Patek Philippe Nautilis Jumbo Swiss Watch in Steel Casing

BEST FROM: & Friends June 20 2014

For most of us, our fathers have had a big influence on our lives and our tastes in watches, and in a special Father's Day article, we explore this relationship as part of this month's round-up. That aside, we also go hands on with new watches from Panerai, Omega, Rolex, and Tissot. For vintage watch lovers, we uncover a rare Breguet dive watch from the 60s and also check out a guide to buying vintage Rolex watches. Finally, for all the history lovers, we trace the beginnings of the Swatch Group and also find out how Glassh te became the heart of German watchmaking.1. Panerai Luminor

Hublot Bling Evolution: Diamonds On A Big Bang Watch

Years ago when the first Hublot Big Bang came out it was an interesting watch to most people. It had an aggressive military and industrial sensibility to it that so many men enjoyed back then, and still enjoy today. Not everyone is in love with Hublot watches, but most tend to agree that the Big Bang was a solid design. So solid that for a long time Hublot became typecast as a firm making only Big Bang watches. That is until a few years ago when watches like the King Power and others came along to fill in the product line a bit more.Going back to the Big Bang I thought i

MB&F Legacy Machine No. 1 Watch

Welcome to a new side of MB&F. This new watch is not a new Horological Machine. It does not exist as part of any current collection from the forward thinking brand. Rather, this is the first watch in MB&F's new product family - this is the Legacy Machine 1 (LM1). The Legacy Machine watches will exist as the other side of MB&F. Their products from now on will either fall into the Horological Machine range or the Legacy Machine range. Retaining the MB&F DNAall around, these watch collections will be like family members separated by 100 years of history.For Max Busser

Nik Wallenda Takes JeanRichard To New Heights Over Grand Canyon

You no doubt have heard the news (or perhaps even watched the live broadcast) of Nik Wallenda crossing over the Little Colorado River Gorge (near the Grand Canyon), 1500 feet in the air without a tether on June 23, 2013. ?What you may not have caught is the fact he was wearing a watch from JeanRichard as Wallenda is JeanRichard's latest brand ambassador (Ariel had dinner with him and vouches that he is indeed a nice guy).The watch in question that crossed the Canyon was the JeanRichard Terrascope (pictured up top, and reviewed right here). ?At first, it may seem a little odd that someone w