Since the first moment Vincent Perriard, founder of HYT, told me about his incredible liquid timekeeper, I knew it would be a winner. That was just about three years ago.…
How to Wear an Hour Glass on Your Wrist: Konstantin Chaykin’s Carpe Diem
“Seize the Day!” A saying that in today’s fast-paced world we seem to forget. Did it mean in yesteryear? Or are we just too busy to take the time to…
Collectors Hooked on Swatch Watches
Just about four months ago, I was fortunate enough to travel to Paris and Switzerland with Breguet. (You can read about that trip here, here and here.) One particular night…
Why Watch Lovers Should Pay Closer Attention to Arnold & Son (and a look at the Double Tourbillon Escapement Dual Time)
Arnold & Son is brand that just doesn’t get its due. This haute horlogerie, British-born watch company is superbly rich in innovation and invention, and yet, for some reason, especially…
Horror and Horology: Introducing Devon’s Ghost and Bloody Mary
We’ve written about them a few times before here, and even previewed one of their first watches in an off-the-cuff Video piece (see that video here). In fact, Devon Works…
Loving the Platinum Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph (original pics, price)
Made of the rarest metal on Earth, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph, unveiled to the world at SIHH 2014 – steals my heart. Bold and beautiful –…
Watches on the Red Carpet at the 86th Academy Awards
The Oscars. The presentations, the celebs, the fanfare – all timed to the tee. Usually, it is all about what the female celebs are wearing – the dresses, the jewelry,…
Two Badass Cars that have Bugatti Beat: Introducing the World’s Fastest Production Cars
By Ryan Walsh Readers know we like to take weekend departures from timepieces and indulge in other of life’s best luxuries. So, hang on, here we go. Bandwagons and high…
MB&F Brings Aliens to Life: Introducing the Legacy Machine No. 1 Xia Hang Watch – A World’s First (original pics, prices)
It’s an odd of futuristic science fiction and pure, unadulterated watchmaking – and it’s a world’s first. Yes, Max Busser, founder of MB&F and r of all things space age…
Introducing the Artful Saga of the Unique Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition a QP 8 Jours SQ
Blending the arts of watchmaking, engraving, enameling and – all in a timepiece that not only reflects history but houses the visionary forethought of today and tomorrow- is no easy…
Rugby Power: Introducing the Tissot T-Touch II Titanium RBS 6 Nations Special Edition 2014
By Ryan Walsh If you are a tactile person and are not familiar with Tissot T-Touch watches – you should be. These fantastic touch-operated timepieces have been around for a…
Babe Ruth 1923 World Series Pocket Watch by Gruen Sells for $717,000
He was a troubled child who ended up in a reform school. Born in 1895, George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr. began playing Major League Baseball when he was a teenager…
Samsung Ditches Android for Wrist Smart Watch
The battle has long been raging about the newest generation of smart watches and how they’re poised to take on the world. Well, Samsung has ditched its Android and now…
Affordable “Astronomy” – The Swatch Sistem51 is Finally Out
Back in 1983 – I remember it well — Swatch bounded in as the first Swiss fashion quartz watch and saved the world – well, the Swiss watchmaking world, that…
You Have to Wait 3 Decades to See Saturn Circle the Dial of this Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight Planetarium Poetic Complication (video)
Its been an incredible week of astronomical watches, but now we bring you the piece de resistance: the enchanting Van Cleef & Arpels Poetic Astronomy™ watch. We this timepiece and…