Video - The New Baselworld 2018 Bvlgari Octo Watches Explained
After successively launching the thinnest tourbillon watch (the Octo Finissimo Tourbillon), the thinnest minute repeater watch (the?Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater) and, at that time, the thinnest automatic watch (the Octo Finissimo Automatic), we thought that the?Bvlgari Watches team was about to slow things down a bit, just to let us breathe. Wrong! For Baselworld 2018, we were left speechless again… Here are the Baselworld 2018?Bvlgari Octo Watches, fully explained by Guido Terreni (Managing Director of?Bvlgari Watches), including the new world record watch and the superb Sandblasted Trilogy.No need to go into details; last year’s Octo Finissimo Automatic was a blast. Even if in the meantime another watch stole the title for the thinnest automatic timepiece, this doesn’t detract from the beauty of this ultra-thin, ultra-bold and ultra-modern luxury sports watch – it has all the attributes to be in this category. For Baselworld 2018, this stand-alone piece beco

Chopard L.U.C Perpetual T Spirit of "La Santa Muerte" - Looking Death in the Face - Monochrome Watches
Sold in just six minutes, Chopard's L.U.C T Spirit of La Santa Muerte is an opulent tribute to the festive spirit of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations. Unveiled during the 12th edition of the Salon Internacional de Alta Relojer¨ªa (SIAR) – the most prestigious watch show in Latin America showcasing 40 plus brands – Chopard's unique timepiece was snatched up by a collector in minutes. Crafted in 18k rose gold, with hand-engraved motifs on just about every surface of the case, the grinning skull on the dial steals the show and has been ingeniously designed to host the perpetual calendar complications and reveal details of the tourbillon.The Day of the Dead is a FiestaA joyful celebration of death that lasts for several days, Mexico's D¨ªa de Muertos has survived from pre-Columbian times. ?Over a period of 3 days (October 31- Nov 2) Mexicans go to cemeteries to decorate the graves of their dead with bright orange marigolds, papier-mache skeletons and sugar skulls, animating

The black & white Brellum Pandial LE.2DD Chronometer
Sebastian Muller, the fourth generation of a Swiss watchmaking family from the Jura, founded Brellum in 2016, a small independent brand with a production of around 299 pieces a year and a focus on affordable chronometer-certified chronographs. The Pandial, Brellum’s two-tone vintage-inspired chronograph fitted with a Valjoux 7750, returns in a classic black-and-white panda suit after its debut in a blue-and-white model earlier this year. A limited and numbered edition of 33 pieces, the Pandial LE.2DD Chronometer is delivered with a stainless steel bracelet and textile strap and retails for just over EUR 3,000.Racing-style chronographThe Pandial DD (day/date) LE.2 is packed with functions and features a racy external tachymeter scale, similar in style to the tachymeter that Omega released on board the Speedmaster in 1957. Other racing chronograph details include the piston-style pushers flanking the large knurled crown. The robust 100m water-resistant stainless steel case measures

First Look: TAG Heuer Carrera Chronosprint x Porsche Rallye (Incl. Video)
Among the many partnerships between automotive brands and watchmakers, the collaboration between TAG Heuer and Porsche stands out as one of the most seamless and authentic despite being recent – since 2021. This synergy has given rise to special edition timepieces that captivate enthusiasts well beyond the racing world – the Carrera Porsche Chronograph, then the Carrera x Porsche RS 2.7, the Carrera Chronograph x Porsche Orange Racing, the Carrera Chronograph Tourbillon x Porsche Panamericana, the Carrera Chronosprint x Porsche and the?Carrera Chronograph x Porsche 963 released for the 24h of Le Mans 2024 edition. This year, the excitement shifts gears with the introduction of the “black-livery” editions of the TAG Heuer Carrera Chronosprint x Porsche Rallye in steel and yellow gold, which will surely ignite passion among watch and car fans.?This new version of the TAG Heuer Carrera Chronosprint x Porsche boasts an already familiar yet undeniably cool Glassbox-s

From Heuer to TAG Heuer - Monochrome Watches
TAG Heuer has not always been ‘TAG Heuer’… it used to be just ‘Heuer’. Heuer was a succesfull company and they made a lot of very well known watches. Especially in the sixties and seventies they made watches that are very well known untill today. Just think of models like the Monaco, Autavia and Carrera. All of these also have very succesfull re-issues. The last one to get a new re-issue was the Carrera and this model is now well known because of the commercial with Brad Pitt wearing this watch.On Watchprosite i just found a story about how Heuer became TAG Heuer and i can only recommend this great article. Have fun reading it… and in the mean time i’d like to show of my beautiful vintage Heuer Autavia and re-issue TAG Heuer Monaco ?? Ad - Scroll to continue with article