The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms needs no introduction to anyone who has ever dipped at least a toe in the history of dive watches as it is widely regarded as the “first true diver’s watch.”2023 is all about Fifty Fathoms celebrations for Blancpain and today marks the debut of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 70th Anniversary Act…

What We Know This weekend in Cannes, France, Blancpain is celebrating “Act 3” for the 70th anniversary of their Fifty Fathoms dive watch, and, as we got with Acts 1 and 2, they’ve released a brand new Fifty Fathoms to mark the occasion. For Act 3, Blancpain has dropped a vintage-effect nod to the original…

I have a soft spot for Longines DolceVita watches — I wore my dad’s full stainless steel one on my wedding day as my “something borrowed.” Actually, let me rephrase that. I have a soft spot for Longines; my dad’s side of the family is from Saint Imier, the small Swiss village in the Jura…

This week on the aBlogtoWatch Weekly podcast, the regular trio is at it again with the latest news and releases! The guys dive right into Tudor’s latest release, the black Pelagos FXD, and the hype surrounding its announcement. Perhaps inevitably, that segues into a broader discussion of Tudor’s catalog and product strategy. Then it’s on…

Many people dream of owning a Porsche or Ferrari, and I did too as a kid. But for many years now, it has been the G-Class (or G-Wagon) that I consider my absolute dream car. It doesn’t have to be a Mercedes-AMG G 63 (AMG); I will also settle for a G 500. But the…

Not long ago, I reviewed the women’s version of the new Versace DV One Automatic watch on aBlogtoWatch. Little did I know that Versace would quickly follow up the women’s model with a new men’s version in the same DV One collection. While the “DV One” name is not novel to Versace, according to the…

We all know about the Dirty Dozen, the mil-spec group of watches produced in 1945, many of which never saw combat. While collectors scour online auctions to find vintage examples in good condition, we humble watch enthusiasts are presented with a few modern options. First is the Timor Heritage Field WWW, which is perhaps the…

About 100 years ago, Longines started to design and produce rectangular watches in the popular Art Deco style. In 1997, Longines revamped a rectangular watch from its 1927 collection and called it the DolceVita. However, it was a modern interpretation of the original 1920s model. Today, Longines introduces the Mini DolceVita, which has even more…