Reading Time: 9 minutesThe UR-FREAK arrives as a technical anomaly, a watch that shouldn’t exist but does. This is the first time Ulysse Nardin has collaborated with a fellow watchmaking brand, and the pairing with URWERK produces something neither could have achieved alone. Limited to 100 pieces, the UR-FREAK replaces the traditional rotatingContinue Reading
Reading Time: 8 minutesSports watches hold a peculiar position in contemporary horology. They must balance robust functionality with refined aesthetics, creating timepieces that feel equally at home beneath a wetsuit or a shirt cuff. The finest examples achieve this duality not through compromise but through careful attention to every detail, every surface, everyContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Piaget Sixtie Steel Diamonds arrives at a moment when watchmaking seems locked in a cycle of familiar shapes and predictable proportions. Round cases dominate wrists, cushion forms provide the occasional alternative, and rectangles suggest dress watch heritage. Against this backdrop, the Sixtie introduces something different: a trapezoid, unapologetically geometric,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 8 minutesToday is a big day – URWERK introduces the UR-10 Spacemeter. I promised myself that I will not write a review of the watch but give Felix and Martin something to read. Something more appropriate to our discussions: we had some exciting talks, especially with Martin, about time and spaceContinue Reading
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe Octo Finissimo Lee Ufan x Bvlgari represents something extraordinary in contemporary horology – a timepiece that transcends the conventional boundaries between watchmaking and fine art. Limited to just 150 pieces, this collaboration between Bvlgari and the Korean-born, Japan-based artist Lee Ufan exemplifies the Maison’s remarkable ability to transform itsContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesThese latest executions of the Czapek Antarctique – the Mount Erebus Rare Stones Collection represent something quite profound in contemporary watchmaking: timepieces that genuinely transcend the boundary between geological wonder and horological mastery: Lapis Lazuli, Falcon Eye and Green Meteor Named after Antarctica’s most active volcano, which famously spews microscopicContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Maurice Lacroix AIKONIC Automatic Chronograph Skeleton lands with the confidence of a modern sports chronograph and the theatricality of an openworked dial that reveals its beating heart. It is a watch built around contrast: steel and ceramic, satin and gloss, translucency and depth, dynamics and legibility. Two references formContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere is a seductive allure to the Piaget Polo Skeleton Automatic Steel, reference G0A45001, that stands apart in the ever-evolving landscape of contemporary luxury sports watches. Piaget’s ability to engineer extreme thinness with assured wearability, packaged in the unmistakable chic of the Polo collection, gives this watch exceptional character. ItContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesA. Lange & Söhne’s ZEITWERK DATE stands as a paradigm of contemporary horology, fusing mechanical ingenuity with distinguished Teutonic aesthetics. The model’s latest incarnation in pink gold invites connoisseurs into a world where technical mastery and design restraint are balanced with palpable warmth and tactile luxury. With its signature digitalContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn the rarefied air of haute horlogerie, the unveiling of Jalsa by Nebula, Titan’s 18K gold watchmaking house, ushers in an epochal moment for Indian watchmaking. This timepiece, conceived to honour the 225th anniversary of Jaipur’s Hawa Mahal, is not content to simply recount history; it embodies the very spiritContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn the rich horological landscape of 2025, Glashütte Original unveils a creation that deftly intertwines the past and present, the PanoLunarTourbillon in platinum. Conceived to celebrate both the 180th anniversary of Glashütte watchmaking and the inauguration of the brand’s new dial manufactory, this limited edition of fifty pieces stands asContinue Reading