8+ hour, 29+ min ago   (837+ words) Fratello Watches Three Times Tudor Got The Design Brief Completely Right After writing about Tudor’s habit of arriving at a genuinely excellent design and then quietly undercutting it, it felt only fair to go looking for counterexamples. I wanted to…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (231+ words) The 30 × 48 × 9.7mm case remains one of the Neo Digiteur’s defining features. It is made of stainless steel and follows the barrel-shaped, rectangular architecture of the previous two models. The case has pronounced lines and polished edges, while a horizontally sandblasted section…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (243+ words) David Candaux DC6 Wildfire and DC6 Night Forest A centerpiece, truly, of the DC6 Wildfire is its magic crown. This is a David Candaux hallmark, but it’s oddly functional. A simple push and click frees the crown and allows it to extend vertically....

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (893+ words) The Spin Time has been one of Louis Vuitton’s defining complications since its debut in 2009. Developed by Michel Navas and Enrico Barbasini, the concept takes its inspiration from the mechanical departure boards once found in airports and railway stations. Twelve…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (278+ words) The Tudor Black Bay 54, the Rolex Oyster Perpetual 34 and 36, the Rolex Explorer 36, and the IWC Mark XV and Mark XII pilot’s watches all sit comfortably under the 39mm mark. None of them feel like compromises once you have actually worn one....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (272+ words) Meet Voxel, a new Swiss brand first envisioned in 2022. A fusion of French design and Swiss engineering inspires this company, giving its initial collection an architectural feel with a contemporary vibe. Indeed, the Meridion is distinctive in any of the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (485+ words) This time, Max Büsser and his team wanted to bring Vincent Calabrese into the M.A.D.Editions universe. For those unfamiliar with Calabrese, he co-founded the famous AHCI (Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants) in 1985 and is considered one of…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (812+ words) During his career, Lex created and edited the Dutch quarterly, high horology magazine Watch Report. Lex also created and produced the bi-annual magazine and bi-annual high-end watch supplement Watch Tribune in cooperation with Dutch Esquire magazine. Lex was the editor-in-chief…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (209+ words) A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece arguing for taking your steel sports Rolex off its bracelet, and I meant every word. Straps and NATOs genuinely change what these watches feel like to wear, and I still stand behind…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (188+ words) The fully transparent, curved sapphire case takes more than 120 hours of diamond machining to produce. And after that, 140 hours of polishing to complete. And it can only be done in Switzerland. The result is an unobstructed view of not only…...