Category Archives: Blog

It's only been a few months since we talked about Kiwame Tokyo, a new micro-brand from Japan that aims to deliver “honest watchmaking from Asakusa” and “affordable Japanese watches.” A project by industry veteran Masami Watanabe, the brand began with an attractive pair of Calatrava-style watches offered at a fair price: the Kurotsuki and Usuki […]

For over a decade, Massena LAB has been a creative platform where contemporary watchmaking meets historical inspiration. Founded by William Massena, a long-time figure in the independent watch scene and former CEO of TimeZone.com, the studio has earned a reputation for limited edition collaborations with some of the most talented watchmakers of our time, including […]

The perpetual calendar is considered one of the grails of watchmaking and is also extremely challenging to master. It seems to be a complication that always makes headlines. This year we saw a plethora of them, from veteran maisons to high-end indies and everything in between. Since there is so much to choose from, it […]

A mechanical watch is a true work of miniature engineering, regardless of the expense. A sub-€300 Seiko 5 Sports has the same basic mechanical elements and wonder as a four-figure IWC, and is just a bit less detailed and accurate day-to-day. Almost self-sufficient and independent of electricity, a mechanical watch simply needs to be wound […]

François-Paul Journe, a talented watchmaker and founder of the FP Journe brand, is best known for his Tourbillon Remontoire d'Egalité – it was his first watch – and his interpretation of the resonance phenomenon. Also worth mentioning are the Octa, his automatic watch launched in 2001, and of course the fantastic Chronomètre Bleu. But when […]

The diving watch category offers more than just your classic 300m steel model with a rotating bezel. Some brands have long chosen to equip diving watches with features that actually make sense underwater (and I'm not talking about a perpetual calendar here). This also applies to the watch we will be looking at today. As […]

The replica of John Harrison's H1 clock, commissioned by Stratford-upon-Avon-based Pragnell's from Bob Bray of Sinclair Harding, is a delightfully over-the-top homage to an invention that was as significant an advance in the 18th century as the advent of AI is today. In fact, John Harrison's H1 clock cracked the longitude problem and made navigation […]

Panerai's Luminor Marina family has long represented the essence of the brand's modern identity, a bridge between its historic naval roots and modern tool watch technology. Earlier this year at Watches and Wonders 2025, the Florentine brand reinvigorated the Luminor Marina line with a new generation of steel and titanium models with improved construction, refined […]

As part of its 250th anniversary celebrations, Breguet closed the year with a grand finale: the Experimental 1 and its innovative magnetic escapement. But there was another watch in the anniversary collection… the Classique Répétition Minutes 7365, a new limited edition minute repeater that is rooted in the brand's heritage while clearly pointing to its […]

With Dubai in the spotlight for the last week or two, we were not disappointed by the newly unveiled watches from the 90 or so brands that were part of Dubai Watch Week 2025. Last week we put together a list of what we thought were the very best of the show, from the supremely […]