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Is a 42mm dive watch on a funky bracelet what people come to Nomos Glashütte for? It is now. By Chris Hall For those of us that have followed the growth of Nomos Glashütte as a brand for several years, it has been interesting watching the brand tackle the question of how you expand from those mid-century design-focussed roots while retaining the elements that made everyone like you in the first. You come to Nomos for slim, smart, elegant, gender-neutral watches with a unique sense of style and character. Cleverness on the inside, restraint on the outside. Now, the brand wants you to come loo ..read more

At the very peak of Montblanc’s chronograph range sits a new monopusher split-seconds model, cased for the first time in bronze By Timothy Barber Have we reached Peak Bronze in fine watches? One might reasonably hope so, since this year’s overload – which takes in IWC, TAG Heuer, Tudor, Bell & Ross, Oris, Montblanc and several others – has begun looking rather repetitive, if not bordering on the faddy. However, the appearance of a serious piece of top tier horology – and Montblanc’s 1858 Split Second Chronograph is certainly that – cased in bronze really is an interesting development, not ..read more

We have some news about this year’s event We are disappointed to announce that the Saatchi Gallery is no longer able to host SalonQP 2019 on the dates previously confirmed with us (10th-12th October) due to an unexpected and conflicting arrangement. The gallery is unable to offer us alternative availability this autumn/winter due to their resident exhibition.  Given this untimely news, and our commitment to continue hosting a premium large-scale exhibition, we have taken the decision to defer SalonQP until 2020. We appreciate this is disappointing news, but we remain fully focussed on making ..read more

Bulgari adds another ultra-thin watchmaking record to its growing list of achievements, as it creates the world’s thinnest automatic chronograph By Chris Hall Thanks to the competing efforts of just a couple of the watch world’s top tier brands – really it’s just Piaget, Bulgari and occasionally the likes of Jaeger-LeCoultre and Audemars Piguet – we are living in a golden age for ultra-thin watchmaking. If it thrills you to see something that’s already difficult done with added constraints (like blindfolded waterskiing, or chess-boxing, perhaps) then this really should tick your boxes. In add ..read more

We all take it for granted that mechanical watches have jewels in them as part of the essential operation of the movements – as you’ll see through the back of any watch with a display caseback. But the question is, when and why did jewels become widely used?    By Andrew Hildreth The purpose of jewels in watch movements is to reduce friction – that’s the easy part. Their use dates back to the start of the eighteenth century, in London, when the manufacturing skills were developed to fasten the jewels to the metal plate; and more importantly, how to drill a precise hole through the jewel, or i ..read more

From unusual divers to new claims on the Royal Oak’s crown – and a very different Patek Philippe Calatrava – these are the QP editorial team’s favourite watches from Baselworld 2019 By Chris Hall & James Buttery Chris Hall Urban Jurgensen One I heard about this watch shortly before Baselworld, and it filled me with anticipation. Many is the time that a brand steps into the territory of the Royal Oak/Nautilus/Overseas and rarely does it succeed. Would this be a similar story? Sporty designs are unfamiliar terrain for Urban Jurgensen too; I had no doubt the movement and dial would hold up ..read more