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Tudor Black Bay Chrono “Carbon 25”

A Carbon-Fibre Masterpiece for the Track

In the realm of motorsport-inspired timepieces, Tudor’s Black Bay Chrono “Carbon 25” emerges as a formidable contender. This limited-edition chronograph, restricted to just 2,025 pieces, pays homage to Tudor’s enduring association with high-speed racing, notably its partnership with the Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team.

The watch’s 42mm case is a fine example of engineering, crafted entirely from carbon fibre, including the fixed tachymetre bezel and end-links. This choice of material not only reduces weight but also enhances durability, making it ideal for the rigors of the racetrack. Complementing the case are titanium pushers and a PVD-coated titanium case back, which bears the individual number of each limited piece.

The dial, dubbed “racing white,” features contrasting carbon fibre sub-dials, echoing the aesthetic of the 2025 Racing Bulls F1 car. Tudor’s signature “Snowflake” hands, introduced in 1969, are outlined in black and filled with Grade A Swiss Super-LumiNova®, ensuring legibility in all conditions. The 45-minute chronograph counter and date aperture at 6 o’clock further enhance functionality.

Left: Tudor Black Bay Chrono “Carbon 25” with its distinctive carbon fibre case and matching one-piece carbon…

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IWC Big Pilot Shock Absorber Tourbillon Skeleton XPL

Human ingenuity to protect horology’s most delicate mechanism

With the Big Pilot Shock Absorber Tourbillon Skeleton XPL, IWC has found a way to truly protect one of the most sophisticated complications in horology. Ask the average person in the street to name a human invention that defies gravity, and they will inevitably say an aircraft. Ask the same question to passers-by in the […]

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Breguet Classique Souscription 2025

A legacy reimagined

Montres Breguet has kicked off its 250th anniversary celebrations with the release of the Classique Souscription 2025. Paying homage to the original pocket watch created by the brand’s founder to announce to clients his return to Paris, the 2025 model is a faithful modernisation and rendition of the original. The release is emblematic of the […]

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All Around the World

Why Nomos Glashütte’s Club Sport Neomatik Worldtimer wowed the Watches & Wonders crowds

In just six years’ time, it’ll be a century since Swiss watchmaker Louis Cottier – in response to increasing use of transcontinental trains, ocean liners and passenger-based aviation –created a timepiece whose rotating and fixed rings reflected the world time-zones which had been established in 1883. Since then, international transit has not only been democratised, […]

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The Old Razzle-Dazzle

Watches & Wonders 2025 was all about the spectacle. And why not?

If Watches & Wonders 2024 was all about America’s Cup boats, 2025 was the year of the F1 car. On the IWC stand it appeared smashed and smoking – an actual crashed car from Brad Pitt’s summer blockbuster, F1. TAG Heuer went for a more traditional approach, giving it some stand space, while Tudor opted […]

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Go ahead and jump!

The fall and rise of the “wandering hours” complication

We tend to think of digital watches as a purely 70s phenomenon, the logical next step after the introduction of quartz at the beginning of the decade, the last stop before the future arrived – or at least that’s how I felt when I first strapped on my Texas Instruments LED (finished in leather-effect plastic […]

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Patek Philippe at Watches and Wonders 2025

Tradition, transformed

Every year at Watches & Wonders Patek Philippe dazzles with its new releases. At the 2025 edition of the fair, the Geneva-based watchmaking powerhouse launched a series of pieces sure to delight even the most demanding of its clients. Among the new 15 references there was an exceptional new Calatrava model and an intricate Quadruple […]

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The Watch You Wear And What It Says About You

Five London tribes and their wristwear

With thousands of new watches being presented annually, working out which of them best suit individual personality traits has never been more confounding. To make sense of it all, we’ve come up with five-character types – all of them denizens of the British capital and shaped by London’s multifaceted culture and institutions – and decided which timepieces […]

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Two decades of Hublot’s Big Bang

An anniversary extravaganza

In 2005, with Jean-Claude Biver at the helm, Hublot launched the model that would put the company firmly on the map of luxury watchmaking: the Big Bang. In that same year, the watch won the design prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. Since then, the Big Bang collection has accounted for around 40 […]

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Chanel J12 Bleu

A new chapter in ceramic excellence

The new Chanel J12 Bleu celebrates 25 years of excellence by Chanel in ceramic watchmaking. With the introduction of a striking new shade exclusively developed for Chanel, the J12 starts a new adventure in the world of colour, expanding beyond its classic black and white predecessors. THE EVOLUTION OF AN ICON When Chanel introduced the J12 […]

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Richard Mille RM 43-01 Ferrari

The purest expression of a racing machine on your wrist

For their second collaboration with Ferrari, Richard Mille has unveiled the RM 43-01, a tourbillon split-seconds chronograph that has been developed with the famous car marque. After almost a quarter century, for the brand that always claimed to be a “racing machine on your wrist”, this is the watch that represents the latest in F1 […]

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A new home for Rolex in London

Watches of Switzerland opens a new flagship Rolex boutique

After 16 months of meticulous refurbishment, finally the new flagship Rolex boutique opened its doors on 14th March 2025. Managed by Watches of Switzerland, which has been working with Rolex since 1919, the new store houses one of the largest collections of new and pre-owned Rolex watches in Europe. Brian Duffy (CEO, Watches of Switzerland) […]