In early 2026, the Espace Horloger, a watchmaking museum located in Le Sentier dedicated to work from the heart of Switzerland’s valley of complications, will be hosting a new exhibition exploring the life and work of Charles-Henri Meylan. Meylan, one of the valley’s greatest watchmakers in the early 1900s, had a prolific career working with…
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At 6,000m below the ocean’s surface, life is sparse and strange. Alien creatures like seapigs and giant isopods scavenge detritus along the cold and desolate seafloor. Eyeless lobster-like crustaceans inhabit these depths, light having ceased to penetrate an entire five kilometers above. Pressures within the Abyssal Zone are extreme to say the least; very little…
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Admittedly, when Venezianico first hit the scene several years ago, we were skeptical. Was this another fly-by-night brand that would soon disappear into the ether? To our positive surprise, the Italian brand has created some fantastic watches since that time. Today, though, everything changes with the new Redentore Utopia. Late last year, we met with…
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It’s not every day that we see a new stone dial chronograph. Sure, brands like Rolex, Omega, and Bulova are using meteorite for theirs, but it doesn’t seem like any brand is really taking advantage of the countless other variations in colors and textures that we’ve seen spread to so many time-only watches. This year,…
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Bill Yao’s Mk II brand has always fascinated me. It’s one of the OG microbrands, but it built its reputation mainly upon meticulously crafted reissues of historic tool watches. What’s always baffled me is how such a brand — one that almost exclusively makes homage watches — has garnered such sustained esteem from collectors while…
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As Zenith’s 160th anniversary celebrations steam toward their halfway point, the watch enthusiast community has been graced with an impressive array of commemorative models decked out in the brand’s signature rich blue hue. Whether from fully blue cases or spectacular blue stone dials, this color has been everywhere in Zenith’s lineup for 2025, and for…
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The Seiko Presage collection is often overlooked but without good reason. I have a major soft spot for the Cocktail Time series that combines the fun of Tokyo bar culture with some seriously stylish timepieces. There’s also the relatively new Presage Classic series. It uses traditional Japanese colors, materials, and textures to develop a creative…
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A number of years ago, I wrote about a new company called SilMach that had its eyes on the watch industry. The French company is a specialist in small electromechanical mechanisms that employ silicon parts for use in a variety of applications, not just watches. SilMach develops and produces “MEMS” technology, which stands for “micro-electro-mechanical…
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