Buying Guide: Is Purple The Hottest New Colour For Watches?
Like seasons throughout the year, there’s a constant ebb and flow in terms of design, shapes, colours, sizes and materials in watchmaking. Colour is perhaps the easiest to change for brands, but also the one that’s the most susceptible to the public’s opinion and demands. With green being “the hottest thing since sliced bread” over the past years, it now seems there’s a very strong and definitive shift to another striking tone of colour; Purple! In the past, we would see purple watches every now and then, but recently more and more have been rearing their seductive heads, and here are seven of the coolest ones!Baltic PrismicInspired by geometric shapes and luminous refractions, the Baltic Prismic is a surprisingly fun take on a “cocktail watch”. The charmingly compact watch has a purple dial with a guilloche-like centre pattern, a circular brushed ring, a grooved outer flange and a grained small seconds subdial with crosshair. The pyramid

Buying Guide - 5 of the Best Recently-Launched Black Watches (Price)
Black has a weird attraction. Black is timeless and classic. Black can be discreet or bold. And the watchmaking industry knows it as blacked-out watches are highly popular and widely available today, but not all models wear black as well as others. Today, we've listed some of the best recently launched black watches, versatile pieces that look great with anything and are ideal for dressing up or down. Ready to move into stealth mode? Here are five great options.Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Automatic Black Sandblast-Polished CeramicThe Bvlgari Octo Finissimo has proven itself as one of the defining new luxury sports watches. One of the characteristics that set the Finissimo apart is its distinctive matte monochromatic appearance, with an almost industrial look. But the new Black Sandblast-Polished Ceramic plays with light like no other Octo model before.?A sleek black design isn't the only thing that it offers. The way it feels and sits on the wrist is unique. The watch is powered by the ultr

My first love... Heuer - Monochrome Watches
I think every watch collector remembers that first watch that made an incredible impression. The watch was so beautiful and intriguing, you kept thinking about it. But why was it so expensive? Over the years i’ve had quite a few watches. Sometimes when i look at the photos of the watches that came and went away, i see how my taste for watches changed. It also makes me remember watches that used to be on my wish-list, that never made it to be part of my collection. With some of them i wonder what attracted me in these watches. But not with my first ‘real’ watch… my Heuer Autavia. Ad - Scroll to continue with article It was before my vacation to Vietnam. I planned to do a scuba dive course, stay some days in the jungle, 6 weeks traveling from south to north and back south again. And i really needed a watch that would be up for such a task.

IWC Pilots Watch Chronograph Top Gun Edition Mojave Desert IW389103 - Review & Price
Feeling bold today? Good. Now meet a pilot's watch with camouflaged hands, a day-date indication, a ceramic case and a normal-sized crown. Except for the triangle at 12 o'clock (and yes… a few other things to be honest), there's not much that makes this an actual Pilot's watch. But is it any good? We took IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Top Gun Edition Mojave Desert and wore it on the wrist to let you know!The one consistent activity in the history of IWC is the company's mission to build precise, reliable and functional mechanical watches for current and future generations. Now, that is a very sensible thing. These values are best shown in the Mark XVIII Pilot's watches and the Portugieser collection. Clean designs, functional complications and easily loveable for everyone - watch connoisseurs and novices alike. Ad - Scroll to continue with article So where

Hands-On - 2021 Longines Silver Arrow (Specs & Price)
This isn’t the first time we’ve said it, but Longines is one of the brands that best knows how to play with its heritage and revive some of its most glorious models. Think about the superb Tuxedo Chronograph, the all-time classic Legend Diver or the oddly cool Avigation A7. And it goes on… This year, Longines is adding several new models to its Heritage collection, such as the titanium BigEye, and most importantly, this new edition of the Silver Arrow. It isn’t the first time that this watch is brought back to life, but it seems that this year’s version has plenty of arguments to become a great watch. Something we’ll verify now with a hands-on session.BackgroundBefore taking a look at the new Silver Arrow, we need to look at the real deal, the original model. The story of the Longines Silver Arrow goes back to 1955 when the brand held an in-house contest to find the name for a new timepiece with an avant-garde design. One name emerged from the 450 pr