In 1965, 61 years after Paul Cattin and Georges Christian founded the company, Oris revealed one of its most iconic models, the Oris Divers. Then, five decades later, it took the form of a heritage reissue called the Divers Sixty-Five. Today, it’s time to celebrate the original’s diamond jubilee with the presentation of the Oris Divers Sixty-Five 60th Anniversary Edition.Oris Divers Si

Which strap do you wear your MoonSwatch on? Are you still using the original strap, or have you ordered some third-party options? Well, listen up because, in a surprise move, Swatch opened an online strap store specifically for the Omega Swatch MoonSwatch. The two-piece straps are made of rubber and have a two-tone design, a textile texture on the outside, a Moon-like surface texture on the inside

It's a tradition! A new Omega Speedmaster comes on a (Speedy) Tuesday, and today, we even get two. Meet the Omega Speedmaster Moonphase Meteorite models, one with a black meteorite dial and another with a gray meteorite dial.Speedmaster Moonphase MeteoriteOmega had a wonderful 2024 with great new Speedmaster releases, and the new year starts with something special! Here, we have a 43mm stainless s

Welcome back to another episode of?Fratello On Air! This week, we discuss the watch community and how to find a group of like-minded (or differently minded) people within it. Whether you seek to meet people in person or online, there’s even a great option if you don’t live in a major city. For our listeners, the watch content begins after 25 minutes.

After Swatch’s Speedmaster MoonSwatch and Scuba Fifty Fathoms collections, we were waiting for the next Swatch Group classic to undergo a Bioceramic metamorphosis. But now it looks like Citizen Group is entering the competition with its new Bulova Snorkel collection. The inspiration for these Hybrid Ceramic watches comes from the brand’s iconic Oceanographer Snorkel, nicknamed the R

One of the best designed watches – in my opinion – is the Patek Philippe Calatrava ref.5127. I don’t know what the idea is behind Patek’s reference numbers, as they don’t seem to be logical, but if you want to order one at your nearest (un)authorized Patek dealer it might come in handy. Anyway, I will call it ‘Calatrava’ in this post, without mentioning th

Once in a very, very rare blue moon, a truly amazing piece crosses your way. This is one of them: The Mother Of All Reversos. The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2. A double-axis tourbillon with cylindrical hairspring; reserve de march and date indicators. 373 parts and 58 jewels keep everything turning. Oh, and it runs for 50 hours off one massive single barrel. As you would expect, the c

Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial Caliber 9300 ReviewIt’s Speedy Tuesday! Sometimes, it’s refreshing to see other people’s opinions on a watch. On a Speedmaster for example. Today, we give the stage to ?ukasz Doskocz, Editor in chief chronos24.pl. We did a Speedy Co-Axial 9300 Review here before (click here), which was actually the best read article on FW in 2012.The legendary Moonwatch

It is no secret that I have a weak spot for Sinn watches. Although not all of their models are to my liking, the fact that they never fail to deliver interesting and highly functional timepieces never bores me. Today, I have their EZM16 model in front of me, also known as the Sinn U212. EZM stands for Einsatzzeitmesser and means that it is part of their collection of watches that has been specific

This week, I'm butting in on Blaise's territory. As Blaise continues to write about straps from the world over (please, contact us if you're making straps from somewhere in the world we've not yet covered), I've come storming in with another American product. Have I done it because I'm American? Not really. I've actually done it because a reader contacted us last year via email and made a suggesti

Not Swiss Made but still 100% Swiss – Holy Cow!The Swiss Mad Watch is unique, symbolic, and irreverent, but most importantly, 100% Swiss and proud of it. With the Swiss Made label for watchmaking revised from January 1st, 2017, to require 60% of components in a watch to be of Swiss origin, H. Moser & Cie. has soundly critiqued the shortcomings of this inadequate label and stands up for t

While the SIHH overpowers the media this week with watches on show there, I thought it would be adequate to give some pushback. Happily, I am allowed to wear the?Omega Speedmaster Blue Side of the Moon to do so. This is the watch Robert-Jan did an extensive hands-on review on two weeks ago, complete with incredible close-up pictures by Bert Buijsrogge. Tip: head over to that review first, if you d

When Anthony de Haas (Director of Product Development at A. Lange & Sohne) started his job in Glashutte in 2004, he was welcomed by Walter Lange. Walter Lange explained to him that he would like to see a watch with stop seconds, like his ancestors did for their A. Lange & Sohne pocket watches. Last year, in January 2017, Walter Lange passed away and Anthony de Haas thought of his wishes fo

Richard Mille must have thought that a watch for polo players doesn’t need a reverse function. Instead, he made sure that the sapphire crystal is simply unbreakable. Six years ago, Richard Mille created their first timepiece for this elegant but hard-handed sport.Pablo Mac Donough (born in 1982) is an Argentinian polo player who won his first tournament age 14 ( Potrillos Cup). Since 2011 he

Very often, I use Jaeger-LeCoultre as an example of a brand that is so interesting, yet they have not a single watch for me. The Master Ultra-thin perpetual perhaps being an expensive exception (I wrote about that one here). In 2004 they tried with the Master Compressor Memovox, which I liked at first, but quickly saw that it wasn’t a future classic. I don’t need a sports watch from Ja

This week Vacheron Constantin will present a number of interesting new timepieces, but their focus is on their new collection by the name of FIFTYSIX. Of course, referring to the year 1956 in which they released their iconic reference 6073 watch. A stunning 35mm timepiece with the automatic winding caliber 1019/1 movement, a silver matte dial with applied gold numerals? and dauphine shaped hands.

The word is out, the new caliber 321 has been introduced last week during a Speedy Tuesday event that we hosted in Biel. Last week we already published about this movement and shared some of the extra information that was not in the press release. But besides the introduction of this movement, there was also the Speedy Tuesday event in Biel. The second one, actually, as the first Speedy Tuesday ev

Armin Strom strikes again. The Haute Horlogerie manufacture from Bienne has prepared something outstanding for SIHH 2019. A little bit old but also very new. Let me explain: The DNA of the brand (an expression watch brands often use) lies in skeletonizing timepieces. Models Both from their own and other brands collections. This was the time when Mr. Armin Strom himself owned the company. Among oth

Baselworld 2014 was notable for many things. released their Pepsi GMT-Master II in a white gold case. Omega rolled out their Seamaster 300, a line that later served as the basis for the James Bond watch in Spectre. Lastly, Ressence, small Belgian watch manufacture came to the market with their first Type watch; the Ressence Type 1. The brand had only been alive for 4 years at the time. They had p

Herms might not be the first brand to think of when talking high-end watches or Haute Horlogerie, but in fact, some of their watches are definitely belonging to this category. One of them is the new Herms Arceau L'heure de la Lune. Presented to us yesterday at the SIHH, it was by far the most interesting watch of their novelties.Herms?Arceau L'heure de la LuneThere are actually two versions of