This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Rick is joined by Ariel, David, and Ripley, as per usual, and they start things off by discussing, um, time. How unusual! Well, the subject is the time changes in Europe and the U.S., which marginally has to do with watches, although, honestly, there’s no segue except for a brief foray…

Last month, I met Lilian Thibault, the founder of Awake Watches, at an event in London. We’re used to the brand’s sporty, frequently space-themed limited editions. However, I saw an upcoming release that was very different. The new Sơn Mài collection brings two forms of Métiers d’Art together in an affordable package. Since its launch…

For the 20th Anniversary of Greubel Forsey, the brand is back with their 10th “Fundamental Invention:” the Nano Foudroyante EWT, and it’s a doozy of a watch. If you know the brand, you’ll know their inventions, and the “Invention Pieces” that have celebrated these achievements have often iterated on the tourbillon, and this is no…

At the beginning of this year, Piaget already spoiled us with its re-edition of Yves Piaget’s Polo Watch. But when your brand turns 150 years old, you don’t limit yourself to just one celebration. That’s why Piaget proudly presents another re-edition based on one of its biggest icons, the cushion-shaped Black Tie. For the occasion,…

November 2024 is here at last, and although Halloween may be over, we still have one more disguise for the aBlogtoWatch community: it’s time for another aBlogtoWatch mystery giveaway! While the rules might be the same as our normal giveaways, we aren’t revealing all the details of the prize just yet, meaning one lucky winner…

Panerai’s first-ever watch prototype was released on October 24th, 1935, and it was called Radiomir. The watch will turn 90 next year, but the excitement must be too big to control at the brand’s headquarters because the Panerai Radiomir Perpetual Calendar GMT Goldtech PAM01453 you see here is a celebratory model. It is a complicated…

The Ulysse Nardin Freak, with its open-worked dial and flying carousel movement, is one of the watch world’s most recognizable timepieces. It has also become a popular platform for collaborations. The latest of these is the new Freak X Enamel Seddiqi featuring a titanium case and guilloché dial. Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, the leading luxury…

We recently had the pleasure of sitting down to chat with Italian dealer and collector Alessandro Fanciulli – better known as “mr.a” on Instagram. Alessandro is a dealer of all types of vintage watches, but his first love was Universal Genève. So when he visited New York a few weeks ago, he brought along a…