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2 days ago | 
ablogtowatch.com | Ripley Sellers
To celebrate its 15th anniversary, Laurent Ferrier has created a solid gold version of the Sport Auto that pays tribute to a formative movement in the brand’s history that significantly pre-dates the year that the company was actually founded.
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2 days ago | 
ablogtowatch.com | Ripley Sellers
Originally founded in 1902, Schwarz Etienne is best known as a high-end Swiss movement supplier that caters to a premium segment of the market, which requires something a bit more elevated than the standard ETA/Sellita offerings. With that in mind, Schwarz Etienne also produces complete watches under its own name, and while the brand formally started to build out its catalog during the mid-1980s, you will find early Schwarz Etienne-branded timepieces that date all the way back to 1950.
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6 days ago | 
ablogtowatch.com | Ripley Sellers
Compared to stainless steel, titanium is typically considered a premium alloy. When most brands decide to introduce their first titanium watch, it is often one of their premium models that is selected to serve as the foundation.
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1 week ago | 
ablogtowatch.com | Ripley Sellers
When it comes to watches made from unconventional materials, Hublot is easily one of the industry’s leaders, and even just within the last few years, the Swiss brand has used everything from recycled Nespresso coffee pods to professional tennis player Novak Djokovic’s game-worn clothes to create the cases of its watches.
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1 week ago | 
ablogtowatch.com | Ripley Sellers
Since launching just a few years ago in 2022, Swiss independent brand Byrne has been rolling out a new caliber each year, with 2025 marking the introduction of its third Gyro Dial movement. Unveiled earlier this year during Geneva Watch Week 2025, the Byrne Star 38mm is characterized by a noticeably more compact and traditional case profile than what we have previously seen among the brand’s creations.
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1 week ago | 
ablogtowatch.com | Ripley Sellers
I often say that NOMOS is one of the industry’s standouts when it comes to the tasteful use of unconventional colors. However, there also exists somewhat of a price ceiling for what some collectors are willing to spend on a watch with a playful colorway, and NOMOS’ entry-level Club Campus collection occupies a sweet spot, where it is expensive enough to deliver a high-quality ownership experience while simultaneously remaining within the realm of what someone might spend on a novel dial color.
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2 weeks ago | 
ablogtowatch.com | Ripley Sellers
Offering an overall appearance that could best be described as a Cartier Santos combined with one of the robots from Michael Bay’s Transformers films, the Hublot Square Bang collection takes the fundamental DNA of the brand’s signature Big Bang timepiece and expresses it within the context of a square-shaped profile. Since debuting in 2022, Hublot’s Square Bang series has expanded to include models in a wide variety of different materials.
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2 weeks ago | 
ablogtowatch.com | Ripley Sellers
For its latest release of 2025, Certina has expanded its popular DS Action Diver series with a new lineup of 40.5mm watches that occupy the space between the brand’s existing 38mm and 43mm Powermatic 80 models. At a quick glance, the new Certina DS Action Diver 40.5mm appears to be little more than an additional sizing option for the collection.
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2 weeks ago | 
ablogtowatch.com | Ripley Sellers
With a sandblasted titanium case and a minimalist set of features, the Formex Field Automatic represents the independent Swiss brand’s most pared-back offering. It has historically been characterized by a significantly more utilitarian aesthetic than what can be observed among its siblings.
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2 weeks ago | 
ablogtowatch.com | Ripley Sellers
Technically speaking, last year marked the official 50th anniversary of the first Casio watch. However, the Japanese manufacturer’s celebrations have spilled over into 2025 with a commemorative version of its G-Shock 2100 series full-metal chronograph.
