Category: News
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Universal Genève Officially Launches with New Compax, Polerouter, & More
Three years after announcing their intention to return under new ownership, Universal Genève has officially launched with a full house of watches within five distinct collections. There are some expected, even familiar faces in the mix, along with a few surprises, totaling a comprehensive introduction to the modern face of Universal Genève. We’ve seen special…
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Porsche Design Chronograph 1 Embraces Titanium
Last year, Porsche Design released a ‘raw’ uncoated version of their Chronograph 1 design, a nod to a similar variation released in 1975. The look represents a departure from the iconic all-black PVD that has largely defined the watch, but it should come as no surprise that it works just as well. It’s a great…
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Cleguer Horology Inspiration One Souscription Debuts Novel Escapement Design
It’s not often that we get a new escapement design, rarer still to have it serve within the debut release from a new brand. That’s exactly what we find from Cleguer Horology and their Inspiration One Souscription, which boasts an innate escapement, falling somewhere between a natural and a Fasoldt escapement. The creator of the…
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Baltic Tackles the World Timer in New Heures du Monde
Baltic has released a new collection this week dubbed the Heures du Monde, a world timer design that is launching with a trio of stone dial configurations within a 37mm steel case. In typical Baltic fashion, the watch captures a certain old world charm without relying on a single design from the past. That said,…
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(Live Pics) Longines Introduces New Generation of Hydroconquest Diver
The Longines Hydroconquest is getting a long-awaited new generation this week, bringing the delightfully odd design first established with the Hydroconquest GMT into the time and date diver. The new collection launches in both 39mm and 42mm sizes across six different colorways, and while much of the exterior is new, inside remains the L888 movement…
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Omega Constellation Observatory Achieves Two-Handed Master Chronometry
Omega has revealed a new Constellation collection called the Observation with a design that takes the watch back to its pie-pan dial roots. In the looks department, at least. With the new watch comes a pair of new master chronometer automatic movements, and just how they achieved that status is a big part of the…
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Citizen Celebrates 50 Years of Eco-Drive with New Photon
In 1976, Citizen introduced the Quartz Crystron Solar Cell, a wonderfully funky design that housed what would evolve into their Eco-Drive technology. This year marks the 50th anniversary of that momentous watch, and Citizen is celebrating with a unique new pair of Photon watches constructed from the brand’s proprietary Super Titanium material. The Photon represents…
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Squale Captures Classic Skin Diver Magic in New Sub 37
Squale is releasing a new Sub platform this week with a 37mm silhouette meant to recall “the original size of serious diving.” Hyperbole aside, this is a tidy representation of the brand’s most distilled take on the genre, bringing a welcome dose of focus to a stable that includes over a dozen collections of divers…