The Autavia name, a contraction of “automobile” and “aviation,” has been associated with TAG Heuer, née Heuer, since the early 1930s, when the Swiss company produced a series of dashboard timers suitable for use in both cars and planes. It wasn’t until Heuer ceased production of dashboard timing devices, though, Continue Reading
The fake Panerai Submersible BMG-Tech 47MM
For as long as I’ve covered the watch beat, there have been companies putting forward timepieces made from new materials. It’s easy to look askance at some of the watches that fall into this “new materials” category. After a while, you start to wonder whether material A, B, or C Continue Reading
LVMH Watch Brands Leave Baselworld In The Wake Of Rolex, Pake Patek Philippe, And Others
This week, the bad news for Baselworld just keeps rolling in. LVMH’s watch brands have officially announced that they will be leaving the fair and will instead likely show their products in Geneva alongside brands like Rolex, Patek Philippe, and the participants in Watches & Wonders Geneva, in April 2021. Continue Reading
Fake Cartier Santos-Dumont XL with a hand-wound mechanism
Santos-Dumont – recognized as the first watch for pilots – debuts in a variant with a slightly larger case than before and a manual, thin caliber enclosed in it. Cartier will offer it in three versions. Alberto Santos-Dumont – a great fan of balloon flights – became popular when the Continue Reading
A fake Hublot Techframe Ferrari 70 Years Tourbillon Chronograph (SINGLE PIECE) at auction
Happy birthday Rossa! As it should be today, the Google News section is tinged with red to celebrate Ferrari’s 70 years. In reality Hublot, which has just renewed its partnership with the Cavallino, was the first to celebrate it. At the end of March, his booth in Baselworld was entirely Continue Reading
The Replica Audemars Piguet [Re]master01 Selfwinding Chronograph
It’s not often that Audemars Piguet launches a whole new collection of watches, but that’s what we’re getting today. Meet the [Re]master01, an automatic chronograph inspired by a beautiful watch from the brand’s past. A specific watch, no less. Audemars Piguet produced very few chronographs in the early 20th century Continue Reading
The Fake IWC ‘Laureus Sport for Good’ Portugieser Hand-Wound Monopusher Limited Edition (Live Pics & Pricing)
Quick Take A longstanding relationship between IWC and the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation has produced a number of special watches that have both appealed to collectors and fueled highly focused altruistic projects. This time, IWC has produced a Portugieser monopusher chronograph that features the company’s impressive hand-wound 59360. The Continue Reading
The Fake Omega Seamaster Diver 300M
The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M, in one form or another, has been around since 1993. But of all the various iterations over the decades, the most recent example with a polished ceramic dial, ceramic bezel, and Co-Axial caliber 8800 may be the one that’s finally found its footing. It’s a Continue Reading
A Funky Rolex, A NOS Fake Breitling, And A Limited Laurent Ferrier
This is a week of obscurities, interesting provenance, and once in a lifetime opportunities. There’s a little something for everyone, including an Omega with automotive provenance, a Rolex which you’re likely not expecting, and not one, but two full set chronographs of the absolute highest quality from Heuer and Breitling. Continue Reading
Are you out of stock trying to buy a fake Rolex Batman? Try This GMT
A GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) watch is usually a sporty-looking timepiece with a third hand that makes a full turn of the dial in 24 hours to show the time of a second time zone. The GMT-Master II mania began when in 2013 the granite green house, little prone to Continue Reading