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A fragment of space on the wrist In watchmaking, certain materials tell a story. Gold speaks of luxury, titanium of performance, ceramic of modernity. And then there is meteorite—a material…
A watch born of a real need: calculating in flight In the early 1950s, civil aviation entered a golden age: transatlantic routes, celebrity pilots, cockpit instruments moving from the…
The striking watch—and, more specifically, the minute repeater—is one of watchmaking’s most poetic, and most unforgiving, complications. Poetic, because it turns time into music. Unforgiving, because inside the case nothing…
In the world of pilot’s chronographs, some watches make it through the decades without ever losing their purpose. The Hanhart 417 is one of those instruments born for function. From…
Seiko—who would be wrong to deny itself—keeps its Prospex Speedtimer line alive with three new takes on its emblematic solar chronograph. Nothing revolutionary on the agenda, but well-judged aesthetic tweaks…
Lip brings the Nautic 3 back into the spotlight with four new references, including a limited-edition collaboration. These 200-metre water-resistant dive watches, in a compact 39 mm format, embody the…
The Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto Lumière doesn’t merely tell the time—it whispers it to us, thanks to a mechanical whim that chimes the passing of every hour. And once…
While some watchmakers add complications, others challenge the very way a complication should work. MB&F embodies that idea perfectly with the LM Sequential Flyback EVO. When MB&F unveiled the LM…
I’ll admit it outright: my heart instinctively beats for automatic watches. No doubt out of habit, and comfort too. You slip them on your wrist, they live, they feed on…
The True Cost of a Dream: Between the Display Window and the Border In a watch lover’s mind, buying a timepiece is never just about a price tag. It’s…
From wartime tool to style icon In recent years, vintage military watches have stepped out of collectors’ dusty display cases and onto the wrists of a new generation. They…
When France Takes a Seat at the Swiss Table In the Morteau valley, on the banks of the Doubs, French watchmaking has never stopped beating—sometimes under its breath, often…
Designed by a young Gérald Genta for Universal Genève, the Polerouter has left its mark on watchmaking history. Long forgotten, it is now being rediscovered by enthusiasts, carried by the…
The new M.A.D.1S “Grow Your Dreams” collection was born from a chance encounter between Maximilian Büsser, founder of MB&F and of the M.A.D.Editions brand, and the Anglo‑Nigerian artist Yinka Ilori.…
ArtyA unveils a new version of the Wavy Central Tourbillon. With its pared-back design, this watch is perfectly aligned with the codes of the Purity collection. Let’s take a closer…
There’s no stopping Yvan Arpa! His independent watchmaking house ArtyA is unveiling its very first micro-rotor calibre, the AMR‑02, to mark the launch of new references in its Luminity collection…
