Tag Heuer last year announced the Carrera Heuer-01, its flagship timepiece for a new collection of contemporary chronographs. At Baselworld 2016, it unveiled a new model for the collection with a price point that will introduce tourbillons to many. The TAG Heuer Carrera Heuer-02T is a COSC-certified automatic chronograph with a flying tourbillon that will sell for under CHF 15,000 (about US$15,400 or CA$20,400). This is […]
Baselworld 2016: Romain Jerome Batman-DNA Gotham City
Baselworld 2016 is wrapping up today but with over 1,000 brands represented at the event, we’re still finding more than a few things to share with you. Case in point is the Romain Jerome Batman-DNA Gotham City. The Swiss watchmaker first partnered with DC Comics back in 2014 for Batman’s 75th Anniversary, this second timepiece is dedicated to the city that created Batman […]
Pebble to lay off 25% of its staff
Despite having the most successful Kickstarter campaign ever and raising over US$20 million with its Pebble Time campaign, all does not appear to be well at Pebble. CEO Eric Migicovsky today told Tech Insider that the company is laying off off 40 employees, roughly about 25 percent of its staff. The Pebble layoffs come despite the fact that the company has raised about US$26 million in […]
Dates set for Baselworld 2017
While Baselworld 2016 only closes tomorrow, next year’s event has already been scheduled. Baselworld today tweeted that next year’s event, the aptly named Baselworld 2017, will take place from March 23rd to March 30th 2017. This is roughly a week later than this year’s event. SAVE THE DATE: #Baselworld2017 will be held from March 23rd – 30th! pic.twitter.com/5J77G5BAVS — Baselworld (@Baselworld) March 23, […]
Three new IWC Ingenieur Chronograph Editions with new 69370 calibre
While the horological world convened at Baselworld 2016, IWC Schaffhausen headed off to the 74th Goodwood Members’ Meeting, a famed racing event, where it unveiled three new models in its Ingenieur watch collection commemorating the event. The IWC Ingenieur Chronograph Edition “74th Members’ Meeting at Goodwood” and the Ingenieur Chronograph Editions “Rudolf Caracciola” and “W 125” will all be powered by the new IWC 69370 […]
Baselworld 2016: Chanel debuts Monsieur de Chanel, its first watch for men
Iconic fashion brand Chanel first entered the watchmaking business back in 1987. Since then, it has limited itself to women’s watches but that changed at Baselworld 2016 with the introduction of the Monsieur de Chanel, its first men’s watch. The Calibre 1 that powers it is also Chanel’s first movement to be designed and built in-house. Developed at Chanel’s plant in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, […]
Apple announces new Apple Watch straps and a price drop
As expected, Apple today did not announce a new version of the Apple Watch at its “Let us loop you in” press event. The company instead unveiled an update to WatchOS and new accessories for the current Apple Watch. It also announced a new lower starting Apple Watch price that should help maintain its dominance of the smartwatch market. Until […]
Samsung Gear S2 to be compatible with iOS by end of March?
Samsung officially confirmed at CES 2016 that it was working on making the Gear S2 smartwatch compatible with iOS. The announcement was made when it unveiled new Rose Gold and Platinum versions of the Samsung Gear S2 classic. No timelines were given at the time beyond a generic “later this year” but it now appears that an update could happen before the […]