechanical parts to be chocked into an already full movement, but the…
Meet Panerai’s New ESteel Submersible Watches
By Nancy Olson Panerai’s new 44mm collection of Submersible watches—the QuanrantaQuattro (Italian for “forty-four”)—comprises several references. Each features Panerai design codes we’ve come to know and , like cushion-shaped cases and Safety Lock crown protectors, courtesy of the collection’s Luminor roots. I’ll focus here on the three eSteel mos, though, just because I like their…
A Closer Look At Armin Strom’s World’s-First Orbit Watch
Updated July 17, 2022 By Nancy Olson Just following publication of this review of the Armin Strom Orbit, the brand announced its newest version — now in black. The new Manufacture Edition is not a limited edition, as is the original. Read on. . . The date is a fairly straightforward complication on a watch—unless…