With its new disruptive "Zenith Oscillator" control system, the brand with the guiding star is revolutionizing mechanical watchmaking. High frequency, chronometric precision, reliability and stability: the oscillator developed and patented by the manufacture replaces the traditional sprung balance used for more than three centuries! Featuring a single element (compared with 30 or so components of a standard regulating organ), this...

Once you have seen it, it is impossible to get the UR-111C Black out of your mind. It seems deliberately designed to mesmerize. At first glance, it is the fiery contrast of the orange markings against the dark case that captures the imagination. Then the case itself. You can almost feel its balanced and fluid lines molding to your wrist....

This year, Roger Dubuis introduced a new raging steed from the Excalibur Huracán stable inspired by this iconic supercar. This stand-out timepiece reflects the aesthetic codes of its motorized alter ego and its legendary hexagonal signature in particular. A versatile geometrical figure used to construct the volume of the Huracán, this appears throughout the timepiece in various guises, while the...

Since 2005, Bell & Ross has bolstered its reputation for high-altitude performance by crafting its Instruments collection in keeping with cockpit read-outs: square, utilitarian, rugged. There is more equipment sitting inside a cockpit than just instruments. The pilot’s flight jacket, for instance – an essential piece of gear that, with the emergence of the military’s Jet Age in the 1950s,...

When the “Horological Brothers,” Bart and Tim Grönefeld, decided to embark on a career in watchmaking, they initially chose to study in their native country, before completing their training in Switzerland. Thereafter, they returned to the Netherlands to uphold the family tradition of watchmaking. In 1998, the Horological Brothers established their own independent atelier in Oldenzaal. Some years later, they...

Building the watchmaking of tomorrow by imagining what the great master watchmakers of the 18th century might have created today. Deconstructing so as to eliminate unfounded assumptions; pushing back the boundaries of knowledge; exploring new horizons... And returning to mechanical and aesthetic aesthetics embodying a perfect balance. First presented in 2006, the original DB21 "Maxichrono" was born from a precise...