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For 175 years, characteristic and high-quality watches have been produced in Glashütte, Germany; an anniversary that Nomos Glashütte already celebrated with the release of two special models. Now a third one is added: the Club, in three new colourways, each limited to 175 pieces.

He was almost forgotten. But now it is back. The 1994 ceramic Fliegerchronograph (ref. 3705) gets a new life under the name Pilot's Watch Chronograph Edition Tribute to 3705. Throughout its 152-year history, IWC has created a number of instant icons, such as the Big Pilot and the Portugieser Chronograph. But the brand has also released watches that first fell into oblivion before becoming popular after all.

In four years' time, German watch brand Laco will celebrate its centenary. You can celebrate that then, but you can also start now. Laco is doing the latter with the introduction of this Edition 95.

A breath of fresh air is blowing through the heritage watch brand Breitling. Since Georges Kern took the helm, an upheaval has taken place: "My goal is to create modern classics, watches designed to stylishly stand the test of time."

Anyone thinking of mechanical watches from Japan thinks first of all of Seiko. But there is another major Japanese brand, which, despite having been around for 70 years, is not yet very well known in the Netherlands. A brand that stands for excellent quality coupled with a very friendly price tag. Its name: Orient.

Squale, in collaboration with Amsterdam Watch Company, is launching a limited edition of 180 watches in new old stock cases by Blancpain. A unique fusion of vintage and modern...

It is not the first name you might think of when thinking of diving watches, but the 'Grande Maison' Jaeger-Lecoultre also has a long and special history in that field. It dates back to the 1950s, when diving was still a very risky and mostly military activity. In 1959, Jaeger-LeCoultre devised a unique feature to enhance diving safety: a self-winding Memovox timepiece that gave an audible warning when it was time to return to the surface.

Currently, the Vendée Globe is in full swing. It is the world's toughest sailing race, going around the world by yourself non-stop in a fast sailboat.
This 'Everest of the Seas' has been sailed since 1989 but there was one Briton who accomplished it much earlier. That was the eccentric Sir Francis Chichester. Typical Briton of his time: stoic, determined, single-minded. A man who belonged to the same outer category of pioneers and explorers as, for example, Ernest Shackleton, George Mallory and Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

Breitling hereby announces the launch of the Superocean Heritage '57 Outerknown, the third watch created in collaboration with Outerknown, the sustainable clothing brand co-founded by surf legend Kelly Slater.

Welcome to the premier league of watchmaking, the Valhalla for the micromechanics enthusiast. With painful precision, as many as 356 parts are assembled in the manual-winding movement to tell the time in image and sound.