Italian brand HTD has been gracing us with cleverly updated versions of its releases, and the two Aquatic dive watches are the next in line. These retro-styled divers first came out in 2021 and turned out to be popular with fans. Four years later, the cases of both watches have been redesigned to be slimmer, and the dial designs have been updated. On top of that, the team at HD renamed the Pallettoni, which is now called the Bicchierini. It s time to find out whether these new models can beat their predecessors.Take one look at the HTD Aquatic dive watches, and you ll know we have entered the world of skin divers. It s a crowded segment, with many brands offering various vintage-inspired ski...

The name might ring a bell, but its not what you think. Bedat and Beda a are not the same. Bedat & Co is a Genevan watch brand For Women of Character.?Beda a is a London-based brand with Qatari roots, creating Swiss-made watches. Hader Al Suwaidi started his brand in 2016 to show that the Middle East region is not only a market for watches but also a place where watches originate from. In 2025, with engineer-designer Sohaib Maghnam working as CEO and chief designer, the brand has four collections in the catalog: Attrayant, Fortress, Angles, and Eclipse. The 2024 Eclipse, showing time through a dragging hour disc and mysterious minutes on the periphery of the dial, now has a successor. Th...

Seiko s Speedtimer series is the Japanese brand s chronograph collection that celebrates retro looks with modern technology. The series is part of the Prospex collection and has slowly grown in recent years. It consists of several impressive mechanical chronographs as well as multiple solar-powered models. I have had a chance to go hands-on with several of these watches, and they ve impressed me every time. For the latest Speedtimer Solar Chronograph model, Seiko has a deceivingly beautiful trick up its sleeve. The new SSC955 was created for this year s World Athletics Championships and features a lovely soft purple dial. It s time to find out more.Seiko s Prospex Speedtimer Solar Chronograp...

We all know Beno?t Mintiens, founder of Ressence, doesn t shy away from using multiple colors on his user-friendly spherical watches. The brand s minimalist Type 8, however, has always had a more modest, single-color design - until now. In collaboration with German painter and sculptor Daniel Engelberg, Ressence presents us with the Type 8 DE1 in pink and DE2 in turquoise. Limited to 40 pieces each, the watches feature Engelberg s optimistic, color-rich, and concentric artwork. Have you ever seen such a perfect match between a watch brand and a contemporary artist? This certainly isn t the first time Ressence has worked with a contemporary artist for its limited-edition art watches. Loo...

If you still have no clue what to do and what to wear during the summer break, heres Fratellos watch-inclusive top travel tip to the rescue. Why dont you travel to Lisbon, the beautiful old capital of Portugal? And once youre there, why not pick up one of the MeisterSinger Ferreira Marques Edition Eletrico 28 watches? This single-handed watch in electrifying yellow, just like the famous little trams traveling the hilly streets of Lisbon, will brighten up your stay and make it memorable for years. Yes, the sunny-looking watch is a tribute to the citys famous tram, but it s also the perfect holiday souvenir.Whats harder, finding the perfect summer destination or summer watch? Thanks to Meist...

Until now, I ve had to enjoy Ming s 20.01 chronographs from afar. Finally, the good folks from the independent brand were able to send one of the flagship pieces to me for a hands-on review. I spent a week with the new 20.01 Series 5 and fell in love with this highly detailed, stunning watch. I m excited to share my impressions in depth.Ming does a fantastic job of offering lovely watches across a large price range. While the good old days of $1,500 pieces are long gone, even the least expensive models contain a heavy dose of the brand s design DNA. What about the upper end of the spectrum, though? Models like today s new 20.01 Series 5 are the stuff of dreams due to their inherent exclusivi...

For racing fans, the new F1 movie should be the cinematic event of the summer. It promises heart-pounding action along with the chance to see stars like Brad Pitt and Damson Idris in the driver s seat of modern Formula One cars. But what s a race car without a high-performance watch? Enter IWC Schaffhausen as the official watch sponsor of Pitt s and Idris s fictitious race team, APX GP. That s not all, though, as the movie has inspired a collection of new watches that we ll examine.Let s be honest: there aren t enough racing films to satisfy those of us who enjoy watching high-speed vehicles compete. All that will change on June 25th when F1, the feature-length film, is released. The movie i...

Lets start with a riddle. What has one eye, one mouth, two hands, and a rebellious soul? You got it - the Le Regulateur Louis Erard Konstantin Chaykin Time Eater III. The million-dollar question is whether humor belongs in luxury watchmaking, but when it looks good, it doesnt matter if you think the watch is funny or not. And although theres no accounting for taste, Louis Erard s characteristic regulator layout and Konstantin Chaykin s wildly colorful and graphic dials work very well together. After a previous and successful collaboration, the duo is back with two 178-piece limited-edition watches - a 42mm version showing a blue minute ring, sold exclusively through Louis Erard, and a 39mm...

Cartier is a watch maison synonymous with iconic case shapes. Among them are the Santos, the Tonneau, and the Pasha. The Tank, however, must be the brand s most famous creation. Within the Tank family, we have so many standalone icons, including the Tank Normale, the Tank Americaine, and the Tank Fran?aise.The Cartier Tank is a watch design that I have been lusting over for more than a year. I even wrote about it while pursuing a vintage Longines watch earlier this year. Although the Cartier Tank Normale remains high on my wish list, I was also appreciative of the more classic Tank Louis case and design. There s something alluring about the shape and proportions that just seems to speak to m...

It s Sunday morning, so it s time for another heated Sunday Morning Showdown. Two recently released summer divers take center stage in this week s battle. The first is the colorful Tudor Black Bay 54 Lagoon Blue. The watch reintroduces the aesthetic of the 1990s Tudor Submariner ref. 79190 with its mirror-polished bezel. It is combined with a light blue sand-textured dial for a colorful and summery vibe. Taking on this Tudor is the new Breitling SuperOcean Heritage B31 Automatic 40 Kelly Slater Edition. With this watch, Breitling celebrates its ongoing partnership with the world s most famous surfer in style. While less summery in its colors, the dial features a special leafy motif celebrati...

Were back with another installment of Back to Basics, our series aimed at newcomers to our lovely shared hobby. This time, we explore the world of accuracy in luxury mechanical wristwatches. So, if you are considering buying your first real watch, this is all you need to know about precision timekeeping and certification.Of course, our seasoned readers are still welcome to read on and share their thoughts in the comments section below. Lets try to make this page as useful as possible to budding watch enthusiasts together.Why luxury watches are less accurate than you might have expectedThose watches cost $10,000, but theyre less accurate than your average $10 supermarket wristwatch! Critics o...

As youve probably noticed, 2025 is filled to the brim with anniversaries. Whether it s brands or watches, a plethora of them are celebrating a milestone moment in their existence this year. Turning 50 is quite a milestone. And guess what: this year, the Girard-Perregaux Laureato is turning 50. Yes, that luxury sports watch with an integrated bracelet debuted in 1975 and shows no signs of aging. Or does it? The Laureato still has timeless good looks, but its also overshadowed by so many kindred spirits from brands Girard-Perregaux used to compete with closely. The Laureatos anniversary year is the perfect time for GP to plot a different course for its sophisticated sports watch and the entire...

SpaceOne has been doing things differently since day one. If you ve followed its rise from the funky Jumping Hour to the bold Tellurium, you ll know the people behind the brand are not afraid to take risks. The latest release, the WorldTimer, is another big step forward - and a very SpaceOne kind of world-time watch. This isn t your typical city-ring-around-a-dial setup. There are no hands and no traditional display. Instead, it s a modern, design-heavy interpretation that makes checking the time feel like flipping a switch on a spacecraft.I ve spent some time with SpaceOne s previous models. The Jumping Hour Destro left a strong impression, and visiting the atelier in Paris was an eye-openi...

This little introduction article is going to leave you wanting more. No, I dont mean the watch itself, the most impressive and one-of-a-kind Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Temporis Duo Grand Complication Openface. I mean more pictures of this highly complicated piece of Haute Horlogerie with its open dial, subtle use of color, and the impressive caliber 2757 S. VCs latest creation celebrating 270 years of the brand s horological mastery is a watch featuring a single-pusher split-seconds chronograph, a minute repeater with a centripetal regulator, and a tourbillon regulator with a spherical hairspring. Sorry, but youll have to make do with just a couple of pictures and words about this u...

Since the 1960s, the Yema Yachtingraf has always been a charming and colorful chronograph, especially with its regatta-style big-eye countdown sub-dial. If I told you the new version features a black dial, that might even sound a bit boring if you already know the white-turquoise-yellow and blue-red-white versions that are already available. However, did I mention that Romaric Andre, aka seconde/seconde/, took the lead in designing this new meca-quartz Yachtingraf Croisiere? He created one with bold graffiti murals in mind and turned it into the Yema Yachtingraff.The original Yema Yachtingraf Croisiere from 1969 - Image: Analog:ShiftTomas recently wrote an article on the Yema Yachtingraf s s...

Many enthusiasts have been crying out for a smaller Blancpain Fifty Fathoms. Many were also disappointed when Blancpain obliged with two female-targeted models last week. Today, however, we see the range completed with 38mm non-gendered models. I got a chance to go hands-on with the new 38mm Blancpain Fifty Fathoms. Heres how we got along!The new Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is available in steel, Grade 23 titanium, and 18K red gold. You get a choice of black and blue sunburst dials. All the familiar Blancpain strap and bracelet combinations make for 11 possible configurations, spanning a price range from CHF 14,000 to CHF 28,500.The new 38mm Blancpain Fifty FathomsThis new Blancpain Fifty Fathom...

I always look forward to new releases from Maen Watches. This is one of the newer brands on the market, currently giving the established players a run for their money. Unlike the early days of microbrands, watches from Maen don t cut corners, and the idea isn t simply to shoehorn in as much value as possible without a clear design language. The new Manhattan 37 Ultra-Thin exemplifies this and looks like a no-excuses winner from the get-go.If you ve never held a Maen watch, you re missing out. The Swedish brand makes some incredibly nice watches that feel expensive. Sure, we ve all heard these types of plaudits before, but Maen excels in creating cleanly designed watches with excellent finish...

Black and white must be the most commonly used colors ever for watch dials. In Nomos s case, though, I don t associate its watches with black dials. There are indeed some (13 currently on the website), but Nomos is a brand I associate more with white dials. There are over 100 references currently available with a white dial, so I guess that feeling didn t come from nowhere. However, one model that hasn t been available with a white dial is the Ahoi Neomatik 38 Date. Don t worry, though, because Nomos added a white silver-plated dial option to the lineup today.It comes in addition to the first two versions of the Nomos Ahoi Neomatik 38 Date in Sky and Sand,?as well as the Atlantic version tha...

Summer is just around the corner (or already here for some of you!), so we published a list of five potential summer watches for 2025 last Friday. Another great candidate for that list is the new Christopher Ward C60 Trident Reef series. This addition to the popular C60 Trident collection presents four colorful models that could all be your perfect summer diver. The fifth and final model is a more traditional black one with a fun, colorful twist. I had a chance to go hands-on with the 41mm and 44mm Christopher Ward C60 Trident Reef in two colors. Let s find out how they compare to the C60 Trident Pro series and which makes my summer list.Over the past decade and a half, the C60 Trident has b...

The Polaris Chronograph is available with a black or blue lacquered sunray dial and a three-piece blue and gray dial. Now, Jaeger-LeCoultre launches a new Polaris Chronograph with a dial in ocean gray. What? Another gray dial? Isnt that a typo? Shouldnt that be ocean green? Nope. The brand from Le Sentier might already have a gray-dial Polaris Chronograph in the lineup, but as you know, there are at least 50 shades of gray to play with. And thats exactly what JLC did. The brand put 35 layers of ocean-gray lacquer on the three-piece dial and enriched it with three finishes to create a dynamic look. Now its up to you which three-piece gray dial is your favorite.Two years ago, Jaeger-LeCoultre ...