Hands-on with the avant garde TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Tourbillon

TAG Heuer has built its reputation upon being “avant garde” and what is more avant garde than a $15.000 watch with flying tourbillon and chronograph?

By Adrienne Faurote

Watch of the Week: Patek Philippe Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph

Ask people about their favorite Nautilus, and you can expect a variety of answers. Some prefer the original time-only model in steel; others want a moon phase or a precious metal. We fell in love, at its introduction in 2014, with the Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph.

Famous Chronographs: Hublot’s Biggest Bangs!

When Jean-Claude Biver created the Hublot Big Bang he not only introduced us to the "Art of Fusion" but in the process also created an icon. Over a decade

Chronographs: The Most Beloved Complication?

If there is one type of complications that is most popular, it has to be the chronograph. Nearly all brands have one (or more) in their collection, and there are only few watch connoisseurs and collectors that don't have one as well.

SIHH 2017: The Watches You Might Have Missed

This year the SIHH was larger than ever. While this means more great watches in one place, at one time, it also means that more watches have to share the spotlight. That is why we cleared the stage to highlight a few watches that you might have missed, but should definitely know about:

Throwback Thursday: Richard Mille RM 011, The Sportive Revolutionist

This Throwback Thursday we go not as far back in time as we normally would. Instead, we take a closer look at an icon of more recent making, yet an icon it is. We are talking here about the Richard Mille RM 011. Introduced in 2007, it became not only one of the pillars of the brand, but also broke the mold of high-end sports watches. Now almost a decade in existence it is time to look back at some of the most memorable versions of this watch.

Vacheron Constantin Copernicus Celestial Spheres: Please Adjust Once Every 8.000 Years

With these new Hallmark of Geneva certified limited edition timepieces from Vacheron Constantin, you can watch the Earth spin on its axis and track its orbit around the Sun. To be corrected in… 8,000 years.

Track Day: 5 Watches With A Need For Speed

When Chopard's co-President Karl-Friedrich Scheufele introduced the very first Mille Miglia collection of the brand in 1988, he made the remark that "People say that lovers of fine cars also have a great weakness for fine timepieces and vice versa." This seems to be indeed true and also hasn't changed over the past three decades. No surprise that many watch brands celebrate this unique symbiosis with extraordinary watches! We check out five of our favorites!

Fumbling with February: Why Not All Calendar Watches Are Created Equal

The end of February is always a minor event in the world of watch connoisseurs. The shortest month of the year prompts additional work for those with a watch collection, dates have to be forwarded to be ready for March, but not everybody will have the same amount of work on its hands.

Haute Complication: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Gyrotourbillon 1

While the initial version of the Master Gyrotourbillon 1 was introduced in 2004, this complication is still part of Jaeger-LeCoultre current collection. Why this is, became clear at the SIHH, where the brand introduced us to a new edition of this iconic watch.

Watches & Whisky: Glenmorangie & Hublot Classic Fusion

This week in Watches & Whisky we combine the liquid gold of Glenmorangie, with the solid gold of Hublot's Classic Fusion. Both offering more than meets the eye.

Watch of the Week: IWC Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Spitfire

Some watches are as impressive as their name is long. This is for sure the case with the Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Spitfire by IWC. Powered by manufacture caliber 89801, this watch elevates the technical complexity of perpetual calendars to an even higher level by making the date and the month digital instead of the usual hand.

Up Close and Personal with the Greubel Forsey Double Tourbillon 30° Technique Sapphire

Made especially for the US market in a strictly limited edition of only eight pieces, the Greubel Forsey Double Tourbillon 30° Technique Sapphire is unlike any other watch by the brand. Known for their exquisite and highly complicated movements, Greubel Forsey added for this particular model a complication to the mix: the case!

The Hublot Big Bang Unico Now With GMT Function

Busy travellers will be happy to learn that Hublot has redesigned the UNICO movement with a patented innovation to include an integrated GMT function.

Visiting the Vineyards of Deutz Champagne with Richard Mille

Sometimes the world is a wonderful place. Especially when you find yourself in Ay, the center of the Champagne production, at the estate of Deutz, in the company of Richard Mille and Jean-Marc Lallier-Deutz himself.

Throwback Thursday: Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Ref. 2499

In the world of vintage watches, Patek Philippe's chronographs with perpetual calendars occupy a category of their own. They are benchmarks in the industry, and that goes especially for the Reference 2499, which we examine here.

Piaget Celebrates The Altiplano 60th Anniversary

For Piaget, ultra-thin timepieces have been a reality since 1957. Now the brand celebrates the 60th anniversary of its first ultra-thin watch and its Altiplano collection with a masterful display of colours, sizes, artistic crafts and even a new tourbillon movement