Walter White’s Watch in *Breaking Bad*
What watch does Walter White wear in Breaking Bad? That’s a question you probably asked yourself while watching season 5 of Breaking Bad a year ago. I asked myself the…
Julien Aguettaz
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I am passionate about watchmaking, having worked for Swiss watchmakers and as a digital strategy consultant.
Baselworld 2014: De Bethune DB29 Maxichrono Tourbillon
After seven years of development, De Bethune is unveiling its DB29 Maxichrono Tourbillon at Baselworld. With legibility and aesthetics in mind, De Bethune chose to display the chronograph’s various functions…
Baselworld 2014: Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Chronograph
Eight years after launching its first automatic chronograph, Patek Philippe unveils its new Annual Calendar Chronograph at Baselworld 2014. A single counter and three large apertures gave it a very…
SevenFriday: Sexy & She Knows It
Hard to remain unmoved by SevenFriday watches, which have been cheerfully stirring up the web for the past few months—especially across social networks, and on forums. So a shoot was…
Introduction to Disassembling & Reassembling a Mechanical Movement
It was a wonderful experience that I was able to enjoy recently, taking part in an introductory workshop organised by the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva. These workshops…
I Bought a Chinese Automatic Watch
If you ever browse certain online retail sites with a somewhat… watchmaking slant, and whose headquarters tend to be somewhere to the East, you have almost certainly already come face…
Cartier Rotonde Astrocalendaire Watch
Cartier delivered a splendid interpretation of the perpetual calendar at SIHH 2014. The Rotonde de Cartier Astrocalendaire adopts an atypical display for this complication, taking the form of a three-tier…
HYT H2 Titanium & White Gold Blue
He promised it, and he delivered. Vincent Perriard, Mr HYT, is launching a new version of the H2 hydromechanical watch featuring a liquid in a different colour! After the green…
Richard Mille Sébastien Loeb RM 36-01: A Tourbillon with a G-Force Sensor
Après working with the watch brand Marvin, Sébastien Loeb joined Richard Mille’s stable. The result of this collaboration, the RM 36-01 Competition G-Sensor Tourbillon, is a plaything with explosive complications…
Van Cleef & Arpels: A Planetarium on the Wrist (SIHH 2014)
Van Cleef & Arpels once again unveils an enchanting watch. The Midnight Planetarium complication allows its owner to wear a true miniature planetarium on the wrist. Drawing inspiration from the…
Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillon by Audemars Piguet
Sur paper, the new Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillon didn’t win me over. And yet, once I was face to face with this watch, I changed my mind…
Roger Dubuis Hommage Hand-Guilloché Double Flying Tourbillon
The new Roger Dubuis watches lived up to the fabulous stand created for SIHH 2014 (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie)—or perhaps it was the other way around… With the…
Piaget Altiplano 900P: Ultra-Thinness and Refinement (SIHH 2014)
Piaget sets a new thinness record by unveiling its Altiplano 900P 38 mm: the world’s thinnest mechanical watch at 3.65 mm, delivering one of the finest pieces of SIHH 2014…
Poker by Christophe Claret: a Stunning Watch (SIHH 2014)
Christophe Claret’s Poker watch is “bluffing” indeed. Still only at the 3D render stage, the Poker is already stirring up plenty of desire. This watch lets you play three-player Texas…
Rado Sponsors Tennis Player Agnieszka Radwanska
Rado has just signed a three-year watch sponsorship deal with tennis player Agnieszka Radwanska, who, evidently, is also very fond of swimming. The 24-year-old Polish player, currently ranked world No.…
Which watches does Sonny Crockett wear in Miami Vice?
What watches does Don Johnson wear in the TV series Miami Vice? A question this crucial deserves an answer. It was while researching the macroscopic properties of matter that I…