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.

NEWS:

First Look: The Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Mécaniques Sauvages Collection

The “Les Cabinotiers” department at Vacheron Constantin is, without a doubt, the brand operating at the peak of its powers. After all, this is the part of the 263-year old firm that assisted in the birth of Reference 57260, otherwise known as the world’s most complicated timepiece, boasting 57 total complications. Last week, WatchTime was...

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Dec 2, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

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A Caffeinated Chronograph: Hands-On with the Brew Watch Co. Retrograph

While we haven’t officially covered Brew Watch Co. on the WatchTime website, dedicated readers should be familiar with the brand from our WatchList feature in the August/September print issue of WatchTime magazine (Micro in America), or from founder Jonathan Ferrer’s participation in our “An American Movement” panel at WatchTime New York 2018. Regardless whether or...

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Nov 28, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Nezumi Corbeau

This week, we’ll be taking a look at Swedish brand Nezumi Studios’s fourth release, the 1960s and 70s inspired Corbeau. Nezumi isn’t a new name to the Vintage Eye series, with us previously taking a look at their popular vintage racing chronograph inspired Voiture model back in 2016, and its follow-up in the Baleine which took...

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Nov 25, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

Black Friday Special: An Overview of 28 of the Top Women’s Watches of the Year

It’s Black Friday, the official start of the holiday gift shopping season. If you were thinking of sharing your passion for watches with the lady in your life, and looking for gift suggestions, look no further. Here we present an array of ladies’ watches, in all price ranges, introduced in 2018. Ateliers deMonaco Ateliers deMonaco’s...

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Nov 23, 2018 by Dara Hinshaw

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Test Driving the Porsche Design Monobloc Actuator GMT Chronotimer

Porsche Design watches have succeeded and failed to varying degrees over the years (and over many partnerships, with established watchmakers such as IWC and Eterna) at occupying that intersection between automotive and traditional watch design, but with the introduction of the Porsche Monobloc Actuator, the company hit a technological and horological home run.

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Nov 21, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Mido Commander Shade

Earlier this year, Swiss brand Mido made headlines by releasing the critically-acclaimed, 1939-inspired Multifort Datometer. This watch, produced to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 founding of the brand by Georges Schaeren, held a number of traits popular in today’s “new vintage” market, with its smaller 38-mm size, uncommon triple calendar, and relative affordability....

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Nov 18, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

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Introducing the Brellum Wyvern Manufacture Limited Edition

Since its launch in mid-2016, Brellum has quickly become a leader in the arena of small-scale, value-focused Swiss watchmaking. The brand was founded by Sébastien Muller, a fourth-generation watchmaker from Porrentruy, a hidden town in Switzerland’s Canton of Jura with a storied watchmaking history. After turning 40, Muller made the choice to start his own...

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Nov 14, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-One

You can do a lot with a figure eight. Over the years, Jaquet Droz has used its iconic Grande Seconde dial configuration — a figure-eight design with a small subdial for the hours and minutes atop a larger subdial for the seconds — as the template for numerous variations. With the new and somewhat oddly named Grande Seconde Skelet-One, introduced this year at Baselworld, the brand has introduced its boldest and most unusual take on the Grande Seconde to date.

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Nov 13, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Doxa SUB 300 Searambler “Silver Lung”

In 2017, the storied Swiss dive watch brand Doxa shocked the market by selling 300 of its SUB 300 Professional “Black Lung” watches only hours after their release. The new watch was a re-issue of a vintage model known as one of today’s most famed and collectible dive watches, the SUB 300 Professional “Aqua Lung.”...

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Nov 11, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

GPHG 2018: Comparing the Official Winners with our Readers’ Selections

The 2018 edition of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve has officially wrapped up and the 12 winning watches have been crowned along with the winner of the coveted Aiguille d’Or. While the official jury deliberated over the past week in Geneva, we ran our own polling to see how this year’s winners would match...

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Nov 9, 2018 by WatchTime

Last Call to Vote on Your Favorite Watches of 2018 in WatchTime’s GPHG Poll

There’s only one more day until the winners of this year’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) are announced. Earlier this week, we decided that before the final results are tallied, it would be fun to find out what our dear readers think of the 72 watches nominated across the 12 different categories. We’re interested to...

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Nov 8, 2018 by WatchTime

REVIEW:

The Next Cult Classic from Citizen? Hands-On with the Promaster Tough

As longtime proponents of mechanical watchmaking, WatchTime doesn’t typically cover the average quartz release. However, when it comes to Citizen, our editorial team feels a bit differently. Personally, a Citizen Eco-Drive served as my entry point into the watch world and I know that story will ring true for a countless number of other collectors....

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Nov 6, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Corum Heritage Coin Watch

Corum isn’t a brand frequently in conversation when discussing modern, historically inspired watches. Yet since the brand’s 1955 founding by René Bannwart it has long been producing fashion-forward pieces, many series of which are still in production today. In the modern era, the brand is possibly best known for its Bubble and Golden Bridge collections,...

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Nov 4, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

All the Watches That Made Their Exclusive U.S. Debut at WatchTime New York 2018

One of the reasons WatchTime New York has evolved into the most important and largest luxury watch show in the United States is due to the fact that a number of the fantastic brands attending the show each year chose the weekend as the official launch point for their new timepieces in the United States. This...

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Oct 29, 2018 by WatchTime

NEWS

WatchTime New York 2018 Wraps Up After Another Record Year

WatchTime New York, America’s largest public watch event dedicated solely to collectors and enthusiasts, wrapped up its fourth year in Manhattan at Gotham Hall today. The two-day event began with a sold-out VIP cocktail party on Friday, October 26, followed by a full day of exciting panels, seminars, tours, and events on Saturday, October 27....

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Oct 27, 2018 by Minda Larsen

COUNTDOWN TO WTNY

31 Highlight Watches From All 31 Exhibiting Brands at WatchTime New York 2018

America’s luxury watch show kicks off tonight! WatchTime New York opens its doors for a two-day horological extravaganza at Manhattan’s luxe Gotham Hall, starting with tonight’s sold-out evening session. To get you caught up, here is a list of 31 highlighted timepieces from our 31 participating brands; click on each watch’s name for a link...

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Oct 26, 2018 by WatchTime

COUNTDOWN TO WTNY

Five Tourbillon Watches You’ll Discover at WatchTime New York 2018

WatchTime New York, America’s luxury watch show, hits the Big Apple like a horological whirlwind this weekend! “Whirlwind,” incidentally, is the literal translation of “tourbillon,” one of the watch world’s most coveted high complications. Here are five of the most intriguing tourbillon-equipped timepieces that will be on display at Gotham Hall. Blancpain Villeret Tourbillon Volant...

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Oct 25, 2018 by WatchTime

The 10 GPHG-Nominated Brands You’ll See at WatchTime New York 2018

Frequently described as “The Oscars of Watchmaking,” the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) is the most coveted prize in the world of horology. Although the winners in each of the 12 categories won’t be announced until Friday, Nov. 9, we’ll have a number of this year’s nominees on view this weekend at WatchTime New York....

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Oct 25, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

All the Independent Watch Brands You’ll See at WatchTime New York 2018

Although we celebrate all brands, big and small, at WatchTime New York, we have a special place for many of the independents that choose to exhibit during our annual showcase. This year, we have a spectacular lineup of independent brands, many with their namesakes, founders, and primary watchmakers attending, that will be showing off their...

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Oct 24, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

WatchTime New York 2018 Panel Preview: An American Movement

Every year at WatchTime New York, we host a number of industry panels throughout the Saturday session. These panels serve as a sort-of bookmark throughout the day and are a great chance to hear watchmakers themselves, industry pundits, and various members of the horological cognoscenti discuss the world of watchmaking as a whole. An American...

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Oct 24, 2018 by WatchTime

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