Article While “iconic” is an often-used label to highlight and designate watches, few watches can rightfully claim to be iconic. One of those watches certainly is the Panerai Luminor, for long a cornerstone in the brands’ collection. Being a bit under the radar in recent years, the brand decided to make 2025 the year of the […]

Article It has become a yearly tradition: The first major watch event of the calendar year comes from LVMH. And today the sixth LVMH Watch Week will kick off from the US West Coast. The event is getting bigger by the year and for the 2025 edition the returning brands (TAG Heuer, Hublot, Zenith, Bulgari, Daniel […]

Article Usually their catalogue is a healthy mix of collectible watches ranging in price from relatively affordable to somewhat a bit more expensive, to put it mildly.  The catalogue offers 57 lots and the list is diverse. Yes, the regular Daytonas, Royal Oaks and variety of Pateks are included, but also a 1940’s Grana military watch, […]

Article You might have noticed that your social media timelines have been taken over in the past 24 hours by one watch: the new Patek Philippe Cubitus, the brands’ first new model in 25 years. And for a reason. When Patek launches a new model line the watch world pays attention and the new Cubitus has […]

Article The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève is the watch worlds Oscar. Every year the best watches are selected in many different categories, and a first place or even a nomination can be regarded as a honour and commercially very interesting event. Watch buyers love winners. As a member of the GPHG Academy I had the […]

Article Since its inception in 2016 the Carrera Extreme Sport has been the more racy version of the Carrera. Whereas the Carrera would be a Porsche 911, the Extreme Sport can be regarded as the RS counterpart. More bold, more techy, more speed. Today TAG Heuer launches a new iteration. The Carrera Chronograph Extreme Sport comes […]

Article The trip to Geneva was short and compressed this year. In three days I visited 16 brands, all located in or in the proximity of the Beau Rivage hotel. When I look at my social media timelines the talking pieces this year are the Konstantin Chaykin ThinKing, with 1.65mm the thinnest mechanical wristwatch ever, and […]

Article What started as a relatively small event in 2020 initiated by Bulgari, Breitling and several independent watch brands located in and around the Beau Rivage Hotel in Geneva, has developed into a significant watch event on the agenda. The Geneva Watch Days 2024, the fifth edition, opens on August 29 for 4 days and will […]