If you’re looking for a watch brand that offers something a little different, British firm Bremont might be just the ticket. Put through its paces and wholeheartedly endorsed by professional mountain athlete, National Geographic photographer, and Academy Award-winning film director Jimmy Chin, Bremont is a watchmaker that’s been up and down more sheer rock faces
What’s the return policy likely to be on a watch after 45 million years? I only ask because that’s how long IWC Schaffhausen promises its new Portugieser Eternal Calendar’s moon phase will remain accurate. And in the off chance that turns out not to be the case, well, someone’s likely to have egg on their
Five collectors pick the vintage watches they would most love to see reissued. In fashion, the next thing is the best thing. But the backbone of the Swiss watch industry is heritage, which explains why vintage reissues make up the bulk of new releases. What’s tried and true becomes new again with fresh materials and
This year Watches and Wonders Geneva added a third public day — and here are some of the new timepieces visitors have been seeing. Until last year, the Watches and Wonders Geneva watch fair was closed to the public. Brands, retailers, media and some V.V.I.P. s were granted entry, but regular watch buyers? Would-be watch
The watchmakers Dominique Renaud and Julien Tixier introduce the first piece from their new brand. Entering the atelier of the watchmaker Julien Tixier in Switzerland’s Vallée de Joux, one must navigate carefully past high benches filled to the brim with equipment such as decades-old lathes, drilling machines, grinders, cutters and high-tech devices, plus spaces dedicated