Considered one of the “Holy Grail” watch brands, Swiss brand Audemars Piguet is a large privately owned company with its own Foundation. This autonomy enables the brand to consistently push the envelop in terms of research and development. Among its key collections are the Audemrs Piguet Code 11:59, the legendary Royal Oak series that was first designed by the famed Gerald Genta, the extended series called the Royal Oak Offshore and more.
Louis Oosthuizen, South African professional golfer and Audemars Piguet brand ambassador has had a busy 2014 golf schedule. Currently in the Pacific Palisades, CA, for the Northern Trust Open, he won the Volvo Golf Champions Title in January in Durban for the second year in a row and is slated for two important tournaments…
So I survived Geneva. Thanks to sheer determination to bring my loyal readers the best coverage possible, I endured the following: descending into shark infested waters (sort of ) with IWC; entering into a hyperbaric chamber (for real) with Breva ; being transported back in time to the late 19th century (sort of ) with…
You may have noticed that this week we brought you a lot of cool new watches just arriving in retail stores. That’s because we wanted to temper next week’s coverage of hot new watches being unveiled at the SIHH Show—to which we now embark on our annual journey. The watches introduced at the SIHH –…
By Alex Lam Yesterday, we waxed poetic about our passion for watches and the drive to collect and curate them. That article was all about the emotion involved in buying a watch and the relationship one forms with it. Today, we bring a practical view to the concept of watch collecting. After considering the…
We get so used to loing at time on our watch in the typical way — with hour hands, minute hands and seconds – that sometimes we forget there are other options out there. One of our favorite “different” timepieces is the jump hour watch. We this because of the super elegant and intriguingly…
With the countdown to 2014 coming near, and watching 2013 come to a close, we thought it would be fun to ring in the new year with a countdown of our own. Here we list five top watches from 2013– selected from some of our popular articles of the year. 5) William Shatner by…
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