Buying Guide - The 10 Best Watches of 2018 Price Above EUR 25,000
Our 2018 buying guides have to come to an end. After?the top 10 watches below EUR 2,000, followed by 10 watches?between EUR 2,000 and 5,000, our 10 prefered watches?between EUR 5,000 to EUR 10,000,?and finally out top picks between EUR 10,000 and EUR 25,000, it is now time to look at the best of the best, when money doesn’t matter anymore: the best watches of 2018 in the high-end category, all priced above EUR 25,000. Complications, Haute-Horlogerie movements, hand-made decorations…?what dreams are made of!Note: as always, these buying guides are our personal selections and we're sure you'll have your own favourites. Feel free to list your top watches of 2018 in this Above 25k Euros category in the comment section at the end of this article!A. Lange & Sohne Triple Split – EUR 139,000When it comes to chronographs, A. Lange & Sohne already had a handful of masterpieces, including the Datograph and the Double Split. For 2018, the brand decided to give these two a

First Look: The Piaget Polo 79, Back to its Original Design and Opulent Gold Attire
When it was relaunched with a modernized and sleeker design in 2016, the Piaget Polo adopted the design cues of luxury sports watches, slightly changing the face of the collection to become a cushion-shaped watch. However, this isn't how the model started its life. This year, Piaget celebrates its 150th anniversary, and to whet our appetite, the brand brings back the unmistakable, opulent, equestrian chic of the original Piaget Polo. An integrated design with its trademark gadroons, it returns in late- 1970s full-gold attire. But if the inspiration is classic, this new Polo has been contemporarily reimagined, starting with its automatic ultra-thin movement. Here's the new Piaget Polo 79.Background“We really had to answer to this particular demand of our customers who are used to getting just dress watches,” explained Yves Piaget at the time. “But now our customers like to do more and more sports. That's part of the evolution of our lives today. They want to be exquisi

Introducing: The Gerald Genta Gentissima Oursin Fire Opal
Gerald Genta (1931-2011), the watch designer, is one of the most celebrated names in the industry associated with timeless icons like the Nautilus and the Royal Oak. Gerald Genta also created his own brand in 1969, a hotbed of wild creativity and high-end complications. Having languished for some time after its acquisition by Bulgari, ears pricked up with the LVMH announcement in 2023 that the brand was being relaunched under the aegis of its high-end manufacture La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton. Gerald Genta's first collection as a standalone brand was the Gentissima Oursin, a surprising watch design inspired by the prickly sea urchin. This year, the Oursin returns in flaming orange with a cascade of fire opal gemstones adorning the yellow gold case. Bold, exuberant and playful, Gerald Genta is given a fitting comeback.Gerald Genta's inspiration for the Oursin came from the sea urchins he sketched on holiday in Corsica in 1994. The first three Gentissima Oursin models were housed in

Introducing a new IWC Portuguese Automatic Edition BJIFF 2015 with a striking Panda dial - A Future Collectable - Monochrome Watches
Last Friday we told you about the new IWC Ingenieur Automatic Edition Laureus, with a very nice blue dial. Today we can show you yet another limited edition that we just need to tell you about. Why? Well, because of the dial. The new IWC?Portuguese Automatic Edition BJIFF 2015 (which stands for Beijing International Film Festival 2015) has a so-called panda dial and it?looks just so incredibly good. Limited to just 50 pieces, so again one that will become very collectible.First a bit of history. Back in 1996 IWC introduced the Portuguese Rattrapante, which was the first of the (than new) IWC Portuguese Chronograph collection. First to be introduced were a platinum version with a silver/white dial and a white gold version with a black dial and white sub dials. The latter had the so-called inverse panda dial, which later also appeared in the “regular” Portuguese Chronograph in stainless steel. In 2007 IWC introduced a limited edition for the Japanese market, with a proper pan

SalonQP 2011 starts this Thursday at The Saatchi Gallery - London - Monochrome Watches
This Thursday, SalonQP starts again and offers you a unique chance to discover the finest watches and meet the most interesting brands in the world. Does this sound excessive? Well we know it’s true!Unlike Baselworld or the SIHH, SalonQP really offers the chance for every watch aficionado to walk in and have talk with people representing the brands. And not only people representing the major brand, also many of the greatest independent watchmakers are there. Ad - Scroll to continue with article SalonQP is a very accesible watch fair, which makes it easy to have? chat with brands and independent?watchmakers, discuss their watches and maybe try something on your wrist. To name just a few…Ma?tres du Temps will be there with the new Chapter Two with chocolat dial, Heritage Watch Manufactory will be showing their magnificent chronometers and Roger Smith,