Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin 16202ST - Review, Video
Kill your darlings is what they say, and around the same time last year, Patek Philippe killed the 5711, and Audemars Piguet killed the uber-popular 15202. Within a few weeks, the two most popular watches on planet Earth were discontinued, generating a good deal of turbulence in the world of watches. AP’s Royal Oak Extra-Thin, a.k.a. ‘Jumbo’, is now being replaced by the new reference 16202. Has the Jumbo changed a lot? Well, yes and no. It’s equipped with a new movement, but more importantly, the 16202 still looks very much like a Royal Oak Jumbo. Let’s take a closer look at the all-new stainless steel Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin 16202ST.As said, it has changed a LOT. Ad - Scroll to continue with article For the first time since 1972, the Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin will be equipped with a different movement, and that

Hands-On: Impressions about the Omega Speedmaster Moonphase Meteorite
A moon phase complication on a watch that went to the Moon and is named, at least for some of the editions, the Moonwatch… Add to that a glass of moonshine and a slice of mooncake, and you’ll be over the Moon. I allow you to blame me in the comments for this lame introduction, which doesn’t feel like asking for the Moon… Maybe I should do a moonlight flit and disappear. Right, back to business. As our readers know, it has become a tradition for Omega to present a new Speedmaster on one of the first Tuesdays of the year. Yesterday, marking its first introduction of the year, the Biel-based brand presented a remake of its Speedmaster Moonphase. Smaller, slimmer, powered by a modern hand-wound movement, slightly over-engineered as you’d expect from Omega, using bits of the Moon on the dial, it promised the Moon. But has Omega shot for the Moon here? Let’s find out (yes, I’m done with the moon-related jokes).A quick history of the Speedmaster Moonp

Introducing The New Chronometre Ferdinand Berthoud FB 1R.6-1 (SIHH 2018)
For the SIHH 2018, Ferdinand Berthoud, the high-end brainchild of Karl Friedrich Scheufele (co-CEO of Chopard), enriches its growing collection with a surprising watch, a true connoisseur’s piece with a strong focus on chronometry. Its original regulator-type display and its ultra-resistant carburised stainless steel case are new, yet its tourbillon/fusee-chain movement is the same marvel we knew already.?Like the previous editions of the Chronometre FB 1, on which this new?Chronometre Ferdinand Berthoud FB 1R.6-1 is based, this watch is an ode to the past and to the glorious watchmaker Berthoud. This watch is equipped with several?complications inspired by scientific instruments and marine chronometers. All of them have the same goal: improving precision. And while this was already visible on the previous watches introduced by the brand, the new one makes a statement in terms of display too. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Introducing Panerai Luminor Blue Mare 44mm PAM01085 (Specs & Price)
For long, the formula of Panerai watches was simple: rugged watches inspired by the sea, with Italian design, simple mechanics and large cushion-shaped cases. And, at the beginning a relatively accessible price that helped to create a huge community of fans. And then, things changed and Panerai became more complicated, more luxurious, more focused on limited editions. But as the brand’s CEO told us, it was time to clean up the collections and to refocus on what Panerai truly represents. And the latest model, the Panerai Luminor Blue Mare 44mm PAM01085 is just that.A simple but efficient design, a hand-wound, no-date movement, a no-nonsense package that goes back to the roots, a modern but cool look… The Panerai Luminor Blue Mare 44mm PAM01085 is a reassuring but also an important addition to the collection. Indeed, most of the watches launched as part of the digital Watches & Wonders 2020 were complex and relatively expensive models, playing with luminescence and/or inn

Cuervo y Sobrinos Historiador Doble Luna (Specs & Price)
The brand that started life in Havana, Cuba, in 1882 and winged its way across the Atlantic to resettle in Capolago, a tiny Swiss village on the shores of Lake Lugano, proposes a double moon phase indication to reveal the cycles of the Moon in both Hemispheres. Staged against an anthracite dial with golden touches, the day, date and month are also featured on the dial. Playing on the brand's Havana links, the functions are housed inside the brand's vintage-inspired Historiador case with its prominent lugs and showy black and gilt dial.This is not the first moon phase and full calendar watch in the Historiador collection. Last year we saw a similar watch, the Luna Negra, with a partially skeletonised dial but limited to moon phases in the Northern Hemisphere. By far the best-stocked collection at Cuervo y Sobrinos, the Historiador has appeared in simple time-and-date, retrograde, GMT, small seconds, moon phase and now, the Cuervo y Sobrinos Historiador Doble Luna. Ad - Scroll