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25 June 2019 |
Baume & Mercier,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2019,
The Classima is the core of Baume & Mercier and one of the Holy Grail collections from the Swiss brand. Baume & Mercier has over the years expanded its product portfolio with the Clifton, a sportier take on the Classima, in my opinion, and created fantastic co-branding watch collections like ...
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20 June 2019 |
NOMOS Glashütte,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2019,
There's a trait that is common to most vertically integrated watch manufacturers; they painstakingly look after every aspect of the brand: from media and communication to high-quality photography, and advertising campaigns too. It is not a given in the watch industry. NOMOS Glashütte belongs to this selected group of brands, ...
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08 June 2019 |
Hamilton,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Interstellar was Christopher Nolan's umpteenth masterpiece, a film featuring a cast of superb actors, awarded with the 2015 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Nolan and Nathan Crowley produced a film that excellently combines sci-fi, the theory of relativity and the paternal love of Joseph Cooper, starring Matthew McConaughey, to ...
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17 May 2019 |
Baume & Mercier,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2019,
In the last two years, the brand has focused its efforts primarily on the launch and development of the Clifton Baumatic collection. Baume & Mercier has this year turned the spotlights on the standard Clifton collection once again, and the Clifton Club, a sporty take on the Clifton that broke ...
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06 May 2019 |
Breitling,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2019,
Since Georges Kern has taken the lead at Breitling, the brand has steadily changed vision, shifting from being mainly linked to modern military aviation to sign unexpected partnerships with the worlds of cinema, water sports, and motorcycles. The last in a row has been the signing of an agreement with ...
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24 April 2019 |
ROLEX,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2019,
A few months before Baselworld 2019's official opening, most watch forums and a few digital magazines (mainstream media looking for increasing their organic traffic) envisioned that the Rolex GMT Master 2 116710 BLNR, else said the Rolex Batman, was close to being anytime soon discontinued. That story proved to be ...
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18 April 2019 |
Patek Philippe,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2019,
Less than three months have gone since, at the beginning of February, Patek Philippe announced they had discontinued the Nautilus 5726/1A, but at Baselworld 2019 the brand has released the new Nautilus 5726/1A, this time with a blue, black gradated dial. Before the launch of the Patek Philippe Nautilus Perpetual ...
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14 April 2019 |
Bulgari,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2019,
If you think that Baselworld 2019 was boring, take a look at what Bulgari came up with instead. The 2019 edition will be long remembered not as the most exciting one so far, but instead as a changeover between old and new formula, according to an official press release from the ...
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13 April 2019 |
IWC,
30 minutes on the wrist,
2016 didn't just mark the opening of the IWC Boutique in Via Montenapoleone, located in the heart of the Milan fashion district, but celebrated the comeback of the IWC Portuguese Double Chronograph watch on the market too, after a ten year absence. The IWC Portuguese Rattrapante, or IWC Portugieser Rattrapante according to ...
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07 April 2019 |
Grand Seiko,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Baselworld 2019,
Some items make an impression as soon as they come out, and we instantly perceive them as pure and proportioned. It is a feeling that I usually experience each time a new car, motorcycle, or design item are unveiled, as long as they represent something new. It is something hard ...
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