WatchTime Blog

Welcome to WatchTime’s blog – the watch collector’s daily resource for the latest news on watches and the watch industry. Here, the WatchTime editorial team and other contributors from top watch blogs and online watch magazines post reviews of new watch models, news from the watch industry, reports from watch collector events, and much more.

Before and After: The Restoration of a Rare, Vintage Cartier Tank Watch

In 2011, the BBC TV series “Antiques Roadshow” featured a wristwatch in truly terrible condition. Much to the totally unsuspecting owners’ surprise, their piece of scrap metal turned out to be a rare early Cartier Tank watch from the 1920s (as indicated by the cabochon), with an estimated value of £5,000. It was given to...

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Mar 11, 2015 by Roger Ruegger

Dive Watch Wednesday: How to Turn Any Watch Into a Dive Watch

If you want to take pictures under water, you can either use a regular camera in a matching, separate underwater case, or simply opt for a waterproof camera that comes with an already-sealed case. Chances are that, as a diver, you would go for the separate-case option (offering increased water resistance, versatility and a broader...

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Mar 11, 2015 by Roger Ruegger

Monochrome Monday: Reviewing The Clerc Hydroscaph

Most watch enthusiasts can identify a dive watch at a glance even if the watch only emerges from under a cuff for a few seconds. The bezel is the typical giveaway, but a watch’s brand may be more readily recognizable: the name, DNA and ubiquitous presence. Monochrome-Watches writes that Swiss brand Clerc differentiates itself by putting a...

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Mar 9, 2015 by Frank Geelen

Dive Watch Specials: My 5 Top Dive Watches from Baselworld and Beyond

Every year, Diveintowatches.com tries to cope with the rather difficult task of creating something like a “best in show” list of the new dive watches presented at the Baselworld watch fair. As we approach Baselworld 2015, let’s revisit my top five dive watches from last year’s Baselworld and compare them to my final list of...

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Mar 9, 2015 by Roger Ruegger

Escapement Watch Review: The Chopard G.P.M.H Chrono

Angus Davies, in this article from the online watch magazine Escapement, provides an in-depth review of the Chopard G.P.M.H Chrono, a watch born to grace the wrist of any podium-seeking competitor. A chronometer, this watch delivers precision in a handsome composition with retro styling elements.

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Mar 8, 2015 by Angus Davies

Fratello Friday: Our Prediction for a New Omega Speedmaster at Baselworld 2015

I would like to use this week’s Fratello Friday to make an educated guess on a new watch that Omega is likely to present during Baselworld 2015 later this month. Almost every year, Omega introduces a limited or special-edition Omega Speedmaster to commemorate historical achievements by NASA in which a Speedmaster was involved.

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Mar 6, 2015 by Robert-Jan Broer

Dive Watch Wednesday: Plunging Into the Past With the New Zodiac Sea Wolf

In Spring 2014, Zodiac teased the return of the legendary Zodiac Sea Wolf, a popular and affordable dive watch model from the early ’50s (it was introduced somewhere between 1953 and 1955 and reached a production volume of 10,000 pieces in 1964). Since we don’t normally get officially introduced to watches a year before their...

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Mar 4, 2015 by Roger Ruegger

Monochrome Monday: New Tudor Watches We Hope To See At Baselworld 2015

At Monochrome-Watches, we have a special attraction to Tudor. While we may love Rolex for its serious and high quality creations, Tudor (Rolex’s sister company) has created some interesting, affordable, very well finished and mainly, really cool watches recently – such as the Heritage Black Bay Blue, the Heritage Ranger or the Heritage Chrono. Thus, there is no reason...

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Mar 2, 2015 by Brice Goulard

Escapement Watch Review: The TAG Heuer Formula 1 Caliber 7 GMT

Looking for the perfect gift for a young man who is turning 21? Our WT contributor recently had an opportunity to wear and review the TAG Heuer Formula 1 Caliber 7 GMT watch. Here he discusses the viability of this timepiece as a potential purchase for a gift, in particular, for a young man coming of age.

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Mar 1, 2015 by Angus Davies

Fratello Friday’s Top 5 Omega Seamaster Watches

WatchTime contributor offers his personal all-time "Top 5" list of Omega Seamaster watches, which includes the traditional Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT GoodPlanet and the mother of all Omega divers' watches, the Seamaster 300.

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Feb 25, 2015 by Robert-Jan Broer

Monochrome Monday: Introducing The Urwerk UR-210S Full Metal Jacket, Now On Metallic Bracelet

A metallic bracelet on an Urwerk? What a strange idea, one might think, says Brice Goulard of the watch blog Monochrome. However, if you take a look at the previous models that the brand has created, there was already an Urwerk coming on such a bracelet, the UR-202 White Shark. This timepiece was a stunner. Alongside the ultra-cool and off-the-range UR-110 Eastwood,...

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Feb 23, 2015 by Brice Goulard

Watch Spotting at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Because it is one of the five most visited museums in the world, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC hardly needs any further recommendation. But just in case you have not as yet felt the immediate need to see the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world, there’s...

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Feb 22, 2015 by Roger Ruegger

Escapement Watch Review: Graham Chronofighter Oversize

Angus Davies reviews the Graham Chronofighter Oversize on his online watch magazine, Escapement, The timepiece is a chronograph with a rather unusual carbon “trigger.” Read why Angus delights in this Graham offering, below.

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Feb 21, 2015 by Angus Davies

Fratello Friday: Explaining the Seiko 6159-7010 “Grandfather Tuna”

We’ve got something different for this week’s Fratello Friday. For a while, we’ve had a Seiko expert on board Fratello Watches by the name of Michael Stockton and one of his personal interests are (vintage) Seiko and Grand Seiko watches. This week, we bring you one of his stories, about the Seiko 6159-7010 also known...

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Feb 20, 2015 by Robert-Jan Broer

Dive Watch Wednesday: Here’s the One Rolex Watch in Lucerne You Can’t Buy

The recently restored “Mesoscaph” submarine, designed in 1963 by Auguste Piccard, is the largest civilian submarine and also one of the newest attractions at the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne. It is the centerpiece of a new exhibition dedicated to three generations of a family of explorers (Aguste, Jacques, and Bertrand). Another new...

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Feb 18, 2015 by Roger Ruegger

Watch Insider: My Top 10 Watches From Baselworld

I thought now would be an ideal time to look back on my personal favorite watches from Baselworld, first published on my blog, Watch-Insider.com. Let me know if you agree with my choices (listed here in alphabetical order) and feel free to share your own favorites in the comments box below. Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe...

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Feb 17, 2015 by Alexander Linz

Monochrome Monday: Reviewing the New A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual

What can we say about the A. Lange & Söhne Datograph that hasn’t already been said? It’s certainly one of the finest chronographs of its time, but if you add a perpetual calendar to the package, what do you receive back? A superb, exclusive, technical and desirable timepiece. The A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual is pure horological sweetness...

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Feb 16, 2015 by Brice Goulard

Escapement Watch Review: Ball Watch Trainmaster Cannonball

Angus Davies provides an in-depth review of the Ball Watch Company Trainmaster Cannonball, a modern day chronograph inspired by a historical pocket watch. You can read more of Angus’s watch musings at his Escapement watch blog.

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Feb 15, 2015 by Angus Davies

Fratello Friday: The Rise of the Micro Brands

In this article, we take a look at the growth of "micro brands" in the watch industry, including brands like Melbourne Watches, Tempest Watches and others.

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Feb 13, 2015 by Robert-Jan Broer

Fratello Classics: 8 Watches for Friday the 13th

As we all try to survive another Friday the 13th, I thought it would be fun to re-post this “Fratello Friday” article highlighting eight watches that have the number ‘13’ in their reference number. It is, admittedly, an unusual method for generating a list of watches, and the results were somewhat surprising; before I started...

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Feb 13, 2015 by Robert-Jan Broer

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