Introducing Norqain Watches and Partnership with Kenissi (Live Pics)
Creating your start-up watch company off the ground is not an easy task. Still, this is what 32-year old Ben Kuffer did with Norqain. Created in 2018 in Nidau, Switzerland, the brand crafts functional and versatile watches offered at an accessible price. Contemporary and with a clear identity, Norqain is already present at some of the world's leading retailers such as Bucherer, Tourneau, Westime, Govberg or Wempe The brand is now ready to invest on the movement side and teams up with Kenissi.?Ben Kuffer, founder of Norqain WatchesBen Kuffer is connected to his roots and in touch with the times. Proud to be part of a family developing and producing watches for over four decades, he left Breitling in 2018 to create his own brand, Norqain. He brought in his father, Marc Kuffer, who owned and managed Roventa Henex SA, a prominent Swiss private label manufacturer. Ted Schneider, the son of Teddy Schneider (longtime former CEO and shareholder of Breitling) and Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey l

Weekly Watch Photo - Collection by Watch Anish - Monochrome Watches
Monochrome has been making an effort of bringing you the most stunning watch photos , every week a new set from photographers all around the world. Whether the photos are made by professional photographers, like Bert Buijsrogge (check here and here), Ming Thein (see here) or Martin Wilmsen (see here for an example), or hobbyist who post iPhone photos on a Facebook group called wrist shots (check them here), we search for the coolest, most stylish and mouthwatering photos of equally stunning timepieces.?British style guru Watch Anish and his team, always create uber-dandy-styled pictures, showing not “just” a watch, but an ensemble that is striking! Let us share a few of his latest artistic interpretations of watches in their natural habitat. Although the first photo shows exactly the opposite; a Sky-Dweller that is DLC black coated by Bamford, which is not on the wrist. Scroll to the end to see this very watch on a wrist. But first Peter Speake-Marin’s new Spirit Ma

Longines Avigation BigEye (Live Pics, Specs & Price)
It's not hard to find vintage-inspired military watches as the market is now flooded with them. If you want something affordable and authentic, Hamilton has you covered. Want to go high-end, IWC and Panerai?have a lot to offer, among many others. Longines even has a wide variety in its Heritage collection. Most are excellent examples of a given time period and fine watches on their own, but few have truly unique personalities. The Longines Avigation BigEye bucks the trend with an atypical chronograph that hits a lot of the right notes, but its provenance is a bit of a mystery. It's also not the first modern big eye chronograph with pieces like the Breguet Type XX?having a similar dial. It's arguably the best vintage-inspired Longines since the Legend Diver, however, and won the Best Revival award at last year's Grand Prix de l'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG). That's an eye-opening achievement, so let's take a closer look.BACKGROUNDThe history behind the Avigation BigEye Chronograph is anyt

Longines Heritage Classic Black Sector Dial (Specs & Price)
Longines is well-known for being one of the most prolific brands when it comes to paying tribute to its past, and reissuing some of its most glorious vintage models. All positioned under the “Heritage” collection, there is one watch in this range that made quite some noise when introduced back in 2019, the Longines Heritage Classic Sector Dial. Compact, faithful, elegant and playing on 1930s inspirations, it was an immediate success. Following the silver edition, the winged hourglass?comes back this year with a new model. Meet the Longines Heritage Classic Black Sector Dial, and with the option for a cool beads of rice bracelet.The Longines Heritage Classic is a watch that boasts all the elements of a typical?1930s piece. Think Calatrava-styled case with stepped bezel, straight lugs, two-tone dial with a so-called sector, combining markers and Arabic numerals, clean hands and a central crosshair… No need to mention that such vintage watches are now highly sought-after

Hands-On - Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute to Piet Mondriaan (Specs & Price)
The Reverso certainly is the most iconic watch of Jaeger-LeCoultre. Of course, most of us know its long and rich history, with its roots linked to British polo players asking for a protected watch and its subsequent?creation in 1931. There’s one thing that this particular construction allowed: personalisation. Today, the back of this classical?Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is a field of expression to celebrate a double centenary: the birth 100 years ago of Dutch art school De Stijl (think Piet Mondrian) and of Dutch retailer Steltman. Here is the specifically-adorned Reverso Tribute to Piet Mondrian.If alone the name “De Stijl” might not sound familiar to everyone, its main representative, Piet Mondrian, is certainly one of the most famous Dutch artists. And if this name still doesn’t do anything for you, a look at this selection of paintings should shine a light on the subject. Together with Theo van Doesburg and Gerrit Rietveld, Mondrian created one of the world's