Reading Time: 7 minutesBell & Ross was kind to lend me the BR‑X3 Patrouille de France, for an extended time, to do a review. I could not refuse the offer for two reasons: I like Bell & Ross and I like Patrouille de France. It is not their first collaboration, but oh boy,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 8 minutesJust before Watches and Wonders 2026, in the familiar background of the Beau Rivage Hotel in Geneva, Diana and I met the new DOXA SUB 200 T.GRAPH II, the reimagined brand’s historic dive chronograph. A first glimpse reveals the familiar cushion case and bright tool-watch aesthetic that makes DOXA so easilyContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesBovet did not approach the idea of a GMT as a simple functional add-on and the Récital 32 arrives as a statement about what travel time means for the Maison, after more than two centuries of making timekeeping objects for people who cross borders and oceans. For years, the DimierContinue Reading
Reading Time: 12 minutesThe URWERK UR-101 Diamond Sky is love at first sight, one of the most expressive and creatively refined pieces URWERK has ever realized. Diana shares this fascination in equal measure. The first time she placed the watch on her wrist, she asked me to write her a love story featuringContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesChopard just released a Germany-exclusive piece that stopped me in my tracks. The Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph Speed Silver, Ref. 168619-3019, draws from one of motorsport’s most dramatic origin stories and channels it into a 40.5 mm instrument that feels both historically loaded and technically compelling. I have handled plentyContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ll be honest with you: when I heard that Label Noir was collaborating with Alpina Watches, I expected black. Lots of it. Label Noir has spent fifteen years building its reputation on DLC coatings and dark, radical aesthetics, so what arrived in February 2026 genuinely surprised me. The Alpiner ManufactureContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesVan Cleef & Arpels continues to demonstrate why it remains synonymous with storytelling through the medium of high complications. The Maison’s recent additions to its Poetic Complications collection represent a significant evolution in how luxury watchmaking can intertwine narrative with mechanical precision. Both the Lady Arpels Pont des Amoureux (€Continue Reading
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe launch of the MINUTE REPEATER PERPETUAL represents a significant moment in contemporary watchmaking. A. Lange & Söhne has consolidated two of horology’s most formidable complications into a single calibre, an undertaking that positions this platinum creation alongside the manufacture’s most ambitious works. This is not an exercise in accumulation;Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesRessence has long occupied a peculiar position within the horological landscape as a brand that refuses to acknowledge the conventional language of watchmaking, instead constructing its own grammar from first principles. The TYPE 7, unveiled in March 2025, represents the culmination of this philosophy, a tool watch that distils complexityContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Bvlgari Bronzo collection arrived at Geneva Watch Days 2025. Bronze, a material known to classical antiquity, offers something rather different: a dialogue with time itself. Bvlgari has chosen not to obscure this conversation but to embrace it entirely. The Bronzo GMT and Bronzo Chronograph stand as two distinct expressionsContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesBremont has delivered a purposeful update to its aviation-focused Altitude collection with the introduction of the Stealth Grey variant, developed in partnership with Martin-Baker, the company responsible for the majority of the world’s aircraft ejection seat systems. Bremont Altitude MB Stealth Grey is 400-piece limited edition represents a concentrated effortContinue Reading