A massive storm ripped through the Neuchâtel Mountains on Monday, July 24, 2023, leaving massive damage in its wake in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The storm, which hit the region at 11:30 am local time, resulted in the fatality of a construction worker as a crane fell in the winds which exceeded 135 mph. According to police…

Over the past couple of years, the marketplace for GMT watches has evolved rapidly thanks to the addition of a handful of new movements hitting the scene. The most compelling of these new movements, at least for the frequent flyers among us, is Miyota’s 9075, an automatic mechanical movement with local jumping GMT functionality. Pushing…

“A man who lives a placid, unvarying life doesn’t need a Nivada Chronomaster.” Nivada Grenchen chose one of the most eloquent ways you could call someone boring with their first advertisements of what would become one of their most iconic watches. Back in 2020, the Chronomaster Aviator Sea Diver (CASD for short) was one of…

Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser As watch enthusiasts, it’s sometimes easy to forget that discovering new models and buying your favorites is just one part of the collecting process. Once you acquire more than a couple of watches, you will find that you need some place to keep them when they aren’t on…

What We Know Massena Lab and Revolution have teamed up for a real deep-cut release for folks in the know and it’s an eye-catching reference to one of the best chronographs ever made. Based on the same platform as Massena LAB’s other Uni-Racer models, the watch is a 39mm wide and 13mm high manually-wound chronograph…

July is always a special month for Speedmaster enthusiasts, as it commemorates the watch being used on the surface of the Moon on July 21 (UTC 3:15). First by Buzz Aldrin; as legend has it that Armstrong left his in the lunar module to function as a back-up timekeeper as the onboard Bulova-made clock malfunctioned.…

This summer, watch brand pop-up boutiques are taking over. Breitling and Longines have landed on the German island of Sylt. Omega celebrates the Seamaster’s 75th anniversary with pop-ups in locations like Mykonos, Saint-Tropez, Forte dei Marmi, and San Diego. But as tempting as those locations were, we’ve reduced the yearly mileage allowance of the Fratello…

There is perhaps no more romanticized complication in watchmaking than the moonphase. Although it may have next to zero application unless you happen to be a sailor or a werewolf, few things are as universally evocative as the night sky, and capturing a slice of that majesty on the wrist for a moonphase complication is…