The Sports Lange: Odysseus
Somehow oxymoron doesn’t quite cover it. The lauded German manufacture synonymous with the very height of haute horology is now making a sports…
An FP Journe TN Tourbillon in Double Rose Gold
The phrase grail watch gets thrown around a lot these days. I’ve heard the term applied to Tudor Big Blocks, Doxa No Ts,…
Under Market: A Humble Oris Divers 65
Not everything here has to be a heavy hitter. I’d like to think this site spans the breadth of what watches can offer,…
1 of 500: Jaeger Lecoultre Reverso Septantième
Amongst today’s quick pace of limited editions and Instagram hype, it’s easy to forget that JLC has been making grail-worthy watches since before…
Cartier Tank Americaine CPCP
Cartier’s re-entry to mechanical watchmaking was a strong one. Famed initially for the 1920 mechanical Tank, Cartier was a quick adopter of quartz.…
Two-Tone Moon Swoon: Apollo 15 35th Speedmaster
I often find that the designs which are most controversial upon initial release age the most gracefully, slowly gaining greater and greater commendation.…
A Yves Klein Royal Oak Perpetual 25820ST
Ultra-rare Royal Oaks don’t come much prettier than the electric-blue Yves Klein perpetual. Klein was a French artist who became known for frequent…
The Controversial Cream Dial 16570 Explorer II
Few defects are as beautiful as the Explorer II cream dial. Early white dial Explorer II production runs had a paint defect which,…
IWC Aquatimer ‘Galapagos Islands’
Rubber is not a precious material. Despite that, it has been fusing slowly into haute-horology more and more every year. This IWC bathed…
Japan-Only Grand Seiko SBGJ231 GMT
Japanese culture is only a recent fascination of the West—myself included. I have two Grand Seikos in my watchbox and Yamazaki 12 on…
A Bizarre Value Proposition: Urwerk 105 TA
If Bruce Wayne wears a ‘Batman’ GMT-Master II (with Nolan, in fact, he wore a Reverso), the actual Batman suit would include this…
