If you’ve ever been watch shopping in Geneva, Zurich, Lucerne, Lugano, or St. Moritz, you likely know Gübelin as a retailer of some of Switzerland’s most coveted watch brands. For its 170th anniversary, however, Gübelin is paying homage to its legacy as a watchmaker. Earlier this month, the brand launched its own Gübelin watch designed…

Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for an advertiser Renowned watch retailer Westime is expanding its footprint in Southern California by opening the doors to a new Tudor brand boutique in San Diego, located at the upscale outdoor-air Fashion Valley mall. Fashion Valley is the largest shopping destination in the San Diego area, and it is…

What’s the future of independent watchmaking? Well, if you were in Singapore this past weekend, you’d be hard-pressed to believe it’s anything but strong. Just look at the folks at the table pictured below. Raúl Pagès, Gaël Petermann and Florian Bédat, and Theo Auffret, all laughing, smiling, and just an hour later, all totally inundated…

Creating a blue version of an existing model is the antithesis of a novel concept within the watch industry, although rarely does simply changing the color to blue promise to remedy a shortcoming of the original non-blue watch. Last year in 2023, Bell & Ross unveiled the limited-edition BR-X5 Green Lum with a fully luminous…

March is not my favorite month. It is still cold, windy, and often rainy in Germany. So, what is there to do to beat the early spring gloominess? Book a trip to a warm place with a subtropical climate, preferably across the pond. That’s how I ended up in New York…okay, eventually in Miami, but…

The world of the ana-digi watch is home to one of the weirdest and most fun niches in all of sports watches. In some ways, the ana-digi watch was the original smartwatch, combining a traditional analog time display with a screen, or screens, to display additional information. Born following the Quartz Crisis of the mid-’70s,…

Delicate as the balance may be, Carl F. Bucherer seems intent on keeping one foot in the present and one foot in its past. It recently revamped its image in a decidedly forward-looking push, with watches like the Manero Peripheral BigDate Black and more restrained yet still contemporary offerings like the Manero Central Counter chrono.…

We’re back with another episode of Fratello On Air. Balazs has just stepped off a plane from New York and is ready to record. In this episode, we kick off with a healthy dose of banter, touch on some news, and review the two watch shows that just concluded. Watch content starts after roughly 25…