Few industry crossovers make as much sense as cameras to watches. The importance of precision mechanics, reliance on accuracy, and attractive design are all critical to the success of the product. Therefore, it wasn’t really a surprise when Leica jumped into the watch industry back in 2022. Fast forward to 2025, and the brand’s third…

Mk II first released its Fulcrum dive watch in 2013. This is nothing spectacular in itself, although it is remarkable to realize that it was 12 years ago. The inaugural model was a 42mm dive watch inspired by the great military watches of the 1970s. The new Mk II Fulcrum 39 is an optimized version…

March 2025 is here at last, and as the world thaws out from winter and looks forward to springtime, it’s the perfect moment to add some vibrant spring color to your watch lineup. To help with this, aBlogtoWatch has teamed up with Bernhardt to bring one entrant a striking new sports watch with a bold pop of…

Marginal gains — the world of Haute Horlogerie moves forward in little steps. That is already a miracle since mechanical watchmaking is in its private universe where functionality is not an essential survival tool. Still, the leading traditional watchmaking houses continue to push the technical boundaries. You don’t get a sense of evolution when you…

This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Rick reveals that he’s now deputy director of the FBI (now that podcast hosts can hold such roles), and Ripley confirms that Rick is a solid enough conspiracy theorist that…. well, it works. Rick then announces that this will be an “F1 episode,” and it’s hard to know what that…

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is among the most foundational and distinctive watches of the past century. Its iconic design and inherent use as a canvas for personalization helped to place Jaeger-LeCoultre in our hearts and Reversos on our wrists, thanks to no small measure of qualified watchmaking and inventive, avant-garde casemaking. In our latest video feature,…

Happy Friday, and welcome back to Bring A Loupe! Sport watches are so, how do I say this, 2021, right? I kid, mostly, but the collector watch world has certainly shifted toward dress pieces over the last handful of years. And that is music to my ears! There will always be a place for sport…

Another Friday, another list! This week, we’ll take a look at five great vintage Zenith watches. As I explained in last week’s list, that one and today’s are a little homage to Zenith. The brand from Le Locle is one of my favorite watchmakers. By releasing a seemingly never-ending stream of exciting and often surprising…