Grand Seiko Heritage Calibre 9SA5 Platinum SLGH007J
In March 2020, Grand Seiko celebrated the 60th anniversary of its foundation by introducing a newly designed watch featuring a cutting-edge?and advanced movement, the Hi-Beat Calibre 9SA5 with multiple innovations, such as the novel Dual Impulse escapement. First presented in a gold case, followed by?a limited edition in steel, and a few weeks ago in a non-limited “Shirakaba” edition, both the design and movement returns this year in a high-end limited edition made of platinum and adorned by a stunning dial reflecting the spirit and vision of Kintaro Hattori, founder of Seiko. Meet the Grand Seiko Heritage Calibre 9SA5 Platinum “Wood Grain” SLGH007J.In 1881, Hattori (only aged 21) founded Seiko and as such, the brand is now celebrating its 140th anniversary. In honour of its founder and to celebrate 140 years of continuous operations, the brand is releasing several new models today, including this superb limited edition that focuses once again on nature, innovat

VIDEO - Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept, World's Thinnest Mechanical Watch
Now we see quite a few spectacular timepieces every year, sometimes when they’re about to be launched and sometimes when there’s still a lot?of work before it’s ready to be launched. But what we got to see at Piaget the other day, was simply unheard of, and properly mind-boggling. Piaget has created a watch with a thickness of just 2.00 millimetre. And I’m not talking about the movement, the entire watch is 2mm thick. That’s thinner than the leather strap on your watch, thinner than a Swiss five Franc coin.Piaget has a long history of ultra-thin watches, and they have set numerous records in this field. In 1957 they introduced the thinnest hand-wound movement ever, calibre?9P, that is only 2mm thick. Three years later they introduced the automatic calibre 12P measuring 2.3 mm thick. There have been much more in the past decades, and just a month ago they launched the thinnest automatic watch, measuring just 4.3mm thick, and with that crushing the previous

Hands-On - IWC Portugieser Chronograph Edition 150 Years Ref. 3716 (SIHH 2018) with Price
Here we are… The SIHH 2018 will open in a few hours, but we already have a few novelties to share. And for the first of the day, we have something that is certain to make some noise around the collecting community. Indeed, what you see here is a new, slightly redesigned (just a bit), mechanically upgraded (a lot) version of IWC’s most iconic modern watch, the Portugieser Chronograph. Please meet the?IWC Portugieser Chronograph Edition 150 Years Ref. 3716, with new dial, new movement and sadly, in limited edition.A few weeks ago, we introduced to you some of the Pre-SIHH 2018 novelties by IWC, including the Tribute to Pallweber and the Portugieser Constant Force. These watches, and all the watches you’ll see from IWC in the coming days, are part of a Jubilee collection that celebrates the 150th anniversary of the brand. The common point of all these watches (there’s close to 30 of them) is to be seen on the dials, which show a great lacquer, enamel-like finish. S

The SNGLRTY Blue Steel OHI-4 Watch (Specs & Price)
Single-hand watches are nothing new, albeit still something of a rarity. MeisterSinger is undoubtedly the best-known brand to embrace the style, but many others have toyed with the concept. SNGLRTY has devoted its entire portfolio to single-hand watches, but all display both the hour and minutes via a clever, patented design. A common way to do this is with a jumping hour like the MeisterSinger Salthora Meta X, but SNGLRTY has figured out how to have a minute disc continuously synch with the hour hand, and it’s an industry first. We go in-depth with the SNGLRTY Blue Steel OHI-4.BackgroundSeveral years ago, Stephen Mansfield and Daniel Blunschi began brainstorming over drinks about a single-hand watch design. The ultimate goal was to create something that hadn’t been done before, where a single hand could show both the hour and minutes simultaneously. Brands have gotten creative with a single hand showing both, like Konstantin Chaykin with the Genius Temporis that will tempo

First Look: The new Piaget Polo Flying Tourbillon Moonphase
Piaget's luxury sports watch, the Polo, is inspired by the brand’s iconic solid gold 1979 Polo quartz model with horizontal gadroons running across the dial and the integrated bracelet. Revamped from head to toe in 2016 in steel with mechanical movements, the Polo family is represented by complications small and large, from time and date all the way up to chronographs, ultra-thin perpetual calendars and skeletonised models. Marking a first for the collection, the new Polo Flying Tourbillon Moonphase raises the complication stakes with an anti-gravity regulator and astronomical moon phase combo housed inside an elegantly thin yet sporty titanium case with a blue dial. The new watch is powered by Piaget's ultra-thin calibre 642P, first seen inside the 2012 Gouverneur Tourbillon.While the Polo’s stylish cushion-shaped case has appeared in gold and steel, the only other model with a trace of titanium was the Ceramic Skeleton, released in 2024. The new Polo Flying Tourbillon Moo