It’s sort of endearing to me how new watch brands pop up on a regular basis. In the 15+ years that I have been covering the watch industry, I have experienced a countless variety of entrepreneurial personalities who have proceeded to launch timepiece brands that embody their own tastes, personality, and aspirations. The resulting variety…

This week has been quite the festival for the Omega Seamaster thanks to the 75th-anniversary celebration. So when discussing the topic for today’s Sunday Morning Showdown, we looked to continue the festivities. Judging by the comments under our articles and on social media, the critical question is: which of the “Summer Blue” anniversary Seamasters is…

Surely Wes Anderson has a hand in directing the scene that is the Henley Royal Regatta, a spectacle held each year in Henley-on-Thames, an hour and a world away from the modern headaches of London. Since 1839, rowing clubs from across the world have descended upon the Henley Royal Regatta each year to dress up in…

June gave us a handful of exciting releases, including Breguet’s polarizing new versions of the Breguet Type XX, Omega‘s 75th Anniversary Seamaster references in “Summer Blue,” Tissot‘s re-introduction of the Sideral, and Parmigiani Fleurier‘s Tonda PF Sport collection. In other news, an (extremely lucky) Australian surfer stumbled upon a particularly rare oyster, our Ripley Sellers…

Part of the allure of microbrands is following the journey of the creators. Seeing how the people behind the brands evolve their design language and products over time provides a fascinating insight into their minds. Admittedly, some of these brands amount to very little and rehash the same concepts repeatedly. They pump out “limited edition”…

In just a few short years since making its debut, the H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner has established its own unique identity among the various integrated bracelet sports watches, and it has become one of the cornerstone offerings in Moser’s catalog. With that in mind, up until this point in time, the Streamliner has only…

To celebrate its 135th anniversary, Swiss watchmaker Carl F. Bucherer is releasing a quartet of limited-edition watches inspired by one of the brand’s models from the 1960s. Harkening back to an era when slim, sleek watches ruled the roost (and the wrist), and when those watches were more often than not gold, this new collection…

I guess it is official: Nerds are sexy. At least they are at Louis Vuitton, which, for the Only Watch 2023 charity auction in November, has created this one-of-a-kind Einstein Automata timepiece. Produced by Louis Vuitton’s high-end Geneva-based La Fabrique du Temps manufacture, this unique timepiece showcases the brand’s still novel in-house caliber LV 525…