COUNTDOWN TO WTNY: Showing at WatchTime New York 2019: Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Chronograph Sedna Gold America’s largest luxury watch extravaganza, WatchTime New York, is returning for its fifth consecutive year at Midtown Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 25 – 26, 2019. This year’s event is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with 37 participating watch brands displaying their latest and greatest timepieces. Among these brands is Omega, which will... Read the article Aug 22, 2019 by Caleb Anderson
Sponsored: Gerald Charles Introduces Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon Introducing a new age of technical aestheticism, Gerald Charles debuts its Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon. With a unique design created with the expert oversight of the brand’s creative director, Octavio Garcia, the timepiece is a return to the original Maestro flying tourbillon released in 2005. Taking hints from the brand’s rich history, the new release is... Read the article Mar 21, 2023 by WatchTime
FEATURE Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Maen Skymaster 38 This week we revisit our Dutch friends at Maen Watches and look at their newest announced release, the Skymaster 38, a sporty GMT chronograph channeling 1960s and '70s Heuer and Omega designs. Read the article Aug 18, 2019 by Caleb Anderson
WATCH REVIEW: Borrowed Time: Hands-On with the Reservoir Airfight Jet One of the keys to success for any budding watch brand is its hook. That hook has to be something that makes you look up from whatever is currently occupying your prized wrist real estate and say, “Ooh, I like that.” That initial hook varies from person to person and can depend on a watch’s... Read the article Aug 15, 2019 by Logan R. Baker
FEATURE: Antimagnetic or Bust? An In-Depth Look at the Progression of Silicon in Watchmaking It has been nearly 20 years since Ulysse Nardin introduced the world’s first timepiece using silicon components with the original Freak in 2001. That groundbreaking moment was the proverbial starting gun for a shift in how the watch industry approached movement production. It’s also raised questions on every side of the industry, from the enthusiast... Read the article Aug 10, 2019 by Logan R. Baker
PORTFOLIO Record Breakers: 9 Watches That Set World Records A Rolex Daytona formerly owned by Paul Newman broke a record when it sold at auction for 17.7 million dollars in 2017. But certain other records cannot be measured in money. Here are some spectacular examples from the wristwatch world. Read the article Aug 9, 2019 by WatchTime
REVIEW: Borrowed Time: Hands-On with the Grand Seiko SBGV245 Earlier this year, Grand Seiko quietly released two timepieces within its Sport Collection. These two watches, SBGV243 and SBGV245, weren’t as flashy as the releases we saw from the Japanese firm at Baselworld 2019, nor did they utilize a mechanical movement or one of the brand’s Spring Drive calibers. Instead, Grand Seiko equipped both of... Read the article Aug 7, 2019 by Logan R. Baker
WATCH REVIEW: Borrowed Time: Montblanc 1858 Automatic Chronograph Montblanc’s reasoning for entering the watch business and acquiring the erstwhile Minerva manufacture is fairly easy to comprehend. Watchmaking can be a lucrative trade and there’s nothing wrong with the 112-year-old writing instrument and leather goods company wanting to tap into it. As conservative as the Swiss watch industry can be, there’s at least a... Read the article Aug 6, 2019 by Logan R. Baker
FEATURE: The Ultimate Guide to High-Accuracy Quartz Watches Walk into any horological meetup with a quartz watch on and you’re likely to get the door slammed in your face. I kid, I kid — but only partly. Ever since the mechanical watch industry made its recovery in the face of a specific doom brought on by Japanese watchmakers, many so-called watch enthusiasts (snobs... Read the article Aug 2, 2019 by WatchTime
BOOK EXCERPT When Rolex Went Quartz: A Tale of the 1970s In this excerpt from the book “Electrifying the Wristwatch,” by WatchTime contributor Lucien Trueb, we explore how mechanical-watch king Rolex dealt with the arrival of quartz in the 1970s. Read the article Aug 1, 2019 by Roger Ruegger
INTERVIEW My Favorite Watch: Bernard Werk, Owner of Watching Magazine In our ongoing series, My Favorite Watch, WatchTime speaks to interesting personalities in the watch industry. The interviews revolve around the subject’s favorite watch model, their experience in the industry, and other topics. Today we speak with Bernard Werk, owner of the Netherlands-based enthusiast magazine, Watching. Read the article Jul 31, 2019 by Sophia Kuemmerle
FEATURE Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Hamilton Ventura In my experience, most die-hard watch fans prefer mechanical watches, and this is especially true among vintage-watch enthusiasts. But the Hamilton Ventura is one of those exceptions that proves the rule, and I would argue it is perhaps even more desirable by virtue of its quartz movement. This space-age watch was developed to demonstrate hyper-accuracy... Read the article Jul 28, 2019 by Caleb Anderson
FEATURES: The Heuer Stopwatch That Was Behind the Scenes During the Apollo 11 Moon Landing While Omega’s contribution to the Apollo 11 Moon landing is well documented and justifiably celebrated, there was another timing instrument behind the scenes that many don’t know about. Recently, our editorial colleague at WatchTime Middle East, Nitin Nair, discovered the history behind the Heuer stopwatch used by a flight controller at Nasa’s Mission Control in... Read the article Jul 27, 2019 by WatchTime
REVIEW: Borrowed Time: Frederique Constant Hybrid Manufacture It’s hard to believe it’s been four years since Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the world to the Apple Watch. The new-age wearable promised to revolutionize the way we communicate, provide intimate health tracking, and streamline the way we interact with technology. Its introduction was hailed in Silicon Valley as the vanguard of a new... Read the article Jul 26, 2019 by Logan R. Baker
Hands-On: Luminox Scott Cassell Deep Dive Automatic 1520 Series There are dozens of watch brands, at price points across the board, that produce timepieces inspired by or even developed in cooperation with military units, from Panerai’s divers to IWC’s pilots to Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Navy SEALs field watches. There are, on the other hand, just a small handful of brands — most of them on the... Read the article Jul 25, 2019 by Mark Bernardo
FEATURE: Taking a Look at Romain Gauthier’s Influential Use of Titanium When Romain Gauthier released his first titanium timepiece, the Prestige HMS Natural Titanium, in 2011, the reaction he received wasn’t quite what he was expecting. “Collectors knew me as an exponent of traditional Vallée de Joux watchmaking, presented in precious metal cases,” he says. “When I unveiled the Prestige HMS Natural Titanium, people said: ‘Why?... Read the article Jul 25, 2019 by Logan R. Baker
COUNTDOWN TO WTNY: Showing at WatchTime New York 2019: Christophe Claret Angelico The year 2019 is noteworthy for complications specialist Christophe Claret for a number of reasons. Not only is his eponymous brand celebrating its 10-year anniversary, but his Le Locle-based manufacture — where he’s worked on memorable timepieces for brands like Ulysse Nardin, Harry Winston, Maîtres du Temps, among others — has also just reached 30 years of... Read the article Jul 24, 2019 by Logan R. Baker
FEATURE Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Atelier de Chronométrie Watches This week, as “Vintage Eye” returns from a brief summer hiatus, we’re going to delve into a market segment seldom explored in this series — the haute horlogerie microbrand scene — with Atelier de Chronométrie. This Barcelona-based manufacturer isn’t one frequently making headlines — a natural result of its filling a very narrow niche —... Read the article Jul 21, 2019 by Caleb Anderson
11 Advantages of Wearing a Watch Over Using a Smartphone So, we’ve talked about where wearing a watch beats checking a cell phone; now we’re going to talk about why rocking a timepiece on your wrist is the superior choice, for a lot of reasons that have nothing to do with knowing the time 1. A WATCH PROJECTS AN IMAGE OF WHO YOU ARE. Imagine... Read the article Jul 16, 2019 by Stephen Brown
FEATURE Time in the Clear: 7 Watches with Sapphire Cases Sapphire crystals are a common element in luxury watches, but entire watch cases made of sapphire have been and remain a rarity in the watch world. However, several brands including Hublot and Richard Mille have recently joined the sapphire-case party, each in their own distinctive fashion. Here are 7 notable sapphire-cased watches. Read the article Jul 16, 2019 by Mark Bernardo
FEATURE: Breguet Officially Launches New Marine Collection with Titanium Bracelets in Tow Over the past three years, Breguet has placed a large amount of focus on rebuilding and redesigning its Marine collection. Historically, the Marine line is directly influenced by the brand’s background in marine chronometer production, a practice that dates back to October of 1815 when Abraham-Louis Breguet was christened the official “Watchmaker to the Royal... Read the article Jul 15, 2019 by Logan R. Baker
