This week on the Superlative Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined by Fred Mandelbaum, Breitling Historian and Consultant to the Breitling CEO, Georges Kern. To start the show, Ariel asks Fred to tell the audience the story of how Breitling found him for his current position. The two elaborate on the unique…

Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for advertiser Half a century ago, Swiss watchmaker Edox created its legendary SkyDiver timepiece, which was a rugged and high-performance tool watch that was produced specifically for an elite Swiss military group. Over the years, the SkyDiver has evolved, and its function-forward design ultimately became the foundation for the brand’s…

Every month in 2023, we introduced a special Fratello X REM strap for the Omega Speedmaster. Our eighth strap this year, made for the month of August, pays tribute to the Omega Speedmaster Speedy Tuesday 2 “Ultraman” watch we introduced to you in 2018. It’s also appropriate as a September release, as later this month,…

Amidst the flurry of new Geneva Watch Days releases, Girard-Perrergaux has just announced the new Laureato Absolute Chronograph 8Tech. This latest release from the brand takes the DNA of the original 1975 Laureato and combines it with the latest materials and contemporary design innovations. Since its introduction in 2019, the Laureato Absolute line has hosted…

There’s no denying that Tissot hit the jackpot with the PRX. The quartz, automatic, and chronograph versions of the watch in different sizes and colors are knocking it out of the park. Tissot is riding the PRX wave and is trying to do it for as long as possible. You can’t blame them. Especially when…

At the close of the Korean War, Lockheed Martin released a supersonic fighter jet designed to be simple, lightweight, and have unparalleled altitude and climb performance — and it had one of the best aircraft names ever: the XF-104 Starfighter. The aircraft lived up to its name, setting records for speed (first to reach 2,259.5kmph),…

While it has still been less than a decade since Bulgari first introduced the Octo Finissimo in 2014, the model has quickly become one of the brand’s signature designs, and its core blueprint has served as the foundation for a wide variety of models that have showcased a number of different case materials and complications.…

Earlier this year, Alpina released a duo of limited-edition watches to celebrate its 140th anniversary, which were based upon a rectangular model from 1938. Featuring polished silver cases and powered by restored vintage hand-wound movements from the 1930s, the pair of commemorative watches was truly a small-batch offering, with production limited to just 14 pieces…