The complete calendar watch, also known as full calendar or quantième complet, provides date, day, and month, and sometimes moon phase as well. But it doesn’t take into account the differing lengths of months, and neither the leap year cycle.
Open heart watches have an aperture on the dial showing the balance. It’s part of the romantic side of mechanical watches, comparing the balance with the heart of a human body. The list is in ascending price order.
An interview with Peter Speake-Marin on his new brand Stoic World, which has presented three watches hallmarked by good design and affordable prices.
Here is a selection of some of the most interesting new pilot’s watches launched for 2018. They are in ascending price order.
Stoic World is a new project by Peter Speake-Marin, and one of its first watches is this classic pilot’s watch, with a self-winding Seiko movement, and a 38 mm case with a 100-metre water resistance rating. All at an affordable price: $390.
We know that Gareth Southgate is having a considerable effect on waistcoat sales in the UK – up 35%, say Marks & Spencer, official suppliers to the England team. His sharply-styled navy blue suit, worn with just the waistcoat over a light blue shirt and a regimental tie in the England colours – has made…
What do watches have in common with sex? A semi-serious look at the different levels of watch sexiness, from the virtuous modesty of Rolex to the full-frontal nudity of Roger Dubuis.