Introducing the new Certina DS Action Diver
March 2022
The 43-mm diver’s watch scores high with its timelessly elegant design, water resistance to 300 metres, and a modern automatic movement with anti-magnetic (…)
Discovering a new version of Hamilton’s PSR
March 2022
Featuring the same space-age contours and bright red dot matrix display as the Hamilton Pulsar when it debuted in 1970, the PSR pays tribute to the (…)
Certina presents the new DS-2 Powermatic 80
March 2022
The path of history is marked with names and dates at significant points along the way. In the records of Swiss watchmaker Certina, the year 1968 marks one (…)
Omega joins satellite clean-up mission
January 2022
Omega has joined forces with ClearSpace in support of their landmark mission to remove dangerous debris from space.
Mido launches the Baroncelli Lady Twenty Five
January 2022
Mido’s new Baroncelli Lady Twenty Five features a delicate 25 mm-diameter steel case that provides the backdrop to a midnight blue dial, illuminated by 12 (…)
Swatch’s new plastic
INNOVATION
December 2021
In 2020, Swatch began converting its collections to use a new bio-sourced plastic derived from castor oil. This new plastic is also combined with ceramic to (…)
Breguet’s flexible hands: when innovation becomes poetry
REINE DE NAPLES
December 2021
Watch hands are rigid by nature and describe a perfect circle. And so the first watches were quite naturally round and the vast majority of them are still (…)
Silicon: the gateway to the future of mechanical watches?
INNOVATION
December 2021
In autumn 2022, the patent protecting the industrial production of silicon balance springs will enter the public domain. In the view of many players, (…)
“Quartz is back in force at Tissot”
INTERVIEW
December 2021
The giant from Le Locle is seeing strong growth in its electronic output for the first time in several years, thanks to the success of its PRX model. It’s a (…)
Behind the scenes: Omega’s R&D in the 21st century
INNOVATION
December 2021
Co-Axial escapement, silicon balance spring, 18K Sedna gold: while continuing to draw inspiration from the 1950s, Omega has fully revamped both the calibres (…)
Swatch goes back to 1984 in Bioceramic
October 2021
With its latest 1984 Reloaded collection, the brand looks to its roots for inspiration and combines a set of its original and most coveted 1984 designs with (…)
An introduction to Balmain’s new Ophrys collection
July 2021
Balmain has combined the technical elements of ceramic with ground-breaking colour to create Ophrys, a new women’s collection inspired by dive-style (…)
