Do you feel like the Patek Philippe Nautilus is taking the fun out of watches? You know the feeling; breathless social media hype, endless discussion of price – and only price – with almost no oxygen left to acknowledge that other watches and brands exist. Basically,...
The 2021 Zenith Chronomaster Sport is here, and I’m ready to discuss the most controversial new watch of 2021. Make no mistake, from the moment press photos of this machine hit the web, the name of a famous Geneva-built chronograph was on the lips of every watch...
In 2018, Cartier redesigned the long-running “Santos de Cartier” and delivered something approaching the perfect all-around watch. And in 2021, that Santos still does it all; a sports watch and a dress watch; a modern watch and a vintage homage; a bracelet watch that...
In general, the watches to buy are the ones overlooked by the mainstream and forsaken by hype. While countless sheep fret over same six or seven overexposed models from roughly four brands, great opportunities exist just off the beaten path. Patek Philippe is known...
TAG Heuer’s Carrera McLaren MP4-12C is the best way to score a Richard Mille RM011-03 McLaren for under $8,000. Not only do both watches sport McLaren’s ubiquitous corporate orange in abundance, but they share the same complications – and the same actual complication...
The current Rolex Milgauss is the most interesting watch Rolex offers. Despite its lack of complication, the antimagnetic Rolex exudes character, charisma, and elan often missing on the sober mainstream models of watchmaking’s most famous brand. While neither...
The Vacheron Constantin Overseas Self-Winding is today’s best high-luxury sports watch. Since its 2016 redesign, the basic Overseas automatic has overtaken the long-dominant chronograph to become the clear star among Vacheron’s sports segment models, and this is the...
The Jaeger LeCoultre Amvox 2 should be remembered as the most innovative chronograph of the 2000s. More than its defining chronograph innovation, the Amvox 2 was the high-water mark of the JLC-Aston Martin “Amvox” watch series and a rare example of car-watch branding...
Laurent Ferrier’s Galet Micro-Rotor probably isn’t on your shopping list, but it should be. Any watch collector considering H. Moser & Cie., F.P. Journe, or even Romain Gauthier needs to put Ferrier back on the shopping list for 2021. Ignore the company’s...
The modern Omega PloProf is misunderstood. As the weirdest of the current Omega Seamaster sports watch line, the Seamaster 1200M wrongly finds itself consigned to novelty duty, new-old-stock, or – occasionally – Costco cases. All of this is a shame, because the reborn...
Titanium isn’t a thing a Rolex. For the most part, the brand from Geneva leaves ceramic, titanium, and steel-titanium hybrids to its sister brand, Tudor. But the Rolex Deepsea Sea Dweller is an exception to Rolex corporate orthodoxy, and it’s the one place where watch...
De Bethune of L’Auberson, Switzerland is the most underrated brand in watchmaking. No other outfit is guided by De Bethune’s laser-like focus on technical innovation or its fixation – to a fault – on engineering and basic research and development. No other watch brand...
Breitling – the entire brand – deserves more respect from watch collectors. Despite a few years in the wilderness, the brand from Grenchen today boasts an appealing combination of competitive products and heritage to measure up against any rival. The current and...
