manufacture movement

Flying High and Fast: Chopard Alpine Eagle Cadence 8HF

Chopard’s Alpine Eagle Cadence 8HF, unveiled at Watches and Wonders 2023 in Geneva, features the cutting-edge caliber 01.12-C with a frequency of 57,600 vibrations per hour, equivalent to eight hertz. In addition, this automatic manufacture movement offers a power reserve of 60 hours and is a certified COSC chronometer. Measuring 41mm in diameter and only...

Read the article

Apr 14, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Perfection in Platinum: Meet the New Parmigiani Tonda PF Micro-Rotor

The Tonda PF is the youngest watch family from Parmigiani Fleurier. Like all collections of this independent Swiss luxury watch manufacturer, it testifies to cutting-edge horological know-how and design expertise. For discerning enthusiasts, it offers some of the most sought-after classic complications of fine watchmaking with fascinating details. These include chronographs, an haute-horlogerie model with...

Read the article

Apr 12, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Frederique Constant Celebrates 35 Years With the Manufacture Classic Tourbillon

In 2023 Frederique Constant celebrates its 35th anniversary and the brand coincidingly made its debut at Watches and Wonders this year. The latest iteration of the Manufacture Classic Tourbillon, a three-hand watch in pink gold with a tailor-made movement, honors both milestones. The name-giving grand complication is displayed at 6 o’clock on the very minimalist...

Read the article

Apr 11, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Nomos Glashütte Adds Two Cool Colorways to its Club Campus Collection

Color has been all the rage in the most recent introductions lately, with some magnificent shaded dials. Among them are Nomos Glashütte’s new executions of the Club Campus, which are distinguished by the two bold and vibrant hues “electric green” and “cream coral”. The luminescent dials feature both Arabic and Roman numerals with hour markers...

Read the article

Apr 10, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Refreshing a Classic, Cartier Introduces Three Limited Edition Santos-Dumont Timepieces

Cartier’s Santos is considered to be the first wristwatch and the first pilot’s watch of all time. To this day, its legacy remains unbroken. Alberto Santos-Dumont was more than just a pilot – he was obsessed with flying and devoted a large part of his life to inventing flying machines of all kinds. Almost by...

Read the article

Apr 6, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Parmigiani Fleurier Introduces the Tonda PF Minute Rattrapante

With the Tonda PF Minute Rattrapante, Parmigiani Fleurier is taking up where the Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante left off last year. A stopwatch in the literal sense, the 40mm two-hand platinum model allows the measurement of elapsed minutes in increments of one or five. A pair of rhodium-plated hands is responsible for displaying the hour...

Read the article

Apr 5, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonders 2023: Cartier Drops Four New Artistic Tank Louis Cartier Executions

Two new versions of the Tank Louis Cartier presented at this year’s Watches and Wonders present simplicity in an expressive color scheme with dials lacquered in Bordeaux red and green. They dispense entirely with the Tank characteristic Roman numerals and railroad-minute track. Only the hour and minute hands, color-coordinated with the 750 yellow gold case,...

Read the article

Apr 1, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonders 2023: Monsieur de Chanel Tourbillon

Chanel sets the stage for a flying minute tourbillon on the latest execution of the Monsieur de Chanel with a stunning meteorite, partially open-worked dial. At the center of the dial, too, is a magnificent lion’s head to indicate the seconds. This exceptional regulating organ is part of the in-house manufactured Caliber 5.1 hand-wound movement,...

Read the article

Mar 31, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Hands-On Debut: Patek Philippe Aquanaut Luce Annual Calendar

Patek Philippe is not only renowned for sophisticated annual calendars, but the brand actually invented this useful complication. While wristwatches with perpetual calendars had been around for decades, it wasn’t until 1996 that the Geneva-based manufacture came up with the idea of a simplified form which needs only to be corrected once a year, at...

Read the article

Mar 30, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonders 2023: Jaeger-LeCoultre Introduces Reverso Tribute Chronograph

At this year’s Watches and Wonders, Jaeger-LeCoultre continues the more than 90-year history of the Reverso with a technically complex and aesthetically expressive chronograph model. The Reverso Tribute Chronograph succeeds a model from 1996, launched at the time as part of a special series of grand complications as a newly developed integrated chronograph with manual...

Read the article

Mar 30, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonders 2023: Cartier Tank Américaine

Launched in 1917, the Tank was a significant contribution to the evolution of the wristwatch from Cartier. The rectangle timepiece was inspired by the battle tanks that the British troops successfully deployed for the first time under the name “Tank” in the Battle of the Somme on September 15, 1916. The martial appearance of these...

Read the article

Mar 30, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonders 2023: Patek Philippe Showcases Calatrava and Calatrava Travel Time

Patek Philippe, long known for its refined GMT and world-time complications, enriches its range of travel watches with a new self-winding Calatrava Travel Time model featuring a distinctive 24-hour display, both for the time indication and the second time zone. The ref. 5224R-001 is presented in entirely polished rose gold case distinguished by curved two-tier...

Read the article

Mar 29, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonders 2023: Rolex Wows With New Perpetual 1908

With the Perpetual 1908, Rolex introduces an entirely new collection for the first time since the Oyster Perpetual 39 in 2015. Commemorating the founding of the brand by Hans Wilsdorf 115 years ago and taking inspiration from an Oyster Perpetual from 1931, the Perpetual 1908 is a notably elegant retro watch with subsidiary seconds, three...

Read the article

Mar 29, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonder 2023: Panerai Unveils Its First Annual Calendar

“Calendario Annuale,” the phrase written on the new Radiomir Annual Calendar says it all: PAM01363 is Panerai’s first annual calendar. The indications of this calendar form, which only requires a correction at the end of February, fit harmoniously into the typical design of the sandwich dial – here with a blue color gradient and sunburst...

Read the article

Mar 28, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Bulgari Introduces Updated Octa Roma Collection, Now Including a Chronograph

Paying homage to the brand’s connection to the Eternal City, Bulgari has just introduced the renewed Octo Roma collection with increased water resistance (100m), Clous de Paris motif on the dial, and – for the first time – with a chronograph model. Italy’s capital is not only the place where Greek silversmith Sotirio Bulgari (1857-1932)...

Read the article

Mar 28, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonders 2023: TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Glassbox

The celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the iconic TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph continue at this year’s Watches and Wonders with the introduction of a new model inspired by the collector favorite “glass box” design. It earns its name from its sapphire crystal, which is shaped like the domed hesalite crystals found on some vintage...

Read the article

Mar 27, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Rolex Unveils New Cosmograph Daytona at Watches and Wonders 2023

Arguably the most important new Rolex release from Watches and Wonders is the latest generation of the Cosmograph Daytona. Right in time for its 60th anniversary, this iconic chronograph revs up with a new motor. Under the hood ticks the new Caliber 4131, an evolution of the brand’s in-house Cal. 4130 that first debuted in...

Read the article

Mar 27, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonders 2023: Chopard Unveils Alpine Eagle 41 XPS

Chopard’s Alpine Eagle is one of the most coveted luxury sport watches of our time. It combines contemporary sporty-chic and pure design with sophisticated genuine L.U.C calibers from the Chopard Manufacture. After a flyback chronograph movement, a high-frequency caliber and a flying tourbillon, Chopard now adds an ultra-thin model with a case height of a...

Read the article

Mar 27, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Fine Watchmaking Meets Street Art: The Glashütte Original PanoInverse Limited Edition

This year’s PanoInverse Limited Edition from Glashütte Original impresses with a very unexpected design, bringing street art and fine Glashütte watchmaking together. Its movement, which is shown on the dial side, serves as a canvas for filigreed skyscrapers on the front and back. The detail is magnificent and evokes a stroll through the city, with...

Read the article

Mar 23, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Introducing at Watches & Wonders 2023: Hermès H08 in Pink Gold and Titanium

At this year’s Watches & Wonders, Hermès will debut a new variant of its striking H08 timepiece that made its debut two years ago. Designed by the brand’s creative director Philippe Delhotal, the latest iteration of this pronounced masculine watch arrives in an intriguing two tone look, combining pink gold and titanium. Like its predecessors,...

Read the article

Mar 3, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

1
2
3
4
»