MING 18.01 H41 Titanium Dive Watch, And Some Thoughts
Following last year's 18.01 Abyss Concept, a limited run of 10 prototype dive watches, Malaysian-based MING is back with its first production diver that improves on the concept. Steel gives way to titanium, there are a couple of case finishing options and it's even thinner than before, but MING's signature styling remains intact. If you're not familiar with the brand, it's already won in the Horological Revelation category of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve in only three years of existence, so it's certainly one to watch. The new MING 18.01 H41 expands on the brand's smaller, dressier watch portfolio with a unique, very capable diver.The concept model, the MING 18.01 Abyss, on which the production model presented here is based.The MING 18.01 H41MING recently updated its design language with the aptly named Design Language 2, first used on the 27.01 Ultra Thin dress watch with a more minimalistic approach. The 18.01 H41 takes this second generation design to the gym for a larger,

Ulysse Nardin Diver Deep Dive SIHH 2018 (Specs & Price)
Bold, bold and… Bold! Yes, this new?Ulysse Nardin Diver Deep Dive is anything but discreet and is a proper tool watch built to withstand immense pressure. What you see is the?new hero piece of the Ulysse Nardin Diver Collection. For the SIHH 2018, Ulysse Nardin is not only playing its innovation and fine craftsmanship cards, it’s also rekindling the design inspirations that made the brand popular a few years ago. Here’s our overview of this strong, powerful dive watch.Ulysse Nardin is renowned for its close ties to the sea, characterised by a long tradition of producing marine chronometers. More recently, however, Ulysse Nardin has gained popularity thanks to its bold, masculine dive watches grouped under the Diver collection. While this collection has been slightly overshadowed by the Marine (with the new Marine Torpilleur or the redesigned Marine Chronometers), this year the Ulysse Nardin Diver stages a comeback and makes a big splash! Ad - Scroll to cont

Chopard Happy Sport gets an In-House Automatic Movement for its 25th Birthday - Monochrome Watches
Chopard's famous Happy Sport collection turns 25 and celebrates the occasion with shimmering mother-of-pearl dials and a new, purpose-built, in-house automatic movement… Introducing the new generation of Happy Sport.Caroline Scheufele, co-president and artistic director of Chopard, was determined to show women that diamonds can be fun and came up with the idea of mixing a sporty stainless steel case with floating diamonds on the dial. Presented in 1993, the Happy Sport is Chopard's cult women's watch and its signature moving diamonds, skating and whirling across the dial at the slightest touch take the seriousness and formality out of jewellery watches. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Sibling synergyAs one of the few independent, family-run brands, Chopard likes to keep things en famille and the siblings in charge of the company - Caroline and Karl-Fr

Weekly Watch Photo - IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Top Gun Miramar - Monochrome Watches
The subject of this week’s Weekly Watch Photo has a very long name, IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Top Gun Miramar. It was released in January of this year at the SIHH 2012, as part of an entirely revamped Pilot’s collection and it is among the first of this collection to feature IWC’s in-house caliber 89365.?Like last week’s Weekly Watch Photo, the Roger Dubuis Pulsion Skeleton Tourbillon, I had the distinct pleasure of wearing the IWC Pilot Chrono Miramar for several weeks, again with the purpose of writing a review. The review will be online in the following weeks, however I’d love to share some photos of this stunning watch and let’s start with the engraved case back. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Top Gun… these two words reminds me of the hit-movie featuring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis, rather then it

Hands-On - TAG Heuer Carrera Sport Chronograph 160 Years Dato 45
It's been a celebratory year over at TAG Heuer as the brand fetes its grand 160th anniversary with a special emphasis on Jack Heuer's iconic Carrera. This third and final model in the limited edition trilogy borrows a key design feature of the historic 1965 Heuer Carrera Dato 45' but deviates from the vintage-inspired path of the first two. Based on the recently introduced Carrera Sport Chronograph collection, the new Carrera Sport Chronograph 160 Years Special Edition stands out with its date window at 12 o’clock and other design twists that set it apart from the regular production models. Available with blue or white “panda-style” dials, the latest models are powered by the Heuer 02 manufacture movement and limited to 1,860 pieces, coinciding with the year of the brand's foundation.BackgroundThis has been a bonanza year for fans of Jack Heuer's mythical Carrera watch. In addition to contemporary interpretations of the icon, illustrated by the new Carrera Sport Chron