Methods and trends in timekeeping have seen many about faces throughout its history. And now Assouline adds The Impossible Collection of Watches 2014 compendium documenting this history into an extensive volume. Much like the excellent Impossible Collection Of Motorcycles book, written by LIAS contributor Nicolas Stecher, the Impossible Collection of Watches aims to bring together the best of the 20th century into […]

Bell & Ross delivers another vintage-esque military-inspired classic with the BR 126 Vintage Sport Heritage Flyback, this one giving its salute to civil aviation pilots from the 1960s. The chronograph’s black dial is adorned with photo-luminescent symbols that make for easier nighttime reading, and its band is well-matched Natural Heritage leather embossed with the B&R logo. […]

Nooka watchmakers have teamed up with pop artist Jon Burgerman, an artist known for his pop-art “doodle” style. The collab occurs on a limited-edition 200-piece run on the unique “Nooka K” model, which boasts of being amongst the lightest weight watches the brand has to offer — along with having one of the more innovative digital […]

As a followup to the previous collaborations, namely one with a watch face getting muscle-armed by Popeye, Dr. Romanelli and Bamford Watch Department have joined forces yet again to create a cartoon-inspired timepiece. With this version of the Deepsea model, bad-guy Brutus is clobbering the military grade titanium coated chronograph. This highly limited run of only 20 pieces comes with two-year […]

We covered Meister Watch’s military inspired collection before, and this time the Los Angeles watchmaker gains inspiration from NBA player Brandon Jennings.The last of the three-part collection from Jennings and MSTR, and with a limited run of only 150 watches available, the Piston’s player did his own design for the Ambassador model timepiece, dubbed the AM128SS. Features of the […]

After teaming up with Shaw Harley Davidson to create the “B-Rocket” motorcycle — a joint endeavor in time telling and biking — Bell & Ross continues with the motorcycle theme by releasing two additional limited-edition watches. Both the 46mm BR01 (above) and the 42mm BR03 have black padded leather straps with red trim, but the former features a […]

American owned, Swiss-made watchmaker Bell & Ross opens its ubiquitous BR 03-94 model for another limited edition run. Dubbed the BR 03-94 “Carbon Orange”, the big-faced watch’s 42mm Black PVD steel case features bright hits of safety orange for easy readability. B&R offers its chronograph with a choice of straps: an orange canvas strap seen above, or the black rubber […]

Renowned Swiss watchmaker Breitling honors the 100th anniversary of the Swiss Air Force as well as the 50th anniversary of the “Patrouille Suisse” — Switzerland’s top gun acrobatic pilot team — with the 50th Anniversary edition of their coveted Chronomat 44 GMT Patrouille Suisse watch. This exclusive version of the Chronomat 44 will be limited to only 1,000 pieces, only adding further […]