At a press conference in Geneva today, independent brands Ming, Fleming, and J.N. Shapiro announced a new brand alliance called the Alternative Horological Alliance. The goal is to take three brands that have thought outside the traditional watchmaking structures and combine their experience, passion, and knowledge to continue along that path and foster other brands…

Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch for an advertiser In 2022, Speake Marin unveiled the Ripples — its first integrated bracelet sport-chic watch. Since then, the Geneva-based independent watch brand has expanded the Ripples collection with date versions and various dial colors while maintaining the watch’s hallmark rippled dial motif. Now, the line welcomes the first…

What We Know H. Moser is releasing a pair of limited edition “passion fruit” watches, one in collaboration with young U.K. brand Studio Underd0g. The Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Passion Fruit builds on the brand’s familiar platform, while the Studio Underd0g Passion Fruit 03Series brings a monopusher chronograph to the collection. Only available as a set, the…

I liked the Pontiac Jumping Chronograph instantly. I remember spotting Pontiac watches multiple times, but I never had an urge to jump on any. So I took this as an opportunity to also look briefly into this sonorous-sounding brand’s history. It took me some time to realize why the Pontiac Jumping got my attention so…

This past June, Breitling invited me to its Chronometrie facility in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The tour offered an opportunity to see the various Breitling manufacture calibers in different production states. The meticulous yet efficient nature of the assembly leads to a robust and reliable B01 chronograph movement along with modules for calendar and GMT functions.…

What We Know Breitling has just introduced its first perpetual calendar chronograph movement in three of its most popular models: the Premier, Navitimer, and Chronomat. All are powered by the new caliber B19, a perpetual calendar movement that is exclusive to Breitling. It’s an impressive technical step forward for the brand and one that represents 15…

This year at Geneva Watch Days, Armin Strom is presenting an entirely new version of its Dual Time Resonance. The existing Dual Time Resonance is arguably the brand’s flagship model, an enormous oval showcasing the brand’s in-house capabilities and its signature resonant mechanism. That watch was a true behemoth that could never go unnoticed, and…

Making its Geneva Watch Days debut, Norwegian independent brand Micromilspec has announced a new watch. Launched as a civilian model, the Milgraph is a serious military-inspired chronograph that packs a lot of functionality onto the wrist. It provides a column-wheel-operated chronograph movement with a GMT function in a blasted titanium case. At first glance, there’s…