As we observe the leap year on Feb. 29, it’s a fitting time to explore five unconventional perpetual calendar watches that put a fresh twist on one of watchmaking’s oldest complications, which ...

WHEN IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN UNVEILED THE Da Vinci Chronograph Perpetual Calendar in 1985, it showed how the perpetual calendar – one of the most complicated mechanical watches – could be made simple and ...

I’ve been in the watch industry a very long time. In fact, I started my journey in late 1984 and my first full year in timepieces was in 1985. That was the same year that IWC unveiled its ...

Audemars Piguet’s first crop of newness this year celebrates the brand’s status as one of Switzerland’s oldest brands. This year marks the company’s 150th anniversary, and it is marking the occasion ...

Reading about watches can often feel like cracking open a textbook. Browsing—and even buying—means being barraged with inscrutable words and phrases like ”tourbillons,” “perpetual calendars,” “minute ...

One of the prevailing trends in the watch industry for 2025 has been a shift toward smaller case sizes. Some brands revived archival designs, others scaled down existing models and there have been ...

As part of the Complications, Simplified series explaining the complex mechanisms that add functionality – or complications – to mechanical watches, HYPEBEAST looks at how the Perpetual Calendar kept ...

They call functions on mechanical watches "complications" for a reason, but sometimes things get so complicated that it's time to start over. That's the reasoning that led MB&F and Irish watchmaker ...

Athlone Designs has created a unique perpetual calendar constructed from aluminium and titanium and featuring a patent-pending design. Watch the demonstration video below to learn more about the ...