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One of the surprise standouts I saw last year in Geneva at Time to Watches 2023 was the Carl Suchy & Söhne Belvedere, which is the…

Tudor has expanded its Black Bay Chrono range, which was introduced in 2021, with the new Black Bay Chrono “Blue” Boutique Edition.Exclusively available at Tudor boutiques worldwide, this…

—————– The great marketplace Given the excitement, it is difficult to sum up the experience in a few pithy lines. In addition, such events often result…

This year’s Geneva Watch Days was perhaps the hottest edition to date, both in actual daytime temperatures and in watches. With the thermometer hitting 30° Celius…

Watches can be a deeply impersonal affair. The rise of social media hype, luxury exhibitionism, and wristwatch “flexing” is very different from what watches once represented.…

Zurich-based watchmaker Ollech & Wajs continues to make some very compelling retro-style dive watches, relying on its considerable heritage of achievements in the sports and underwater…

Last week, we took an excursion to the land of Nouvelle Horlogerie. This week, we’re returning to our home territory of stainless steel dive watches. Seiko…

The fall auction season kicks off with online auctions, before the primary live sales that take place in November. Phillips in Geneva just opened its online…

—————– Burying the lead: soft on silicon The 2014 rollout of Rolex’s Syloxi hairspring in Caliber 2236 is emblematic of the company’s conservative public-facing engineering strategy.…

Buffy Acacia Originally conceived by the Swiss manufacturer Gay Frères in the 1940s, beads-of-rice bracelets capture a fusion of utility and decorum like nothing else. They…