Watch News: Take Your Time

30 Nov 2021

 

1. Hamilton

Hamilton watches is collaborating with costume designer Janie Bryant on a capsule collection with Hollywood style. Acclaimed for her work tailoring characters in Mad Men, Deadwood and Why Women Kill, Bryant has brought her attention to detail and love of research, authenticity and innovation to transform three iconic Hamilton models.

 

2. Accurist

This timepiece – the Ladies Signature Watch – features a two-tone stainless steel and gold-plated case with sapphire crystal glass housing a silver-coloured sunray diamond set dial and a date display. Finished with a matching two-tone bracelet, the watch has water resistance to 30 meters. The Gents Signature Watch has a dark blue sunray dial, solid stainless steel bracelet and 100m water resistance.

 

3. Emile Chouriet

The Challenger Deep collection of diver’s watches pays tribute to Swiss explorer Jacques Picard and US Navy Capt. Don Wash’s historical expedition and their spirit of discovery. The latest model has a graduated green dial with Super-LumiNova® hands and markers. The stainless steel unidirectional rotating bezel with a black ceramic insert is scratch-resistant and will withstand extreme fluctuations of temperature and pressure.

 

4. Nomos Glashütte

The Autobahn watch is now available in new limited editions: A3, A7, A9 – named after major German motorways. With three new colours and a new bracelet, the piece is designer Werner Aisslinger’s Director’s Cut and marks 175 years of Glashütte watchmaking heritage. The three colours – A3 in white-orange red, A7 in blue-yellow and A9 in black-grey – are more eye-catching than existing versions and reminiscent of the vehicles on German streets in the ‘60s and ‘70s.

 

5. Michel Herbelin

Drawing on 1950’s styling in its strap, the feminine new model in Michel Herbelin’s Octogône collection, combines the herringbone mesh with a minimally elegant dial for a vintage-meets-modern feel. The faceted design of the sapphire crystal creates the illusion of gadroons on the case’s flange, which mirrors the gadrooned crown with its onyx cabochon finish.

 

6. Junghans

The limited edition Meister Gangreserve features an index-style, colour-coded indicator on the dial – a well-defined, discreet way to show the amount of power available to the movement. The watch comes in three designs: the stainless steel model has a silver-plated dial and metal bracelet exclusive to the Meister line. The two leather strap versions combine a warm gold hue with light brown or midnight blue and cognac.

 

7. Zeppelin

The Zeppelin 100 Year 8680-5 chronograph has a deep-green dial in a satin-finish stainless steel case featuring the typical Zeppelin shape on the edge. The 42mm watch has a quartz-controlled, six-jewel Ronda movement, a 12-hours totaliser alarm and is water-resistant up to five ATM.

 

8. Panerai

Piccolo Due is Panerai’s first watch for women and it has two new versions. PAM01247 and PAM01248 are both in 38mm polished steel cases that feature Panerai’s patented crown safety lock device. The 01247 has a deep anthracite coloured dial on a polished black alligator strap, while the 01248 dial is ivory coloured and the strap, polished red alligator.

 

9. Timex

This AW21, Timex Watches has introduced a chocolate-brown version of the M79 40mm Automatic with its stainless steel mesh bracelet. Inspired by the aesthetics of the 1970s and elevated with a 21-jewel mechanical movement, this watch is a fresh interpretation of a Timex icon. With its 40-hour power reserve, it can be wound manually via the crown and features a unidirectional bezel, luminous dial markings and exhibition case back.

 

10. Avi-8wwll

hero Eric ‘Sawn Off’ Lock, the highest scoring British-born RAF pilot in the Battle of Britain, is the inspiration behind AVI-8’s Spitfire Lock Chronograph. The 42mm watch has a clean, symmetrical and highly legible twin-register dial layout – like the details of the Spitfire's cockpit gauges and a leather vintage pilot-style strap. The case echoes the Spitfire's famous curved shape, with custom flowing pushers. Micro detailing on the case sides mimic the aircraft’s panels. The Japanese meca-quartz movement has a 1/5 split second readout with fly-back chronograph function.

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11. Carl F. Bucherer

Bucherer and Geneva-based maker of writing and drawing instruments Caran d’Ache have collaborated on a luxury watch and writing instrument set. Signature Moments comprises a limited edition, sporty chic Manero Flyback Signature watch and Signature rollerball pen, presented together in a travel pouch made of eco-friendly material, delivered in a wooden box. The watch, with its colourful markers, comes with two NATO straps.

 

12. Vacheron Constantine

Vacheron Constantine’s sportier collection welcomes two new variations: Overseas chronograph Everest and dual time Everest, both with in-house movements. Inspired by the prototype worn by American explorer/photographer Cory Richards during his ascent of Mount Everest in 2019, the watches have titanium and stainless steel cases, with a six-sided bezel evoking the Maltese Cross. Each comes with an interchangeable strap.

 

13. Tissot

Following the success of its PRX 20 405, Tissot is raising the game of its elegant sports model with the integrated bracelet. With its embossed, chequered dial and high-performance automatic movement, the PRX Powermatic 80, like its predecessor, reflects the style of the ‘70s. The dials are available in three colours: black, silver and blue. The black and blue versions are all steel; the silver dial features bezel, hands, indexes and date window in rose-gold PVD treated.

 

14. Sternglas

The Taiga GMTNato is a functional watch modelled on classic field watches. With an additional time zone and extra legible large digits, it has perfect functionality for frequent travellers. With 10 ATM water resistance and scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, its robustness makes it ideally suited for outdoor activities. The anthracite dial has been cast into its shape, giving it a rough textured finish, complementing the sandblasted case.

 

15. Hublot

In 2016, Hublot formed a partnership with Italian men’s shoemaker Berluti to unveil the Big Bang Unico watch. The new Big Bang Unico Berluti Aluminio leverages this shared know-how for an understated, elegant monochrome timepiece for collectors and connoisseurs, limited to 100 copies. Patinated Venezia leather is at the centre of the polished titanium bezel, as well as on the dial, held between two pieces of sapphire glass.

 

16. Festina 

This chronograph with date is one of a number of new models for 2021 from Festina. With a stainless steel case and bracelet, the 45mm watch has a black and gold PVD finish and hardened mineral glass. This model is also available in deep blue with gold detail. Other chronographs in the range feature white, green or sky blue dials, and models F20561 and F20542 offer leather straps.

 

17. Bulova

Bulova’s archive series is a version of the historic rare watch developed for the US Navy experimental diving unit in the 1950s. Featuring a 41mm sandblasted stainless steel case, the new Bulova Mil-Ships watch has a distinctive black dial accented with Super LumiNova® luminous hands and markers and tapered lugs. A non-limited version features a blue NATO strap, a Miyota 82S0 movement and, true to the original, a moisture indicator strip on the dial.

 

18. Edoxe

dox is the exclusive Official Timing Partner of BMW M Motorsport, to include engagements in the BMW Junior Team, the BMW M2 Cup and GT3 highlight – the 24h race at the Nürburgring. BMW drivers will wear Edox Chronorally chronographs in titanium, steel and carbon. Edox Chronorally watches, with their start and stop pusher, are hand-assembled in Les Genevez, Switzerland.

 

19. Citizen

The latest Eco-Drive Diver 200m models, in black, green and blue, echo the look and feel of 1982’s Professional Diver. The case with its rugged rotating bezel with deep indentations gives the watch a strong, distinctive look and has the same sandblast finish as the original for a tactile feel. Super Titanium™ coated with Duratect MRK on the case gives a greater strength.

20. Rotary

Launched in early 2021 as a premium sports watch with a twist, the Rotary Regent features a choice of dials, leather straps and bracelets, all of which complement the faceted case. For AW21, the Regent family sees additions to its existing design, along with the unveiling of two ladies’ watches for diversity in size and new colours – such as this forest green gloss dial – as well as skeleton models in silver-coloured or gold PVD stainless steel.

 

21. Frederique Constant

The Highlife Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture is Frederique Constant’s flagship collection. It couples modernity with time-honoured complications, plus ‘the most complex mechanical calendar ever invented.’ In 18ct rose gold or steel, the bold 41mm piece offers optimum readability – the complications are in four sections, arranged horizontally in order of usefulness. For both versions, blue is the dominant colour, while the face without a dial gives a view of the inner workings.

 

22. Czapek & Cie

Geneva-based Czapek supported Only Watch for the third time (6th November). Organised biennially under the patronage of Prince Albert II of Monaco, Only Watch is a charity auction entirely devoted to research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Since 2005, it has raised more than €70m. This year, Czapek donated the unique Antarctique Rattrapante Sunrise, a split-second monopusher chronograph, unveiled at the charity event.

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