Hands-On with the new IWC Big Pilot’s Watch 43
In a trend to return to ‘reasonable’ sizes, the new IWC’s Big Pilot’s Watch 43 hits a perfect middle ground, but it may also be the real ‘PuristS’ Choice’…
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Vegan Deluxe? Hands-on with the new Hirsch WINE strap made of Austrian wine leaves
‘Sustainability’ is a troubled keyword. In the watch industry, brands are adding ‘vegan’ straps. We had our hands on a charming option from Austria, the Hirsch WINE making use of real wine leaves. Is it a valid alternative yet?
Gold Dust: Massena Lab’s Archetype 0.0 brings back the lovely gilt dials of the past
Noted collector, industry insider and now also watch producer William Massena embarked on a mission to revive the forgotten art of ‘true’ gilt dials – a high rejection rate allowed for only two hand full of Archetype 0.0 watches to be made
Hamilton Intra-Matic Chronographs: manual shift sticks vs automatic transmission?
In search for a ‘serious’ watch with credible history, stylish, reliable but not too expensive? The Hamilton Intra-Matic chronographs come to mind. Now available with automatic and manual wind movements, and a few subtle differences
Hands-On with the new IWC Pilot’s Chronograph 41mm
What looks like just a smaller case and a new dial for IWC’s classic Pilot’s Chronograph is indeed an upgrade that recalls the traditional ‘engineer type watchmaking’ of IWC
Gold Dust: the Minerva Pythagore 40mm Sector Dial – swan song to a collector’s darling manufacture
Ever since I saw this Minerva Pythagore at the manufacture in Villeret I was on a hunt – only more than 5 years later I found one – in my backyard!
International Women’s Day: Exploring the female side of watchmaking!
For the International Women’s Day we highlight women in watchmaking – the glorious and the not so glorious aspects
Gold Dust: Paul Gerber Cal. 41 – the seconds in your hand
Paul Gerber is perhaps the most subtly ironic watchmaker – always ready with a charming watchmaking twist – such as this ‘bi-nique’ Cal. 41 wristwatch with switchable jumping/permanent seconds and triple rotors
Vianney Halter’s new Deep Space Tourbillon Resonance: allowing a glimpse into the temperamental nature of the Universe
The Vianney Halter Deep Space Tourbillon Resonance shows the universe space-time continuum on your wrist – and this without any astronomical indication
Zenith: Hands-On with the new Zenith Chronomaster Revival A385
For its first novelty in 2021, the Chronomaster Revival A385, Manufacture Zenith looks once more back into its history
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