Despite its longtime affiliation with pilots’ watches, Breitling counts its vintage-flavored divers’ watch, the Superocean Heritage, among ...
Norqain has announced their latest release, a limited edition, green dialed watch in their Independence collection. Norqain is a relatively new bra ...
I see no need to bury the lede when it comes to Ophion?s OPH 786 Vélos. This watch is outstanding, stunningly beautiful, and one of the most genui ...
As far as contentious Top 5 lists go, this is about as divisive a topic as I can think of. My Top 5 Rolex watches EVER. And yeah, you really do need t ...
There is something magical about salmon-colored dials. It’s not a dial color you see very often, but the love for them amongst enthusiasts is pa ...
This week, I am looking at brands that have designed watches for the Stuttgart-based sports car brand, Porsche. I partly took inspiration from Tomas? ...
A couple years ago, the most in-demand Zodiac watch was a GMT version of its popular retro-revival Super Sea Wolf diving watch series. That came in 20 ...
July has been a rather exciting month because Tudor has finally announced the highly anticipated follow-up to the first Black Bay 58 of 2018. This, an ...
Carl F. Bucherer introduced its Manero Flyback model in 2016 and has rolled out a virtual painter’s palette of colorful variations on the elegan ...
Following up its partnership with mechanical movement manufacturer, Kenissi, the independent Swiss watchmaking brand Norqain is presenting its first t ...
There they are. The delivery guy with that box you?ve been waiting for. Pangs of excitement run down your spine, a touch of fear grips you, but you ...
Ball?s newest watch, the Engineer III Marvelight, is in many ways a ?typical? Ball watch. That?s not a slight, it?s just that the watch seems to ca ...
A tough Casio MQ-30W from the 1980s, a quirky one-hander Zeno Solo from the 1990s, and a promotional “lugless? Audi from the early 2000s. Open y ...
I regard myself as an enthusiastic cynic. I don’t like much, but what I do like, I love. The Norqain independence 20 watch has some elements tha ...
Through the years, we’ve seen many incredible watches. But some of them certainly love the camera more than others do. Cases, colors, reflection ...
Limited to just 50 pieces, this particular version of the Breitling Superocean Heritage II watch was designed in collaboration with Breitling’s ...
Outside of watchmaking, one of Switzerland?s best-known cultural exports is of course gourmet chocolate. Swiss chocolatiers are nearly as famous as th ...
In the span of two short years, young Swiss independent NORQAIN has built an impressive reputation among enthusiasts for its team of major industry pl ...
Following up on the relaunch of its historically rooted, motorsport-inspired Carrera models, TAG Heuer has revisits its sporty divers’ watch, th ...
TAG Heuer has announced new divers in their Aquaracer line that are geared to summer, with colorful and modern designs. The Aquaracer is TAG?s entr ...
As someone with first-hand experience of the Sinn 809, I know all too well that there are plenty of fans of the original who have been calling for ...
Symmetry. Symmetry and balance. Those are the things that leap out from the Sternglas Ivo when you first lay eyes upon it. The big date complication i ...
When it comes to watch design, we often don’t know what we’d like to see next. Sure, we all want to be surprised by something new, somethi ...
Welcome back to our Watch On Your Wrist" Instagram extravaganza! Tag your watch snaps with #fratellowatches to be in with a chance to win! Every ...
There is something intriguing about a watch brand’s collaboration with a clothing company. These two worlds are so close in some ways yet far aw ...
A new Speedmaster release on a Speedy Tuesday! That makes us proud. Here’s the Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon Alinghi. Just like the Speedmas ...
Throughout the haze of confusion that was Spring 2020, there were watch announcements aplenty. Yet many were buried by more pressing news items. The n ...
Exactly 16 years ago, I started Fratello. So it is with great pride, that I announce that we are (again) hiring! We have two open positions (both full ...
The Captain Cook collection has been a tremendous success and is, quite simply, responsible for putting Rado back on the map for many enthusiasts. And ...
Some years, certain brands can do no wrong. And that isn’t to say that I personally adore every single release Seiko has put out this year (I do ...
Ahoy, and welcome back to Wrist Game or Crying Shame where there’s no pop quiz on the direction of port side versus starboard. We will allow for ...
Several years ago, contemporary Brazilian photographer and artist Vik Muniz epigrammatically described why the Lange 1 appealed to him so strongly sin ...
Like Jeeps, GPS, and the Internet, some of today?s popular wristwatch models started out as military projects. Here are five modern timepieces whose a ...
Before it became known as the “Moonwatch,” Omega’s Speedmaster chronograph was designed and engineered for auto racing. In celebrati ...
Vollebak is a design team founded by brothers Nick and Steve Tidball. Their goal as designers is to focus on using science and technology to create ...
Grand Seiko and Watches of Switzerland have teamed up to create a unique retail experience in New York City, and if you?re a watch fan, particularl ...
A new study about watch consumer behavior and e-commerce has come to some important conclusions about how people make decisions when it comes buying w ...
Outside of the traditional heartland in Switzerland, one of the greatest watchmaking centers in Europe is nestled in the small German town of Glashüt ...
With multiple events on the year’s race calendar joining the long list of COVID-related cancellations, it’s been a choppy ride for the 202 ...
A few years ago, it seemed like every new watch was bronze (just like in 2020, every new watch is green). It was definitely a trend, not unlike man ...
The Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback is a timepiece for the cosmopolite, a watch designed to support a big-city life. These models not only celebrate t ...
Jeff Bezos? go-to watch is his relatively cheap Ulysse Nardin Dual Time. Photo: AFP From Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to Mark Zuckerberg, tech billionaire ...
The difference between Richard Mille and every other watch manufacturer that works with brand ?ambassadors? can perhaps best be summed up in a visual ...
For 2020, Swiss Angelus watches welcomes a new CEO with Mr. Bertrand Savary. To my knowledge, he is the first dedicated leader of the relaunched brand ...
If “x” marks the spot, then Ressence has hit its proverbial target with the launch of its new Type 1 Slim X model. Born in 2010, the B ...
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of some of our favorite watch content on Worn & Wound, great stories from around the web, and cool ge ...
Somehow, it?s already been over four months since we ran our story on how team aBlogtoWatch had been passing the time in quarantine and almost two mo ...
Jaeger-LeCoultre has partnered with online retailer Mr. Porter to produce a limited-edition Master Ultra Thin Kingsman Knife watch to tie in with the ...
Coinciding with the gradual reopening of retail shops in New York City’s SoHo district, Japanese high-horology maestro Grand Seiko has teamed wi ...
To celebrate 175 years of watchmaking in Glashütte, Germany, Nomos has released a trio of limited edition versions of the Ludwig, each with ?ename ...
I have a small confession to make: when I got into watches, the small brands that we cover every day here on Worn & Wound were pretty far remov ...
When considering purchasing a Japanese quartz watch under $500 many enthusiasts can quickly think of brands and sub-brands like Casio, G-shock, Seiko, ...
Summer is in full swing, and with it comes the prime season for dive watches. While a solid diver can become nearly synonymous with warm weather fun, ...
If you had ?Eight-Day Travel Alarm Clock with Vintage Movement? on your Hodinkee limited edition bingo card, well, you just hit it big. In what on ...
It appears that the next chapter in the Baselworld saga has been written. This morning came news from MCH, Baselworld?s parent company, that a new ...
Now that virtually every Swiss watch name under the sun has its own integrated bracelet sports watch, it’s about high time that we start to see ...
MCH, the parent company of Baselworld, today announced a new show name and concept with “HOURUNIVERSE.” Sharing relatively few details in ...
A spark of good news came today with the announcement of the Watches & Wonders Shanghai Exhibition to be held between September 9th to 13th, 2020 ...
To the relief and delight of many a watch aficionado, Swiss high-complication specialist Patek Philippe has unveiled three new timepieces for 2020, af ...
We?ve covered a lot of Timex watches on Worn & Wound over the last year or so, and it speaks to the brand?s emerging status in the watch world. ...
The EDC Watch Folds were designed to bring some of the style and materials of modern outdoor gear into the world of watch accessories. Featuring 10 ...
Nestled in Zelos? lineup amongst a sea of modern, angular, tough-as-nails tool watches is the Horizons GMT. It?s a break from Zelos? design languag ...
I?ve long been a fan of NOMOS watches; they have an instantly recognizable design language, unparalleled feel for color, interesting and attractive in ...
So, whatever happened to Ball Watch" Ten years ago, the Swiss brand was stoking a roaring fire with award-winning design and development talent, ...
Jaeger-LeCoultre (JLC) has introduced a new limited-edition timepiece created in partnership with Mr Porter ? the famous online retailer for high-end ...
A crimson tide is sweeping over the watch world of late, with shades of red competing with blues and greens as the next hot color for timepieces. With ...
This year marks the 70th anniversary for Orient, a mainstay in the value oriented segment, and a brand that has to be near the top of the list as a ...
When I spoke with Erik Strickland for our ?Ask the Collectors? series, one of the topics we discussed was the idea of a sleeper watch. Erik?s a gre ...
The action-packed ?Kingsman? film series is no stranger to influencing the world of style, with each film in the franchise spawning limited-run releas ...
Some of the best watch brands today have become creators of expressive wrist-based art as much as they are timepieces. Many of my favorite contemporar ...
Summer 2020 has already been a colorful time for Hublot. The past few months have seen an all-black interpretation of the Big Bang GMT along with the? ...
The Patek Philippe Ref. 5270 perpetual calendar chronograph is a timepiece that best defines the luxury Swiss watchmaker and epitomizes what it does ...
For a decade now, Laurent Ferrier has been producing complicated wristwatches in an array of cases and dials, using precious metals and brushed with h ...
As we?ve reported previously, 2020 marks an anniversary year for TAG Heuer, as they celebrate 160 years since the founding of the original Heuer br ...
Ulysse Nardin is probably one of the most storied traditional watchmakers, both in terms of its distant and recent history. The company has produced n ...
After the brilliant return of the Girard-Perregaux Laureato in 2016, chronographs have been added to this line. The latest addition is the Absolute Ro ...
While much real and virtual ink has been spent proclaiming the necessity of the helium release (i.e., ?escape?) valve for any professional diver?s wat ...
First appearing in the German watchmaker?s collection in 2013, the Glashütte Original PanoLunarTourbillon was a showcase for some of the finest craft ...
Based on a prototype from the late 1960s, the Tudor Black Bay P01 reveals a little-known aspect of the brand?s history. For this feature, originally p ...
?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of some of our favorite watch content on Worn & Wound, great stories from around the web, and cool ge ...
Understanding current market demand and values for both brands and specific wristwatch products can be an important part of the timepiece-collecting e ...
Seiko Debuts Limited Edition Prospex LX SNR045 Diver With Textured Green Dial After collecting the coveted GPHG Best Diver’s Watch prize in 2019 ...
Seiko’s LX line, the all-encompassing sport-luxury extension of its Prospex collection, was introduced last year. The “LX” lett ...
Seiko?s latest announcement capitalizes on a trend that we?ve seen developing over the last year or so: green dialed watches. Whether you want it o ...
If there was one thing my blissfully-ignorant-self was looking forward to in 2020, back in the now seemingly idyllic days of late 2019, it was Tudo ...
It’s rare to find originality in fundamentally basic designs. The world of minimalist watches has broadened to an almost maddening scope, and it ...
With total transparency as the key governing principle to inspire the timepieces from CODE41, creator and thinker, Claudio D?Amore, introduced a uniqu ...
With its first stainless-steel model, A. Lange & Söhne seeks to gain afoothold in the world of luxury sports watches. How does the Odysseus, whic ...
How do you create a modern cult watch" Well, ask Zodiac, because that?s what they?ve managed to do with their Super Sea Wolf GMT. A spiritual ...
Back in 2017, I reviewed one of the most interesting diver-style watches currently on the market with the Swiss Favre-Leuba Raider Harpoon (aBlogtoWat ...
Few brands have played with color in the past several years as effectively as Zodiac. The brand?s Super Sea Wolf series of divers has become a favorit ...
Since pre-orders for the third edition closed in November 2019, CODE41’s X41 project has already accumulated more than 4,000 new registered mem ...
IWC introduced a slew of new models in its elegant Portugieser collection in 2020 and revitalized its nautically inspired Portugieser Yacht Club sub-f ...
Christopher Ward has somewhat quietly introduced a new sports watch with a genuinely interesting movement that we think is worth shining a light on ...
James Smith (@thejames80 on Instagram) is a longtime Worn & Wound reader and watch enthusiast who has contributed to the site a few times befor ...
Just released by Patek Philippe is a new version of its exquisite 5370P Split-Seconds Chronograph that was first released in 2015, now done in platinu ...
Since its introduction in 2011, the Patek Philippe Ref. 5270 perpetual calendar chronograph has been a fan favorite among the brand?s more classic off ...
This year in 2020 Japan’s Casio introduced an even clearer glimpse of the future of G-Shock. The world-famous “bulletproof” collecti ...
Sponsored post presented on aBlogtoWatch by advertiser CODE41 built its brand by combining the best of traditional watchmaking with avant-garde materi ...
Since the late 1960s, the Defy has been Zenith?s go-to recipe for a progressive take on watchmaking. In this article, from the May-June 2020 issue, Wa ...
