http://www.watchtime.com AMERICA'S NO. 1 WATCH MAGAZINE Fri, 24 May 2013 17:02:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.watchtime.com/blog/christies-auction-historic-patek-philippe-grand-complication/ http://www.watchtime.com/blog/christies-auction-historic-patek-philippe-grand-complication/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 17:02:03 +0000 Jason Francisco http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31515 At the Important Watches auction on June 11, Christie’s will be auctioning the historically significant Stephen S. Palmer Patek Philippe Grand Complication No. 97912. The watch, estimated at $1,000,000 – 1,500,000, is a grand complication featuring a minute repeater, perpetual calendar, split-seconds chronograph, grande and petite sonnerie, and moon phases, manufactured in 1898. Until the [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/blog/christies-auction-historic-patek-philippe-grand-complication/feed/ 0 http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/blancpains-bathyscaphe-celebrates-60-years-fifty-fathoms/ http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/blancpains-bathyscaphe-celebrates-60-years-fifty-fathoms/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 05:01:04 +0000 Mark Bernardo http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31232 At Baselworld 2013, two iconic sport watches — the Rolex Daytona and TAG Heuer Carrera — celebrated their 50th birthdays with new models, while another historic watch brand, one with “50″ in its name, celebrated its 60th. Blancpain’s influential Fifty Fathoms divers’ watch, now an entire collection, went back to the basics of its 1953 [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/blancpains-bathyscaphe-celebrates-60-years-fifty-fathoms/feed/ 0 http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/watch-to-watch/breguet-type-xxii-3380/ http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/watch-to-watch/breguet-type-xxii-3380/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:33 +0000 Mark Bernardo http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31451 Among Breguet’s offerings at Baselworld 2013 — and perhaps overlooked in the wake of such haute horlogerie pieces as the Classic Chronométrie and Classique La Musicale, was a new version of its luxuriously styled Type XXII pilots’ watch with a handsome brown dial and 18k rose gold case. The Breguet Type XXII 3880, which was [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/watch-to-watch/breguet-type-xxii-3380/feed/ 1 http://www.watchtime.com/blog/watch-insider-blancpain-l-evolution-r-chronographe-flyback-rattrapante-grande-date/ http://www.watchtime.com/blog/watch-insider-blancpain-l-evolution-r-chronographe-flyback-rattrapante-grande-date/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 16:17:44 +0000 Jason Francisco http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31450 WatchTime’s “Watch Insider” Alexander Linz visited the Hungaroring race track near Budapest for the launch of the Blancpain L-Evolution-R Chronographe Flyback Rattrapante Grande Date, which features a 24-hour counter shaped like the Lamborghini logo. While at the track, Linz test-drove a Lamborghini and interviewed Blancpain CEO Mark Hayek. Linz has provided the audio from his [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/blog/watch-insider-blancpain-l-evolution-r-chronographe-flyback-rattrapante-grande-date/feed/ 0 http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/desperate-hours-breitling-emergency-ii/ http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/desperate-hours-breitling-emergency-ii/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:35:53 +0000 Mark Bernardo http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31388 Breitling introduced its Breitling Emergency watch — the first wristwatch with a built-in emergency microtransmitter — in 1995. Since then, the watch has been worn and used by many professional pilots and has played a role in numerous search-and-rescue missions. At Baselworld 2013, Breitling introduced another world-first with its Emergency II, the first watch with [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/desperate-hours-breitling-emergency-ii/feed/ 3 http://www.watchtime.com/blog/longines-official-timekeeper-preakness-stakes/ http://www.watchtime.com/blog/longines-official-timekeeper-preakness-stakes/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:18:43 +0000 Jason Francisco http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31391 At the conclusion of Oxbow’s upset victory at last weekend’s Preakness Stakes, Longines, the race’s official timekeeper and watch, ceremoniously awarded Oxbow’s owner, trainer and jockey with watches from the Longines Saint-Imier Collection in the winner’s circle at Maryland’s Pimlico Race Course. Juan-Carlos Capelli, vice president and head of international marketing for Longines and Jennifer [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/blog/longines-official-timekeeper-preakness-stakes/feed/ 0 http://www.watchtime.com/blog/iwcs-for-love-cinema-cannes/ http://www.watchtime.com/blog/iwcs-for-love-cinema-cannes/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 20:01:39 +0000 Jason Francisco http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31387 IWC mingled with movie stars at the Cannes International Film Festival last weekend, hosting an exclusive “For the Love of Cinema” dinner on May 19th. About 200 guests were in attendance, including actors and “friends of the brand” Naomi Watts and Christoph Waltz. Hollywood screenwriter Alan Trustman, known for classic films such as “The Thomas [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/blog/iwcs-for-love-cinema-cannes/feed/ 0 http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/technology/video-harry-winstons-opus-13-works/ http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/technology/video-harry-winstons-opus-13-works/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:34:42 +0000 Mark Bernardo http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31371 As per usual, Harry Winston generated a fair amount of buzz at the 2013 Baselworld watch fair with the latest timepiece in its haute-de-gamme Opus collection. This year’s piece, the Opus XIII, turned heads with its 242 functional rubies and unconventional time indication by means of tiny, pivoting markers around the dial. Developed in cooperation [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/technology/video-harry-winstons-opus-13-works/feed/ 0 http://www.watchtime.com/blog/chance-win-fossil-swiss-watch/ http://www.watchtime.com/blog/chance-win-fossil-swiss-watch/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:57:50 +0000 Jason Francisco http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31324 Watch fans, be sure to follow us on Twitter at @watchtime for a chance to win a watch from Fossil’s new Swiss Made collection. To enter to win the Fossil watch pictured below, retweet the message shown HERE by Friday, May 24, 12PM (EST). The winner will be chosen at random from among the retweeters. In the meantime, learn more about [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/blog/chance-win-fossil-swiss-watch/feed/ 0 http://www.watchtime.com/blog/baselworld/watch-insider-baselworld-top-10/ http://www.watchtime.com/blog/baselworld/watch-insider-baselworld-top-10/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 05:01:43 +0000 Alexander Linz http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31200 The Baselworld 2013 watch fair has come to and end, and now, having seen and covered dozens of new watches on my blog, Watch-Insider.com, my colleagues at WatchTime have asked me to name my favorite new timepieces from this year’s show. Click here to see my top 10 watches from the most well-established brands. Keep [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/blog/baselworld/watch-insider-baselworld-top-10/feed/ 1 http://www.watchtime.com/facetime/facetime-18/ http://www.watchtime.com/facetime/facetime-18/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 05:01:31 +0000 Jason Francisco http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31317 Welcome to another installment of Facetime! Thanks to Pat Brennan, Vladimir Vakser, and Raef Wyatt for the great pictures! As always, if you would like to be featured in our weekly Facetime section, as well as on Pinterest and our other social networks, please submit a hi-res pic (at least 1mb) to photo@watchtime.com. We’ll also [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/facetime/facetime-18/feed/ 0 http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/antiquorums-auction-518-vintage-modern-watches-14-rolex-daytonas-2-world-records/ http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/antiquorums-auction-518-vintage-modern-watches-14-rolex-daytonas-2-world-records/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 05:01:56 +0000 Mark Bernardo http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31195 Antiquorum’s “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” auction held on Sunday, May 12th at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Geneva, headlined by a selection of vintage Rolex Daytona watches commemorating that model’s 50th anniversary, and set two new world records, including the highest ever sale price for a Daytona at auction. The auction featured a total [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/antiquorums-auction-518-vintage-modern-watches-14-rolex-daytonas-2-world-records/feed/ 2 http://www.watchtime.com/blog/audemars-piguet-partners-art-basel/ http://www.watchtime.com/blog/audemars-piguet-partners-art-basel/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 17:18:06 +0000 Jason Francisco http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31306 Audemars Piguet has announced a long-term partnership with Art Basel, taking on a role as global associate partner with a presence at the Art Basel shows in Basel, Miami Beach and Hong Kong. Starting at Art Basel in Hong Kong, May 23-26, 2013, Audemars Piguet will have a dedicated space,the Audemars Piguet Lounge, within the [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/blog/audemars-piguet-partners-art-basel/feed/ 0 http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/ulysse-nardin-launches-marine-chronograph-manufacture-in-house-movement/ http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/ulysse-nardin-launches-marine-chronograph-manufacture-in-house-movement/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 05:01:33 +0000 Mark Bernardo http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31197 Ulysse Nardin’s journey toward more in-house movement production, a stated goal of UN CEO Patrik Hoffman, continued apace at this year’s Baselworld, when the brand released the new Marine Chronograph Manufacture, its first chronograph watch with an in-house movement. The watch’s story begins last year, when Ulysse Nardin purchased the rights to Ebel’s Caliber 137, [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/ulysse-nardin-launches-marine-chronograph-manufacture-in-house-movement/feed/ 1 http://www.watchtime.com/blog/richard-mille-official-timing-partner-lotus-f1-team/ http://www.watchtime.com/blog/richard-mille-official-timing-partner-lotus-f1-team/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 20:04:08 +0000 Jason Francisco http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31286 Richard Mille, a brand long associated with Formula One auto racing in both its design and use of materials, has signed a two-year deal with the Lotus F1 racing team, joining the team as Official Timing Partner.  As part of the partnership, Richard Mille branding will appear on the team’s 2013 Formula 1 challenger, the [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/blog/richard-mille-official-timing-partner-lotus-f1-team/feed/ 1 http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/case-classic-patek-philippes-calatravas/ http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/case-classic-patek-philippes-calatravas/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 05:01:57 +0000 Mark Bernardo http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31171 Patek Philippe has a well-deserved reputation for being rather conservative in its watch designs and rarely giving in to transient trends. Thus, even a subtle change to one of its classic models garners attention among watch cognoscenti. At this year’s Baselworld, the brand introduced the new Ref. 5227, a Calatrava in a slightly larger case [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/case-classic-patek-philippes-calatravas/feed/ 1 http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/omega-moonwatch-speedmaster-dark-side-moon-black-ceramic/ http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/omega-moonwatch-speedmaster-dark-side-moon-black-ceramic/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 05:01:42 +0000 Mark Bernardo http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31152 Since its debut in 1957, Omega’s iconic Speedmaster chronograph, nicknamed “Moonwatch” for its presence on all six NASA lunar missions, sported a tricompax dial arrangement. In 2011, Omega outfitted the watch with a new co-axial movement and bicompax design, both of which are used again in the first Moonwatch with a black ceramic case, unveiled [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/wristwatch-industry-news/omega-moonwatch-speedmaster-dark-side-moon-black-ceramic/feed/ 2 http://www.watchtime.com/blog/a-lange-sohne-begins-construction-glashutte/ http://www.watchtime.com/blog/a-lange-sohne-begins-construction-glashutte/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 20:17:58 +0000 Jason Francisco http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31167 A. Lange & Söhne has begun construction on its new manufacture building in Glashütte, scheduled to open in two years. (WatchTime.com covered the groundbreaking last September.) The new facility will be heated by means of an environmentally friendly technology that extracts heat generated naturally from the Earth’s crust. Glashütte is located in the Erzgebirge mountain [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/blog/a-lange-sohne-begins-construction-glashutte/feed/ 1 http://www.watchtime.com/reviews/sand-dude-testing-breitling-superocean/ http://www.watchtime.com/reviews/sand-dude-testing-breitling-superocean/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 05:01:14 +0000 WatchTime http://www.watchtime.com/?p=31007 The modern Breitling Superocean is built to withstand the rigors of sea, surf and sand. See how it fares in WatchTime’s test, conducted by writer Alexander Krupp and photographer Nik Schölzel, and originally presented in this feature from our December 2010 issue. Breitling’s first Superocean model, introduced in 1957, was water-resistant to 200 meters. The [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/reviews/sand-dude-testing-breitling-superocean/feed/ 1 http://www.watchtime.com/blog/star-time-10-celebrity-branded-sports-watches/ http://www.watchtime.com/blog/star-time-10-celebrity-branded-sports-watches/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 13:00:58 +0000 Jason Francisco http://www.watchtime.com/?p=30956 There is no shortage of celebrities, many of them celebrity athletes, who serve as “brand ambassadors” for watch brands, appearing in ads and attending events wearing their watches. However, a few of these big-name stars go the extra mile, giving input and often even becoming involved in the design process, for special watches to which [...]]]> http://www.watchtime.com/blog/star-time-10-celebrity-branded-sports-watches/feed/ 1