Category: Watches & Wonders 2025
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Hands-On: Hermès Cut Gets Le Temps Suspendu Treatment
Hermès introduced their Cut collection last year in Geneva to a warm reception as a watch that served as a perfect compliment to the existing H08. The French fashion house has since fleshed out the collection with a variety of sizes, and this year we’re getting the Cut Le Temps Suspendu. This is a concept…
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Cartier Privé Reimagines Historic Tank à Guichets
Cartier had another strong year at Watches & Wonders with a focus on their core strengths, including something unexpected in the form of a new Tank à Guichets within the Cartier Privé framework. This digital display was first debuted by the French brand in 1928, and has made sparing appearances in the near century since,…
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Hands-On: Grand Seiko Tentagraph SLGC007
Grand Seiko have always taken a rather unconventional route when it comes to their tool watches. The brand self-imposes a set of rules by which these are designed and developed, and oftentimes it doesn’t exactly jive with the kinds of practical concerns that I typically judge tool watches by. As a result, the brand has…
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The Deep Track Podcast: Ep. 61 – Rolex Dynapulse, Pelagos Ultra, & More with Danny Milton
Watches & Wonders 2025 is in the books, and in this episode I’m joined by Danny Milton to recall some of the biggest releases and news from the show. We talk about the new Land-Dweller from Rolex, and its unique Dynapulse escapement, which Danny had unique access to prior to the show. There was also…
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Hands-On: The Parmigiani Fluerier Toric Quantieme Perpetuel
Parmigiani quietly had another stellar year of releases in Geneva last week, not only bolstering their Tonda collection with new openworked and GMT Rattrapantte models, but also in their still new Toric collection with a pair of new perpetual calendar references. Last year, the new Toric was launched as a reconnection with the brand’s roots,…
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Hands-On: The Vibrant NOMOS Club Sport neomatik Worldtimer Collection
Nomos introduced their innovative worldtimer concept in the Zürich collection back in 2011, and it’s been a staple of the collection ever since, not to mention a perennial enthusiast favorite. Nearly 15 years later, the brand is bringing a new worldtimer concept to the Club collection in a slew of vibrant limited edition colors, and…
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Hands-On: The Curious Rolex Land-Dweller
This is not the year I was expecting from Rolex. At Watches & Wonders this year, Rolex took the rare step of introducing something truly novel, not just in the form of a new collection, but also in a new mechanical movement architecture with something called the Dynapulse escapement (which I offer a brief primer…
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Hands-On: The Rolex GMT-Master II 126729VTNR
This year is the officially recognized 70th anniversary of the Rolex GMT-Master, but you’d never know it by talking to Rolex. The brand celebrated the history of the collection at the 2024 Watches & Wonders show, and this year, they’ve released what could be seen as an anniversary model in the new reference 126729VTNR. The…