Watches

News items about traditional watches.

Christopher Ward re-brands with new Christopher Ward C65 Trident watches

Christopher Ward logo

Christopher Ward, a British luxury watch company founded in 2004, has unveiled an updated brand along with two new Christopher Ward C65 Trident watches. The new brand extends not only watches but also a redesigned logo and website. It also encompasses a change in their design philosophy with a greater focus on original designs to give Christopher Ward watches a more distinctive and easily recognizable […]

Rossling & Co. unveils new Metropolitan Automatic collection

Rossling & Co. Metropolitan Automatic

Canada’s own Rossling & Co. this week unveiled its latest watch collection. The limited edition Rossling & Co. Metropolitan Automatic is inspired by the “mid-century modern designs of the 60s” and features the domed shape of many watches of that era. We designed the Metropolitan models with the firm belief that style should never get in the way of function, but should […]

Ronda returns to mechanical movements with R150 caliber

Ronda R150 movement

Swiss watch movements manufacturer Ronda is returning to the production of mechanical movements. In recent years, the company focused on quartz calibres with millions of them making their way into watches sold in the medium and upper price segments. Its first in the new “Mecano” mechanical watch movement line will be the Ronda R150 caliber. It was unveiled at Baselworld 2016 in late March. After Ronda had strongly developed itself […]

Frédérique Constant Art of Porcelain

Frédérique Constant Art of Porcelain

Frédérique Constant has unveiled a new limited edition timepiece in its Classics collection. The Frédérique Constant Art of Porcelain is a limited edition watch that features a porcelain dial. As the name suggests, it distinguishes itself from other pieces with its hand made porcelain dial accented with black roman numerals. Frédérique Constant partnered with Hungary’s Zsolnay Porcelain Manufacture for the dial. Porcelain, a ceramic material, […]

Nixon Watches unveils Nixon Star Wars: Death Star collection

Nixon Star Wars: Death Star collection

Nixon Watches first announced a line of Star Wars watches (and accessories) nearly a year ago. It has since released a number of additional watches including a Light Side collection. With May the 4th just days away, it is back with new Star Wars timepieces. The Dark Side is represented this time by watches inspired by the Death Star, the moon-sized Imperial […]

Vitae London Walmer watch collection helps children go to school

Vitae London Walmer collection

Vitae London is a UK-based watch company with a somewhat different proposition. Each watch they sell provides a South African child with the school uniforms, bag and footwear required to attend school for a year. This week, it unveiled a new collection of watches that will be offered alongside its original Classic watch line. The Vitae London Walmer collection aims for a more contemporary look, […]

IWC Portofino Automatic Moon Phase 37 Edition “Laureus Sport for Good Foundation”

IWC Portofino Automatic Moon Phase 37 Edition “Laureus Sport for Good Foundation”

The Laureus World Sports Awards has honoured the “most remarkable men and women from the world of sport along with their achievements from the previous calendar year” since being founded in 2000. IWC Schaffhausen has supported the cause since 2006 by releasing a special edition watch each year. The latest is the IWC Portofino Automatic Moon Phase 37 Edition “Laureus Sport for […]

1966 Heuer Autavia Reference 2446 Mark 3 “Rindt” wins Autavia Cup

Tag Heuer Autavia Reference 2446 Mk3 "Rindt"

The thousands of votes have been tallied and Tag Heuer today announced the winner of the Autavia Cup. Sixteen Heuer Autavia watches vied for the honour of being reissued by Tag Heuer in 2017 over the past month. Four watches made it to the finals and the TAG Heuer internal Products Committee led by CEO Jean-Claude Biver yesterday picked the 1966 Heuer Autavia Reference 2446 Mark 3 “Rindt” as […]