Baselworld 2016: Reinventing the All-Black Watch

Seven distinct timepieces that reimagine the use of the classic color

With hundreds of brands present, Baselworld—the globe’s largest and arguably most prestigious watch and jewelry fair—doesn’t intentionally play host to themes or trends, but it does offer an opportunity to notice through-lines across multiple watchmakers. Each year tends to deliver an interesting color story, whether it was last year’s powerful use of green or brilliant blue dials the year before. Both of these color choices …

Interview: Eduardo Umaña of Classic Engineering

How the recent college graduate designed the affordable, luxurious and simple watch he wanted

This weekend’s Baselworld will include the latest innovations in luxury watchmaking—and with some of the price tags equivalent to wearing a mansion on the wrist, it’s always nice to remember there are awesome options for those of us with average paychecks. Enter Eduardo Umaña, the one-man team behind Classic Engineering and its first product, the clean yet robust VARIO watch. Umaña designed prototypes while at …

Hautlence’s LABYRINTH Watch Doesn’t Tell Time

Instead, the luxury watchmakers put a childhood game on the wrist

Ahead of Baselworld 2016, Hautlence (a luxury watchmaker that was founded in 2004) has just released their newest product—and describe LABYRINTH as an “entirely essential yet fundamentally useless object.” Designed to make the wearer slow down, take some time out and embrace their inner-child, the LABYRINTH is an old-school game, worn on the wrist like a watch. Yet, even with no innovative tech, the piece …