First Look – Ressence Type 3 Marc Newson, A Meeting of Two Design Worlds Ressence is not what one would call a conventional watchmaker, and let’s hope it never will be. Since its founding in 2010, Benoît Mintiens’ Antwerp-based brand has built its catalogue and reputation by rethinking what a mechanical watch should feel like rather than what it should represent. This time, Ressence reaches out beyond its own […]
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Introducing – Indies Pöhlmann-Bresan Team up with Jochen Benzinger For a Superb Unique Piece Lukas Pöhlmann and Josef Bresan-Rehor are two German watchmakers who met more than a decade ago while working under Marco Lang at Lang & Heyne in Dresden. They represent a new generation of artisans who combine a deep respect for traditional craft with a modern, understated aesthetic. After mastering restoration work and experimentation, they formally […]
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Introducing – A Tarantino Tribute on the Wrist: Awake’s The Deadly Watch Following its Jurassic Watch editions, a series inspired by Spielberg’s cult dinosaur movie, Awake has just released the second chapter in its Tribute to the Seventh Art series, The Deadly Watch. This time, we’re looking at a bold limited edition, based on the classic Son Mai platform and inspired by equally-cult Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol. […]
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First Look – Done Watches Releases the Mechanica Chrono “Nine in Ten” Done Watches was founded by Thierry Clottu, who was born and raised in Neuchâtel, at the heart of Switzerland’s watchmaking region. Clottu brings extensive industry experience, having worked in product management for brands such as TAG Heuer, Perrelet, Leroy and Candino. After years spent contributing to the development of these brands, he launched his own […]
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First Look – The Ultra-Technical Bühlmann Decompression 02 Dive Watch There’s more to the dive watch category than your classic, 300m steel model with a rotating bezel. Some brands have long decided to pack dive watches with features that actually make sense underwater (and I’m not talking about a perpetual calendar here). So is the watch that we’ll be looking at today. As its name […]
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