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The ABCs of Time: A Comprehensive Guide and History of Watch Dial Materials
16+ hour, 40+ min ago (358+ words) In many cases, particularly with in-house calibres, movements are the star of the show. Finishing, complexity and technology like silicon components and new escapement designs easily steal the limelight through exhibition case backs, but dials remain the centrepiece and what…...
First Look: Panerai Celebrates 100 Years in Florence with the Luminor Firenze 8 Giorni PAM01734 and PAM01794
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (468+ words) Monochrome Watches In 2026, Panerai celebrates 100 years of its boutique in Piazza San Giovanni, Florence. Originally opened in 1926 as “Orologeria Svizzera”, the boutique became an important part of the Panerai family’s history, a place where watches were sold but also assembled…...
Introducing: The Latest Patria from Tutima; Grade 5 Titanium meets 18k Gold
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (614+ words) While Tutima gained popularity thanks to its purposeful pilot watches, aviation-themed chronographs and robust adventure-driven collections, one of the brand’s lineups certainly stands apart from the rest and shouldn’t go unnoticed. A tribute to the German school of watchmaking and…...
First Look: The Chronoswiss Neo Digiteur Pastel Code Brings Fresh Tones to the Collection
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (602+ words) Chronoswiss founder Gerd Lang will forever be remembered as the watchmaker who produced the world’s first serially produced wristwatch with a regulator layout in 1987. Without a shared central axis, the separation of hours, minutes and seconds characteristic of regulators connects…...
First Look: New Sensations with Hublot’s new Big Bang Original Soft Touch Models
3+ day, 41+ min ago (472+ words) As a freelance journalist specialising in watches and jewellery, Rebecca Doulton began writing for the Financial Times in Mexico City in the early 1980s. Formerly the web editor of Tiempo de Relojes website, and watch editor of The Jewellery Editor, Rebecca…...
Introducing: The Jacob & Co. Brilliant Flying Tourbillon, with the First Diamond-Set Balance Wheel in Modern Watchmaking
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (464+ words) You might have heard of diamonds as endstones on the balance staff and the escapement, but putting them onto the balance wheel? Now, if you were to think of one watchmaker to do it, though, it would be Jacob & Co,…...
First Look: The Ulysse Saint-Petersbourg by Beauregard x Vianney Halter
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (669+ words) Monochrome Watches Alexandre Beauregard is a friendly character who has been gravitating toward the world of independent watchmaking for a few years now – although he is, above all, known for his expertise as a jeweller and gemmologist at his workshop…...
First Look: The new King Seiko Vanac HKF005, with "Tokyo by Night" Dial
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (520+ words) Released last year, the King Seiko Vanac came as a surprise from the Japanese manufacturer. Contrary to most previous King Seiko watches, inspired by the early days of the sub-brand, the Vanac was based on an edgy King Seiko reference…...
First Look: The New and More Compact Greubel Forsey GMT Balancier Convexe
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (747+ words) Greubel Forsey introduced its impressive three-dimensional GMT complication in 2011. Equipped with a rotating globe and an inclined 24-second tourbillon regulator, the complications were housed in imposing cases with a protrusion to accommodate the globe and a windowpane on the flank…...
First Look: Titoni goes Higher-End and Sporty with the new Luxe Tourbillon
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (497+ words) Tourbillons have long been associated with traditional high watchmaking. Still, in recent years, we have seen quite a few of these appear in the more accessible segment, from Yema, Patria, or Louis Erard. Powered by a movement using the same…...