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Three new additions to the Montblanc Iced Sea Diver Collection Unveiled

New Releases

April 9, 2024

Three new additions to the Montblanc Iced Sea Diver Collection Unveiled

Montblanc is synonymous with beautiful personal items and an iconic snowcapped logo. They have long built a reputation of excellence with individual products and have been one of the few luxury manufacturers to transition into...

Montblanc 1858 The Unveiled Minerva Monopusher Chronograph Released for Watches and Wonders

New Releases

April 9, 2024

Montblanc 1858 The Unveiled Minerva Monopusher Chronograph Released for Watches and Wonders

Skeletonised watches are on-trend, so it is no surprise that a forward-thinking brand like Montblanc is introducing another stunning new watch in this striking design format. Yet it is not an ordinary skeleton watch, quite...

New Montblanc 1858 Geosphere 0 Oxygen CARBO2 Released for Watches and Wonders

New Releases

April 9, 2024

New Montblanc 1858 Geosphere 0 Oxygen CARBO2 Released for Watches and Wonders

For some years, Montblanc has regularly released 1858 Geosphere watches at international events, and they just keep getting more interesting. Each new edition reinforces how the brand has successfully created a viable stand-alone watch industry...

New Releases

April 8, 2024

The élégante by F.P.Journe

You know the phrase, go bold or go home, well that certainly sums up the new offerings from F.P. Journe for this fantastic two weeks of watch releases. The élégante from F.P. Journe is by...

New Brellum Duobox Triple Calendar Moonphase Chronometer

New Releases

April 4, 2024

New Brellum Duobox Triple Calendar Moonphase Chronometer

Sébastien Muller, a fourth generation of a family of watchmakers, has worked hard to make Brellum garner a reputation for innovative designs with exceptional attention to individual detail. He can trace his ancestors' watch design...

New Releases

April 3, 2024

Two new Hamilton Jazzmasters for 2024

Generally, on these pages, we write about Hamilton as a watch associated with military and field history. However, two other families of Hamilton watches are equally prominent, and they probably get less coverage due to...

Biver Carillon Tourbillon Minute Repeaters

New Releases

March 26, 2024

Biver Carillon Tourbillon Minute Repeaters

There are a small handful of names associated with the watch industry who beg you to take notice. They are more than giants; they define the watch industry and have had an almost incalculable impact...

Watch Guides

March 23, 2024

Watches We'll Sell Next

In the loosely connected previous part of these two features - Watches We Wish We Hadn’t Sold – the WatchGecko authors came clean and confessed to the watches they once owned and regretted parting with....

Watch Guides

March 22, 2024

Watches We Regret Selling

Buying and collecting watches is part of our DNA at WatchGecko. Equally a part of that process is selling. Very few of us are lucky enough to have unlimited budgets, so we may have to...

Introducing the new ZULUDIVER 1973 WARRIOR TerrainValor

Product Guides

March 17, 2024

Introducing the new ZULUDIVER 1973 WARRIOR TerrainValor

By now, ZULUDIVER 1973 Military straps need no introduction. They deliver a classic rugged look remarkably unchanged from 1944 when UK Military Dirty Dozen watches were issued on the A.F.0210. single pass canvas webbing strap....

Reviews

March 14, 2024

DOXA SUB 300 'ß' BETA Caribbean

I have recently become a Doxa convert. It's not that I didn't like them before; I just had little exposure and was – to be frank – mildly ignorant of their history, design ethos and...