Introducing: The New Worlds Thinnest Tourbillon, the 1.85mm Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon
We are undoubtedly in a golden age of the ultra-thin watch, with records continuously being shattered and timepieces at a level of thinness that would have been almost unimaginable just a few years ago At Watches and Wonders 2024, Piaget clinched the record for the thinnest tourbillon ever with its?Altiplano Ultimate Concept Tourbillon, measuring a mere 2mm. Well, just a year later, Bulgari recaptures this title – and the bragging rights. Meet the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon, a 1.85mm watch that's now the new world's thinnest tourbillon watch available.?The Bulgari Octo Finissimo series is one of the most striking watch collections of the last decade. This impressive saga turned Bulgari into one of the unrivalled masters of ultra-thin watchmaking, topping one record of thinness after another. 2014 –?Octo Finissimo Tourbillon?– thinnest Tourbillon movement 1.95mm – case 5.00mm – calibre BVL 268 2016 –?Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater?–

Arnold & Son Adds the Time Pyramid to Its Instrument Collection - Monochrome Watches
Arnold and Son flies the Union Jack with pride, continuing a British watch making tradition that goes back to John Arnold (1736-1799) and his son John Roger Arnold (1769-1843). The company supplied marine chronometers to the Royal Navy for navigating longitude. The Instrument Collection, which boasts the Time Pyramid among others, harkens to the past, but recasts this past in innovative interpretations. The Time Pyramid is the latest addition.A magician never reveals his secrets is the answer given at every elementary aged birthday party where the magician is the event's top billing. Disappearing coin – just a wave of the hand. Guess the card - a touch of the card to the forehead. Rabbit out of the hat - a tap of the wand and Presto. Children's Ah, Wow, Cool is followed by How did he do that? The first look at the Time Pyramid elicits this same question, but instead of the magician's code of silence, Arnold & Son lets us peek. We get to see inside this watch, but it still loo

Czapek Faubourg de Cracovie Secret Alloy - Hands-On, Specs & Price
Since the reintroduction in 2015 of the name Czapek, Antoine Norbert de Patek’s ex-partner before he founded Patek Philippe, the freshly recreated brand has focused on high-end watchmaking, of course, but also displays a strong appetite for hand-crafted dials, whether they are made in enamel or guilloche. Using its latest watch as a base, the Chronograph Czapek Faubourg de Cracovie, the brand unveils a brand new dial in an unconventional raw material: “Secret Alloy”.The Czapek Faubourg de Cracovie follows two other watches in the collection. First was the classic and now signature model, the Quai des Bergues – a watch with power reserve and small seconds, executed in multiple versions. Then came the brand’s flagship watch, the Place Vendome Tourbillon, a more modern, more technical take on Czapek design’s codes. In 2018, the brand unveiled a new watch, a chronograph equipped with an impressive integrated and hi-beat movement, manufactured by Vaucher,

First Look: The new Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Geographic
Jaeger-LeCoultre's Reverso started life in 1931 as a pragmatic solution for British polo players in India who were constantly smashing the glass on their watches. Thanks to its patented swivelling case, players could protect the dial and switch it back in time for a Pimms Cup. A pivotal moment in the life of the Reverso, the famous reversible watch with stylish Art Deco aesthetics, occurred in the 1990s when it was upgraded with complications. Among these was the practical Reverso Geographique traveller's watch of 1998, which displayed a second time zone on the reverse dial. The new Reverso Tribute Geographic might share the name of the 1998 watch, but that's about as far as the similarities go. Technically speaking, the new Reverso Tribute Geographic is a bona fide worldtimer – with a twist. Powered by a new, in-house movement with a big date complication, it looks like Jaeger-Le Coultre might be back in business.The new Reverso Geographic is available in steel or 18k pink gold

Hands-On - The New Certina DS-1 Powermatic 80 (Specs & Price)
If you are in the market for a solid yet stylish 3-hand daily beater at an affordable price, the Certina DS-1 Powermatic 80 should be on your radar. This summer, the DS-1 returns with three new dial colours and interchangeable straps, one of them made from plastic recovered from the ocean. Like the DS-1 Big Date of 2019 designed to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Certina's DS (double security) concept of 1959, the watch blends a subtle vintage vibe with a resilient case and a robust Powermatic movement. ?Double Security turtle ShellIt's natural to associate Certina's Double Security concept with dive watches, and there are plenty of those in the brand's repertoire. After all, when it was introduced in 1959, the DS concept marked a big step toward making watches more reliable and water-resistant. The original DS concept, which is still used on all DS models today, relies on series of O-ring seals on the setting stem and crown with a special seal on the reinforced caseback. Like the ha