Delbana, founded in 1931 by Goliardo Della Balda, has always delivered classical Swiss watchmaking at approachable prices. The brand launched the stainless steel Della Balda in 2021, later followed by a PVD yellow gold version in 2022, as a tribute to Goliardo and also returned to using...
Over the past year, I have had the pleasure of reviewing three watches from Makina. The young Filipino brand has quickly demonstrated a wide range of offerings. What ties the different models together is their combination of industrial, almost futuristic design that still features a good...
For Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, it appears as though the venerable entry-level three-hander from Sinn, the 556, finally has some competition, albeit from Sinn itself. The all-new Sinn 544 and Sinn 544 RS capture the look and feel of an integrated-bracelet sports watch with some seriously...
One of Sinn’s specialties is creating highly specific, purpose-made watches. For Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, Sinn is introducing a new, stripped-down version of the Jagduhr, or Hunting Watch, made for, you guessed it, hunting. The new Sinn 308 Hunting Watch features the same olive green...
Over the past few years, Qian GuoBiao, an independent watchmaker working in Dongguan, China, known as “the tourbillon doctor“, has established a quite disciplined design language, shaped by his background in the restoration and application of traditional hand-finishing. His earlier watches...
There’s something very satisfying about seeing a watchmaker push a familiar idea a little further without losing the thing that made it appealing in the first place. That was my first reaction to the new Qian GuoBiao Skylight Original and Skylight Sun. On paper, the concept is simple enough....
This year, in 2026, Genevan Raymond Weil is further fleshing out its best-selling Raymond Weil Millesime Small Seconds collection with a new dial-variant series. Raymond Weil calls this latest version of the Millesime Small Seconds the “Tuxedo Dial.” Rather than a single watch, the Raymond Weil...
Angelus is a historical Swiss watch brand founded in 1891 in Le Locle by Albert and Gustav Stolz, known for technically ambitious and award-winning chronographs, multi-complication watches and even chiming models. After a long period of dormancy following the quartz crisis, the brand was revived...
Watches and Wonders 2026 kicks off next week, and this year marks Sinn’s first appearance at the fair. Likely to stir up excitement for this debut, the brand introduces four models ahead of the show. The lineup includes two versions of the 544, the limited 936 S chronograph, and the more...
Square chronographs are rare, and inevitably, any watch in this category gets compared with the iconic TAG Heuer Monaco. Since its debut in 2008, the Averin Chronograph by Union Glashütte has occupied similar territory, combining a bold, geometric case with a sporty chronograph display. Earlier...
I feel that the contemporary watch market has a noticeable lack of fun, exciting, and unique watch case designs. Brands have put a major emphasis on dials made from rare materials or composed of intricate designs recently, but very few companies have put time into producing cases that offer a...
Seiko watches are known and highly regarded for many reasons, chief among them being their relative value proposition. This is a historic brand with a rich heritage full of iconic references, and one of very few brands operating today that can claim to have fully vertically integrated...
