Buying Guide: Six Openworked Luxury Sports Watches That Pull Back The Covers
In every Buying Guide, we like to group together a set of watches around a common theme, a shared feature or even with similar functions. That can be anything from watches intended for diving, using a fresh new colour or perhaps sharing the occasion of being presented during the same fair. When we were putting together today’s list, we initially wanted to show all sorts of skeletonized or openworked watches but somehow we ended up with six skeletonized or openworked luxury sports watches instead. Hey, we’re not complaining one bit, as these are some of the very best out there, based on some of the coolest and most iconic luxury sports watches. Let’s not dwell on that any further and kick things off with the Daddy of the luxury sports watch genre!Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin Openworked 16204STThe Audemars Piguet Royal Oak is the archetypical luxury sports watch, of course, penned by the late, great Gerald Genta in 1976. In recent times the popularity of t

HYT Watches welcomes the legend Dominique Renaud - Monochrome-Watches
HYT Watches is a young brand (remember that the HYT H1 was presented during Baselworld 2012) but it is also one of the most impressive developments of?the?independent watchmakers‘ industry (the Indies as we love to name them) we’ve seen lately. Not only HYT has now 19 references, spread around the H1 and the H2, but sales are massively increasing. These are very good news for sure, but recently, the Hydro-Mechanical Horologists came with something that pleased our love for traditional and complicated watchmaking, the arrival of Dominique Renaud as head of?of the Fine Watchmaking department.?Dominique Renaud may not be familiar to you… alone. But when this name is linked to Giulio Papi, it may give you some clues on who is this man. D. Renaud is indeed the Renaud of Audemars-Piguet Renaud & Papi (APRP), the famous manufacture responsible for the development of so many complicated watches, such as Richard Mille or the most complicated AP Royal Oaks (for example, the

Buying Guide - The Best GMT/Traveller's Watches of Baselworld 2018
GMT Watches… How not to look at this specific category when the star of the show this year, at Baselworld 2018, featured such a complication. You name it: the GMT Pepsi Steel. Yet, that was not the only Traveller’s watch to be introduced during the fair. In fact, we’ve seen some pretty interesting new offers. Here are 7 very different watches, from an elegant Patek to an ultra-robust Oris, but all with the same purpose: displaying multiple time-zones.Breitling Navitimer 8 B35 Automatic UnitimeIf the in-house B01 chronograph?is the collection’s flagship, the new Navitimer 8 line-up comprises anther cool watch, with a world-time function. Good point with this piece is that, due to its usually rather clean and simple style, the addition of such a complex display keeps the design of the watch understated and functional. The central part remains plain while the periphery of the dial on this?Breitling Navitimer 8 B35 Automatic Unitime receives the traditional 24H an

Ferdinand Berthoud, Chronometry and the FB1-R Regulator
Resurrecting the Ferdinand Berthoud name, an eminent 18th-century horologist, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele (co-president of Chopard) and his team have shown quite a talent to surprise and amaze us. The niche, high-end brand has presented several creations that are not just nostalgic products but modern wristwatches. These are nonetheless loyal to the legacy of the name Berthoud. In particular, the brand's first modern opus, the Chronometre FB1 was awarded the Aiguille d'Or at the GPHG 2016, the Oscars of watchmaking.? Ferdinand Berthoud was born in 1727 near Neuchatel, Switzerland but moved to Paris to practise his trade. He left behind an exceptional legacy and a broad body of work, in particular in the field of marine chronometers as watchmaker-mechanic to the French King and the Navy (Horloger Mecanicien du Roi et de la Marine).Reviving his name, chronometry has come to occupy a very special place. Based on the same calibre architecture, all modern Ferdinan

First Look: The Tissot PR 516 Automatic Chronograph
Lately, it seems that Tissot can do little wrong. Release after release shows an impressive sense of style, historical inspiration and solid mechanics, all the while remaining true to the brand’s relatively affordable pricing strategy. Following the immense success of the PRX Powermatic 80 and subsequent PRX Chronograph collections, Tissot is now pushing the PR 516 into the spotlight. Things started with a handsome manually wound PR 516 Chronograph, followed by the equally cool PR 516 Powermatic 80. While the expansion of the range might not be as fast and widespread as its PRX counterpart, next up is an automatic version of the PR 516 Chronograph, in sporty white and blue trim.?A little under a year ago, the PR 516 Chronograph Mechanical made its debut, based on a historic racing chronograph from the 1970s. It featured a larger yet similarly proportioned architecture with a predominantly black colour scheme, just like the original. That specific watch even gained big screen fame