Despite the pandemic wreaking havoc in so many ways, including forcing most watch brands to shutter doors for a few weeks or months, certain watch brands managed to release some pretty intriguing timepieces this year. From unexpected colorful presentations to high-tech materials, creative functions and extreme complications, top watch brands pulled out all the stops…
IWC Schaffhausen is no stranger to innovation. This brand has been on the cutting edge of technology and watchmaking since its inception. Now, though, it takes its creativity to even new levels by unveiling two new Ceratanium® watches to its Top Gun Pilots watch collection. Ceratanium® is the brand’s proprietary alloy of ceramic and titanium…
I searched my computer to find the photographs of yesteryear. But to no avail. The reason: to find some of the great photographs of myself with Günter Blümlein, whose untimely death at the age of 58 in 2001 left the watch world stunned. His foresight and determination has been stalwart during the late 20th century…
We in the watch world are all familiar with Hodinkee and even Red Bar Crew and the special collaboration watches they have made with brands over the years. However, the newest addition to the collaborative world is the fairly young collectors group, Collective™. Founded in 2018 , the Collective is a group of watch enthusiasts…
Just a few days ago in California, IWC Schaffhausen hit the road with a huge interactive exhibition that highlights its Big Pilot collection and does so in grand, but appropriate, style. Carting large specially-designed industrial shipping containers painted black from city to city, IWC opens the containers and sets up pop-up exhibits in eight different…
Long touted as the watch that is “Engineered for men,” IWC Schaffhausen has been changing its tune over the past few years – unveiling women’s watches and great new smaller, unisex sizes. Now, the brand adds award-winning freestyle skier Eileen Gu to the brand ambassador roster. Gu uses her voice to promote inclusion for Asian…
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