Print media is having a renaissance. Listen, I know I have an agenda to push here, but believe me when I tell you that magazines are hot right now. New York Magazine’s The Cut was turned into a stand-alone print issue for Fall 2024, Sports Illustrated is back in circulation, and Life magazine is on…

During one of the last years at Basel, we met the folks from Yema at a nearby hotel. They showed us fantastic and faithful reissues from the brand’s heyday of the 1960s and ’70s. Since then, a lot has changed as there’s now the Yema Manufacture Morteau where three calibers are produced. Let’s look at…

In addition to being the captain of the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL) and a Norris Trophy-winning defenceman, Roman Josi is also a co-founder of the Swiss independent watchmaker Norqain. Together, Roman Josi and the Bienne-based brand are proud to introduce two new high-performance sports watches: the Norqain Wild ONE Skeleton Grey…

The thrill of the chase is often greater than that of the catch. It’s a simple cliche yet one that likely resonates with most watch collectors and enthusiasts. We’ve all been there, spending our evenings scrolling through listings of a very specific or purposefully ambiguous search, hoping to strike gold. As a result of these…

What We Know In 2022, Ressence introduced its simplest and most futuristic-looking design yet – the Type 8. The 42.9mm case featured integrated, almost shrouded lugs and an ultra-simplified take on their traditional orbital time display in a Cobalt blue color. A year later, the Type 8 received a new sage green variant, and both…

This week on the SUPERLATIVE Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch Founder Ariel Adams is joined once again by VJ Geronimo, CEO of The Americas at Oris. They discuss how watch media, especially podcasts, has been a way for those in the industry to stay updated with what is going on in other segments of the industry…

There’s no escaping luxury. Luxury is everywhere you look. Luxury is the norm. So why is the luxury market as a whole in a slump? Is it the economic situation worldwide? Luxury brands have used the slowdown in China to explain why sales are down, and the results are disappointing. But there might be more…

In the past year, I’ve run into too many watches to count that each remind me of how quickly and completely small affordable brands are chipping away at the fortress of high-end brands and its high walls of trinkets and accoutrements. Not too long ago, a mechanical GMT immediately ate up a few paychecks, a…