ChronoLog

The new Norrsken Rissa by Swedish independent GoS Watches is the latest in a series of individually manufactured watches, inspired by and named after one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena the Northern Lights.

Transporting his other worldly Deep Space Tourbillon into a new dimension of technical sophistication, celebrated indie master Vianney Halter has reimagined what was an already profound creation and elevated it into the realms of the surreal.

UK-based independent online watch emporium The Limited Edition and GPHG award-winning German artisans Kudoke team up to create a very special piece of Anglo-Saxon horological art. Introducing the magnificent Kudoke 2 British Heritage limited edition.

An unforgettable event makes wonderful memories, and this one created them in abundance. All weekend, the people mingled with the watchmakers, and the watchmakers mingled with the people, and within that beautiful light-filled room something special was born.

Irish independent watchmaker John McGonigle introduces his new brand Oileán; and a superb triple calendar chronograph with a reconstructed classical Swiss heart and contemporary styling which accentuates the very best of modern Irish design, infused with subtle nuances of a mystical celtic heritage.

On the eve of its ninetieth anniversary, Louis Erard has teamed up with one of independent watchmaking’s most beguiling characters to reveal a wonderfully eclectic marriage of the Jura Valley brand’s signature configuration and the inimitable style of Vianney Halter.

For its latest creation MB&F has taken a step back to revisit what is its most elaborate and complex model, and if maybe not reinventing its own reinvention of the classical perpetual calendar, the new Legacy Machine Perpetual EVO is certainly a remaster of one of the brand’s greatest hits.

Inspired by the sleek and flowing lines of the high-speed Streamliner trains of the 1920s and ‘30s, the Streamliner Centre Seconds is every bit a Moser watch, with its daring, yet naturally ergonomic design and signature fumé effect on its striking Matrix Green dial.

If there’s one piece of watch industry news that’s pretty much guaranteed to stop the traffic, it’s the news that Rolex has dropped its hotly predicted 2020 line-up for the centrepiece of its portfolio, the Submariner collection, and for a few days at least, the only number in the world that really matters at all right now is 41.

Having metaphorically dipped its toe in the water in 2019 with the experimental Abyss Concept prototype, MING returns with a fully practical and beautifully engineered diver’s watch, with a dash of contemporary styling in the ice cool 18.01 H41 Diver.

It’s been a decade since Ressence unveiled their utterly fascinating method of indicating time. In celebration of the anniversary, the company have created a new series, Collection X and its first piece is the limited edition Ressence Type 1 Slim X.

With floating three-dimensional domes, a moon phase and a flying tourbillon making up its façade the Bovet Récital 26 Brainstorm Chapter Two is so breathtakingly beautiful, that on viewing it, one finds it impossible to look away until every nuance has been thoroughly inspected.

Self-taught and still only twenty-three years of age, Russian independent watchmaker Tsoroev Rashid’s entire production of first edition watches has been swept up and sold out, well ahead of any formal launch. It’s a sign of the times in a way, but considering the challenges in his way, and with no formal campaign to promote what he has been doing, it is a very impressive feat.

Following up its award-winning Krayon Everywhere was never going to be easy for this youthful Independent watch company. Perhaps the best thing to do was to make a more attainable and wearable edition. With their Krayon Anywhere timepiece, that’s exactly what they have done.

Equipped for life on an alien world, Konstantin Chaykin unveils his extraordinary Mars Conqueror MKIII Fighter; an inter planetary time zones creation, and the first ever mechanical wristwatch to display local time on two different planets.

If you are familiar with the name of Kari Voutilanen, then you already know about his watches. The supreme quality, the breathtakingly beautiful dials, the exquisite attention to detail given to each and every nuance, both inside and out. Every single one a masterful creation. But this article is not about the watches, but more about the man behind their creation.

With its new Antarctique collection, Geneva based Czapek enters the highly exclusive luxury sporty-chic watch set with a highly impressive statement of intent, which is both modern yet classical in its stylish integrated stainless steel case and bracelet, and which also boasts an all-new in-house movement.

One of Vianney Halter’s great gifts is his ability to make so obvious the sources of the ideas which inspire him, while still making his watches unique and individual in their own right . It is genius I’m sure, and in the Grande Voyageur once again there is little left to the imagination in either its name or its design as to where its influence comes from.

Some people in the watch industry are striving for precision others are seeking out lighter yet stronger materials with which to construct their models, but while all this is going on, Raúl Pagès works quietly, meticulously and purposely, creating in the traditional way, using traditional methods. And, La Tortue? the little creature is still charming everyone he meets.

Twenty years ago, when Chanel presented their first J12 model, few could have foreseen that the fashion powerhouse was developing a long-term vision for a seriously sophisticated watchmaking division, and that this was just the beginning.

Using a platform called The Naked Watchmaker Peter has become involved in educating, informing and encouraging others by giving them an “Insight into the heart of watchmaking”. Never before has such a comprehensive tool been so freely available to ordinary individuals like you and me. And it is fascinating.

It would almost be tantamount to sacrilege to suggest that a new case material and dial colour equate to a make-over when you’e talking about a timepiece like the Zeitwerk Minute Repeater by A. Lange & Söhne. However, even a nip and a tuck to a “Lange” are enough to warrant that we pay attention.

With five new dial editions to ponder over the Hermès Arceau L'Heure de la Lune collection is grabbing attention once again, because when you have created an exquisitely whimsical, yet complex masterpiece then you have definitely earned the right to play with your design.

Created to follow the contours of the wrist, with its pronounced curved profile, amongst the weird, the wacky and the wonderful timepieces which were unleashed into the horological landscape in 2011, was the fundamentally unique and utterly stunning Ari Watch by German master watchmaker Eva Leube.