Hands-On Zenith Defy Fusee Tourbillon Carbon (Specs & Price)
Tradition meets innovation in this new Zenith Defy model with its dramatic setting to host two watchmaking classics: a fusee-and-chain escapement and a tourbillon. In keeping with the avant-garde spirit of the Defy family, Zenith stages the show in a gravity-defying, 3D, openworked setting that reveals absolutely everything. Available in full carbon or platinum cases, these limited editions are not for the faint of heart.Defiantly modernStaging a mechanism that was originally invented in the 15th century in a radically modern setting requires guts. It’s a bit like doing Shakespeare in space-age costume. Fusee-and-chain transmissions are extremely complex to manufacture, difficult to adjust, and for the most part, have become properly scarce. However, a few of the upper echelon brands, like A. Lange & Sohne, Romain Gauthier, Ferdinand Berthoud and Zenith's top-of-the-line Georges Favre-Jacot have resuscitated the fusee-and-chain transmission pulling off some of the most impres

Buying Guide - The 10 Best Chronograph Watches of 2020 (So Far)
The chronograph, one of our favourite features and one of the most complex types of movement around, continues to be one of the most popular and practical complications. Chronographs can be started, stopped and reset to measure short (or longer) intervals of time. Over the years, these were adapted and rethought into specialized tools. Being used in specific fields such as aviation, space exploration, military operations or motor racing contributed largely to forge their iconic character. Despite the situation, an array of new chronograph watches hit the market in 2020. Here are 10 models that particularly impressed us. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Audemars Piguet [Re]master01 Selfwinding ChronographDon't call it a vintage re-edition. This limited edition is a contemporary remastering of an elegant 1940s hand-wound chronograph, with a distinctive two-ton

Pre-SIHH 2019 - IWC Big Pilots Watch Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition "Le Petit Prince" IW590303 - Specs & Price
Among the four watches that IWC introduces for its pre-SIHH 2019 collection are three ‘standard’?pieces – a chronograph, a double-chronograph and a world time – and one very exclusive, complicated piece; the?IWC Big Pilot's Watch Constant-Force Tourbillon Edition “Le Petit Prince” IW590303?(yes, quite a name…) Nevertheless, if some will point to a lack of relevance and a strong departure from the tool/pilot watch concept, what remains is a superb piece of mechanical art, which features a rare complication: a constant-force tourbillon.Meet the first tourbillon ever fitted to an IWC Pilot’s watch. While we’ve seen various complications featured on Big Pilot’s (QP, annual calendar or even a digital QP-chronograph), it is the first time that IWC integrates a regulating organ of this kind in this collection. The tourbillon is usually reserved for dressier watches, such as the Portugieser, the Da Vinci or the Portofino. And for this

David Candaux 1740 "The First 8" - The heart and soul of the Vallee de Joux - Monochrome Watches
Welcome in the heart and soul of independent watchmaking from the Vallee de Joux, yet with a modern eye A few weeks ago, we met with one of the most interesting surprises from Baselworld 2017, the 1740 The first 8 - and of course with its creator, David Candaux. See what hand-made and creative watchmaking mean!The name David Candaux could potentially sound familiar to some of you, as he has been the behind-the-scene architect of some spectacular developments, for several prominent brands. He worked several years for Jaeger-LeCoultre and then, he started a new career as an independent movement designer. In this role he was involved in several watch developments, however always anonymous and behind the scenes. When he was a child, David was thinking that he would become an accomplished watchmaker only once he would design and make his own timepieces, by his hands. This time has come and, to say the least, David is a very talented watchmaker.? Ad - Scroll to continue with artic

Buying Guide: The Call Of The Deeps, With 5 Of The Most Focused Instrument Dive Watches
Don’t look for elegance, restrained dimensions, comfort on a daily basis or the ability to wear these watches with a sporty-chic attire at a cocktail party this summer. These watches are not meant for that. These watches are not luxury items (well, some have a luxury price tag, but that’s not the point) but tools created to fulfil a mission. Today, in our latest buying guide, we’ll look at some of the most focused, purpose-built diving instrument watches you can imagine. Watches that are meant to explore the greatest depths, watches that are equipped with functions that only a professional diver will ever use, watches that are big and bold for reasons. It’s time to put on your wetsuit and refill your breathing apparatus because we’re looking at five of the most instrumental dive watches.?Our resident dive watch reviewer and diving enthusiast Derek?on the job.Today’s selection of watches isn’t necessarily about the greatest water-resistance. Of