Breitling revamped the Chronomat collection in 2020, swapping the bulky design elements that previously defined the watch for a sleeker, 1980s-inspired vibe, complete with a flatter bezel, straighter lugs, and the comeback of the Rouleaux-style bracelet. Now, for 2024, Breitling is taking the “sports-chic” aesthetic of the modern Chronomat in a different direction by releasing…

Admittedly, I’ve never covered a watch from Moritz Grossmann. A couple of weeks ago, though, I received an email that caught my attention. The new Benu 37 Arabic Vintage may look simple, but there’s plenty to uncover. The name Moritz Grossmann is steeped in history. In 1854, Grossmann established an atelier in Glashütte and began…

This Laurent Ferrier Tourbillon Grand Sport (“Grand Sport Tourbillon,” as I call it) is an expensive but beautiful and comfortable “stealth wealth” luxury timepiece. It is easy to deride or dismiss this watch if you haven’t gotten to know it and the brand around it. You can certainly go your entire watch-collecting career without ever…

It’s Sunday morning, so it’s time for another installment of Sunday Morning Showdown. This week, we will focus on two vintage-inspired dive watches from 2024. The Doxa Sub 200T came out this past spring, while the Oris Divers Date debuted just last week. Both celebrate the style of vintage divers from bygone eras. The brand-new…

We know Nomos best for its minimalistic, Bauhaus-inspired stainless steel watches. However, the brand has quite a few references with gold accents and even offers watches with full-gold cases. Now we can add two more references to this list because the brand from Glashütte has released the Tangente and Orion Neomatik Doré. Both watches feature…

Over the past few years, the young independent Italian brand Venezianico has built a cult following for its impressive finishing, moderate pricing, and firm devotion to a lush, distinctly Venetian visual language. This last point has ranged from a penchant for traditional Venetian aventurine glass to ornately carved dials depicting the city’s Renaissance masterpieces, but…

If 100 people were asked about the first words that come to mind when “Audemars Piguet” is spoken, I wager that almost all would respond with “Royal Oak.” That signals how popular Gérald Genta’s groundbreaking 1972 design has become. However, before this and even after the Royal Oak was released, Audemars offered a very different…

Last Thursday evening, fellow watch writer Griffin Bartsch and I were leaving one of the many events happening before the highly-anticipated weekend of WindUp and WatchTime, and we passed through Times Square on our way to the subway. Long jaded by the MoonSwatches sitting in a briefcase behind the towering glass windows of the Swatch…