The biggest watch exhibitions of the first half of the year 2017 are complete and we found several key noticeable trends. Watches at the affordable spectrum were strong, and so were the uber-expensive watches. As such, we bring you a comprehensive up of six approximately $1-million-dollar watches unveiled this year. Would you spend a million…
Oil Rigs for the Wrist? Meet the Ulysse Nardin North Sea Minute Repeater
A few years ago I remember being blown away by a watch I saw that featured an oil rig on its dial. Not just any oil rig, but an automaton, as well. Now, Ulysse Nardin unveils a watch with an alluring, incredibly large 18-karat gold oil rig smack in the middle of the dial of…
Watch Review: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the MB&F HM7 Aquapod, Jellyfish
Officially unveiled at SIHH and making another important appearance at Baselworld 2017, the MB&F HM7 Aquapod, lovingly nicknamed Jellyfish, warrants a closer lo for several reasons — not the least o which is the fact that the brand slipped another “round” watch in front of us without anyone really even noticing. Here we take a close-up…
Lace for Men? Absolutely. Jaeger-LeCoultre Hybris Artistica Mysterieuse
Since the advent of watch and clocking making the popular methodology for capturing the passage of time is through the use of one short hand to denote hours and a long hand to indicate the minutes. However, there are times when a manufacturer steps beyond convention and ivers a unique reinterpretation of the status quo…
Peter Speake-Marin Crazy Skulls Watch Review
Moving skulls, a minute repeater carillon, a tourbillon … does it get much better? The newly unveiled (you can see it at Baselworld) Peter Speake-MarinCrazy Skulls watch is — well — a little bit crazy. Of course, that’s what makes it so exciting. If you know Peter Speake-Marin as I do, you know that the gentle man…
Why Audemars Piguet Spent 600 Hours in R&D for the new Case of the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Black Ceramic
One of the most bed watches of this year may well be the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Black Ceramic watch. What makes the watch so hot is the fact that the case and bracelet is created in matte black brushed ceramic. Simply stunning. Also stunning – the amount of time the brand invested in…