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For 2026, Swiss Jaeger-LeCoultre releases a new limited-edition version of the Duometre Heliotourbillon Perpetual that originally debuted in 2024 (aBlogtoWatch hands-on with the original gold model). The new model is the reference Q6206150 Duometre Heliotourbillon Perpetual Pl…
We recently had a press release come through for a brand selling a tourbillon-equipped watch for $25,000. The copy was exactly as ridiculous as you’d expect, the kind of bloviating a grade school bully does about how much their dad makes, but about technical prowess and such.…
After an impressively strong suite of releases in the first half of 2026, independent French marque Baltic seems poised to capture a broader swath of the enthusiast market. Instead of a bombastic, exotic spectacle, though, the brand’s latest offering treads more familiar groun…
It has been a long time since I’ve reviewed a Seiko chronograph watch. Most of the chronograph complication timepieces produced by Japan’s Seiko are quartz (solar-powered or otherwise), but the company is, in fact, a juggernaut of modern wristwatch mechanical chronograph movem…
The precision that goes into manufacturing a mechanical watch movement and that precision is what truly defines a caliber’s quality. Without absolute precision at every step, the heart of each watch would fail its purpose of keeping time. It powers everything and influences it…
Successful fashion brand Rowing Blazers and Seiko have teamed up again for a limited edition watch collection for 2026. This is the fourth major collaboration between Seiko and Rowing Blazers, and again, it’s proved a commercial success because all of the 5,000 pieces of this…
For years, watch enthusiasts have pieced together their online communities across Instagram, Facebook groups, Reddit, Discord servers, and other forums. Each serves a purpose, but none was designed specifically around the way collectors want to engage with the hobby — sharing…
I’ve been right on the edge of selling my own Biatec Corsair CS a number of times, but I’ve never been able to do it. I’ve even canceled a pending sale after changing my mind! It doesn’t get a lot of time on the wrist, but there’s something about it that I can’t part with, […]…
New day, same great conversations. Catch new episodes of SUPERLATIVE every Wednesday! This week on SUPERLATIVE, aBlogtoWatch founder and our host, Ariel Adams, sits down with Thomas Baillod, founder of BA111OD, for a conversation about challenging the traditional rules of Swis…
Today, I am introducing a watch from a newer Austrian watch brand based in Vienna, known as Blütezeit. Before talking about the Blütezeit No. 2 timepiece, I want to share some context about brands of this ilk. We exist in an interesting era for small and startup watchmakers. O…