What We Know Announced earlier this morning in the U.K., Bamford Watch Department’s latest collaboration is a solid gold Carrera made in collaboration with the American artist Wes Lang. Made in very limited quantities; this special TAG Heuer blends the classic automotive-derived form of the Carrera with elements of Lang’s own distinctive style and perspective.  Rendered in solid 18k rose gold, this Carrera is 42mm wide and 14.4mm thick, with a sapphire crystal, 100m of water resistance, […]

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What We Know Last month, during F1 Miami, news broke of a mysterious new IWC Big Pilot after photos surfaced of Lewis Hamilton wearing the watch prior to the race. It wasn’t hard to figure out what the watch was – something about the 46mm+ case size, stark white case & bracelet plus the complicated dial layout made it easily spottable without even zooming in on the photo. But there was one issue a month ago: The […]

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There are some dreams that never came true for me. Going to the moon (I’ll never get over this); and becoming a race car driver (there’s still hope, right?). I couldn’t tell you how first-grade me knew what the 24 Hours of Le Mans was, but he knew, and knew he wanted to be there — driving, of course. However, life happens the way it does and things change. NASA conveniently decides to set out for the […]

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What We Know Last year, Longines introduced the Zulu Time, a collection of six watches in the Spirit family that featured a “flyer” GMT, as my editor James Stacey would call it (that’s a jumping local 12-hour hand, as opposed to the “caller” GMT with a jumping 24-hour hand – for those not familiar with Staceyisms). Look at the comments of that article from last March, and you’ll notice a couple of things: First, at under $3,000, […]

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