Rolex Resurrects Its Legendary “Big Frying Pan” Padellone After 70 Years With Meteorite Moons
: Its moons are carved from actual meteorite, and yes, they have faces.
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Stark’s 80-HP Varg SM Sköll Goes Full Blackout and Titanium in Honor of a Norse Wolf
Everything went black except the chain, and Stark left it gold on purpose.
Review: Tudor’s New Monarch Might Be the Boldest Watch of Its First Century
An elevated daily wearer unlike anything else in the catalog.
Auctions: Six Observations From Sotheby’s September 18 Hong Kong Sale
Ready or not, auction season is back. I don't know about you, but I wasn't expecting it so soon. While the auction cycle is generally synced up for Geneva and New York sales a bit later in the fall, Sotheby's is doing the earliest big sale of the fall with "Important Watches" in Hong Kong…
Introducing: The Rolex Perpetual Padellone [Hands-On, Live Pics, Video, Technical Brief, Competition, & Personal Thoughts]
It's a watch that has been long-awaited: Rolex has just announced the new Perpetual Padellone—a very classic and technically impressive instantaneous annual calendar with moonphase. The new release comes three years after the launch of the 1908, which replaced the discontinued Cellini collection and introduced the Perpetual line. Now, that new collection goes in a…
Introducing: Supernova Serena Williams Gets Her Own Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
Serena Williams has been playing professional tennis since 1995. In the decades since, she has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, but perhaps more importantly, she has broken through barriers of race, age, and background while upending tennis's traditional dress codes. Clothes, and by extension accessories, have always been part of that story. In 2022,…
Introducing: The IWC Ingenieur 50th Anniversary Limited Editions (Live Pics)
What We Know Today, to mark 50 years of Gérald Genta's Ingenieur SL design, IWC has released two limited-edition modern Ingenieur revival models in stainless steel. Both versions feature the same new dial design in the main 40mm size and a smaller 35mm case. It's a tribute to IWC's slice of Genta history, a throwback…
In-Depth – The new Rolex Perpetual Padellone, The Return of an Icon now with Annual Calendar and Dynapulse (Incl. Video)
It is not often that Rolex introduces a new watch outside of the industry’s main exhibition, Watches and Wonders (or Baselworld before it). In fact, in recent years, it has only happened on very rare occasions, such as the release of the Daytona Le Mans, the record-breaking Deepsea Challenge in titanium or the Deepsea D-Blue…
First Look – Get Your Kicks with the New MeisterSinger Edition Route 66 as It Marks a Century on the Open Road
MeisterSinger has built most of its catalogue around unhurried, single-hand time-reading. The brand’s latest special edition enters a faster lane, where key indications like the car’s speed are shown with just one hand on traditional displays. Route 66, officially opened in 1926, celebrates its centenary, and MeisterSinger marks the occasion with a limited edition inspired…
First Look – Chopard Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of its 1976 Icon with the Happy Diamonds Heritage
A true child of its time, Chopard’s 1976 Happy Diamonds watch captured the spirit of the decade, a period marked by rebellion against rigid traditions, the rise of disco culture and a shift towards ready-to-wear luxury. Breaking away from traditional static diamond settings, Chopard’s Happy Diamonds were liberated from metal claws and allowed to spin…