The Breitling AVI 765 Co-Pilot Series of Watches - Part I - Monochrome Watches
There are few companies in the watch industry that have the impact that Breitling has. It is a known fact among watch collectors, and especially chronograph?aficionados, that the company might be solely responsible for creating the shape and form of the chronograph wristwatch as we know it today. Although the Navitimer is the quintessential Breitling, we will try to shed a light to a rather obscure but nevertheless exceptional chronograph. In a series of three articles we will uncover the story and the timeline of the Breitling Avi 765 Co-Pilot watches.Breitling ref.765 Avi/Co-PilotBreitling was founded in 1884 in Saint-Imier, in the Bernese Jura, by Leon Breitling; and right from the start, they specialised in chronographs. After a few years, in 1915, the company introduced the first wrist-chronograph watch (all functions controlled by the crown), while in 1923 they perfected its design by separating the stop/start function from that of the resetting (combination of crown and a single

In-Depth: The History of the 2892, ETA's Enduring Elite Movement
Introduced in the 1970s during the rise of quartz movements, which were poised to dominate the industry, threatening to eclipse and eradicate mechanical mechanisms almost entirely, the ETA 2892 has become one of the most renowned and widely used self-winding calibres produced by the Swatch Group’s giant movement maker. Like the ETA 2824, the 2892 has maintained its relevance and popularity, becoming a mainstay in the watch industry. Known for its robustness and versatility, the high-end extra-flat automatic ETA 2892, or, to be precise, its updated version, 2892A2, powers timepieces from numerous brands; it is often used as a base and also paired with modules to add complications such as world time, power reserve indicators and chronographs. Let’s explore how this “point of reference in the field of automatic mechanical movements” has achieved remarkable success and enduring acclaim.The creator, the process and the inspirationThe ETA 2892 calibre is the brainchil

Best Of 2019 - Our Top 5 Traveller's GMT Watches / Buying Guide
2019 has been another hectic year for the watchmaking industry, with multiple announcements, debates on the pertinence of watch fairs and numerous novelties. But 2019 is coming to an end and it is time to look back at which were the best models introduced. After a look at our 5 favourite chronograph watches?and our 5? favourite dive watches, we’ll?now look at the traveller’s watch category – GMT and WorldTime timepieces – as this is, to us, the most?practical complication on a daily basis, for modern gentlemen.?Here it is, our “best of 2019” guide for multiple-time-zone watches.IWC Pilot's Watch Timezoner Spitfire Edition The Longest FlightCombining a travel complication to a pilot’s watch is a natural connection… Since pilots travel across multiple time zones on a regular basis, this function totally makes sense. And IWC is fully aware of that. After introducing the TimeZoner complication on a chronograph watch in 2016, this year the Sch

Pre-Baselworld 2018 - TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer 02 Manufacture 43mm - Monochrome Watches
The Carrera is turning 55 and it never ceases to evolve… During its long life, the TAG Heuer Carrera has taken various forms and incorporated numerous innovations and movements. Yet, it was born a chronograph and remains mainly a chronograph. For Baselworld?2018, TAG will introduce a new edition of its icon, another technical, sporty version, this time with the newly developed Calibre Heuer 02 inside.While the brand has the ability to play with vintage codes and faithful reeditions – see the Autavia or the Monza – the team made the deliberate choice to modernise the watch instead of recreating a watch that looks to the past. This strategy has been deployed over the entire collection when TAG introduced the Carrera Heuer 01, a modular, large and bold piece that incorporated the skeletonised version of the Chronograph calibre 1887 – named here Heuer 01. At 45mm, with angular shapes and a mix of technical materials, it was a strong choice, but one that proved to be

Value Proposition: The new, Unbeatably Priced Orient Bambino 38 Small Seconds
There is a vast swathe of the watch market awash with affordable watches, models that really deliver a lot of bang for the buck. But how many well-built, well-designed mechanical watches out there can you get for under 300 euros? Not many (the sporty Citizen Tsuyosa Automatic is a serious contender too). Producing watches that are even more affordable than Swiss counterparts like Tissot, Japanese watchmaking company Orient is a force to contend with when it comes to value for money. One of its best-selling dress watch models, the three-hand-and-date Bambino was recently presented in compact, unisex 38mm cases. Following the trend for smaller diameters, Orient launches the Bambino 38 Small Seconds, also with compact cases and a choice of four dial colours. A member of Orient's Classic Collection, the Bambino Small Seconds is classical through and through. A cross between an earlier Classic Bambino 40.5mm model without the small seconds sub-dial and a 40.5mm Bambin