Author: Blake Buettner
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Rolex Celebrates 70 Years of the GMT with New 126729VTNR with Green Cerachrom Dial
After some debate, Rolex informed us last year that the brand would formally recognize 2025 as an anniversary year for their GMT-Master collection. Little did we know that Rolex had other big plans for this year (more on that over here), but indeed they have released a special GMT-Master II in honor of the anniversary.…
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IWC Debuts New Ingenieur Sizes, Materials, & Complications
IWC is leaning into their modern Ingenieur collection in a big way this year with no less than six new references being released today in Geneva to kick off Watches & Wonders 2025. The headliner is a perpetual calendar in a steel 41 case, bringing IWC’s unique take on the complication back into an Ingenieur…
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Rolex Debuts the Dynapulse Escapement with Caliber 7135 and New Land-Dweller Collection
It’s not often we see a wholly new model released by Rolex. The Sky-Dweller was the last to bring a novel feature to life in 2012, and the 1908 brought a new caliber to life in 2023. This year, we’re seeing the introduction of an entirely new collection called the Land-Dweller, featuring a new case…
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Zenith Caliber 135 Returns with New GFJ
Zenith is celebrating their 160th anniversary this year, and they’ve taken the opportunity to bring back the renowned caliber 135 (once again) within a new framework named for the brand’s founder, Georges Favre-Jacot. The new watch is the GFJ, and it brings a modern vision of the iconic caliber 135 to life for a second…
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New Baltic Scalegraph is Comfortable On the Road or In the Water
French brand Baltic is celebrating their third year of involvement in the historic Tour Auto as the official timekeeper, and this year we’re getting a new evolution of their hand-wound chronograph called the Scalegraph. The watch retains much of the sporting identity that Baltic have crafted with these watches since the first Tricompax released in…
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Sartory-Billard Teams Up with Studio Underd0g to Create SB05 Sunfl0wer
Studio Underg0g continues their impressive run of collaborations this week with a new watch done in partnership with bespoke watchmaker Sartory-Billard. The watch is a stunning expression of the ethos of both brands, bringing to life a sunflower themed design through a grain guilloche pattern rendered in deep purple and gold, a familiar palette to…
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Hamilton Watch Makes Unexpected Appearance in Death Stranding 2 Trailer
Kojima Productions’ highly anticipated follow up to the 2019 hit Death Stranding, received an official release date this weekend via one of the most dramatic and unhinged video game trailers ever produced. The new game, which is titled Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, features an impressive cast of familiar faces, including Norman Reedus, Léa…
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Seiko Celebrates 60 Years of Dive Watches with New Marinemaster SLA081
Seiko is releasing a trio of new dive watches this week in celebration of 60 years since the 62MAS was introduced. There always seems to be an anniversary of some sort for Seiko to celebrate, and in addition to the new divers, they also released a modern King Seiko Vanac collection, which you can read…