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...
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... -
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... -
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,... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Patek Philippe is not only renowned for sophisticated annual calendars, but the brand actually invented this useful complication. While wristwatches with perpetual calendars had been around for decades, it wasn’t until 1996 that the Geneva-based... -
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... -