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The new RM 65-01 is the most complex timepiece ever to leave the Richard Mille workshops

December 22, 2020 by Editorial Team

A tour of Richard Mille’s most complicated automatic calibre Richard Mille Debuts RM 65-01 – Richard Mille’s most complicated watch The new RM 65-01 watch from Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille is a highly complex sports timepiece designed for everyday use and for any situation. The chronograph was subject to a battery of rigorous … Read more

Discreet luxury can be versatile too: Bulgari Aluminium Chronograph and Octo Finissimo S Blue Dial

December 18, 2020 by Editorial Team

What a luxury object and sport watch can be: Bulgari Aluminium Chronograph crafted in aluminium and rubber The new Bvlgari Aluminium watch 2020 reignites the fire lit back in 1998 by the first-generation models. More than 20 years have gone by, it has remained vibrantly alive in watchmaking memory. Flashback: in 1998, Bvlgari … Read more

Berluti’s iconic Venezia patina on Hublot Big Bang Unico Berluti Cold Brown

November 17, 2020 by Editorial Team

Initiated four years ago, the collaboration between Berluti and the Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot has given life to a series of unique watches. The Hublot Big Bang Unico Berluti Cold Brown watch fuses the heritage of the men’s fashion house Berluti, the vision of its creative Director Kris Van Assche and the mastery … Read more

The new IWC Top Gun watch will withstand the extreme strain that pilots experience in supersonic jets

November 3, 2020October 16, 2020 by Editorial Team

A timepiece is still an essential piece of a pilot’s gear. This new Chronograph from IWC will withstand the brutality of a fighter jet.

IWC Schaffhausen complements its TOP GUN range of Pilot’s Watches with the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph TOP GUN Edition “SFTI”.

IWC Pilot’s watch Chronograph Top Gun Edition in black Ceramic and Ceratanium is limited to 1500 pieces. It is made with extraordinarily robust materials to withstand the extreme strain that pilots experience in the cockpit of supersonic jets like the F/A-18 Super Hornet.

The new watch from IWC takes inspiration from the “Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor” watch, which was created in 2018 in honor of the US Naval Aviation Community and is available only for TOPGUN graduates. Thanks to the combination of a black ceramic case with a Ceratanium case back and pushers, the sporty chronograph boasts a tactical, matte black design code. IWC is the only watchmaker to hold the license for the Top Gun name from the US Navy.

The first all-black model on a military green strap.

“From the day I started at IWC–October 2006, so 14 years ago–I was absolutely determined that we wanted to be a proper part of the Naval Aviation community and build a working relationship with those pilots who are the most qualified pilots in the world with the most flight experience on a day to day basis,” explained IWC CEO Christoph Grainger-Herr.

Ticking away inside the sturdy case is the IWC-manufactured 69380 calibre. The robust chronograph movement in classic column-wheel design ensures precise timekeeping and the measurement of stopwatch times of up to 12 hours. Another function is a date and weekday display. The sporty timepiece is fitted with a green textile strap.

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The TOP GUN line has been part of IWC’s Pilot’s Watch collection since 2007. In just over a decade, TOP GUN references have become a symbol of modern flight and “the need for speed”. Watch enthusiast Justin Hast and IWC Museum Curator Dr. David Seyffer take us on a high-altitude cruise through the history of the TOP GUN watch line in IWC youtube’s latest installment of “Time Flies”. Discover this adventurous journey and all technical details of the chosen timepieces presented with IWC’s two watch enthusiasts.

Why reinterpret watches from the past? Audemars Piguet [Re]master01 has the answer

July 17, 2020 by Editorial Team

A contemporary watch that evokes the past

The Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet opened its doors a month ago. The Audemars Piguet museum explores the luxury watchmaking manufacture history through over 300 watches, each telling a unique story from the Swiss brand’s past. The luxury house is celebrating the milestone with [Re]master01 Selfwinding Chronograph. This limited edition of 500 pieces evokes the highly distinctive design attributes of the original chronograph wristwatch from 1943, with its two-tone steel and pink gold case enhanced with a champagne dial.

Audemars Piguet [Re]master01 Selfwinding Chronograph unites 1940’s design with contemporary technology, visible through a new sapphire crystal caseback. The design of the watch is very esoteric and unusual. The dial has so much character and so much life. According to Audemars Piguet’s François-Henry Bennahmias, “you can see the humanity throughout the watch.”

When the watch came up in 1943 it was a unique watch. Because Audemars Piguet never made a serie actually before 1951. Every single watch was unique.The high-end brand’s goal was to re-adapt completely the vibe from 1943 and bring it to 2020.

Faithful to the original design language of pre-model 1533 from 1943, [Re]master01 features a round case and lugs in stainless steel, enhanced by a bezel, oliveshaped pushers and chamfered crown in 18-carat pink gold. The teardrops lugs highlight the two-tone case’s harmonious curve, while the very thin bezel provides unobstructed view on the dial’s detailed work. The case has been meticulously polished by hand.

The case’s two-tone polished aesthetics is complemented by a satin-brushed gold-toned dial enriched with black transferred hour-markers, pink gold hour, minute and seconds hands, blue chronograph hands and a blue transferred tachymetric scale. Although the dial design has retained the original timepiece’s classic features and Art Deco-inspired numerals, the watch’s enlarged 40 mm diameter ensures better legibility fit for a contemporary use.

Similarly to the 1943 wristwatch, [Re]master01 features the signature “Audemars Piguet & Co Genève” on the dial. From around 1885 to the mid1970s, AP had a workshop in Geneva to be closer to end clients and facilitate distribution within Europe and beyond. When APstarted to sign its watches in the early 20th century, the city of Geneva was frequently mentioned on the dial.

[Re]master01 is equipped with the Manufacture’s newest generation of selfwinding chronograph mechanism: an integrated chronograph with column wheel and flyback function.

According to Hodinkee, “this is one of the better releases I’ve seen over the last year. It’s beautiful, it’s technically impressive, and it’s a watch that contains a lot of stories and history in a wearable, not-too-fussy package. If you’re looking for a high-end chronograph that’s a little bit different than the usual suspects, this is your watch.”

Gender Neutral Millennial Pink: A new approach to timekeeping by Garage Italia x Hublot

July 20, 2020July 13, 2020 by Editorial Team

Pink – this pink – expresses a gentle, inclusive and confident approach to life. The new Big Bang Millennial Pink, available with two straps, sets the tone: made from modern, lightweight aluminium, a unisex and monochrome material, anodised, satin-finished and through-tinted millennial pink.

Hublot Big Bang Millennial Pink gender neutral watch 2020; @Hublot

Hublot is particularly proud of the luxury watchmaking maison’s ability to innovate and to be different. This new 2020 BigBang Millennial Pink that co-created with Lapo Elkann from Garage Italia sits perfectly within this pioneering vision.

This new Big Bang from Hublot, christened Millennial Pink, is designed in collaboration with Garage Italia and Lapo Elkann.According to the Swiss luxury watchmaking manufacture, Millennial Pink is “more than a watch, it is a state of mind. Gender Neutral.”

For some, it is powder pink or pastel; for others, a subtle blend of beige and salmon, apricot and grapefruit. Intriguing and undefinable, Millennial Pink takes its place today as a pink which is not in the exclusive realm of women, nor that of men, but truly a symbol of a completely new generation. This special hue marks a seismic shift that will change the status quo: established traditional values are being reconsidered through a lens of positivity.

Its 42-mm case sets the tone: made from modern, lightweight aluminium, a unisex and monochrome material, anodised, satin-finished and through-tinted millennial pink. This technical feat has been made possible thanks to research undertaken by Hublot’s engineers. This highly specific colour is obtained by anodisation, a process which both protects and decorates a part, and which has the advantage of giving the case and its components the desired pastel shade combined with remarkable resistance to scratches and impacts. Its proportions ensure it sits perfectly on any wrist. Gender Neutral. The Unico chronograph manufacture movement, boasting a 72-hour power reserve, has a chronograph mechanism on the dial side and a column wheel.

“Our expertise in materials technology has enabled us to create a unique colour for this watch, Millennial Pink, symbolic of the world available to us, in its constant state of flux,” explained Ricardo Guadalupe, CEO of HUBLOT.

“At Garage Italia, we want to be part of a world where the character of every person is defined by their love of life and their inclusivity, rather than by their power or their superiority. More than simply a product, we want to create something which represents a positive change.” – Lapo Elkann, FOUNDER & CREATIVE CHAIRMAN of GARAGE ITALIA.