The new 2017 edition of the IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Annual Calendar reference IW502706 is very similar to the 2016 edition dedicated to Le Petit Prince, except that the dial is now tobacco brown, there is an A for Antoine on the dial, and the oscillating weight is in the shape of Antoine de Saint…
With their large conical crown, classic dial design and riveted leather strap, these two new Big Pilot’s watches by IWC have an authentic look, close to the original 1940s IWC pilot’s watch, reference 431 (scroll down for photo). The IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Heritage is in two versions, IW501004 with a titanium case, and IW501005…
Bravur is a brand based in Stockholm, Sweden, with a manufacturing unit in Båstad. It was founded in 2011 by industrial designers Magnus Äppelryd and Johan Sahlin. Up until now they had made quartz watches with a distinctive minimalist design. They have now introduced BW003, their first mechanical watch, with a Swiss-made movement. At the…
The new Chopard Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph is made in two versions, for men and women, with two dial sizes and different colours. They all have a movement that is not made in-house, but in any case COSC-certified. They are lower-cost versions of the spectacular Chopard Mille Miglia Classic XL, and they share a lot…
IWC has presented three new pilot’s watches that will be available from November 2017. The most accessible is the Pilot’s Watch Mark XVIII, in a titanium case for the first time. In design, it is very close to IWC’s 1940 Big Pilot’s Watch, the legendary reference 431 (scroll down for photo) that was 55 mm…
Company profile: Fendi began its story in Rome in 1925, a fur and leather shop run by Adele and Edoardo Fendi. From 1946 on, ther five daughters Paola, Anna, Franca, Carla and Alda joined the business. Anna’s daughter Silvia Venturini Fendi joined the company in 1994 and is now Creative Director for Accessories and Men’s…
The new Fendi IShine is a jewellery watch with an interesting basic concept: rotating the crown changes the stones displayed between the hour markers on the dial. There are three different sets of stones: white topaz, pink and red gradient topaz, and black spinels, set around a central dial section in faceted mother-of-pearl. The crown…
The new IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month is a spectacular perpetual calendar chronograph. One of the four new Ingenieur watches introduced in September 2017, like the other three it has elements from the very first Ingenieur, model 666A introduced in 1955, such as the circular case, simple dial and the layout of hour markers…