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.

Six Annual Calendar Watches to Start the New Year

The Annual Calendar is often thought of as the less glamorous sibling to the more complicated perpetual calendar. Knowing how particular many watch enthusiasts are, this statement might ring true to some, but it’s not all doom and gloom for fans of this 23-year-old complication. In fact, there have been a number of releases over...

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Jan 1, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

The 10 Most Popular Posts on WatchTime in 2018

Is anyone else stunned that in just a few hours 2018 will have wrapped up for good? Here at WatchTime, we were so busy with writing for the magazine and website, posting on social media, and preparing for WatchTime New York that it feels like only yesterday we were kicking off the year in Geneva...

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Dec 31, 2018 by WatchTime

2018: THE WATCH YEAR IN REVIEW

Five Pilots’ and Aviation-Inspired Watches That Soared Higher in 2018

As we approach the end of 2018 and prepare for 2019 — surely destined to be another interesting year in the world of watches — we take a look back at some of the most noteworthy timepieces that came out this year, in various popular categories. Today, we look at five watches from 2018 targeted at pilots and aviation enthusiasts.

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Dec 30, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

2018: THE WATCH YEAR IN REVIEW

Eight Noteworthy GMT and Dual-Time Watches for World Travelers

As we approach the end of 2018 and prepare for 2019 — surely destined to be another interesting year in the world of watches — we take a look back at some of the most noteworthy timepieces that came out this year, in various popular categories. Today, we look at 10 watches equipped with GMT...

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Dec 29, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

2018: THE WATCH YEAR IN REVIEW

Eight Tourbillon Timepieces That Caught Our Eye in 2018

As we approach the end of 2018 and prepare for 2019 — surely destined to be another interesting year in the world of watches — we take a look back at some of the most noteworthy timepieces that came out this year, in various popular categories. Today, we look at eight watches from 2018 that offered interesting takes on that classical mainstay of high horology, the tourbillon.

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Dec 28, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

2019: THE WATCH YEAR IN REVIEW

10 Notable Chronograph Watches Released in 2018

As we approach the end of 2018 and prepare for 2019 — surely destined to be another interesting year in the world of watches — we take a look back at some of the most noteworthy timepieces that came out this year, in various popular categories. Today, we look at 10 chronograph watches released in 2018 that stood out from the pack.

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Dec 27, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

2018: THE WATCH YEAR IN REVIEW

10 Important Dive Watches Launched in 2018

As we approach the end of 2018 and prepare for 2019 — surely destined to be another interesting year in the world of watches — we take a look back at some of the most noteworthy timepieces that came out this year, in various popular categories. Today, we look at some of 2018's significant dive watch releases.

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Dec 26, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Crimson Timed: Hublot Classic Fusion Chronograph Orlinski Red Ceramic

Hublot began its partnership with best-selling French artist Richard Orlinski in 2017, and expanded its palette of colored ceramic watches in 2018 with the Baselworld launch of the Big Bang Unico Red Magic, notable for its use of the watch world’s first “vibrant-color” ceramic. With the just-announced Classic Fusion Chronograph Orlinksi, the “Art of Fusion”...

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Dec 23, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

REVIEW:

Borrowed Time: Tissot Heritage Petite Seconde

Ever since I spent a few brief moments with the Tissot Heritage Petite Seconde at Baselworld 2018, I’ve been looking forward to getting some real wrist time with it. I was immediately attracted to the brushed finish on the dial, the combination of the large, printed Arabic numerals and vintage Tissot logo, and the sharp,...

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Dec 21, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

The Six Must-See JDM Grand Seikos at the New Watches of Switzerland New York Boutique

Watches of Switzerland, the largest physical retailer of watches in the UK, recently opened its first two stores in the United States. The two boutiques opened simultaneously over the final weekend of November in New York’s SoHo neighborhood and inside The Wynn in Las Vegas. The location in Lower Manhattan’s renowned luxury retail district, which...

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Dec 20, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

PROMOTION:

How an Armin Strom In-House Movement Comes to Life

The independent brand from Biel, Switzerland has one of the highest levels of vertical integration in the industry. If you have the opportunity to visit a watch factory, you will no doubt see many different operations being performed by different machines and people with different specializations. Only at Armin Strom, however, will you see all...

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Dec 18, 2018 by WatchTime

FEATURE

American Brand: The History of Bulova Through 10 Milestone Bulova Watches

In this feature from our archives, we explore important watch milestones from Bulova over its 140-plus-year history.

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Dec 18, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS:

Announcing WatchTime Los Angeles, a West Coast Luxury Watch Experience Coming May 3-4, 2019

It’s official — we’re going bicoastal! WatchTime is bringing its hugely successful WatchTime New York event concept to the West Coast on May 3-4, 2019. We’ll be taking over the Hudson Loft space in Downtown LA — just minutes from Staples Center — for two nights to bring you the best in luxury timepieces. You...

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Dec 17, 2018 by Minda Larsen

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Eberhard Contograf

The modern Eberhard Contograf finds its origins in a 1960 release of the same name. The original watch was distinguished most of all by its period design (picture below, via Analog/Shift). With panda-style subdials, dauphine hands, and the unique red line and “50” print marking the 50 km/hour mark on the tachymetric scale — the...

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Dec 16, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

WatchTime’s 2018 Holiday Gift Guide for Gentlemen

WatchTime readers obviously are really into collecting watches. We've found, after meeting many of them over the years at events like WatchTime New York, that most of them have many other interests and hobbies as well. Herewith, our annual holiday roundup of luxurious gift ideas, curated from some of our friends and partners.

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Dec 13, 2018 by WatchTime

PROMOTION:

LEVILLE Launches $99 Modern Minimalist Design Regulator Watches on Kickstarter

LEVILLE, which launched in January 2018, is described by its founders as “a group of watch addicts with the passion and constancy of traditional watch craftsmanship” who aim to “awaken people’s minds about the core function of a watch.” The brand’s name translates to “The City” in French and is inspired by the concepts of...

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Dec 11, 2018 by WatchTime

THE WATCHTIME Q&A:

G-Shock Inventor Kikuo Ibe Discusses the Innate Collectability of G-Shock and the Success of the Full Metal Line

I met Kikuo Ibe for the first time last November during the G-Shock 35th-anniversary party held at Madison Square Garden. Although the larger-than-life spectacle featured contemporary cultural icons like Virgil Abloh and Ronnie Fieg, everything was centered around Mr. Ibe, the eccentric engineer who created the practically indestructible timepiece. My next in-depth encounter with the...

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Dec 11, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

AUCTION PREVIEW:

The Top Lots to Watch at Tomorrow’s John Moran “Rare and Important Timepieces” Auction

John Moran Auctioneers will host a session of Rare and Important Timepieces all taken from the hands of a single private collector tomorrow morning. The 123 watches up for bid range from vintage 19th-century pocket watches to contemporary models from brands like Patek Philippe, A. Lange & Söhne, and Rolex. The list of noteworthy pocket watches...

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Dec 10, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Longines Heritage 1945

To avoid the hyperbole commonly afforded to Longines’s Heritage Collection, I’ll put it simply: it is expansive, and in the process of developing it the brand has paced the industry in re-creating its best vintage designs using modern techniques and manufacturing. The newest addition to this collection is the Longines Heritage 1945, a watch seemingly...

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Dec 9, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

Christie’s and Moritz Grossmann Team Up for a One-of-a-Kind Auction

Based out of Glashütte, Germany, the Moritz Grossmann brand bears the name of one of the pillars of the German watch industry in the 19th century. Grossmann (1826-1885) was born in Dresden and studied watchmaking in Germany and Switzerland before setting up an atelier in the town of Glashütte, just south of Dresden. Grossmann is...

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Dec 7, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

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