Following a request from the United States Army for a wristwatch with a luminous tritium-tube display, Traser was created in 1989, and tactical watches still represent a core pillar of the brand’s modern catalog. Within Traser’s current lineup, the P99 series serves as the contemporary successor to the original P6500 Type 6 that was first…
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In 2023, at Watches and Wonders Geneva, TAG Heuer proudly presented the new Carrera Chronograph Glassbox. We were immediately swept away by its 39mm size and the sexy curves on the edge of the dial. One year before, TAG Heuer released a limited-edition Monaco with a purple fumé dial inspired by some very early Heuer…
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Ever since the Big Bang Meca-10 came out in 2016, the watch has stood out thanks to its 10-day caliber with a Meccano-inspired architecture. This year, though the 10-day power reserve isn’t new, some other things are. The re-engineered Hublot Big Bang Meca-10 now measures 42mm in diameter and comes in three variations. You can…
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What We Know This year, on the 75th anniversary of Formula 1, Tag Heuer takes the Crown, so to speak, and becomes the motorsport’s Official Timekeeper. In a highly speculated move stemming from last year’s official announcement of Rolex being replaced by LVMH via a 10-year partnership with the sport, many correctly assumed that TAG…
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What We Know The LVMH-owned Gérald Genta brand has unveiled the fourth piece in its Gentissima Oursin collection (Oursin is French for “sea urchin”) – the Gentissima Oursin Fire Opal. Following a trio of bejeweled releases last June, the new watch shares many of the same specifications as its predecessors but arguably comes the closest…
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What We Know When you see L’Epée, you should think of clocks. And that’s a fair initial thought to have as the brand fancies itself as “Switzerland’s leading clock manufacture” per its website and has introduced clocks in partnership with brands such as MB&F, Louis Vuitton, and Baccarat. On the clock side of things, I…
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What We Know In 2016, Hublot revealed one of their most unique calibers in the MECA-10, a skeletonized manually-wound movement with a distinct architecture, a whopping ten-day power reserve, and a unique power reserve indicator on the dial. In the 2016 Hublot-era-fashion, the MECA-10 sat in their whopping 45mm case size, leaving this engineering only…
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What We Know Sometimes, you know full well that something is on its way, and yet you’re still completely and utterly shocked when it actually arrives. Today, Bulgari is launching multiple iterations of the Serpetnti Tubogas and Serpenti Seduttori with, drumroll please… teeny tiny automatic mechanical movements! Oh to be a woman in watch media…
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