Watch Alert: Grand Seiko SBGW291 “Kuuki” & SBGW293 “Tsuji”
It has been an interesting year for Grand Seiko fans since the brand is both celebrating the 55th anniversary of its iconic 44GS case design,...
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This Week (in Watches) Today, 2 August 2022: 7 things you should know
August is upon us, and July ended with a bang! At least in the watch world. We had a depressing auction where Hitler’s watch was...
This Week (in Watches) Today, 26 July 2022: 7 things you should know
This week has been dominated by the falling prices of hyped models, the effects like Chronext’s lay-offs, and the potential causes like China’s lockdowns and...
In the Metal: Tudor Ranger 79950
The Tudor Ranger dropped just a few weeks ago, and since then, we’ve seen actual pieces popping up all over Instagram on enthusiasts’ wrists. The...
Watch Alert: De Bethune DB25 Starry Varius Aérolite Tourbillon
Some brands are content to use meteorite dials on their watches with the bare minimum finish required to make them fit and allow these celestial...
This Week (in Watches) Today, 19 July 2022: 7 things you should know
Following the frantic release of watches over the past two weeks, we have had a slower week. Not that it was not without its fun,...
This Week (in Watches) Today, 12 July 2022: 7 things you should know
In a year comprising 52 weeks, I will never figure out why watch brands love to cluster their releases around the same periods. That is...
Watch Alert: The Thinnest Watch – Richard Mille RM UP-01 Ferrari
When you think Richard Mille, outrageous tourneau shaped ultra-light sports watches come to mind. You respect the brand for what it has accomplished it is...
Watch Alert: Tudor Ranger 79950
When Tudor first teased this release, it tied the watch to the British North Greenland Expedition (BNGE) that first started way back in 1952. The...
This Week (in Watches) Today, 5 July 2022: 7 things you should know
It’s a relatively slow week as far as watch news go, but the watch releases keep rolling in. First up, is a massive tease from...
Watch Alert: Kudoke 2 – British Heritage
2022 is shaping up to be a brilliant year for British watchmaking. We have already had great releases from Fears and Garrick, but the Kudoke...
Watch Alert: Grand Seiko SLGH017 “Night Birch”
When Grand Seiko first announced the SLGH003, it sounded like an almost perfect Grand Seiko watch with a slimmer profile together with a thoroughly new...
This Week (in Watches) Today, 28 June 2022: 7 things you should know
The Seiko Group would be really happy this week, since both its main Seiko brand and more luxury Grand Seiko brand picked up design awards....
This Week (in Watches) Today, 21 June 2022: 7 things you should know
It has been an exciting week for watch news, with some interesting industry movements. We have François-Henry Bennahmias confirming a rumour on his future in...
Watch Alert: Glashütte Original PanoMaticCalendar
You would have thought that a brand like Glashütte Original (GO) with roots stemming from 1843 would have done it all, but apparently not because...
Watch Alert: H Moser & Cie X UNDEFEATED Streamliner Chronograph;
Collaborations in the watch industry is extremely commonplace but they don’t always feel organic. However, if there is one that fits like a glove, it...
This Week (in Watches) Today, 14 June 2022: 7 things you should know
The past week started rather slowly, but then finished with aplomb. Norqain scored a major win in Jean-Claude Biver, WatchBox continues its expansion in...
Watch Alert: Seiko 5 Sports GMT Series
Seiko has just released a flurry of new watches, but none stand out as much as the new Seiko 5 series, for all the right...
This Week (in Watches) Today, 7 June 2022: 7 things you should know
Another week, another flurry of watch releases. First, we hear from Ralf and Misael on the latest from Audemars Piguet and IWC respectively. Next, we...
Watch Alert: Zenith x Kari Voutilainen x Phillips Calibre 135 Observatoire
Zenith may be best known for its El Primero automatic chronograph movement first launched in 1969, but any brand that can come up with a...
Watch Alert: Glashütte Original Seventies Chronograph Panorama Date (Avocado Green )
Glashütte Original (GO) is an often overlooked brand because its sits in in a sort of no man’s land in terms of both pricing and...
This Week (in Watches) Today, 31 May 2022: 7 things you should know
This week has been a busy one, with plenty of watch releases, amidst some watch news. We first look at the spillover demand for watches...
Watch Alert: Fears Brunswick “Jubilee Edition” & Brunswick Champagne
Since 2016, Fears has gone about creating beautiful watches that seek to restore some of the glory that the brand and British watchmaking once had....
This Week (in Watches) Today, 24 May 2022: 7 things you should know
This week, we have had OAK (one of a kind) International Exhibition in London, but since Dave has been over there checking things out in...
Watch Alert: Kurono Tokyo 2022 Anniversary Grand Mori ‘森’ (read. Sen)
To label Kurono Tokyo as a microbrand is both accurate and misleading at the same time. Its movement, launch patterns and price point is rather...
This Week (in Watches) Today, 17 May 2022: 7 things you should know
Its auction season this week! In particular we have Royal Oak auctions galore, the latest Cartier Crash auction results, plus multiple releases from Seiko and...
This Week (in Watches) Today, 10 May 2022: 7 Things You Should Know
It has been an odd recently i.e. past two weeks since Grand Seiko had not released anything new recently but the brand has set things...
This Week (in Watches) Today, 3 May 2022: 7 Things You Should Know
It has been a busy week in the world of watches, with Tudor taking on Tour de France, supply chain predictions, Watchbox’s NFTs, Wei Koh’s...
Tudor Black Bay Pro Watch Review
When Tudor first announced its 2022 releases via a video summary, I had to do a double take on the Black Bay Pro. Given that...
This Week (in Watches) Today, 5 April 2022, Watches & Wonders Edition: 7 Things You Should Know
Watches & Wonders has come and more or less gone, and what a blast it has been, even from all the around the world here....