Back in the 17th century, Mary Queen of Scots once had a beautifully crafted skull watch made in her honor. Not long after, her head got chopped clean off. That historical timepiece, with some notes from the Day of the Dead, have directly inspired Fiona Krüger and this Black Skull watch. Each hand-decorated three-layer watch keeps its […]

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 […]

Italian watchmaker Panerai adapts its Radiomir chronograph from a wristwatch into a pocket watch as part of their 2014 collection. The simple but handsome “3 Days” pocket watch is available in a 50mm case made of either 18-carat polished white gold (above) or red gold (below), with sapphire crystal and matching chain. Just like the Radiomir on which it’s based, the 3 Days […]

Swiss artist Fabian Oefner causes worldwide panic in the gearhead community by exploding a series of priceless vintage exotic cars in his Disintegrating series. Only there’s no need to panic — these are not real  Ferrari 250 GTOs, Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwings or Jaguar E-Types, but rather models of said cars. But it’s not a digital […]

The ever tasteful watchmakers over at Bell & Ross have crafted a limited edition version of their BR03 GMT timepiece for The Watch Gallery. Taking TWG’s signature blue, B&R use the bright hue to accent the watch on the hour hand and GMT logo. The watch also features a black PVD case, date window up […]

The latest timepiece from Brietling, the Transocean Unitime Pilot, is aimed at the jetsetting world traveler. Its face is designed with two discs that can be quickly rotated to move the watch across all 24 timezones, allowing one to quickly read the time regardless of where they find themselves on planet Earth. The Swiss watchmaker’s […]

These beautifully crafted boots are manufactured Swiss label Bally to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s legendary climb of Mount Everest back in 1953. Interestingly the boots are not modeled after the shoes that Hillary wore, but rather are replicas of the ones worn by Hillary’s main Sherpa, a Nepalese man named Tenzing […]

Swiss watchbuilders Urwerk update their UR-110 model with a matte black and red colorway dubbed the PTH. The headturning timepiece hides a secret under its dark, sandblasted matte black robe however: it is actually made of platinum. Urwerk pioneered the process of matting platinum with their UR-103 Blackbird back in 2006, and the UR-110 PTH is the […]