Ulysse Nardin Black Sea: The Extreme Nautical Watch
Ulysse Nardin delights nautical sports aficionados with its new watch: the Black Sea. A watchmaking house prized by sailors since 1846, Ulysse Nardin is an essential name when it comes…
Bulgari Octo Quadri-Retro Watch in Steel and Ceramic: The Octagonal Attitude
New for 2011: the Bulgari Octo Chronograph Quadri-Retro from the Gérald Genta Collection is a successful blend of steel and ceramic. While the aesthetics of the Octo Chronograph Quadri-Retro watch…
Popochos Accessory Watches Arrive in France
For once, Montres Passion is turning its attention to products that fall outside the realm of haute horlogerie. Certain phenomena in the watch market deserve to be brought into the…
Girard-Perregaux 1966 Complete Calendar Watch in White Gold
Girard-Perregaux is unveiling a new version of the 1966 Complete Calendar collection in a white-gold edition. A paragon of refinement, it features a 40 mm round case equipped with a…
ETA Watch Movements
ETA—those three letters crop up time and again whenever watches or watchmaking are discussed. Let’s decode this acronym, which opens the door to one of watchmaking’s essential foundations: the movement.…
Edmond Pole Guardian Watch: An Innovative 24-Hour Dial
The Swiss watch brand Edmond, founded in 2008 by automotive designer Jean-Pierre Edmond, is particularly proud of its latest release: the Edmond Pole Guardian. True to its positioning, Edmond delivers…
Omega Hour Vision Blue: When Omega Fights Blindness
Unveiled at the upcoming 2011 Basel World Watch and Jewellery Show (Baselworld), Omega’s Hour Vision Blue is a variation of the Hour Vision (De Ville collection) developed as part of…
Piaget Launches the World’s Thinnest Automatic Tourbillon Watch
In 1957, Piaget introduced the 9P calibre: the first ultra-thin hand-wound mechanical movement, measuring just 2 mm thick. This feat was followed, in 1960, by the 12P calibre, with a…
The Fabulous Story of the Swatch Group
The story of the Swatch Group begins in 1983 with the merger of two major Swiss watchmaking groups: ASUAG and SSIH. The group was then named Société de microélectronique et…
The Cheapest Rolex Watch
You need a Rolex! You won’t budge. Yes, Rolex watches are not an end in themselves, much to Jacques Séguéla’s dismay, and yes, there are plenty of brands offering more…
Water Resistance of Watches
Between Water Resistant markings, ATM ratings, metres and ultra-cautious manuals, it’s easy to get lost. A watch rated to 30 m, 50 m or 100 m—what does that actually mean…
The Official Watch of the Eleven Nations Tournament
The Graham-London brand has been selected as the official timekeeper of the Six Nations rugby tournament. For the third consecutive year, all the tournament’s referees will therefore be equipped with…
Nicolas Sarkozy’s Watches
Nicolas Sarkozy likes fine-looking watches but, a few months after his election as President of the Republic, his communications advisers asked him to tone down the visibility of his luxury…
Swatch New Gent Watches: New Colors
The hugely successful Swatch New Gent collection is being refreshed with five new colours: Lime Green, Turquoise, Dark Blue, Orange and Pink. Swatch won back men’s wrists last year with…
How to Clean Your Watch?
Cleaning your watch properly is the best way to ensure a long service life—and, above all, it gives the wearer an air of elegance and refinement. Here are a few…
How a Quartz Watch Works
Impossible to take an interest in the history of watchmaking and watches without highlighting the role of quartz. To the uninitiated, the idea of using a mineral to drive hands…