What We Know At Watches and Wonders, Panerai launches the new Luminor Perpetual Calendar GMT Platinumtech PAM01575, a follow-up to the 33-piece limited edition of the Luminor Goldtech Calendario Perpetuo PAM01269 launched back in 2022. When the PAM01269 first launched, it was certainly one of Panerai’s most strikingly modern watches, with a smoked sapphire dial…

What We Know Panerai has just launched a subtle but meaningful refresh of what most collectors consider their core modern collection: the Luminor Marina. They have improved the movement thickness, quality, finishing, and water resistance while shrinking the overall thickness by 12%. Despite these upgrades, Panerai has wisely preserved the distinctive aesthetic DNA that has…

When I first saw blurry leaked renders of this Rolex, I thought it was a regular old tiger’s eye dial. You could barely make out the detail of the stone, and that was my reference point. To be blunt, I think that would’ve been a more attractive choice than what this is, but we have…

Vintage Cartier watches were not made to the same quality and standard as those from brands like Patek Philippe or Audemars Piguet. The maison’s vintage pieces are about the romanticism of a handmade watch. Owning or putting one on your wrist evokes the romantic, imaginative experience of strolling through 1930s Paris — Chesterfield coat buttoned…

What We Know It has been 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang. Oh, wait, sorry — wrong Big Bang. It’s actually been 20 years since the first Hublot Big Bang was introduced by industry veteran Jean Claude Biver, in a big move that completely set the course for the company’s DNA and identity for…

What We Know If there’s one launch from last year’s Watches and Wonders to remember, Nomos Glashütte’s Tangente 38 Date collection, with its whopping 31 limited edition colorways and dial names like “Super Sardine” and “Rambazamba,” certainly was a top contender. While a release like that is hard to beat, this year Nomos gives the…

What We Know Laurent Ferrier, the 15-year-old independent watchmaker, is placing the Classic Auto permanently in its catalog, and it’s doing so in icy blue style. The Classic Auto Horizon arrives as a fresh take on LF’s latest “model,” introduced as a Série Atelier piece for Geneva Watch Days 2024. The Horizon swaps the copper-toned…

There’s no shortage of brands trying to do something different in watch design — but pulling it off in a way that’s actually clever, well-built, and accessible is much rarer. The team at MandetBrote set out to reimagine how we experience the passage of time, and after more than two years of engineering, prototyping, and…