Icymi: Top stories from Abtw & The Watch Industry

Switzerland adds the financial muscle before the tariff date

The biggest heading in April was the impact of the “Trump tariffs” that emerges on the watch industry. Swiss brands are exposed to a fee of 31% with a fee of not saying anything about the Chinese tariffs that have risen to 145% as part of a margin war, which frightens every watchmaker, which obtains parts from the “worldwide factory”. In the middle of this uncertainty, Switzerland tried to support its investments in the states. It is possible that this Kow-Twing will have a lifting effect from Switzerland's largest exporter (from chocolate manufacturers to pharmaceutical companies) for Swiss watch brands, but it is too early to say. Teddy Baldassare and Marc of Long Island Watch explain why even the best non -profit tariffs do not achieve both American companies and their specified goals. Read more at Reuters.

The top 10 watches from Watches & Wonders 2025

In any other year, a post -mortem of watches and miracles would be the top history of the month, but hey, interesting times and all of this. The Gemotowatch team put together its collective perspectives, and what came out was this year's top -10 list. The list borne by thousands of hours analyzes, photographed and discussed how the publication constellation is the best and most important (whatever you want you to define it) with pieces such as Rolex's country residents and day Heuer's new Formula 1 information as obvious decisions. A complete calendar for less than $ 4,000 and a brilliant thrust-button world timer were also easy. And for Grand Seiko? Everything they had to do was added to his closures (and to develop a movement for ± 20 seconds a year). Read more at Gemogtowatch.

See the lack of diving boxes at Watches & Wonders 2025 a drier future?

According to the Betteridge Act of the headlines, we have not yet seen the end of the divers. But Watches & Wonders' evidence tells a different story. Buffy Acacia at the time+tide reflects five years of trading shows and determines the slow decrees of the divers and their spread of sports models with integrated bracelets. Even our own top 10 list (see above) contains only one diving guard, and even that is a debate about how the ocean is located. And while the age of the diving guard subsides, it is possible that something bigger is involved. Read more at the time+tide.

Wait a minute! Readability is the most important part of the clock design

Last month, the editor of GemoGtowatch Mike Razak set up a war finding and pulled a line into the sand (a highly readable) with regard to the true purpose of the watches. He focused on the dial design and general readability and stated that a watch that is not easy to say is that it is no longer damn worth it when it comes to it. If you recognize that watches are sometimes a separate exercise, the fact that watches are closer to jewelry or visual art without slightly interpreted dials than actual useful tools. Based on the comment area alone, this is not an unpopular opinion. Read more at Gemogtowatch.

Could the 1990s inspire the next cycle of watch fashion?

Henry Black at Fratello raises an interesting question: Did the clocks from the 90s even have a clearly defined look? In short: not really. This is not good for the possibility of revival, but there are some elements that stand out. Large, blocked watches such as the Seamaster 300m or the Doxa Sub 600T are good examples, and brands have done much more when trying to arouse interest in one topic. Personally, we agree if it means that Tudor brings the prince back. In view of the fact that the 90s core is already opening its head in other parts of the model landscape (Bucket han it, someone?), We may already be on the sidelines of a renaissance of the 90s. Read more at Fratello Watches.

StoryTime: How Jimmy Fallon got his Bremont

With all respect for both Jimmy and Bremont, we did not have the late night host as a pilot watch. Or in this case a security guard “very, very, very very one-pilot”. On Instagram, Fallon shared the story of how he divided custody for a very special watch from Bremont's collection: The Martin-Baker MB1. Fallon's father-in-law a retired pilot only for those who have fled from an airplane through a Martin Baker tread seat in the exclusive club. The two combined the experience of his Fil and Jimmy credit card and made a deal with which they exchanged the clock. Listen to the whole story Instagram.

Bonus: Sword dealers for the fights of wristwatch -enthusiasts to lead debates

It would not be April without a little stupidity. In difficult times, the founder of Gemogtowatch, Ariel Adams, helps to keep things with a product we are putting on: sword dealers. Bringing the whole vitriol of these idiotic debates about such burning questions about life: “What does 100 meters of water resistance do Really mean? “or” should exhibition case backs only be used on watches with decorated movements? “. Read more at GettoSTOTCH.