Bravur Watches: The young Swedish watch brand replaces the macho and flashy with intricate style

Bravur Watches


Bravur is a watch company formed by two friends—Magnus Svensson and Johan Sahlin—in 2011. The brand exists today purely because the duo couldn’t find what they were looking for in the market as it existed; so…

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Perspective Clocks: Not your ordinary clocks—five different designs from Tel Aviv’s Studio Ve rethink how we read changes in time

Perspective Clocks


Tel Aviv-based Studio Ve is comprised of Shay Carmon and Ben Klinger, two young men who like exploring objects and their conception—whether it’s a Two Leg Table…

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Schofield Watch Company: Blacklamp: The young watch company releases its second manual timepiece, made from NASA-developed material

Schofield Watch Company: Blacklamp


Since Schofield Watch Company’s Signalman was released, its designer Giles Ellis has been riding his self-made wave of design-inspired success right into the upper echelons of modern horology. With his second timepiece, the recordOutboundLink(this,…

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Braun’s Iconic LCD Watch Reborn: One of our favorite watches celebrates Dieter Rams’ impeccable style

Braun's Iconic LCD Watch Reborn


In 1978 Braun issued the digital DW30 watch with a groundbreaking style departure designed by Dieter Rams and Dietrich Lubs. Retired in 1981, only 8,500 were made (4,500 first…

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Interesting Complications in Watchmaking: The experts at HODINKEE guide us through the latest industry innovations

Interesting Complications in Watchmaking


by HODINKEE Some seriously complicated watches have been unveiled recently—and we’re not just talking perpetual calendars and minute repeaters. We’re talking about entirely novel ways to count and tell time by utilizing new power systems, integrating liquids with mechanics and combining existing complications…

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Baselworld 2013: Innovation: Five watches showcasing the newest materials, engineering and craftsmanship

Baselworld 2013: Innovation


Industry firsts are a hallmark of the Baselworld watch fair. Companies are eager to show off their latest complications, materials and designs. Innovation can be found in all corners of the market, and here are a few that we think merit notice. Continue Reading…

Valerii Danevych’s Wooden Timepieces: Timepiece movements made entirely from wood by a Ukrainian watchmaker and craftsman

Valerii Danevych's Wooden Timepieces


We’ve seen our fair share of wooden watches in the past, but nothing prepared us for the work of watchmaker Valerii Danevych, which we saw at while visiting Baselworld 2013. Working from his hometown…

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Tag Heuer MikroPendulumS Concept Chronograph: Twin magnets regulate a breakthrough tourbillon movement

Tag Heuer MikroPendulumS Concept Chronograph


The latest concept from TAG Heuer has been unveiled at Baselworld, showing off an innovative new direction for the tourbillon construction. Hailed for their beauty and complexity, tourbillon movements can occasionally favor style over substance. Rather than accept this TAG Heuer…

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MB&F MusicMachine: The innovative Swiss timepiece makers collaborate with REUGE for a first foray into music

MB&F MusicMachine


Marking the first kinetic machine made by MB&F that isn’t a timepiece, the MusicMachine confidently brings the innovative Swiss laboratory into new territory. While the spaceship-styled MusicMachine may not tell time and can’t be worn,…

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