Jaeger-LeCoultre

MELB Holding (also the owner of H. Moser & Cie.) decided to relaunch the brand with a new collection in 2022. The most striking watch in 2022 was the Linear Series 1. In 2023 @ W&W they presented - amongst other releases - the Linear Series 2 (this is my

The new wave of independents is strong. The new Vanguart ORB, impressive. 180 000 CHF IN TITANIUM

As is the way these past 5+ years, I receive random emails with press releases. For now, I will post a selection of photos, and we can revisit later (usually by the time I get a post up, 5 members have already shared all the details anyways!!). John Mayer

This is the beautiful pink dial Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch. The case size is 33 mm in steel and slender at 9.96 mm. A stylish fluted crown set with a synthetic cabochon-shaped spinel, Roman numerals and blued-steel sword-shaped hands complete this insta

Even though I share some of your enthusiasm, I will personally not pull the trigger on this one, nor on the 1860, both of which I have tried on at W&W where they were presented to me by the late and great Jose Garcia. Let me explain precisely why. 1/

But I'm not sure that it would work as well with the XPS as with the Flying Tourbillon, as the small seconds subdial isn't positioned as low on the dial as the Tourbillon hole: the XPS has a half-index at 6, whereas the Tourbillon hasn't. And the bezel of

but the dial isn't enamel and the indexes are applied. It's "ultra thin" (7,45mm) and manual-winding (3Hz & 100h pr). As for the Carrousel, it seems to be a different complication than the Flying Tourbillon: Blancpain has a model which has both of the

I still struggle to fully understand and appreciate this complication and would very much like to know what you think of the caliber 242 designed for Blancpain by Vincent Calabrese. I personally love it because it's a flying tourbillon and because it give

This watch has some impressive stats: - only 8mm thick - 100m water resistant - 65 hour power reserve - COSC certified - Poinçon de Genève The Royal Oak RD#3 came out around the same time, also a slim flying tourbillon. Let's compare for fun. - 8.1mm thic

I thought I wasn’t attracted at all to gem set watches, until some Chopard red carpet editions (with and without flying tourbillon) were presented to me: I was each time surprised by how I found them nice even though I didn’t feel I would want to wear the