Category: Watches
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A. Lange & Söhne Debuts New Watches in the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds and 1815 Collections
The timepieces, introduced at the Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace, feature Lange’s Zero-Reset function and will be produced in limited editions. Today, A. Lange & Söhne unveiled two new watches at the Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace. The Glashütte, Germany-based brand unveiled a version of the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds in…
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Delicious Delights
Introducing Van Cleef & Arpels’ new Perlée Extraordinaire Fruits Enchantés watches featuring the brand’s patented façonné enamel and other métiers d’arts. Van Cleef & Arpels is showing the fruits of their labor—literally. The dials of two new timepieces in the brand’s Extraordinary Dials collection depict raspberries and blueberries in an idyllic, enchanted forest setting. The…
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TUDOR’s Deep Blue Dive
The brand’s Black Bay 54 collection pays homage to the design of its first diving watches and is equipped with technically advanced mechanical movements. TUDOR has a rich history of crafting watches meant to withstand challenging physical conditions while looking good in the process. First established in 1946 by Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex,…
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Introducing A. Lange & Söhne’s Newest Zeitwerk Date in Pink Gold
The pink gold watch debuted today at the Concourse of Elegance Germany at Lake Tegernsee, reinforcing A. Lange & Söhne’s focus on partnerships with international Concours d’Elegance competitions. There’s a new Zeitwerk Date in town. A. Lange & Söhne launched the new timepiece today to coincide with the opening of the second annual Concourse of…
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Breguet’s Iconic Hands and Numerals
Two of the ‘seven unmistakable signs of Breguet,’ the brand’s signature hands and numerals were designed by its founder, Abraham-Louis Breguet. Abraham-Louis Breguet was a groundbreaking watchmaker who developed several mechanical complications during his lifetime, many of which are still incorporated into watches to this day. He is perhaps best known for vastly improving the…
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The Patek Philippe Twenty~4, A Watch for all Time
Designed exclusively for women, Patek Philippe’s newest Twenty~4 watch features a perpetual calendar, a first for the collection. Founded in 1839 by Antoine Norbert de Patek and Jean Adrien Philippe, Patek Philippe ranks among the world’s very top watchmakers. Today, 186 years after its birth, the brand is the last remaining independent family-owned manufacture in…
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Jewels That Tell Time
Chanel, Cartier, Bulgari and Hermès recently introduced watches that double as fine jewelry. Sometimes a watch isn’t just a watch and a bracelet isn’t just a bracelet. At this year’s Watches and Wonders show in Geneva, brands including Cartier, Bulgari, Chanel and Hermès introduced timepieces just as decorative and precious as their fine jewelry. Eternal…
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Twice as Nice
At A. Lange & Söhne, every watch movement is assembled at least two times to ensure the highest quality and precision. Unique in the world of watchmaking, A. Lange & Söhne retains a steadfast protocol of double-assembling every movement it makes. “It has never been our philosophy to care about the effort,” said Tino Bobe,…
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Kindred Spirits: De Bethune and Swizz Beatz’s Newest Watch
The DB Kind of Two GMT “Season Three” by Swizz Beatz is the latest chapter of a continuing creative collaboration between the Grammy Award-winning artist and De Bethune. Swizz Beatz first approached De Bethune in 2020, asking the brand if they would be interested in a collaboration. When De Bethune agreed, he challenged the brand…
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A Dinosaur on the Wrist
URWERK’s UR-101 T-Rex watch hearkens back to the brand’s beginnings. First established in 1997, URWERK is relatively young in the world of high watchmaking, where many brands’ histories go back a century or more. Its youth notwithstanding, the brand has produced some of the most imaginative and pioneering timepieces in the industry today—and has grown…
