Author: Blake Buettner
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Ressence Type 9 IKE Looks to the Future
Ressence continues to embrace their collaborative side with a new Type 9 IKE designed with Japanese artist Terumasa Ikeda. No stranger to working with artists the world over, Ressence has a knack for letting their work speak through the watch itself, without ever feeling like artwork that’s been applied to a watch. As a result,…
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IWC Portugieser Chronograph Welcomes Ceratanium Case
IWC has been relatively reserved with their use of Ceratanium since introducing the proprietary alloy in 2017. The ceramized titanium is notoriously difficult to wield, but its physical and aesthetic properties push it well beyond mere black ceramic. We’ve seen how well it works in the Pilot’s and even Aquatimer collections, and now, for the…
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Krayon Anyday Welcomes Rose Gold Case
The date display is a complication we often take for granted. A small aperture or an arrangement of numbers around the dial with a pointer hand… there’s really only so many ways this information can be conveyed quickly at a glance. With the Krayon Anywhere, we find a new approach, however, and it’s one that…
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Citizen Tsuyosa Gets seconde/seconde/ Treatment
Citizen tapped into something special with their Tsuyosa design when it launched in 2023, and the Japanese brand has expanded the collection with care in the years since. The accessible sport watch with an integrated bracelet design (quite different from the type of Citizen we usually talk about) has welcomed all manner of color, but…
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Richard Mille RM 41-01 Tourbillon Soccer Takes Match Tracking to the Next Level
Richard Mille is taking their relationship with the sport of Soccer to the next level this week with the release of the RM 41-01 Tourbillon Soccer (or Football, if you’d rather), a flyback chronograph featuring two new complications capable of tracking each phase of the game, as well as tracking the score mechanically. The concept…
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Slim d’Hermès Squelette Lune Brings a Different Approach to the Open Dial
Hermès is expanding their Slim d’Hermès Squelette Lune collection with the addition of two new references rendered in titanium and platinum. The watches represent a small step, but a welcome one nonetheless as they methodically expand their openworked vision of the Slim d’Hermès. This is a collection that launched in 2015, though the first openworked…
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Bell & Ross BR-03 Bronze Diver gets Black Dial
Bronze as a material has a deep history of use within diving applications thanks to its resistance to saltwater corrosion, high strength, and durability. It’s commonly found in things like valves and fasteners, but it has appeared in higher profile items like helmets and of course, watches. That said, in the watch game it’s a…
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COSC Introduces New Excellence Chronometer Standard
The Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC) has announced their intention to introduce a new testing standard for the industry this year that will live alongside the original ISO 3159 Certified Chronometer standard that was established in 1976. The new standard will be called ‘Excellency Chronometer’ and not only will it tighten accuracy tolerances, it…