What We Know Aera, the microbrand founded two years ago by Olof Larsson and Jas Minhas, has stuck close to its design-led roots with a collection of a few highly distinctive (and legible) time-only watches like the P-1 Pilot and D-1 Diver. They were big and bold yet carried a certain unique softness to the…

Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend an event in London hosted by 289 Consulting. Roughly 25 brands attended, and we were free to sit in a casual, albeit dark, environment to view the newest watches. It was an enjoyable day with many highlights. A standout was the new Krayon Anywhere Arborea. Geneva…

In 2021, Chopard unveiled the L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 watch to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the L.U.C line, the brand’s top-tier timepieces with in-house-made movements. A new L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 watch arrived at Watches & Wonders 2024, this time dressed in white gold and black enamel rather than the original rose gold version…

The year 2024 marks a century since the introduction of the world’s first Citizen watch. To celebrate this significant milestone, Citizen has taken a curated selection of 100 watches, split into 12 design categories, from its over-6,000-watch archive on tour. Its first stop was in Tokyo before moving on to New York, and now the…

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There have been a lot of watch events lately, a testament to the strength of the watch community amid all the talk of a market downturn. But vintage watch fairs – where the public can buy some of the truly great and rare stuff – are still not as common. Sure, there’s a circuit of…

Even if I do favor the cool expressions of indie brands, the majority of my watches are traditional. But my €2K Otsuka Lotec got the strongest reaction I’ve ever seen at Geneva Watch Days this year. As usual, I was trying to wear an inoffensive but interesting watch. I didn’t want it to clash with…

In the summer of 2024, aBlogtoWatch helped to launch the new Gaga Laboratorio brand. Since then, I have had the chance to check out the brand’s debut Labormatic watches and interview the creative mind behind Gaga Laboratorio, designer and artist Mo Coppoletta. Gaga Laboratorio is an interesting brand concept that is only starting to take…