Category: Luxury Accessories

All of us here at aBlogtoWatch are excited to announce Kevin B. of Omaha, USA as the winner of our Shinola Canfield C56 watch giveaway. Sporting warm, classic racing-inspired colors and a crisp, handsome design, it’s bound to attract attention on the wrist in any setting. Your ongoing participation in our community is greatly appreciated. T0 the…

Since its inception, Atelier Wen has been a tireless champion of Chinese craftsmanship, rooting its brand identity in traditional crafts and the people who make them. Following a humble Kickstarter debut with porcelain dials and its standout hand-guilloché Perception series, the brand now introduces its most ambitious collection yet, achieving a delicate balancing act. With…

Since its upset GPHG victory in 2021, it’s fair to say that Chinese marque CIGA design has built much of its collection around the concept of the award-winning Blue Planet design. From numerous colorway options to different views of the globe, the basic idea behind the Blue Planet has shown its staying power, but until…

This week on the SUPERLATIVE Podcast, host and aBlogtoWatch founder Ariel Adams is joined by Henrik Ekdahl, managing director of Ernst Leitz Werkstätten GmbH. Henrik is now responsible for the Leica watch and accessories business and previously held roles at IWC, BMW, Rolls-Royce, and Cartier. The two discuss Leica’s entry into mechanical watchmaking and how…

My fascination with watches is strongly rooted in their practical and performance-oriented nature. Had I exclusively cared about beauty and craftsmanship, I would have picked classical arts, especially painting and sculpture, as my passion — which they are, but to a much lesser degree than watches and cars. What I really love about watches (and…

I will admit upfront that most Boldr watches haven’t resonated with me. I’ve always found them a bit chunky for my liking, and never quite got a good fit on my wrist. That’s always the death knell for me, and I imagine most of you: how a watch wears. But I won’t say a watch…

The Fifty Fathoms is easily the most famous Blancpain model of all time, and just like other timepieces that enjoy a similar degree of reverence within their respective catalogs, the classic Fifty Fathoms dive watch exists on somewhat of a pedestal, where Blancpain will likely never drastically alter its core design. That said, rather than…

This week on aBlogtoWatch Weekly, Ariel, Rick, David, and Ripley are back with a wrist-worn whirlwind of hilarity, horology, and Hungarian heroes. This week’s ceremonial clap-in goes to the Sowind Group for being one of Switzerland’s “best managed companies.” (We are just as confused as you are). Ariel gets serious with a thought-provoking take on…

You can never go wrong celebrating an anniversary, and watch brands have made these milestones into their own category of marketing. The overuse of anniversaries has almost desensitized the watch community to the point that when a brand does something just to do it, it feels all the more fresh and exciting. That’s exactly what…

In the first half of the 20th century in North America, there was an extended family of individuals who came from Europe to America and Canada. They had connections in Europe for watchmaking and used their family connections to establish networks for effectively producing and distributing timepieces. Some of those brands still exist today, and…