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.

SIHH Preview: Piaget Unveils its First Minute Repeater

Piaget has announced the launch of its first minute repeater timepiece, set to debut at next month’s SIHH watch fair in Geneva. In the brand’s tradition of historically thin watches and mechanical movements, the new watch sets another record for slenderness in its category: only 4.8 mm thick for the caliber and only 9.4 mm...

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Dec 26, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

IWC Official “Festival-Time” Partner of the Tribeca Film Festival

IWC Schaffhausen continues its support of the movie industry in its latest role as “Festival-Time” Partner of the world-famous Tribeca Film Festival, which will be held for the twelfth time in Spring 2013.

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Dec 20, 2012 by WatchTime

Angular Momentum & Manu Propria’s Metiers d’Art “Takamaki”

Angular Momentum & Manu Propria are releasing yet another new timepiece with a uniquely decorated dial, the Metiers d’Art “Takamaki,” which incorporates the Japanese art of Takamakie (or “raised maki-e”). Developed in the Muromachi Period (1336–1573), the technique of takamakie involves building up layers of design patterns with a mixture of metal powder, charcoal or...

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Dec 19, 2012 by WatchTime

HYT Introduces WISeAuthentic Service

Watch brand HYT, famous for its hydropowered H1 watch, has introduced yet another technological innovation, the WISeAuthentic Service. With this new service, each HYT watch comes with a digital warranty card containing a unique and non-forgeable digital certificate stored in a crypto chip, as a reader for the card. HYT watch owners can now authenticate...

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Dec 18, 2012 by WatchTime

Bremont’s Budget Box Replica Watch Case

British watch brand Bremont has designed a new watch case based on the Budget box, known famously in England as the box traditionally held up during the photo shoot in front of 11 Downing Street before the Chancellor of the Exchequer announces his annual budget plans to Parliament. Bremont’s case is an exact replica of...

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Dec 13, 2012 by WatchTime

F. A. Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award 2012

A few months ago, we reported on A. Lange & Söhne sponsoring the F.A. Lange Excellence Award, which involved eight young watchmakers from around the world competing for a prize of 10,000 euros by creating a date display based on an ETA 6498 movement. On December 6, the winners were finally announced.

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Dec 13, 2012 by WatchTime

Breguet Brings Guilloché to Art Basel Miami

Breguet joined in on last week’s festivities at Art Basel in Miami, where other brands, including Girard-Perregaux and Roger Dubuis, celebrated the arts and watchmaking. Breguet brought the ancient art of guilloché to Miami Beach for the citywide event.

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Dec 12, 2012 by WatchTime

Gearing Up for SIHH 2013: IWC Ingenieur Chronograph Racer

News of new watch launches at next month’s SIHH watch fair in Geneva continues to trickle into WatchTime’s offices, the latest from IWC Schaffhausen. Last year, IWC focused on expanding and revamping its Pilot’s Watch collection. It appears that in 2013, it will be the brand’s sporty Ingenieur collection in the spotlight, starting with the...

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Dec 12, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Baselworld Exhibition Hall Complete

Last week, we reported on the construction of the new exhibition hall for Baselworld 2013. Now, after more than two years of preparation, the new venue is complete and Baselworld 2013 is ready to open on April 25, 2013, as planned.

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Dec 11, 2012 by WatchTime

Nomos Glashütte Wins iF Design Award

Nomos Glashütte’s minimalist designs, as seen in the German brand’s Tetra Collection, has earned it recognition at this year’s iF design awards, which are conferred annually by Hanover-based IF International Forum.

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Dec 11, 2012 by WatchTime

Rolex Becomes Official Formula 1 Timekeeper

Rolex has entered into a long-term partnership with Formula 1 Racing as Official Timekeeper and Official Timepiece, effective as of 2013. As many watch fans and racing fans know, this role was previously held by Hublot, who recently released two Formula 1 themed watches, the F1 King Power Austin and the F1 King Power Great...

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Dec 10, 2012 by WatchTime

Panerai Reveals New Luminor Rattrapante for SIHH 2013

Calling all Paneristi: the first of Panerai’s new crop of watches to be launched at next month’s SIHH watch fair in Geneva has been revealed: it is a split-seconds chronograph in a titanium case, bearing the reference number PAM00530 and the name Luminor 1950 Rattrapante 8 Days Titanio.

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Dec 10, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Roger Dubuis at Art Basel

Girard Perregaux wasn’t the only brand celebrating at Art Basel, the week-long series of exhibitions and performance art taking place in Miami. Roger Dubuis had festivities of its own to introduce its newest brand ambassador, model/designer/artist Daphne Guinness.

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Dec 7, 2012 by WatchTime

Jaeger-LeCoultre At the Fifth Annual MoMa Film Benefit

Jaeger-LeCoultre was a sponsor of the fifth annual film benefit of the Museum of Modern Art, which honored the Academy Award-winning writer-director Quentin Tarantino.After a cocktail reception, the actress Diane Kruger, who is a Jaeger-LeCoultre spokesperson and served as co-chair of the event, took the stage to introduce Tarantino.

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Dec 6, 2012 by WatchTime

SIHH 2013 Preview: A. Lange & Söhne Grand Lange 1 “Lumen”

A. Lange & Söhne has revealed the first of its new timepieces to be launched at January’s SIHH watch fair in Geneva: the Grand Lange 1 Lumen. A limited edition of 100 pieces, the watch features two firsts for the German luxury brand: a luminous outsize date and a partially transparent dial.

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Dec 6, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Limited-Edition Girard-Perregaux Hawk Debuts at Art Basel Miami

On the eve of the official launch event for its new Hawk line of sports watches in Miami, Girard-Perregaux presented the first limited-edition model of the new collection, inspired by FOReverglades, a public art exhibition by William Sweetlove and the Cracking Art Group collective that is a centerpiece attraction of Miami’s Art Week. The unveiling...

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Dec 6, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Arnold & Son Instrument DBS Equation Sidereal

Arnold & Son is celebrating the work of watchmaker John Roger Arnold with the newly unveiled Instrument DBS Equation Sidereal. The initials “DBS” stand for the watch’s two major complications, “double balance” and “sidereal time”(a time scale based on the rate of the Earth’s rotation relative to the stars, rather than the sun).

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Dec 5, 2012 by WatchTime

First Look: Girard-Perregaux’s New Hawk Sports Watch

I landed in Miami last night to attend the world renowned Art Basel Miami Beach art fair as a guest of Swiss watch brand Girard-Perregaux. The show will provide the big stage on which G-P will introduce its new collection of sports watches, called the Hawk. The company has released little info about the watches...

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Dec 5, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

World Boxing Council Honors Hublot Chairman

Not long after Hublot and the World Boxing Council (WBC) joined forces in September to auction off 12 watches signed by boxing legends, the WBC Board of Governors voted Hublot chairman Jean-Claude Biver “Man of the Year” at an event celebrating the WBC’s 50th anniversary.

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Dec 4, 2012 by WatchTime

Maîtres du Temps Opens First Boutique

Maîtres du Temps has opened its first-ever boutique, located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Situated in the Starhill Gallery in Bukit Bintang, the heart of the city’s main shopping district, the boutique officially opened on November 22, with VIP guests and dignitaries in attendance. The launch coincided with the start of “A Journey Through Time VI,”...

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Dec 4, 2012 by WatchTime

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