Over the past year or so, Tudor has been on a tear, taking their growing stable of sports sponsorships (or even informal relationships) and turning them into interesting and surprising models. Some are as simple as dial color changes – even if they are very unusual ones like the pink Black Bay Chronograph slightly inspired…

You might say that Omega’s Summer Blue collection is old news in 2024, and you’d be right. Omega’s Summer Blue line was hot and trendy in 2023, but it’s been a year, and aside from a few underwhelming Olympic models, we have not seen much from the Biel/Bienne-based brand. OK, there were the white-dial and…

Ludwig Oechslin is a name you may not have heard of unless you’ve been introduced to the deeper world of haute horology. He is one of those rare polymath mechanical geniuses responsible for some of the wilder calendar and astronomical watches of the last few decades. He is also a dedicated academic and brand founder…

Yes, it’s time to talk about watches for summer because that is indeed the season we’re in right now. This series is a nice reminder of that because the weather gods haven’t shown us any summer yet here in the Netherlands. I keep telling my six-year-old daughter that we’re actually in the middle of summer…

Last weekend saw Barbora Krejcikova and Carlos Alcaraz win their respective grass court Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon. After a repeat matchup of last year’s final against Novak Djokovic, Alcaraz managed to retain top spot, victorious in his yellow gold Daytona (the watch was also a 2023 repeat).  Every year, watching Wimbledon brings back happy…

Watch enthusiasts love a good reissue. Smaller proportions? Nice. Historic references? Heck yeah. Tasteful accents that mimic years of ever-so-perfect aging and patina? That one’s a toss-up, to be honest. For better and for worse, the watch-collecting zeitgeist puts a lot of stock in the past. Watches are vehicles through time on so many levels…

LVMH has been busy with leadership changes recently. Today, we received news that more key positions within the group have been addressed. Ricardo Guadalupe steps down as Hublot CEO, taking on the role of honorary president. Recently appointed TAG Heuer CEO Julien Tornare takes his place, opening up the TAG role for Antoine Pin. Tornare…

The Tudor of today has a raised voice and speaks its mind loudly and confidently. It doesn’t look like the brand it was before 2012, the year in which Tudor launched the Black Bay, the foundation of the manufacture we see today. Seeing a retro-styled dive watch with a burgundy bezel at Baselworld was confusing…