Alpina’s tough Alpiner Extreme Regulator Automatic was introduced in late 2022. The first piece of the Alpina Alpiner Extreme collection was inspired by the brand’s flagship model from 2005. A couple of months later, the Alpiner Extreme...
For 2023, Rolex has released a slew of compelling new timepieces, as well as a brand new collection name with the 1908 dress watch family. The 1908 collection hearkens back to the first Rolex wristwatches ever made and is a direct replacement of the... -
Last year, after a brief hiatus, the Windup Watch Fair returned to San Francisco to a new venue with more brands than ever before. The venue and show were a big hit, so the team here at Worn & Wound has decided to double down on San Francisco... -
While not the biggest release from Tudor for Watches and Wonders 2023, the brand has made some meaningful changes to the Black Bay 31/36/39/41 line, with an updated movement, upgraded bracelet, and some new dial colors (and the discontinuation of... -
The lineup from Jaeger-LeCoultre at this year?s Watches & Wonders is remarkably focused. When I received the embargoed press releases a few weeks ago, I?ll admit to a slight twinge of disappointment at the apparent lack of variety. It would be... -
In 2021, Chopard took its smash-hit Alpine Eagle, replaced the movement with a high frequency caliber, and wrapped it up in a warm titanium blanket. With a tone-on-tone look, that release was limited to just 250 pieces, and it wasn’t clear if it... -
There is something prevalent in the watch world: brands use specific design elements across every model in their collections. This makes it easy to identify that a specific watch was made by a particular brand. This is not necessarily a bad thing.... -
Without a doubt, one of the more unexpected new Tudor releases unveiled this year at Watches & Wonders Geneva 2023 was the Black Bay 54. Given that Tudor already offered the standard 41mm Black Bay and the 39mm Black Bay Fifty-Eight in its current... -
This year, Hermès has expanded their H08 line with their Watches & Wonders novelties, adding several new colors to the base model in their composite case material, as well as a very impressive monopusher chronograph. Hermès is a favorite... -
It’s the Fratello Show with our very special guest star! â€œIt’s time to play the music / It’s time to light the lights / It’s time to meet this Oris on the Fratello Show tonight.†Oris ProPilot X Kermit If you recognize the line above,... -
While a far cry from its founder’s vision for haute horlogerie, Roger Dubuis is a brand that never shies away from innovation, even if it means scaring off a few people. For Watches and Wonders 2023, Roger Dubuis has gone right ahead and rethought... -
There seem to be two strategies for product presentations at Watches & Wonders. The first, and more common, is to barrage members of the press with watch, after watch, after watch. Too many, sometimes, to even begin to comprehend the releases... -
Continuing Tudor?s trend of revamping staples across the lineup for Watches and Wonders 2023, the brand has released two new colorways in the Tudor Royal ? salmon and chocolate brown. The Royal line dates back to the 1950s but has remained something... -
Two years ago, Baume & Mercier reintroduced its Riviera collection. Since then, a few complications have been added, including a chronograph, a moonphase, and a GMT. But a dedicated dive watch was not part of the modern collection yet, despite its... -
The Calatrava Pilot collection, designed in 2015 to re-create Patek Philippe’s pilot watches from the 1930s, now welcomes a chronograph function for the first time. The Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Chronograph (ref. 5924G-001) with a blue-gray... -
This year at Watches and Wonders 2023, Rolex once again broke the watch world with a new Daytona release. Being the 60th anniversary of the watch’s original release, this really doesn’t surprise anyone. Likewise, the rather incremental changes... -
2023 is proving to be a year of hits for Rolex with the Geneva-based company debuting a combination of highly sensible new releases along with some unexpected interesting new artistic concepts. When it comes to sports watches, the most interesting... -
Grand Seiko adds its first mechanical chronograph to the sporty Evolution 9 line: the Tentagraph. The name is composed of the first letters of the high beat rate (ten beats per second), its long power reserve (three days), and the automatic... -
For the past several years, Bell & Ross has focused heavily on its BR 05 modern sports watch lineup ? and for good reason. The BR 05 line captures the classic Bell & Ross styling but does so in a sleek, toned-down, integrated sports watch package.... -