image

An introduction to my 2023 Watches and Wonders visit.

amanico
Avatar
Let me start with a disclaimer. I could only attend the Watch Event for 28 hours, so I didn't have the time I used to have before. 

Still, I could visit most of the booths, so I decided to make a selection of what I found interesting. This is just my personal selection, here, and not an exhaustive review of all the watches introduced this year. 

First of all, the brands which let me cold, this year: 

- Panerai: Nothing for me.

- Vacheron: Idem. 

- Tag Heuer: They introduced the Cerrera 60th Anniversary has been introduced before W and W. Nothing else interested me. 

- Cartier: Not this year. 

- Zenith: Niente, nothing, rien, nada... 

- Patek; The 5316P with its dark transparent dial is something, but at 900, 000 Euros, well... 

none

- Rolex: The Yacht Master Titanium.  Great idea to choose titanium for this watch, but now it is even closer to the Submariner and looses its Yacht Master personality, in my opinion. 

none

- Parmigiani: Nothing for me, this year, unless I missed  something. 

- Lange & Sohne: I love this brand, but the Odysseus Chronograph... Well, I prefer to wait for my lawyer and stay silent. 

Now the watches I reviewed and will review: 

1/ Jaeger Lecoultre : A Reverso year, so far, with more evolutions than revolutions.

- The Tribute Duoface Tourbillon: 

none

The Review: 


- The Hybris Artistica Cal 179: An artistic version of an extraordinary watch.


none

The Review: 


Now the reviews I will post: 

- The Reverso Tribute Small Seconds. Some are quite interesting ( steel white and rose gold black dial )

none

none

- The Reverso Tribute Chronograph: An Homage to the Reverso Chronograph in rose gold from 1996 and to the Reverso Gran Sport from the very early 2000's. 
none
2/ Ulysse Nardin: The Freak One. A real Freak, but not my favorite, though: 

none

The review: 


3/ Chopard. Three reviews I will post: 

The Alpine Eagle 41 XPS, one of the true stars of this show.  One of my very favorites. 

none

The LUC 1860 Lucent Steel, another marvel. 

none

And the LUC 1963 Heritage Chronograph: 

none

4/ Ferdinand Berthoud: I will post a review on some of their watches, including the FB3 SPC: 

none

5/ Montblanc. Two  Minerva marvels, with the: 

- Unveiled Secret aged steel, an evolution from last year offer: 

none

- the unveiled Timekeeper in lime gold and in steel, which is an interesting and original novelty: 

none

none

6/ Angelus with one iteration, the Chronodate,

none

And a very interesting Chronographe Médical, in collaboration with Massena Lab.:

none

7/ Arnold and Son. A brand I always wanted to know more about and which I like for a long time. 

- The Double Tourbillon in white gold with malachite or aventurine dial: 

none

none

- And the Ultrathin Tourbillon, in rose gold: 

none

8/ Tudor Black Bay GMT Opaline. A new dial for a now famous model. 

none

So, a total of 16 reviews. 3 already posted, 13 to come. none 

Not the greatest year, Watches and Wonders this year, in my opinion. 

Stay tuned! 

Best,

Nicolas

Comments:
Avatar
m2 April 10th, 2023-15:36
Curious to hear you thoughts on Ferdinand Berthoud, I love all of their designs 
Avatar
amanico April 10th, 2023-15:39
I will post, no problems. I could see the FB 1, the FB 2 and the FB 3. 
Avatar
mahesh April 10th, 2023-16:12
looking forward to this...expensive but mechanically fascinating IMHO esp. the fuse-chain remontoir mechanism is extremely well made.
Avatar
amanico April 10th, 2023-16:13
True, true... ;) 
Avatar
doubleup April 11th, 2023-00:05
That FB is amazing…. 
Avatar
amanico April 11th, 2023-04:10
Yes, it takes some time to dive into their universe, though... 
Avatar
andrea~ April 10th, 2023-15:42
I think Rolex and Cartier were the winners of this year I am also happy with what Ressence did and with that beautiful LUC.
Avatar
amanico April 10th, 2023-15:45
At least we'll have some good and passionate discussions. ;) 
Avatar
andrea~ April 10th, 2023-15:46
that's for sure hahaha 
Avatar
amanico April 10th, 2023-15:46
;) 
0-10-10

Load More Comments




 Next Article
image
amanico
Avatar

While Watches and Wonders is in 3 weeks from now, here is a retrospective on my personal impressions about 2022 Watches and Wonders.

amanico
Avatar
Please allow me to mention two things, as an introduction: I have attended all the SIHH editions since 2005, with the exception of 2020 and 2021 for some well known reasons. Since 2005, I have seen exceptional " cuvées " and watches, and some I would describe as " transitional " or " consolidation " . So, my feelings are very personal and take into account my own experience, which is very subjective. That is a mandatory pinch of salt to be mentioned.


Go to top.

About US | Contact

© 2017 - WatchProZine