CATEGORIES

BRIDGES OF LA CHAUXDE-FONDS

Girard-Perregaux reintroduced its production facilities to us. It was one of its first press visits since the brand became independent once again

BOLD TYPE

Breguet celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Type XX flyback chronograph with two new models, and ushers in a new era for this iconic timepiece

FINAL FATHOMS

Blancpain revealed the last tribute to its own achievement of creating the first true dive watch in 1953 with the Fifty Fathoms Act 3

TRUE ORIGINAL

The story of how Glashütte Original earned its name and continues to present itself worthy of its grand name

PURSUING PRECISION

Rolex Founder Hans Wilsdorf once remarked, \"I was convinced that my life's success revolved around precision.\" The Swiss watch manufacture continues to pursue a perpetual quest for excellence and furtherance of that very same precision

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A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

Breguet stuns with the new Type XX watches, and inspires us to venture an opinion...

Building Bridges

Bridges abound in mechanical watchmaking, but none are iconic in the way the Bridges collection from Girard-Perregaux is. We uncover why it is the oldest movement design still in production today

Life Aquatic

Blancpain continues its support of this year's Only Watch charity auction with an exclusive edition of its Fifty Fathoms 70th Anniversary Act 1 - a piece of watch history dressed in blue

Go Time

On the occasion of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Centennial, Rolex is first off the line and first across it

Dizzying Heights

Montblanc debuts the Zero Oxygen 8000 Capsule Collection, with four new models that celebrate the exploits of mountaineers and Montblanc Mark Makers Nimsdai Purja and Reinhold Messner

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Time Zoner

A. Lange & Söhne goes platinum with the signature Lange 1 Time Zone, while also introducing a new variant of the 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar

Soft Power

We quiz Panerai CEO Jean-Marc Pontroué on why Panerai evokes strong feelings amongst collectors, and get his thoughts on new territory for the brand, and watch fairs

Concepts And Consequences

What is the legacy of concept watches? What happens when the show is over and it is time to actually manufacture them? How do these ticking research labs translate into actual, wearable timepieces...if they ever do?

Faster Times

The Tissot Sideral makes hearts race, and might just be the most interesting watch in its class

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Game Of Manufactures

A season of manufacture visits has followed the debut of the 2023 novelties, leading the editors of WOW Singapore and Thailand to ponder the importance of such tours and debate their own role in revealing what happens in the temples of haute horlogerie

Get Your Freak On

The embodiment of 22 years of technological innovation, Ulysse Nardin's Freak One timepiece presents the very best of the collection's legacy in a 44mm titanium case

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In Pursuit Of Creativity

Since the 1920s Maison Chanel has consistently created icons. From fashion to fragrance and more recently, timepieces. What is the secret to their success? We find out

What Price Authenticity

Even the experts can be fooled so what is the hapless collector to do? Perhaps nothing...

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Style Is Forever

Cartier Director of Image, Style, and Heritage Pierre Rainero waxes lyrical about his more than 30 years of history with the brand

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COUNTING UP

One particular chronograph brings to mind the entire traditional watchmaking trade, and we offer no prizes for guessing what it is. This year, it heralds a new age of the chronograph, even though it is not the first to sally forth in the post-pandemic era. We offer an extended exploration of the time-writer, which will continue in subsequent issues

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Lightweight Durability

Rado presents a new take on the dive watch with the Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Skeleton

Fit For Purpose

Watches and Wonders Geneva 2023 has wrapped up, and presented the world with watchmaking's carefully curated talking points for the year. The editors of WOW Singapore and Thailand weigh in with their own thoughts

Watchmaker's Market

Watches and Wonders Geneva crowns itself as the world's preeminent global watch fair, with zealous security to match

CONTEMPORARY ALCHEMY

At the very edge of watchmaking, we find the art of turning powdered oxides into synthetic crystals, and complicated marriages of two (or more) materials. This is the world of composites and sapphire crystal, and it is getting colourful