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.

Monochrome Watches Review: Porsche Design Timepiece No.1 & Chronograph Titanium Limited Edition

Porsche Design is not only making leather goods and sunglasses. That’s not our material here at Monochrome-Watches. The word “Watches” appears in our blog name, and if we have to talk about Porsche Design, it’s for their undoubtedly interesting timepieces. Black theme and chronographs had always been part of Porsche’s DNA. In order to keep the...

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Jan 22, 2015 by Frank Geelen

SIHH 2015: A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater

One of A. Lange & Söhne’s introductions at SIHH 2015 was an all-new minute repeater. The Zeitwerk Minute Repeater combines a chiming mechanism with jumping displays for the hours and minutes. The simple, legible dial belies the complexities of its movement. This is the first Lange watch to combine a jumping time display with a...

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Jan 21, 2015 by Jay Deshpande

SIHH 2015: Greubel Forsey GMT Black (Updated with Live Photos and Price)

Greubel Forsey, a brand known for its ambitious, innovative multi-tourbillon watches, introduced its own singular take on the classic world-time watch in 2011. A new execution of the succinctly named Greubel Forsey GMT, with a blackened titanium case, debuted this week at SIHH 2015.

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Jan 21, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Dive Watch Wednesday: Private-Label Dive Watches Aren’t as New as You Think

It seems like the dive watch category has inspired more “micro-brands” and “boutique brands” over the last few years to start a watch business than has any other watch category in the industry. Of course, while some of these recent start-ups have attempted to produce their very own ideal of “the perfect diver,” many others...

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Jan 21, 2015 by Roger Ruegger

SIHH 2015: The New, Two-Tone Self-Winding Audemars Piguet Royal Oak (With Live Photos)

The Audemars Piguet watch that made the most noise (literally) at SIHH 2015 was the accoustically engineered Royal Oak Concept RD#1, the brand’s undisputed headliner, but AP also released some new versions of its popular standards, including this striking new execution of the iconic Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, in two-tone rose gold and steel.

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Jan 21, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Hublot F1 King Power Austin

Hublot is celebrating the return of Formula 1 to the United States by unveiling their latest King Power watch. The penultimate Grand Prix of the season will take place in the new “Circuit of the Americas” built in Austin, Texas, so Hublot, as the Official Watch of Formula 1, has named their new watch the F1...

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Jan 21, 2015 by WatchTime

SIHH 2015: New Roger Dubuis Excalibur Skeleton Watches (Updated with Live Photos and Prices)

Roger Dubuis has declared 2015 to be “The Year of the Skeleton,” unveiling a slew of new skeletonized watches from its flagship Excalibur collection at SIHH 2015. Here’s more on two of them, the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Skeleton and Excalibur Spider Flying Tourbillon.

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Jan 21, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Escapement Watch Review: The Piaget Altiplano Double Jeu

A wise eye is seldom fooled merely by the sight of a pretty face. Angus Davies, on his Escapement blog, examines the Piaget Altiplano Double Jeu watch and finds many virtues behind its comely appearance.

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Jan 21, 2015 by Angus Davies

SIHH 2015: Richard Mille RM 19-02 Tourbillon Fleur

At SIHH in Geneva, Richard Mille introduced its new luxury ladies’ watch, the RM 19-02 Tourbillon Fleur. The watch combines a flying tourbillon mechanism with a distinctive automaton feature – all in a characteristically Richard Mille case.

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Jan 20, 2015 by Jay Deshpande

SIHH 2015: Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Astrotourbillon Skeleton (Updated with Live Photo)

At its SIHH 2015 presentation, Cartier introduced a new version of its Astrotourbillon concept: the Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Astrotourbillon Skeleton. The watch lays bare the workings of its unusual rotating tourbillon mechanism, suspending it in in the skeletonized movement.

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Jan 20, 2015 by Jay Deshpande

SIHH 2015: Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Reversed Tourbillon (Updated with Live Photos and Price)

Cartier has introduced more than 100 new watch references at SIHH 2015. One of the most interesting is the Rotonde de Cartier Reversed Tourbillon, a watch whose unconventional flying tourbillon is displayed on a minimalist, sunburst-guilloché dial with an off-center hours and minutes display.

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Jan 20, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2015: IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days Edition “75th Anniversary”

To mark the 75th anniversary of its Portugieser watch family, IWC has launched, at SIHH 2015, the vintage-inspired Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days Edition “75th Anniversary,” as part of its newly revamped collection of Portugieser watches.

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Jan 20, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Escapement Watch Review: Grand Seiko SBGA029

Angus Davies reviews the Grand Seiko SBGA029, in this article from the online magazine Escapement. The SBGA029 is a divers’ watch featuring the brand’s highly impressive Spring Drive movement.

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Jan 20, 2015 by Angus Davies

SIHH 2015: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept RD#1 (Updated with Live Photo)

As it did last year, Audemars Piguet presented a new Royal Oak Concept watch at the 2015 SIHH watch fair. This year’s model is truly a milestone: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept RD#1 (formerly nicknamed “Acoustic Research”) — which I saw, and heard, in person today — is a unique prototype piece that is...

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Jan 20, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Monochrome Watches Review: Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Quantième Ivory Enamel

Jaquet Droz watches, it seems, are more popular in the Asian market (especially Hong Kong and China) than in Europe or the U.S., despite the intrinsic quality of the timepieces produced (thanks to the Swatch Group, owner of the brand) and their natural elegance. We’ve previously reviewed some JD on our Monochrome Watches blog (here and...

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Jan 20, 2015 by Brice Goulard

Monochrome Monday: Jaeger-LeCoultre Duomètre Sphérotourbillon Moon Launches at SIHH 2015

The SIHH (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, based in Geneva) starts today, and we here at Monochrome Watches are covering it along with our colleagues from WatchTime.com. After revealing a very special edition of its Master Calendar, with a meteorite dial, Jaeger-LeCoultre now unveils a masterpiece. Not only is this watch absolutely beautiful to...

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Jan 19, 2015 by Brice Goulard

SIHH 2015: Piaget Presents the World’s Thinnest Hand-Wound Chronograph (Updated with Live Photo and Price)

Piaget watches have long been renowned for their elegant thinness, and the brand has set numerous watch-world thinness records with its releases of recent years. The new Piaget Altiplano Chronograph, which debuted this week at SIHH 2015 — sets another one, for world’s thinnest hand-wound flyback chronograph.

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Jan 19, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2015: Montblanc Heritage Spirit Orbis Terrarum (Updated with Live Photos and Prices)

Montblanc has launched a number of new travel-oriented watches at SIHH 2015 in Geneva. One of them, the Montblanc Heritage Spirit Orbis Terrarum is a new take on the world timer, showing the hour in 24 time zones at once.

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Jan 19, 2015 by Jay Deshpande

SIHH 2015: Watch Insider Previews the Parmigiani Tonda 1950 Squelette

At SIHH in Geneva this year, Parmigiani Fleurier has brought out a new skeletonized ultra-thin watch: the Parmigiani Tonda 1950 Squelette. It gives a clear view of the new PF 705 movement. Here’s a look at the new SIHH release, originally published on my blog, Watch-Insider.com.

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Jan 19, 2015 by Alexander Linz

Escapement Watch Review: Louis Moinet Nelson Piquet Chronograph

Angus Davies reviews the Louis Moinet Nelson Piquet Chronograph, a watch incorporating a plethora of interesting elements and delivering sublime eye-appeal, in this article from his online magazine, Escapement.

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Jan 19, 2015 by Angus Davies

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