Mühle-Glashütte specialize in nautical instruments, and even their everyday watches reveal this influence. The 29er Zeigerdatum is named after a class of racing dinghies, and its colours and textile strap give it a distinctly nautical appearance. Instead of a date window, this model has the banker’s date layout, with a crescent-shaped hand. Hour and minute…
The Teutonia III Handaufzug Kleine Sekunde by Mühle-Glashütte is a very classical men’s watch, with the fluted bezel, chemin de fer minute track and small seconds subdial that give it an unmistakable historical look. The enamel dial is made with five successive layers of lacquer, each carefully polished. The blued Breguet hands coordinate with the…
This three-hand watch by Mühle-Glashütte is just that, a three-hand watch, but it has something extra: 300 metres water resistance, waterproof to the same degree as diving watches. This makes the ProMare Datum very tough and ready for any outdoor adventures. The hour and minute hands, and the hour indices, are coated in SuperLuminova for…
A watch with a genuine period flavour can look impressive and has the advantage that it can never go out of style… it’s already out of style by definition. This sort of operation can produce excellent results in terms of sales, as demonstrated by watches such as the IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days edition, launched…
The Solo family represents the entry-level for Bremont pilot’s watches. It has now been extended with these two classic pilot’s watches, with black or white dial. The difference with respect to the existing Solo pieces is the case and bezel, now available in polished steel. The Solo case is in steel that is specially hardened…
These watches were born from popular request. Bremont received feedback that women liked their classic pilots watches and so they have now introduced three 32mm models specifically for the female audience. As is customary for the British brand, no compromise: mechanical movements, COSC chronometer certification that guarantees precision, hardened steel case with excellent toughness and…
Bremont and Martin-Baker are both British companies, and both have close links to aviation. Martin-Baker make ejector seats used in fighter jets, and in 2016 they will reach the figure of 7,500 lives saved using their technology (two short as at February 2016). They asked Bremont to make a “definitive aviation watch” in 2007, tough…
The DS-1 by Certina has been completely reworked, and the style of the pieces launched at Baselworld 2016 reflects 1960s watches. Available in several versions, DS-1 is an attractive three-hand watch, at prices ranging from €665 to €745. The principal features of their design are the domed dial with sunray finish, triangular hour markers, faceted…
Mini, because the case diameter has been reduced from the original 55 mm of the B-Uhr specification to 45 mm. But the Mini-Replica by Laco is still a large and impressive watch, with dark sandblasted finish and anti-fingerprint coating. The ordnance number FL 23883 is engraved on the caseband. Differently to the orginal B-Uhr, this…
This is a new pilot’s watch by Laco presented at Baselworld 2016. The piece is 42 mm in diameter, and its principal characteristic is that dial and stainless steel case have been specially treated to give them an aged look. They are very convincing, with marks of oxidation on the solid caseback, and a dial…
One of the trends at Baselworld 2016 is for so-called Heritage watches, based on pocket watch designs from the early 20th century. These often have bold Arabic numerals in gold and a small seconds subdial at 6 o’clock; several brands have introduced pilot’s watches in the same pattern. There are some traditional brands that have…
If you like Panerai watches but don’t like their prices, Rado‘s new HyperChrome 1616 offers the same sort of style at a fraction of the cost. Its cushion shape and prominent crown protector contribute to its distinctive looks. This piece is a new version of the brand’s Cape Horn collection, and it has a large,…
Tangente by NOMOS Glashütte has been a favourite since 1992, loved for the purity of its Deutscher Werkbund-inspired dials and its in-house movements. Up until now, Tangente has had a hand-wound movement. Now it is available with a new automatic calibre, DUW 3001, slim and with a chronometer-level of precision. The dial is pure perfection,…
The Senator Excellence is one of Glashütte Original‘s new product launches for Baselworld 2016, but it is much more than just three new references including a classic pilot’s watch design. Its new Calibre 36 movement incorporates a lot of research and development, and it will become the foundation of a whole new series of watches.…
Bryan Ferry worked with Edouard Meylan, CEO of H. Moser & Cie, on this watch, and it bears its signature at the base of the dial, in the place of the usual “SWISS MADE”. The collaboration produced a beautiful watch that looks fabulous on the wrist. The design is very classical, based on H. Moser…
Giuliano Mazzuoli has spent his entire life in the countryside near Florence, and he has always retained a sort of fierce independence that is possibly a characteristic of the Tuscan people. His first watch Manometro was inspired by a pressure gauge, and this was followed by other pieces prompted by car dashboard instruments, and a…
Montblanc’s entry-level three-hand watch in the 4810 collection, presented in 2016, is competitively priced at €2,690. It is competing with brands such as Baume & Mercier with their Classima (which is about €600 cheaper). With respect to the previous versions of this watch, the bezel is narrower, and the minutes scale and SuperLuminova dots are…
This is a curious concept, two Panerai watches sold together as a set, at the price of €19,900. The two watches are symmetrical, one with the crown on the left-hand side of the case, the other with the crown on the right-hand side. The continuous seconds subdial is also symmetrically opposite in the two models.…
The Resilience was first launched in 2012, and in 2016 Peter Speake-Marin has introduced it with a black dial, in his signature 42 mm Piccadilly case in red gold. The black enamel dial has gold-coloured Arabic numerals and the Speake-Marin topping-tool logo above the numeral 6. The PVD gold-plated hands are in the Speake-Marin “Foundation”-style.…
Autodromo is a brand founded in Brooklyn by Bradley Price, industrial designer with a passion for motoring and more specifically, Italian cars such as Alfa Romeo and Lancia. Even the name evokes the motor-racing circuit at Monza, location of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix. After the 2014 Autodromo Stradale, an automatic watch based on…