Although the Chinese watch industry is currently booming, few brands in this new generation of Chinese watchmakers push the envelope as rapidly or as aggressively as CIGA Design. Both on the design and complication fronts, CIGA Design has introduced some impressively high-level concepts in recent years, and for its latest release, the brand aims to…

It’s been quite a week. After completing a 4,000-word article on the history of the Museum Watch, I reverted to covering the latest news and thinking about my next vintage story. However, little by little, the comments have trickled in on our site and over messages on Instagram. A noteworthy comment came in from a…

For reasons I am sure you can entirely understand, I’ve always referred to Sinn’s 903 collection of pilot chronograph watches as “Sinn’s Navitimer.” While the awesome tool watchmaker from Frankfurt, Germany typically has more distinctive designs (though some of their watches fit historic design rubrics, for sure), the 903 family of chronograph watches with a…

Fears Watches is one of the small-brand success stories of this decade. Nicholas Bowman-Scargill revived his family’s brand with the Redcliff in 2016. Since 2020, the brand seems to have gone from strength to strength, and the new Fears Brunswick 40.5 Jump Hour shows this. This year the brand opened a boutique in its hometown…

It takes guts to walk around wearing a large, all-gold integrated-bracelet sports watch. This genre is not for the faint of heart. I like to think I’m fairly spunky, so I figured, “Why not?” I reached out to Girard-Perregaux and asked if I could try the latest gold Laureato 42mm models. When a rather weighty…

Every so often, the people at Parmigiani Fleurier send us a box with a few of their newer watches. This time, along with the new Toric models, it included a few variations of the brand’s Tonda PF. Our eyes were quickly drawn to the very impressive all-platinum Tonda PF Skeleton. The more sporty Chronographs on…

What We Know Nivada Grenchen is no stranger to bringing back vintage concepts. In fact, it’s kind of the brand’s whole thing. With the brand’s modern revival, helmed by Guillaume Laidet, models taken straight from the past like the Chronomaster and Chronoking anchor the lineup, in an endless variation of dials, movements, and colorways. This…

Today, in 2024, there is no shortage of GMT options. But the Longines Spirit Zulu Time collection continues to deliver well-executed, easy-wearing travel watches at an accessible price point. The newest Zulu Time 39 in titanium is no exception, hitting all of these attributes in a way that continues to make the broader Longines Spirit…