Ring watches are not new. For decades, the finger-worn timepieces have been a special area of hybrid jewelry product specialization as well as charming miniaturization. In the modern era, you can find a number of companies that produce rings (mostly rather affordable) with small watch faces on...
Following several years of quietly building its watch program, Leica is continuing its push into premium mechanical watchmaking with a steady expansion of the Leica ZM 1 and Leica ZM 2 watch collections. These flagship pieces run on the brand’s first proprietary movements, the hand-wound Caliber...
In 2025, the company known today as Leica celebrated the 100th anniversary of releasing its first production camera. As early as 1914, the company founded by Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar, Germany, already had its first prototype of what would become a major revolution in the world of optics and...
February 2026 is upon us, but just because this is the shortest month of the year doesn’t mean it can’t be packed with adventure. To help each month feel a bit more adventurous, we’ve partnered with Dryden to deliver one lucky winner a handsome retro-styled dive chronograph that can virtually do...
Editor’s Note: This is a departure from my usual “Time Machines” column to present something a bit shorter and focused more on the current state of the industry than on historic watches. Like most watch enthusiasts, I have a wide array of hobbies outside timepieces — cars, art, fashion, history,...
Easily one of the most controversial wristwatch accoutrements is the bund strap. Some people adore them, and some people hate them. Bund straps are watch straps that flare widely behind the case and cover the entire caseback, often even extending a bit beyond the case width. Bund straps are...
We here at aBlogtoWatch are pleased to announce Steve B. of Hamilton, Canada as the winner of our RZE Resolute 36 and Vancouver travel experience giveaway. With a chance to tour this beautiful city while wearing a vivid new statement watch, this is sure to be a trip to remember! Your ongoing...
From the ancient Egyptians to the Incas — and seemingly every culture in between — gold has been valued above all else. Whether from its rarity, its resistance to corrosion, or simply its incomparable lustre and warmth, gold is the benchmark. Indeed, for 19 days this winter in Milano Cortina,...
The folks at Louis Erard are not known for sporty watches. Quite the opposite; the brand is best known for its endless string of collabs and its regulators. To be sure, so dominant are those pillars in the Temple of Erard that I don’t think most people are even aware that the brand makes a...
Since 2007, LÜM-TEC has taken a very specific approach to watchmaking: The brand builds tough, legible, mechanically honest watches, then keeps refining them year after year. No constant reinvention for its own sake — just steady evolution driven by materials, construction, and real-world use....
Over the past several years, the watch industry has seen a remarkable democratization of complications. Layouts and features that were once reserved for the wealthiest of collectors are increasingly available even at the entry level, and much of this availability has been spurred on by a new...
I tend to advise fellow watch enthusiasts not to care much for self-imposed limited production runs, and do so for a host of reasons. To keep it short, some brands love to launch something “limited” only to then debut a regular-production version soon after. Instead, if one has helplessly fallen...
