Watch to Watch

Precious Metal Meets Retro Charm: Omega Kicks Off 2022 with Vintage-Inspired Speedmaster Calibre 321

The very first Omega Speedmaster, Ref. CK2915-1, hit the market in 1957, aimed at racing drivers with its first-ever use of a tachymeter-scale bezel, an innovation that changed the course of wristwatch chronograph design. For the model’s 65th anniversary in 2022, Omega has unveiled a revival of that groundbreaking timepiece, with a case and bracelet...

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Jan 6, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

IWC Crowns a Year of Pilot Milestones with Big Pilot’s Watch Monopusher Edition “Le Petit Prince”

It has indisputably been a big year for IWC’s flagship Pilot’s Watch collections — the launch of the BP 43, a re-edition of the classic “Black Flieger” 3075, and high complications in the military inspired Top Gun family providing just a few examples. Now as 2021 winds down, IWC closes it out with yet another...

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Dec 23, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Seiko Shoots for the Moon with Prospex LX Sky U.S. Special Edition SNR051

Seiko takes great pride in its proprietary Spring Drive calibers for many reasons, but chief among them is their ability to function tirelessly and reliably in all kinds of challenging conditions — up to and including outer space: Seiko watches with these in-house movements have been certified for space travel and worn aboard the International...

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Dec 10, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Black, Blue, and Wet All Over: Panerai Submersible Chrono Flyback Mike Horn Edition

Panerai’s relationship with professional adventurer and explorer Mike Horn spans nearly two decades and encompasses several special-edition watches, most recently 2019’s Submersible Mike Horn Limited Edition – 47mm, which ushered in the relaunch of the Submersible collection as a new pillar of the Panerai brand. The latest Panerai timepiece paying tribute to Horn, which dropped...

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Oct 28, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

A Fuselage with Flair: Introducing the Oris Big Crown ProPilot Big Date Bronze

From the 80th Anniversary Edition of its Big Crown Pointer Date, to its mega-popular Carl Brashear dive watches, to last year’s commemorative Hölstein Edition and beyond, Oris is no stranger to using bronze in its watch cases. Up to now, however, the metal had yet to make an appearance in Oris’s aviation-inspired Big Crown ProPilot...

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Oct 14, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Carl F. Bucherer Heritage BiCompax Annual Lucerne is an “Auto”-Biographical Tribute to the Bucherer Family

As one of the few remaining family-owned Swiss watch maisons, Lucerne-based Carl F. Bucherer has used the most recent version of its popular, vintage-inspired Heritage BiCompax Annual timepiece as the base for a very special limited edition that takes its aesthetic cues from a 72-year-old family car with a rich history. Here’s the story behind...

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Sep 16, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

California Dial Meets Cushion Case in Laurent Ferrier’s Newest Limited Edition

For the latest model in its elegantly retro-look Square series, independent Genevan watchmaker Laurent Ferrier turns to a style pioneered in the 1940s, legend says, by a watch repairer in California, which refurbished a number of dials with an unconventional combo of Roman numerals in the upper half and Arabic numerals in the lower. This...

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Aug 12, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Milestone in Titanium: Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Ti 230

You’ve heard of a silver anniversary and a golden anniversary, so why not a titanium anniversary, along with a watch to celebrate it? As it turns out, the discovery of titanium, by English clergyman William Gregor, occurred in the same year, 1791, as the first watch produced by 19-year-old watchmaker Jean-François Bautte, regarded as the...

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Aug 5, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

A Jewel of a Regulator: Harry Winston Adds Project Z15 Limited Edition to Ocean Collection

Harry Winston launched its inventively named Project Z series of high-luxury timepieces in 2004 as a showcase for its exclusive, in-house alloy Zalium, a lightweight, zirconium-based material with exceptional corrosion resistance. The new Project Z15 watch, released this year as a headliner within the jeweler-watchmaker’s Ocean collection, combines the Zalium case with a sophisticated movement...

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Jul 29, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Ejection Perfection: Bremont Lightens the Load with New Titanium-Cased MB Savanna

“For a pilot,” British watchmaker Bremont reminds us, “weight means everything.” With this axiom as a guide, the London-based brand known for its rugged, military-influenced aviation watches has finally given its flyboy fanbase a version of the MB — its most tortuously tested watch and one most prized by military pilots — in a tough...

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Jul 22, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Animation Collaboration: TAG Heuer Partners with Nintendo for the Connected x Super Mario

This week, Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer added to its popular smartwatch series while also introducing its latest brand partnership. The new Connected x Super Mario is TAG Heuer’s first collaboration with Nintendo, creator of the iconic, eponymous video game character, and the watch at its core represents a playful gamified take on TAG’s flagship “smart”...

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Jul 15, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Hermès Slim d’Hermès Squelette Lune Melds Double Moon-Phase with Openworked Design

Hermès caught the admiring eye of watch connoisseurs with the launch of its luxurious yet understated Slim d’Hermes collection in 2015 and the maison has been slowly adding to the family ever since. The latest, which follows up the impressive, high-complication Quantième Perpétuel from earlier this year, is the Slim d’Hermès Squelette Lune, which enhances...

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Jul 1, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

The MeisterSinger Stratoscope is a Supermoon for the Wrist

Last week was a treat for stargazers, with the appearance in the heavens of both a total lunar eclipse and a rare “Blood Red Supermoon.” MeisterSinger, the German watchmaker renowned for its single-handed timepieces, has recently released what may be the perfect timepiece for those so entranced by such cosmic phenomena that they could stare...

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May 28, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

F.P. Journe Marks 20 Years of Octa with New 99-Piece Limited Edition in Platinum

F.P. Journe presented the first Octa Automatique in 2001, and the self-winding movement that eponymous founder Francois-Paul Journe developed for that seminal timepiece has undergone only three minor evolutions in the two decades since, testifying to its ingenious and durable design. Paying tribute to it is this week’s Watch to Watch, a special edition in...

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May 13, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Ergonomic Growth: Bulova Curv Chronograph Debuts in New Tonneau Case

In 2016, Bulova introduced the Curv, a quartz chronograph watch noted and named for its extreme curvilinear case and the groundbreaking mechanism humming inside it, which the brand touted as “the world’s first curved chronograph movement.” Five years later, Bulova re-imagines the original Curv’s ergonomically sculpted, ultra-thin round case, crafting an all-new tonneau-shaped model in...

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Apr 29, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Counting Down to the Tokyo Olympics, Omega Unveils the Seamaster Diver 300M “Tokyo 2020” Edition

Last week, official Olympic timekeeper Omega unveiled its new Seamaster Diver 300M “Tokyo 2020,” a blue-and-white divers’ watch commemorating the long-delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. The special edition arrives as the latest in a long line of commemorative Olympic timepieces produced by Omega and is the second one produced in anticipation of the Tokyo summer...

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Apr 22, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Glashütte Original Returns to the Deep with New SeaQ in Reed Green

Germany’s Glashütte Original has found an avid audience with vintage-styled models like the Sixties and Seventies, which hearken back to the “Spezimatic” watches produced during the Cold War era of Saxon watchmaking. (You can read my review of one of the most recent Sixties models here.) In 2019, the company launched the “Spezialist” collection, which...

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Mar 25, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Zenith Defy 21 Felipe Pantone: High-Frequency Timing Meets Kinetic Art (Updated with Live Photos)

Zenith has launched some of its boldest colorways on special editions of its ultra-high-frequency Defy 21 chronograph (as witness last year’s Ultraviolet and Pink Editions and the recently unveiled Urban Jungle). For perhaps the most vibrant execution yet, the manufacture has teamed with Argentinean-Spanish artist Felipe Pantone to create a timepiece that it describes as...

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Mar 25, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Introducing the Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver Red Bronze

Bell & Ross shook up the dive-watch category in 2017 with the introduction of its revolutionary square-cased BR 03-92 Diver, and has been expanding that model’s market footprint ever since, unveiling colorways in black, blue and orange in subsequent years. This year, the brand pairs a deep red dial and bezel with a maritime-inspired bronze...

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Mar 18, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Taking the Pulse of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll: Hamilton Ventura Elvis80 Skeleton

Elvis Presley famously wore a Hamilton Ventura, touted as the world’s first electric watch upon its release in 1957, in the 1961 film Blue Hawaii. The now-iconic watch’s maker has capitalized on its connection to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll ever since, and launched a modern interpretation, called Elvis80, in 2015, the year of...

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Mar 5, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

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