Among the novelties unveiled this year at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2025 is the Zenith G.F.J., which celebrates the Swiss brand’s 160th anniversary by reviving its legendary Caliber 135 movement. Originally produced during the golden era of mechanical timekeeping between 1949 and 1962, the Zenith Caliber 135 holds the distinction of being the most awarded…
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So, a tank is pretty tough, right? How do you make it even tougher? Park it in a casemate! Stick the cannon through one of the tiny embrasures, and you have a fearsome defensive installation. Well, that’s what Cartier did. The mighty Cartier Tank was parked in a bunker, and the result is called the…
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The pace of price declines on the secondary watch market was the slowest in almost three years to start 2025 as the prices for used Rolex models rose. Data compiled by Morgan Stanley and WatchCharts shows an index of prices for used Rolex watches rose by 0.3% during the first three months of the year…
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New York City-area watch enthusiasts are invited to join aBlogtoWatch and Citizen on April 28, 2025, in Manhattan to celebrate 55 years of titanium watchmaking. aBlogtoWatch is offering its audience a debut look at Citizen’s Beauty of Time: Super Titanium™ exhibition, with founder Ariel Adams in attendance for a live discussion with Citizen engineers and…
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What We Know Baltic’s three-register chronograph returns as the official timekeeper for the 2025 Tour Auto, introducing a brand-new limited edition that signals the beginning of something significant. The Scalegraph Tour Auto Limited Edition launches a fresh model for the brand—a sportier and more capable evolution of its chronograph lineup. The watch features a 39.5mm…
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This week on the SUPERLATIVE Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch founder Ariel Adams is joined by Tony Traina, founder of Unpolished Watches. Ariel and Tony dive right into the evolution of podcasting in the watch-collecting community and how it has shifted from solo to social interactions. The two talk about the social dynamics that have emerged…
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A Canadian maker of genuine military timepieces, Marathon Watch Company recently celebrated 85 years of toolmaking. A family-run company, Marathon is part of an important lineage of linked North American and European watchmakers that, collectively, have a legacy going back more than 100 years. Marathon began supplying the Allied Forces with military-specification timepieces starting in…
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When I first caught wind that H. Moser & Cie. would be introducing a new “POP! Collection,” I was quite intrigued. Such a name for a collection, in my mind at least, conjured up thoughts of colorful plastic watches and comic book art. Moser is also no stranger to horological stunts — cheese cases, “digital”…
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