The Breguet Classique line — contrary to what its name suggests — always reminds me of Baroque music. I can hear Scarlatti when I see the coin-edge cases, welded lugs, swirly Breguet numerals, and guilloché or enameled dials. They exude the same regal, exalted, masterful feeling as Mikhail Pletnev interpreting Scarlatti on piano. Today’s release…

Breitling is celebrating its 140th anniversary in 2024, so we thought it would only be right to host a special Breitling × Fratello event in The Hague, Netherlands. Vintage Breitling expert Fred Mandelbaum will be there as a special guest to discuss the brand’s incredible heritage. Breitling × Fratello event Breitling has always been one…

Back in February of 2024, I first went hands-on with the lovely-looking new Tissot T-Touch Connect Sport, a hybrid between traditional quartz watches and modern sportwatches. The T-Touch Connect Sport family is a different product from the legacy T-Touch series and takes the amazingly popular family of analog-digital high-functionality sport watches into the smartwatch era.…

Seiko’s SKX007 dive watch is a modern classic. Today, we’re looking at a different and, I’ll argue, better-looking version. The watch is known as the Seiko SKX173. Read on. Recently, I wrote about Seiko’s SKX007 dive watch. This was not a review, per se, but an assessment of the SKX007’s role in 2024. The article…

It’s hard to believe that 30 years have passed since the first Lange 1 was introduced. Yet, here we are, and to celebrate this special occasion, A. Lange & Söhne has crafted four new limited-edition versions of the brand’s most famous watch. As we’ll see, Lange is bringing a pair of dial and case materials…

What We Know The Lange 1 was launched on October 24, 1994 – 30 years ago to the day. For the 30th anniversary of the brand’s decidedly asymmetrical design, A. Lange & Söhne have just unveiled a quartet of limited edition models. Presented in two colorways – black onyx with a platinum case or a…

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From Germany’s Black Forest, Hanhart is a brand almost exclusively associated with chronographs. Its website is even titled “Hanhart Chronographen.” Though it also has a smaller association with motorsport watches, the brand is underpinned by a rich history of chronographs and timing devices, but had not ventured meaningfully into one of the most popular watch…