Watch Features

Welcome to WatchTime’s watch features section. Here you will find watch feature stories, watch reports, interesting watch technology coverage, interviews with watch brands, background articles about watches, watch brands and technical stories.

FEATURE

Under the Sea: A Look at Five Watches with Oceanic Inspiration

Underwater worlds and their inhabitants are frequent themes in the watch world and also play a role in art, architecture and the media. In this feature from the WatchTime archives, we look at watches influenced by the oceans and their endangered flora and fauna.

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May 22, 2020 by Maria-Bettina Eich

FEATURE

Back to the Sea: Exploring the Breguet Marine Collection

In 2018, Breguet decided to focus almost entirely on building out its Marine collection, which also included the support of an initiative for the preservation of the ocean worldwide. We had the opportunity to briefly set sail with the new collection.

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May 19, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

Microbrand Monday: Sitting for a Cup with Brew Watch Co.’s Mastergraph and Retrograph

It’s been quite a while since we spotlighted a brand in our “Microbrand Monday” series, last time going hands-on with Martenero’s Edgemere Reserve. This week we are back, now turning our focus to a company well known in the watch enthusiast community in and around New York City with Brew Watch Co. The independent company...

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May 18, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

WATCH TEST

A Full-Grown Classic: Reviewing the Revamped Rolex Sea-Dweller

Rolex premiered its first divers’ watch, the Submariner, in 1953. The Sea-Dweller, which followed in 1967, had a nearly identical design. But since it was made for professional divers, it had an even more pressure-resistant case and a helium valve developed by Rolex. Rolex released a new model in 2017 to celebrate the Sea-Dweller’s 50th...

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Apr 30, 2020 by Jens Koch

Baume & Mercier Builds on the Baumatic with New Day-Date/Moon-Phase Models

Baume & Mercier marked a milestone in its 190-year history with the 2018 launch of the Baumatic, its first in-house-developed movement, inside a three-hand date timepiece of the same name. Last year, the Swiss brand upped the ante by adding a module to the Baumatic base to produce an impressive — and, at just shy...

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Apr 29, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

REVIEW:

Set and Ready: A Hands-On Review of the Breitling Superocean Héritage II

Breitling and Tudor made the decision to bundle their expertise in the design and production of mechanical watches even before changes came to the Breitling company. This became clear, not only in interviews with CEO Georges Kern, but as it is expressed by the timepieces themselves. A modified Breitling movement B01 powers Tudor chronographs as...

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Apr 24, 2020 by Martina Richter

Fair Games: A Look at the Future of Swiss Watch Trade Shows

Two weeks ago, on April 14, Baselworld’s parent company MCH Group took note “with great surprise […] of the cancellation of major exhibitors at Baselworld,” namely Rolex, Patek Philippe, Chanel, Tudor, and Chopard. Two years before that, on July 30, 2018, the company’s former CEO René Kamm was already caught off guard by Swatch Group’s...

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Apr 23, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

UPDATED APRIL 3, 2020

COVID-19 and the Wristwatch Industry: A Timeline

We're following the ongoing news of how the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is affecting the watch industry — from cancellations and postponements of major events, to production shutdowns, to emergency corporate initiatives — in an ongoing effort to keep you, our readers, up to date on the latest developments. Here's a chronological look at the crisis, and its impact on the watch trade, as of March 26, 2020.

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Apr 13, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Omega Constellation Co‑Axial Master Chronometer 39-mm

At the beginning of 2020, famed Swiss watchmaker Omega unveiled the next generation of its Constellation collection. The refreshed series — which is regarded as Omega’s take on today’s very popular integrated-bracelet style, finds its origins both in 1952 and 1982 (vintage picture below via Fratello Magazine). The former year was the initial launch of...

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Apr 12, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

TIME-OUT FROM PANDEMIC COVERAGE

Glued to the TV News? Here are the Watches Launched in March You May Have Missed

We know… the current worldwide health and economic crisis and the wall-to-wall media coverage of it has many of us a bit distracted to think much about our beloved wristwatches. Good news from the watch industry, not to mention new product releases, seem few and far between in this unprecedented year in which major trade...

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Apr 6, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Christopher Ward C65 Dartmouth Series 1

This week on “Vintage Eye,” we’ll be taking a look at UK-based Christopher Ward and the brand’s C65 Dartmouth Series 1 watch, first released in 2019. The relatively new model is the latest addition to Christopher Ward’s growing Military collection, a series that take its inspiration from famous designs in British military history. WatchTime had...

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Apr 5, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

PORTFOLIO

Bring On the Water! 11 Watches Built for Water Sports

In addition to diving, water sports include sailing, surfing and even fishing. The appropriate watch can be a topic of conversation during breaks but also provides valuable time-related information. As Spring begins to usher in Summer, here are 11 water-sports watches worth checking out.

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Apr 1, 2020 by WatchTime

Download Now: Highlights from WatchTime’s March-April 2020 Issue

Weary of 24/7 pandemic coverage and unable to get to a (most likely closed) newsstand? Don't miss out on WatchTime's March-April 2020 issue, available now in our online shop. Read on for the issue's highlights.

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Mar 31, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Already Missing the 2020 Olympics? Here are 5 Limited-Edition Olympic Watches from Omega

In a move that seemed unthinkable just a few weeks ago, yet all but inevitable a few days ago, The International Olympic Committee announced that the 2020 Olympic Games, scheduled to be held in Tokyo this coming July, would be postponed until 2021 due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Omega, official timekeeper...

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Mar 25, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Tracking the Rolex Daytona: A 55-Year History

In this feature-length article from WatchTime's January-February 2016 issue, we take a look at the 55-year history of the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, the brand's iconic chronograph watch.

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Mar 24, 2020 by WatchTime

FEATURES

Five Chronometer-Certified Watches That Won’t Break the Bank

The past two decades have seen a shift in why people wear watches. Thanks to the omnipresence of smartphones, laptops, and other digital devices, it’s no longer necessary to wear a watch to know the exact time. While the reasoning we cherish our mechanical marvels of the wrist may have changed — be it a romantic...

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Mar 23, 2020 by WatchTime

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Hamilton PSR

Hamilton this week unveiled the latest vintage-inspired PSR, a throwback model recalling the Pulsar digital watch of the 1970s. Longtime fans of Hamilton may fondly remember the Pulsar as a short-lived but significant part of the brand’s history, requiring at least two years of focused development to create, and then dominating the watch market during...

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Mar 22, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Timor Heritage Field

Field watches are one of my favorite categories of timepieces. Purpose built, utilitarian, and aggressively no-frills, these watches were designed for specific jobs, and have a long and storied history of facing down each. The last time we covered a field watch in this series was over a year ago, when we examined the Weiss...

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Mar 15, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Design King: Updating the Rolex Datejust

The new Datejust that Rolex unveiled at Baselworld 2016 scarcely differs from the Rolex Datejust II. The similar design characteristics set Rolex watches apart from other brands. Learn more details in this feature article from WatchTime's Special Design Issue 2017.

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Mar 13, 2020 by Jens Koch

WATCH TEST

A Hands-On Review of the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust 41

When it premiered in 1945, the Rolex Datejust was the first automatic, watertight wristwatch with chronometer-worthy rate quality. It embodied all of the innovations Rolex had developed for wristwatches up to that time, including a date display in a window at 3 o’clock, where the date switched automatically at midnight. To achieve this feat, intermediate...

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Mar 11, 2020 by Martina Richter

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