Even though Chanel’s main focus is on fashion, you can’t deny that the house has produced some of the Chanel Code Coco watch world’s most recognizable and desirable timepieces—probably because of the way the design of these watches reflects the history of the celebrated maison. Take, for example, the octagonal case of the classic Première, launched in … Read more

Rado is inspired by the natural world for a new collection of watches that marry a sleek technological design with bucolic references. The Rado True Thinline x Great Gardens of the World watch brand’s collaboration with the Great Gardens of the World sees the creation of three special-edition Rado True Thinline monobloc watches. Each looks to a … Read more

Expanding on its Defy Skyline lineup, Zenith has just introduced a special Boutique Edition Zenith Defy Skyline Skeleton. The Zenith Defy Skyline Skeleton was the central launch for Zenith during this year’s LVMH Watch Week. It’s the first of its kind to be fitted with a 1/10th of a second indicator and a modern cityscape-inspired design. The new … Read more

Awatch that’s sturdy and reliable, and one that goes with pretty much anything you wear, is precisely what you want your everyday watch to be. Traditionally meant literally for sports such as motor racing, the steel sport chronograph has, over the decades, transcended its original purpose, quite like diver’s or pilot’s watches. The archetypal metallic … Read more

Chanel’s elegant Code Coco, inspired by the clasp of the brand’s iconic 2.55 purse, is one of today’s hottest timepieces. Recently, Chanel introduced an ultra-chic ceramic version, and our deconstruction here will help you get to know this amazing new timepiece: The bracelet, inspired by Chanel’s signature quilt pattern, is crafted in black ceramic and … Read more

Of all the Swiss watch brands, Chanel is perhaps the only one that could pull off introducing two new calibers, one year after the next, followed immediately by a quartz fashion watch designed after a handbag clasp, giving it a name like Chanel Code Coco. There are many things to admire about Chanel’s watch division: the … Read more

The Chanel Boy.Friend watches debuted in 2015, and when Cara Barrett went hands-on with it she noted that the idea behind the name was that if you wore it, your boyfriend would want to steal it from you. The watch originally came in Chanel’s “beige gold” (an alloy that’s slightly lighter than yellow gold, but not as … Read more

The Piaget Polo watch of 1979 was Piaget’s highly successful sporty-chic watch accounting for nearly one-third of the company’s sales in the 1980s. Following a radical makeover in 2016, the cushion-shaped Polo has appeared with mechanical complications, high and low, and even skeletonised high jewellery models. As a master of ultra-thin movements since the mid-1950s, … Read more

The Chanel BOY·FRIEND watch is an alluring blend of boldness and restraint. Radically elegant, it dares to challenge established codes, erasing the lines between masculine and feminine style. A balance of lines, perfect shapes and proportions. Three versions are available in this collection: small, medium, and large. Straps are made from tweed fabric to beige gold material. … Read more

Abraham-Louis Breguet is famous for many horological innovations, including his successful perpetual watches of the 1780s that were equipped with an oscillating weight to capture the kinetic energy of a wearer’s wrist movements and wind the mechanism. Often equipped with a calendar mechanism, these models were also the first to be christened with his signature … Read more