A. Lange & Sohne 1815 Thin Honeygold - Hands-on Review, Price
Part of the trilogy of timepieces to celebrate the 175th anniversary of watchmaking in Glashutte, the 1815 Thin Honeygold Homage to F. A. Lange is, along with the Saxonia Thin, the simplest watch in the brand's line-up. As an anniversary watch, the 1815 Thin is cloaked in Lange's delicious Honeygold. As a member of the 1815 collection that celebrates the year of birth of founder Ferdinand Adolph Lange, the watch honours design elements of F. A. Lange's pocket watches. Limited to 175 pieces, this deceptively simple two-hand watch is embellished with a beautiful white enamel dial and special finishes on the movement.1815 & the Advent of RailwaysThe year 1815 witnessed the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's exile to St Helena and the birth of Ferdinand Adolph Lange in Dresden. For anyone outside the niche realm of watchmaking, the third item on the list would be met with a blank gaze. However, for watch lovers the name Ferdinand Adolph Lange is synonymous with the very finest tradition of

Hands-On - The Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Starwheel
Introduced a couple of weeks ago, the Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Starwheel came as a surprise. Not that this original display of the time feels irrelevant when looking at the brand’s heritage (far from that), but it isn’t exactly what we expected the brand to revive. Despite its fascinating nature, wandering hour displays are rare, but Audemars Piguet has decided to introduce something more playful and almost kinetic inside the case of its Code 11.59. And that isn’t a bad thing, after all. Now that we’ve had a chance to experience this new Starwheel in the metal, here’s what we can tell you… (Spoiler: compared to the 1990s Star Wheel, it really is a different beast.)One of the oldest non-traditional displaysDespite the highly modern result and the fact that wandering hour complications have been used by some of the most creative indie watchmakers of the last two decades (think Urwerk, Hautlence or?Moser) or more traditional brands (such as Parmigi

SIHH 2012 - the new Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph - Monochrome Watches
By now it should be no secret anymore that Audemars Piguet revamped the Royal Oak collection and I’ve already shared my enthusiasm about the Royal Oak Jumbo. Another one that, in my humble opinion,?looks absolutely superb, is the new Royal Oak Chronograph.?The new Royal Oak Chronograph is 2 mm larger than its predecessor, that measured 39 mm in diameter.?While I usually cheer for downsizing, I was amazed to feel how incredibly comfortable the RO Chrono is and how perfect the fit is. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Last year I tried a friend’s Royal Oak Jumbo for a week and my conclusion was that it just was not my kind of watch. He also has a RO Chrono, that looks magnificent, but again, not my choice. So imagine my amazement when trying the new Royal Oak Jumbo and the new Royal Oak Chronograph. When I put it on my wrist, it was like everything

Video Gerald Charles Maestro 2.0 Premier 2021 Green Dial
The name Gerald Charles might not be as familiar as Gerald Genta, but they actually belong to the same man… Gerald Charles Genta. The man has gone down in watchmaking history as one of the most successful designers of the 20th century, being the genius mind behind the Royal Oak, the Nautilus, the Omega Constellation, the UG Polerouter or the Cartier Pasha – among many, many other creations. Although the Gerald Genta brand was sold to Bvlgari in 2000, Mr Genta ended up pursuing another own watch brand in parallel, Gerald Charles. And it is back, with watches inspired by his own designs, such as the Gerald Charles Maestro 2.0 Premier 2021 Green Limited Edition we review in the video above!Now located in Lugano, the brand was backed by the Italian Ziviani family. Following Genta’s death in 2011, Federico Zivani decided it was time to revive the Gerald Charles brand. Last year, Gerald Charles reappeared on the watch scene with the resuscitation of a 2006 design in a disti

Introducing The All-Black Certina DS Action Diver 43mm (Live Pics & Price)
With the advent of Certina‘s Double Security concept in the late 1950s, robust dive watches at prices that won’t sink your bank account have been the mainstay of this Swiss brand. The DS Action Diver is Certina’s classic, fully equipped diver, a worthy heir to the brand’s DS (Double Security) concept first incorporated inside an automatic shock-resistant and 200m water-resistant watch in 1959. A perfect all-terrain adventure watch, Certina revisits its 43mm DS Action Diver in an all-black wetsuit.Certina’s Double Security technology of 1959, which relied on a series of O-ring seals on the setting stem and crown and a reinforced caseback, marked a big step forward in strengthening the armour of its watches to protect the mechanism from external aggressions. Sixty-four years later, the DS Concept is still going strong and ensures the DS Action Diver meets the official ISO 6425 dive watch standards. Ad - Scroll to continue with article