Introducing The Audemars Piguet x 1017 ALYX 9SM Collection Of RO and ROO Models
It is not a secret anymore… More and more watchmaking brands are collaborating with external designers. The mission is to reach out to new customers and to cater to a clientele more and more influenced by streetwear and high-end urban fashion. Modern, influenced by street art or urban fashion, we’re talking about merging luxury watchmaking with a contemporary approach to design. Today, Audemars Piguet announces a new collection of four Royal Oak and Royal Oak Offshore watches designed in collaboration with Matthew Williams’ fashion brand 1017 ALYX 9SM. It’s polarising all right, but there’s something oddly appealing in this sleek, minimalist and almost rough take on the emblematic luxury sports watch.?1017 ALYX 9SM (what a name…) is a fashion brand founded in 2015 by Matthew Williams, a Chicago-born creative director active in the world of art, music, photography and fashion throughout his decade-long career. On the other side is Audemars Piguet, whi

Gerald Charles Maestro GC3.0-A Chronograph Steel - Hands-On, Price
There are understated watches, and then there are statement watches, timepieces with abundant character that tower above your conventional round cases. Gerald Charles's Maestro Chronograph is certainly a contender in this category. Gerald Charles was founded in 2000 by Gerald Genta, one of the most acclaimed and prolific watch designers of our time. His iconic Maestro timepiece of 2006 was revisited this year in the Maestro Premier 2021 launch, two high-end gold models that caught the eye of many aficionados. Following the success of the Maestro Premier 2021, Gerald Charles follows up with steel time-and-date and chronograph models with a choice of emerald green or black dials. A marriage of Gerald Genta's flamboyant case design with sporty chronograph and water-resistance credentials, today we’re going to take a closer look at the Maestro Chronograph with a black dial.?BackgroundGerald Charles Genta (1931-2011) is the name behind some of the most iconic watches of the 20th centu

Omega Seamaster 1948 Limited Edition Platinum (Specs & Price)
This year Omega celebrated the 70th anniversary of one of its two emblematic collections, the Seamaster. Born in 1948, made waterproof thanks to the experience acquired with military watches but in a civilian and rather elegant way, the early Seamasters were still gentlemen’s watches – and not the robust, professional tools that most of us know today. At Baselworld 2018, the brand presented an extremely faithful commemorative pair of watches – the 1948?Seamaster Limited Edition – and now we have a more luxurious, highly exclusive version, which has made it to the collection. Meet the?Omega Seamaster 1948 Limited Edition now in Platinum.BackgroundThe story behind the Seamaster collection is strongly linked to military watches.?Between 1940 and 1945, OMEGA delivered more than 110,000 timepieces to the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) for use within the Royal Air Force and its other branches. These watches were valued for their precision,?water-resistance and reli

Baselworld 2019 - Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Regulator 5235R Rose Gold (Specs & Price)
While the Calatrava collection mostly comprises simple, 3-hand watches (automatic or not, with or without date), it barely features complications… Except that one watch that is so unique in the collection, first because of its display and unique combination of complications, but also because of its movement itself (at least, back when it was introduced). As a preview to what will come at Baselworld 2019, meet the new rose gold version of the Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Regulator, reference 5235R.The regulator is one of the most traditional displays the watchmaking industry can produce. It wasn’t, however, intended for the wrist. The regulator display was used on master-clocks in workshops so watchmakers could adjust the timepieces they were working on, by relying on a highly precise clock with a specific way to indicate the time; watches were regulated on a 1-hour base, which is the reason why the main hand on a regulator is the minutes hand, and why the hours and second

Video Review IWC Big Pilot Annual Calendar Petit Prince Steel IW502710
The connection between IWC Schaffhausen and Saint-Exupery's heirs and their charitable organisation, the Antoine de Saint-Exupery Youth Foundation, dates back to 2006. And since then, we've seen multiple editions dedicated to one of the most important characters of literature, Le Petit Prince. While the Saint-Exupery editions are characterised by their warm colours and tobacco brown dials, the Petit Prince models display midnight-blue dials, stylised numerals and a certain vintage vibe. Today, the collection is enlarged with the new Big Pilot Annual Calendar Le Petit Prince IW502710, which is now available in stainless steel.The Annual Calendar complication appeared first at IWC in 2015, within the Portugieser collection. And it has been within the Pilot's Watch range since 2016. But keep in mind that this practical display of the calendar remains sort of a rarity and not many Big Pilot watches have been equipped with this complex movement. We've seen it in the 150-year edition of 2018