Vacheron Constantin has gone big on retrograde displays this year, with no fewer than three novelties featuring this charming technical complication. If anyone knows retrograde displays, it’s the grand dame of watchmaking. It is thought that the earliest Vacheron Constantin wristwatch with a retrograde hand was from 1940, the ‘Don Pancho’, which achieved the second [...]

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Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein. Pushing the boundaries of its artistic design even further, Louis Erard reveals a completely unique triptych. Alain Silberstein was given carte blanche, designing the series of three watches like an picture over three panels to make a whole work of art. This is an unprecedented combination of high-end watchmaking and [...]

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Patek Philippe Calatrava Weekly Calendar Ref. 5212A Coming up with completely novel products for the annual watch fairs can’t be easy. Most of the time, brands – including Patek Philippe – merely go through complication or colour permutations and then call it a day. This year, however, the prestigious Geneva watch manufacturer has managed to [...]

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For this weeks episode of Spot the Watch we are focusing on an American comedy icon – Ellen DeGeneres. There are umpteen reasons to love Ellen – She’s funny. She’s charming. Perhaps also the greatest TV talk show host of all time; she’s won numerous Emmys and People’s Choice Awards as TV host, and has her [...]

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Vacheron Constantin FiftySix Day-Date This year, Vacheron Constantin has unveiled an entirely new collection called the FiftySix at the Salon de la International Haute Horlogerie (SIHH). The collection is inspired by the vintage Ref. 6073 which was first presented in the year 1956 (hence FiftySix). The watch is distinguished by its shape and notably its [...]

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A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Daymatic Do you remember what you were doing in 2010? 2010 – that’s over seven years ago. Seven years ago, the Burj Khalifa was officially opened; Spain had won the FIFA World Cup in South Africa; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was released from her house [...]

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Usually we spot watches on the wrist of Ellen DeGeneres, on the Ellen show since she is a WIS with many modern and vintage Rolex and Patek Phillipe pieces in her collection.   We spotted one expensive timepiece on the wrist of her guest, Mark Wahlberg in the first episode of season 15 of the Ellen [...]

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For the first time in the Villeret collection, Blancpain is offering a Day-Date timepiece. A step up from the time only in terms of ‘complication’, the Day-Date is a useful display especially for those who intend to use the Blancpain as an everyday timepiece.   The case and dial This new entry into the Villeret [...]

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The Rolex Day-Date has been at the top of their non-sports collection since 1958. This year, celebrating its 60th Anniversary, Rolex released the Day-Date 40 in 18k white gold and Everose with a distinctive green dial. But the piece which has attracted our attention all this while is the Day-Date 40 in platinum revealed in [...]

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For this weeks Spot the Watch we are featuring a lady for the first time.  Ellen DeGeneres is a comedian and hosts her own wildly successful daytime Talk-variety show The Ellen Show.  She has won many Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk Show Host and has hosted the Oscars twice.  Ellen DeGeneres also likes her watches, [...]

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This week has seen three timepieces formerly owned by guitar legend Eric Clapton come up for auction all in the same week!  Today we take a closer look at the timepieces that were sold. Two of the three watches formerly owned by Slowhand, were sold by Phillips auction house in conjunction with Bacs & Russo.  [...]

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