This year, IWC Schaffhausen celebrates its 150th anniversary — and does so with than two dozen important jubilee timepieces. Prior to SIHH 2018, we brought you a close-up lo at one of our favorites, the IWC Tribute to Pallweber Edition 150 Years. Now we turn our attention to the two new Portugieser Tourbillon timepieces…
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Simple Education: Easy Guide To Understanding a Perpetual Calendar
We often get reader and questions about a variety of complications. While we understand that many of our readers are avid watch collectors, some are also novices. As such, we are implementing a monthly “Simple Education” column that will offer an easy guide to a variety of complexities in watchmaking. If you’re advanced, no need to continue, but if you want…
Montegrappa Adds Fire To the Mighty Pen To Create Fortuna Blue Blazer (Video)
Forged in fire. That is the best description to fit the newest addition to Montegrappa’s incredible writing instrument series. This Italian writing instrument company was founded in 1912 and has regularly created writing instruments that capture the attention of writers and pen rs. In fact, during World War II, famed author Ernest Hemingway spent time…
Phillips To Auction $3Million+ Rolex Cosmograph Daytona “The Unicorn” Ref. 6265
What may well be the only known vintage Rolex Cosmograph Daytona in 18-karat white gold with white gold bracelet, “The Unicorn” Reference 6265, is going up for auction by Phillips in Association with Bacs and Russo. It is estimated to sell for than $3 million. This makes the first time this extremely rare watch…
Hands On With The Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Memovox (Price, Original Pictures)
During SIHH 2018, we bre the news that Jaeger-LeCoultre has unveiled an entirely new watch collection, Polaris, inspired by the Memovox Polaris from 1968 that is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The entire series takes its design cues from the past, but with updated styling and message. While there are five key mos…
Learn Why Daylight Saving Time Exists, And Spring Ahead This Weekend
This weekend, at 2:00 in the morning on Sunday March 11, we set our clocks ahead by one hour for the start of Daylight Saving Time. The Spring-Ahead concept, originally designed to save energy, means we lose an hour of sleep. The notion of Daylight Saving Time has roots dating back to the 18th century,…