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 [...]

 

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 [...]

 

Welcome to another installment of Facetime! Thanks to Dr. Bryan Wierwill, David Cohen Valdes, and Mark Jennings 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. [...]

 

WatchTime contributor Alexander Linz sat down with Walter von Känel of Longines at Baselworld, and post an audio interview on his blog at watch-insider.com. Linz also got a look at the new Longines revealed at the watch fair. To see the new Longines watches and hear the interview with Walter von Känel, click here now.

 

Longines started manufacturing timing equipment in 1878 with the launch of a simple 20 ligne column-wheel chronograph, reference number 20H. Over the years, many other Longines chronograph calibers have incorporated a column-wheel mechanism. The new Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph continues this horological heritage into the 21st century. Click here for a photo of the Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph [...]