IWC Pilot's Watch Timezoner Chronograph "80 Years Flight To New York" IW395003 - Hands-On, Price
The IWC Schaffhausen Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph might not be the most coveted watch in the brand’s pilot collection and still, it is certainly one of the most relevant… Why, you might well ask? For the main reason that it combines two of the most practical features for such a watch; a flyback chronograph and a clever dual-time function actuated by the bezel. Today, as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of Antoine de Saint Exupery's historic flight across the Atlantic (and because IWC is a partner of the Antoine de Saint Exupery Youth Foundation), the brand unveils a new limited-edition Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph “80 Years Flight To New York”.The Latecoere 521 Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris, piloted by Henri Guillaumet and with Antoine de Saint Exupery onboard, was the first plane to make a non-stop flight across the North Atlantic in July 1939.In addition to breaking records as a pilot, Antoine de Saint Exupery made aviation history as

Montblanc Introduces the ExoTourbillon Rattrapante - Monochrome Watches
The Watches and Wonders watch fair in Hong Kong has inspired several watch brands to introduce rather impressive new timepieces. And when we say “new” , we really mean new, not just a visual touch-up. Montblanc has really outdone themselves and introduce THE new pinnacle in mechanical chronographs, the ExoTourbillon Rattrapante.The ExoTourbillon was already a pinnacle for tourbillon watches, with its brilliant construction that allows a huge balance wheel, much larger than any other tourbillon, to rotate outside the tourbillon cage and a smaller hair spring inside the rotating cage. This construction has the advantage of the large balance wheel, being stability in chronometric rate, while it also has the advantages of a tourbillon in not being influenced by gravities forces. The Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858 comprises all things beautiful from the old Minerva manufacture and this new ExoTourbillon Rattrapante is the perfect example of that. Just look at the elegantly s

Oris Hammerhead Limited Edition (Specs & Price)
Oris Hammerhead limited edition - As sharks are facing extinction, Oris unveils its robust dive watch, the Aquis, in a limited edition to help raise funds for a shark conservation project run by the NGO Pelagios Kakunj¨¢, and supported by Oris ambassador and professional diver Jer?me Delafosse. Specific Grey dial, Day-Date display, combined with the new Aquis style.Oris just announced a revamped Aquis collection this year (read our article about the new take on the design of this sturdy dive watch here). Today, the brand is announcing a Hammerhead Limited Edition that will be available in June 2017. Based on this new, visually lighter generation of Aquis, the Hammerhead is built around the Oris caliber 791 with automatic winding (Sellita SW 220-1) featuring an enlarged day date indication. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The 45.5mm steel case is in stainless

Introducing the Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Ceramica 48mm PAM00577 (specs & price) - Monochrome-Watches
Choosing a Panerai means going through a huge catalogue, this comprises multiple editions, complications and a varied price range. It can go from a massive chronograph (the Mare Nostrum PAM00603), to a tourbillon watch with GMT function (the?Panerai Radiomir 1940 Tourbillon GMT Oro Rosso) or super cool editions with a vintage Minerva movement (the Panerai Radiomir Platino and Oro Rosso or the?Panerai Radiomir 1940 Chronograph).?But let’s be frank, when it comes to Panerai, the cleaner, the cooler – and the new?Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Ceramica 48mm PAM00577, with its vintage inspired looks, pure SLC dial and ceramic case, it is most definitely cool.One of the most beautiful recent Panerai watches is, for me, the?Radiomir SLC 3 Days Acciaio PAM00425. This edition of the classical Radiomir (the first one, with the loop strap attachment) comes with a very sleek dial (of course with a sandwich construction, meaning 2 layers) that shows minimalistic batons and dots as indexe

The E.C. Andersson North Sea II (Specs & Price)
Today, we are going hands-on with an interesting new watch from a brand we first wrote about in 2016. Back then, Swedish brand E.C. Andersson was running a Kickstarter campaign to fund its first model, the military/marine inspired North Sea. As you may recall, the campaign was ultimately successful, and the first collection sold out. Now, the team are back with their second collection, the North Sea II, which looks very similar to the first version but features a number of subtle, yet important, updates. Given the popularity of the original model, keeping the same aesthetic is definitely not a bad thing. Read on for our detailed review of this comfortable yet robust timekeeper, that's happily, still also very affordable.Scandinavian design is renowned for its focus on functional simplicity, without compromising on the details and North Sea II certainly lives up this reputation. The overall design has a certain rawness to it, giving the watch something of an industrial look and feel. It