Hands-On - The The New Hublot Classic Fusion Original Collection
Although Hublot has become one of the world's most prominent Swiss watchmakers, it remains a relatively young brand. Everything started about 40 years ago with a luxury sports watch with an unprecedented combination of materials, in particular gold and rubber. Hublot brings back this now classic model in three different sizes, each available in three materials. Let's take a closer look at the new Hublot Classic Fusion Original Collection.The origins of Hublot go back to the late 1970s when the Italian entrepreneur Carlo Crocco left the Binda Group to create his own watch company, MDM Geneve, the acronym for Marie-Danielle Montres and later Montre Des Montres (the watch of all watches in French). At Baselworld 1980, Crocco launched a luxury sports watch called the Hublot (porthole in French). The model turned out to be so successful that the name would be used for the brand itself, while this inaugural model was later known as the Classic Fusion.The original Hublot watch of 1980The Hubl

Introducing The Titanium Big Pilot's Watch IWC Racing Works
The name Pilot’s Watch at IWC has long meant more than just watches made for military purposes. In fact, it also stands for the long-standing connection of IWC to motorsport. After entering a partnership with Mercedes-AMG in 2004, IWC became the official engineering partner of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1?Team in 2013 and established its own classic racing team, IWC Racing, in 2018. There’s even a connection with Hot Wheels and Goodwood. To pay tribute to this motorsport passion, IWC releases the reference IW501019, an “IWC Racing Works”?limited edition based on the real Big Pilot (yes, the big one) with a?grade 5 titanium case.?Apart from the launch of a new edition of the Big Pilot – and yes, we mean by that the real deal, with an oversized case, and dial with power reserve and date, not the streamlined and smaller BP43 – which is always something to praise, there are a few things with this new model to tickle the interest of hardcore fans of the m

The Unique Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept Tribute
For Watches and Wonders?Geneva 2022, Piaget unveils a unique piece that pays tribute to the first beats of its Altiplano Ultimate Concept (AUC). After four years of development, the first AUC prototype started ticking on 7 February 2017 at 7:47 am. Presented in 2018, it earned the record for the thinnest watch in the world with its incredibly thin 2mm profile. Just a few days ago, this record was broken by Bvlgari and its 1.8mm thin Octo Finissimo Ultra. Although Piaget no longer can brag about its record, the AUC remains an exceptional watch!The Altiplano Ultimate Concept was made possible by a radical re-engineering of the architecture of a watch, fusing the case, movement and the bezel into one 2mm thin component. It is fashioned in an ultra-resistant cobalt alloy to ensure sufficient rigidity and its development resulted in the filing of no fewer than five patents. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

First Look: The New Chopard L.U.C. Quattro
The ultra-thin, 3.7mm Calibre 98.01-L, certified by both the Poin?on de Geneve and COSC, was the second developed by the Chopard manufacture and followed the groundbreaking Calibre L.U.C 96.01-L, which was created in collaboration with Michel Parmigiani and laid the foundation for future movement development. The manually wound 98.01-L featured Chopard’s so-called Quattro technology: a four-barrel system (stacked in two pairs) that delivered an impressive 216-hour (nine-day) power reserve.Since its debut in a 38mm L.U.C. Quattro Ref. 16/1863, this mechanism has evolved to support numerous complications, and the most recent evolution, the L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25, with a jumping-hour movement. This year, Chopard is marking the 25th anniversary of the Quattro by unveiling a refined new edition of the watch. This latest L.U.C Quattro iteration features a compact case, reshaped to align with the contemporary aesthetic codes of the L.U.C collection, and a new dial configuration.

Hands-On Review Grand Seiko Spring Drive SLGA007 Lake Suwa (Price)
During the past year or so, fans of Grand Seiko have been well treated. The many new and superbly executed watches forming the Evolution 9 collection have provoked some discussions and certainly some sales too. And the two White Birch models, either the Hi-Beat Automatic SLGH005 or the Spring Drive SLGA009, have been some of the most coveted watches in the recent history of the brand. Yet, not everyone will be attracted by these light, intensely textured watches. But you don’t have to feel neglected if the White Birch isn’t your thing. Grand Seiko has more to offer, specifically with the “Lake Suwa” SLGA007, which is basically the same watch, sharing the same qualities, but with a different expression and dial colour that could even make you turn your back to the silvery-white version.?Grand Seiko White Birch Spring Drive SLGA009 (left) and Hi-Beat SLGH005 (right), both with a shimmering silver-toned and strongly textured dial.I’m not going to lie; the Gra