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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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Game Time: Boulton Death Stranding 2

Hamilton partners with Hideo Kojima

The latest adventure of a watch company into the fictional world has resulted in the Hamilton Boulton Death Stranding 2. In partnership with Hideo Kojima, the creator of the blockbuster apocalyptic video game, Death Standing, Hamilton has produced a watch modelled on the in-game timepiece worn by pivotal character Neil in Death Stranding 2: On […]

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Vanguart Orb

Avant-garde design meets masterful craftmanship

The Vanguart Orb is a stunning example of 21st century innovative and imaginative watchmaking. Somewhere in the mix between the hyper haute horlogerie of Richard Mille and Greubel Forsey lies Vanguart. As surprising as it might seem, given the Renaud et Papi super string thread that runs across various high-end brands, there is a place […]

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Franck Müller Vanguard Slim Night Cut

A sartorial timepiece with mischievous sex appeal

Franck Müller – which made headlines in the Asia Pacific region earlier this year with the release of the Silhouette CX Snake Emerald – is now making waves in this part of the world with the new Vanguard™ Slim Night Cut watch. For those late in the room, this ground-breaking Swiss watchmaker is a relative newcomer to […]

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Richard Mille RM 74-02 Automatic Tourbillon Gold Quartz TPT

Alchemy in luxury watchmaking

Richard Mille’s use of new material composites always had the Midas touch. The latest proof is the Richard Mille RM 74-02 Automatic Tourbillon Gold Quartz TPT®. This new exciting material is the latest out of the partnership with composite firm, North Thin Ply Technology. It took years of research to produce Gold Quartz TPT®, which […]

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Bvlgari x MB&F Serpenti

21st century aesthetics for a much-loved design classic

There is design chemistry between Max Busser, Founder of MB&F, and Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani, Product Creation Executive Director at Bvlgari Horlogerie. The duo have a shared passion when it comes to visual codes, particularly automobiles, which shows in the aesthetics of their new collaboration, the Bvlgari x MB&F Serpenti. Busser and Buonamassa already worked together […]

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Feadship Project 714

Precision Engineering Meets Cutting-Edge Nautical Innovation

Majestic, imperious, imposing – any number of lofty adjectives could apply to the vessel before you, the latest creation from Dutch boat builder Feadship: Project 714, a 262-foot superyacht hybrid vessel which was launched from the yard’s Aalsmeer facility in the Netherlands at the end of February. Just final outfitting and sea trials now stand between […]

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MoonSwatch 1965

Celebrating the success of the Omega Speedmaster in the NASA tests

MoonSwatch 1965 celebrates a milestone achievement for Omega from 60 years ago. With the Gemini flight programme including the first spacewalk (outside the capsule), NASA required an official watch that had been appropriately tested for the astronauts to wear. On 1st March, 1965, NASA Program Director James H. Ragan declared that the Omega Speedmaster was […]

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Wheels Of Time

Girard-Perregaux Laureato Chronograph Aston Martin Edition

Roger Dubuis and Lamborghini, Hublot and Ferrari, Breitling and Bentley, IWC and AMG – something akin to alchemy seems to take place when the world’s top watch brands join creative forces with the world’s top car marques. This new collaboration between Girard-Perregaux and Aston Martin – the Laureato Chronograph Aston Martin Edition – is surely one of the […]

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Out Of This World

Bell & Ross BR-03 Astro

It’s easy to forget, being the solipsistic creatures that humans are – and despite Einstein having been a household name for over a century – that time isn’t some kind of homogenous force rippling through the cosmos. And the Bell & Ross BR-03 Astro is a timely reminder (pun intended) that time, as we know it, is actually […]