INTRODUCING: The Omega Seamaster 300 Bronze Gold
Bronze is nothing particularly new to dive watches. For a time now we have seen manufacturers leverage bronze for its history in diving and the precious metal like tone it carries on the wrist. But not all bronze is created equal. While collectors typically prefer natural patina, in favour of forced or faux-patina, Instagram is ripe with shots befo.................. 24.03.21 More
6 key differences between the new Omega Seamaster 300 and the previous generation
Nick Kenyon
When it comes to Omega dive watches, the Seamaster 300 is an enthusiast favourite. Yes, the Diver 300M collection is hugely popular, but for those who aren’t after a contemporary design and prefer the softer and more balanced designs of the Omega archives, then the Seamaster 300 is where you may well eventually find yourself................... 24.03.21 More
CELEBRITY DEATH MATCH: Jay-Z Vs. Drake's watch collection
James Robinson
Today, we're facing off two of the music industry's biggest names the one and only Hova, AKA Jay-Z, is going to have his watches pitted against none other than Champagne Papi himself, Drake.There's going to be four rounds in this horological heavyweight showdown, spread across four different categories dress watch to die for, mo.................. 24.03.20 More
LIST: From simple to surprising and complex our 3 Patek Philippe picks from Basel 2019
Justin Mastine-Frost
Let's face it, the fair has been a bit of a mixed bag. There's been a range of good, bad, and downright ugly watches lurking in these halls. I never expect to walk in the door and love everything, but as with most years I've certainly found a few odds and ends that grabbed my attention. The surprising element to this is wh.................. 24.03.19 More
VIDEO: 5 highlights form TAG Heuer's Baselworld 2018 collection
Felix Scholz
TAG Heuer's 2018 line-up is, as you'd expect, dominated by chronographs. But just because one complication is the focus, it comes in a surprisingly diverse range of forms. First up is the Carrera Calibre 16, a round steel number with a pleasingly retro dial offered in blue or black. It's a good looking watch, and one squarely aime.................. 24.03.18 More
READER COMMENT: Day 3 from Basel as you saw it, with plenty of Seiko, Oris and road accidents?
Daniel Senia
Day 3 of Baselworld is long gone,?and?before we get too deep into day four, we need to recap your thoughts, reactions and emotions, because that’s what we do in Reader Comment. Let’s jump into it.We need to clear this one up again. @phat nutz thinks our voice-over talent is?Felix hamming it up, but we in the team know .................. 24.03.18 More
HANDS-ON: The Omega Seamaster Professional 300M An all-time classic gets fresh
Sandra Lane
We all love a birthday. And watch brands love them as much as anyone an excuse to celebrate, a hook for a new collection. At Baselworld 2018 Omega have marked the 25th anniversary of the Seamaster Professional Diver 300M (aka the James Bond watch) with a revamp. It was the SMP that kicked off Omega's relationship with the Bond fran.................. 24.03.18 More
TAG Heuer Autavia Returns Hands-on Review
Felix Scholz
The new Autavia is finally here. Twelve months after TAG Heuer announced the Autavia Cup, an innovative, open design process that allowed fans to have their say on the look of the final product is here, and it's quite the looker.The Autavia, a portmanteau combination of automobile and aviation, was first released by Jack Heuer in .................. 24.03.17 More
Omega Planet Ocean Big Blue Co-Axial Master Chronometer
Andrew McUtchen
According to the CEO of Omega, Raynald Aeschlimann, the Planet Ocean ‘Big Blue’ Co-Axial Master Chronometer is “one of the most interesting” watches to be launched by Omega at Baselworld 2017. It represents, he says, a “continuation of Omega’s technological advances, a full ceramic blue Seama.................. 24.03.17 More
Omega Box Set: A Gift Most Watch Lovers Would Die For Unboxing Video
Andrew McUtchen
The Omega box set celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Railmaster, Seamaster and Speedmaster has been one of the talking points of Baselworld 2017, and not just because of the watches. The box itself is a work of craftsmanship in itself. It isn’t just like?an Omega box from the 50s, it has been made to be exactly the s.................. 24.03.17 More
New Tudor Collection at Baselworld 2017: See the Black Bay 4 Ways Video Review
Felix Scholz
One of the brands we're always excited to see at Basel is Tudor. They've built a reputation for consistently delivering solid, and occasionally surprising watches, and 2017 is no different. We take a look at four new versions of their flagship Black Bay. There's the simple but upscaled BB41, the blingy BB S&G, the rugged new B.................. 24.03.17 More
Longines Pulsometer Chronograph Hands-on Review
Felix Scholz
?The story in a second:It’s fitting that the Pulsometer was designed to measure the beats of the human heart. Because if any one thing has been proven time and time again at Baselworld 2015, it’s that mechanical watches own the domain of the heart. At least that’s what the marketing says.The Pulsometer is a very .................. 24.03.15 More
Watchspotting at the Movies Video
Andrew McUtchen
Watch lovers are fully aware by now that their interest in timepieces doesn't check out at the doors to a movie theatre, or on the couch, enjoying their favourite television programs. In fact, that passion only intensifies in these places, as the horophiles' eyes dart to the wrists of actors and actresses on the screen.This sec.................. 24.03.14 More
Felix Scholz
It’s nearly summer in the Northern Hemisphere; you can feel it coming. Time to work on your pre-tan and your wristpop. Hello summer, hello colour.We thought we'd take the hassle out of matching your wrist to your short shorts and put together a list of the best watches for the season.So with nothing more than some very loose.................. 24.03.14 More
The watches gracing the Formula 1 grid in 2024 | POP CULTURE
Borna Bosnjak
Formula 1 has had an undeniable influence on watch culture, right from the very beginnings of the sport. It helped create icons like the TAG Heuer Monaco, Rolex Daytona and Richard Mille, and its effect on the watch game shows no signs of slowing down – Lewis Hamilton’s “accidental” strut with an unrelease.................. 24.02.24 More
Richard E Grant may have found an excuse for double-wristing
Luke Benedictus
We all need some prejudicial rules of thumb to navigate the messy business of life. ?Charles Bukowski swore by the fairly unimpeachable conviction that you should “never trust a man in a jumpsuit”. Billy Connolly meanwhile believed you should “never trust a man who, when left alone with a tea cosy, doesn’.................. 24.02.23 More
INTRODUCING: The Ulysse Nardin Blast Tourbillon Blue & Gold
Ulysse Nardin Blast Tourbillon Blue & Gold’s?faceted case is inspired by the lines of stealth aircraft design45mm in diameter, 18K rose gold and PVD blue titanium case.Flying Tourbillon. Hours and minutes. Escapement wheel, anchor and balance spring in silicium.When delving into the romanticism of traditional high-end watchmaking, we ofte.................. 24.02.23 More
FRIDAY WIND DOWN: Sinn debuts Goldbronze, Richard Mille emphasises women, tantalising new Moser
Any fun plans for the weekend? Well, before you get to it, here are the highlights of the week you may have missed and that we have yet to cover ourselves!Sinn goes for Gold(bronze)New T50 watches with new in-house Goldbronze 125 alloy comprised of 12.5% solid gold (Omega’s bronze gold is 37.5% for comparison)Standard-production models use it.................. 24.02.23 More
Thor Svaboe
Many of us, myself included, have the 5711 steel Nautilus cemented onto our watch grail wish-list. Now, the infamous eight year waiting-list you’d have to endure after ordering one is no more. Patek Philippe's top selling reference is being discontinued, and many a collector on an exclusive AD list will return to square one, .................. 24.02.21 More
Editor’s note: Yesterday, Jeff Stein, the ever-polite world authority on Heuer watches reached out to us to ask if he could use some of our photos in a story he just published, about the TAG Heuer Carrera Dato 45' HODINKEE Limited Edition. In the email chain that followed, we discussed the edition and we both predicted – accurately R.................. 24.02.21 More
INTRODUCING: The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M America's Cup Chronograph
Omega is famous for being the official timekeeper of the Olympics and many other sporting events around the world. Their latest release, the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M America's Cup Chronograph, is a fitting tribute to the 36th America's Cup. To celebrate this intense sailing event, Omega decided to do more than dress up an existing reference in ne.................. 24.02.21 More
Man of Mystery Bjoern Who to Follow
Andy Green
There are some people who just nail Instagram. Bjoern, also known as @Loevhagen, is one of those people. More specifically, he’s one of the masters of the wristshot, recognised widely for his creative photography. Hailing from southern Norway – and not keen to divulge?much more than that – he has an impressive watc.................. 24.02.17 More
Friday Wind-down: 24 February, 2017 Recommended Reading Edition
Felix Scholz
It's easy to get caught up in this whole 24-hour news cycle thing. Every five seconds?there seems to be a new story/scandal/watch, and sometimes it all gets a little too much. That’s why, for today's Wind Down, we're trying to actually live up to the name. So, close?your work email, divert?your phone to voicemail and take 10.................. 24.02.17 More
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Duo 85th Anniversary Hands-on Review
Andy Green
For the next twelve months Jaeger-LeCoultre will be celebrating the mighty Reverso an 85-year-old bona-fide icon that deserves a place in any serious watch collection.JLC announced a range of Reversos at SIHH earlier this year, but more importantly they announced a restructure of the entire Reverso line. Their aim to evolve the coll.................. 24.02.16 More
Bulgari Roma Finissimo Hands-on Review
Felix Scholz
It takes a great deal of skill to make a very thin watch. When every fraction of a millimetre makes a difference, there's literally no room to hide. And it isn't just the engineering challenge of producing an accurate, robust watch that's thinner than many coins. It's also a significant design challenge to make one that doesn't di.................. 24.02.16 More
Tudor Heritage Ranger Side-By-Side with the Original Ranger In-depth Review
Felix Scholz
Last year Tudor continued the march of their increasingly impressive Heritage collection with the addition of the Tudor Heritage Ranger, a simple three handed watch with a rugged, outdoors persona. It added just enough to the original Tudor Ranger while keeping the military mandatories.With Baselworld 2015 fast approaching, specul.................. 24.02.15 More
Hublot Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph ceramic | INTRODUCING
Tom Austin
Hublot has reimagined the Spirit of Big Bang Chronograph in three understated ceramic colourways, celebrating the collection’s 12th anniversary.Limited to 200 pieces each, the watches come in Sand Beige, Dark Green and Sky Blue, all with colour-matched printing on the sapphire dials and rubber straps.They’re powered by t.................. 24.01.25 More
Best two-tone watches | BUYING GUIDES
Borna Bosnjak
Solid gold watches aren’t the most practical at the best of times, even if you’ve got enough swagger to pull one off. If you still want a bit of golden sheen on your wrist, a two-tone watch seems like a no-brainer alternative. The trend of mixing metal colours goes back a century, all the way back to the Roaring Twent.................. 24.01.25 More
'Green over tan': how every car enthusiast's favourite colour combo works perfectly for watches too
Jamie Weiss
We all know that the Venn diagram between watch enthusiasts and car enthusiasts is pretty close to just one big circle: if you’re into one, you’re probably into the other. If you are into your cars, then you’re no doubt familiar with the cult of ‘green over tan’: first emerging on the PistonHeads forum.................. 24.01.24 More
TAG Heuer Carrera 60th Anniversary | HANDS ON
Ricardo Sime
How would you celebrate your 60th birthday? Go skinny dipping? Maybe skydiving? Break 100mph on the speedometer? Though all those things sound intriguing, they are not really celebratory options for a watch. Well, one of them could be if we’re talking about the latest release from TAG Heuer. And that would be the new Carrera.................. 24.01.23 More
HANDS-ON: The New Zenith Defy Skyline Collection
Zenith is well-known for their mastery of hi-beat technology with calibres capable of measuring incredibly fine increments. When the Zenith Defy Revival A3642 was introduced last week, Zenith made it very clear in their assets that it was just the beginning of what was to come for the Defy line – the spark that would usher in the next evoluti.................. 24.01.22 More
Three years ago Andrew pulled apart a Hublot tourbillon and here's what he found out...
Time+Tide
Editor’s note: Nearly three years ago, although it seems like a lifetime, Andrew was able to visit the Complications Department of the Hublot Manufacture, and get up close and personal with a Hublot tourbillon. He admitted his terror of the mind-bending complexity involved in assembling the 69 different components that make up .................. 24.01.21 More
The top five TAG Heuer releases this past year in 2020
Within the world of sports watch manufacturers, TAG Heuer has carved its place in history as one of the leading brands. Best known for its racing chronographs, today the brand combines the best of both worlds, creating timepieces inspired by its rich heritage while incorporating the latest movement and manufacturing technologies. TAG Heuer has alwa.................. 24.01.21 More
Thor Svaboe
This might be exactly what we need to start 2021 with a BANG, and signal what we all hope is a strong year of growth for both the watch industry and consumer market in general. Auction results are a very important marker of the market temperature, and as WatchPro reminded us, this weekend sees the auction of the thoroughly mind-ben.................. 24.01.21 More
What Sealed The Deal Jeremy's Maurice Lacroix Pontos Chronographe
Time+Tide
A chronograph is an important part of any watch collection, but the decision regarding which brand or model to buy can be a tough one. Time+Tide reader Jeremy talks us through the decision to pull the trigger on what was not only his first chronograph, but his first-ever Swiss watch, a silver dial example of the Maurice Lacroix Ponto.................. 24.01.20 More
Andrew McUtchen
There was not a moment’s hesitation. Jean-Christophe Babin, the CEO of Bulgari, and I were standing on a pool deck at a villa in Dubai. Within sight, an emerald green ocean. Swaying palm trees. Skies of blue. A world away from the scene I had left, when I’d jumped on an Emirates flight 24 hours before. Choking smoke.................. 24.01.20 More
VIDEO: Felix's top 3 watches from SIHH 2019 between $10k and $35k
Felix Scholz
My last list a trio of well-priced SIHH offerings could be neatly broken down into a loose theme of air, sea and land. But this trifecta, covering the much broader $10,000 – $35,000 price bracket, is much less easily pigeon-holed. But if I had to find commonalities I could well go with elegant shapes.The Piaget Polo SA case .................. 24.01.19 More
Andrew McUtchen
This price bracket is a sweet spot for SIHH and the going gets tough when it comes to picking the standouts. One of the benefits of Felix and I splitting our picks this year is that we can cover more ground. That said, we still maintain our habit of not sharing our choices before we go to air. Sometimes there are brand double-u.................. 24.01.19 More
HANDS-ON: The IWC Pilot's Watch Double Chronograph Top Gun in Ceratanium
Sandra Lane
Materials innovation is looking like quite a thing in 2019 and for you, the watch buyers, that has to be good news: more aesthetic choices and (hopefully) better performance. Which brings us to IWC's new Top Gun Double Chronograph Ceratanium.Ceratanium? It's a naturally matt-black finish, but differs from PVD/DLC in one crucial res.................. 24.01.19 More
The A. Lange & S?hne Saxonia Outsize Date our live review.
Sandra Lane
While the rules about how a man should dress for formal occasions are more relaxed than in the past, they are still governed by the principles of timelessness: elegance, discretion, refinement and restraint. Self-expression and individuality are all very well, but wearing a chunky, sporty watch with a dinner suit (or even a formal .................. 24.01.18 More