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

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Breitling Navitimer Automatic 41

2019 has been a big year for Breitling. With the Swiss luxury watchmaker, most renowned for its pilots’ watches, releasing new models in the Avenger, Aviator 8, SuperOcean, and Premier collections, the brand has undergone a refreshing year across all its collections, in a manner incredibly uncommon among manufacturers of its size. One of the...

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Oct 6, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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Diving with the Square-Shaped Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver

“A divers’ watch with corners? That’s absurd.” This comment, or a similar one, might be heard from techies who know that it’s much harder to make a square watch case watertight than a round one. But Bell & Ross has succeeded in constructing the brand’s characteristic quadratic case in such a way that it can...

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Oct 3, 2019 by Alexander Krupp

NEWS

Into the New Millennia: TAG Heuer Monaco 1999-2009 Limited Edition

For the fourth time this year, TAG Heuer is releasing a limited-edition model in the commemorative quintet series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Monaco series. This latest model is inspired by the period between 1999 and 2009, and comes on the heels of the 1989-1999, 1979-1989, and 1969-1979 models, each released earlier in summer...

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Oct 2, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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Nomos Glashütte Updates the Metro with New Size and Case Material

While Nomos has been focused on its more sports-watch oriented range in 2019, it has recently announced that it is bringing back one of its most important models in a new size, case material, and with a different movement. Say hello to the new Metro rose gold 33. Designed by Mark Braun, the first Metro model...

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Sep 25, 2019 by WatchTime

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A New Documentary from Blancpain Showcasing the History of the Fifty Fathoms Will Premiere at WatchTime New York 2019

The world of Swiss watchmaking is filled with intriguing stories, compelling characters, and centuries of narratives that are worth recounting. That’s one of the reasons why the distinct lack of quality documentaries discussing horological history has always been frustrating. The films that do exist are either too focused on marketing than the truth or aren’t...

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Sep 19, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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Blast from the Past: Introducing the Alpina Startimer Pilot Heritage Chronograph

Alpina has recently introduced the Startimer Pilot Heritage Chronograph, a bi-compax monopusher chronograph that draws inspiration from the brand’s rich history. This is the first time that a monopusher chronograph has been added to the aviation-inspired Startimer collection, and it uses a movement designed by the specialists at La Joux-Perret. The cushion-cased chronograph evokes the racing...

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Sep 18, 2019 by WatchTime

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Showing at WatchTime New York 2019: The Moritz Grossmann Hamatic

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 Germany’s Moritz Grossmann,...

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Sep 17, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Seiko 5 Sports

Ever since I began writing this column, I’ve wanted to cover the Seiko 5. Like many watch enthusiasts, it was an automatic Seiko 5 that first brought me into the world of watches, and I can recall many conversations I’ve had through the years with collectors and non-collectors alike on the many esteemed qualities of...

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Sep 15, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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Borrowed Time: Reviewing the Carl F. Bucherer Patravi ScubaTec in Rose Gold

Despite a recent focus on high horology found in watches like the Manero Tourbillon Double Peripheral, one of the mainstays within the Carl F. Bucherer catalog since its 2013 debut is the ScubaTec series of dive watches. Part of the wider sport-watch focused Patravi family, the ScubaTec series is defined by its high degree of...

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Sep 13, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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Showing at WatchTime New York 2019: Romain Gauthier Logical One Baguette-Set Unique Piece

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 the independent watchmaker...

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Sep 12, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Mercer Lexington Chronograph

Mercer is a brand I’ve seen popping up on Instagram for the past year or so, and for a good reason. If you’re unfamiliar, the brand is a rising design house offering an assortment of watches in both vintage and modern styles, as well as a curated selection of leather goods. Even more impressively, Mercer...

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Sep 8, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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A Skeleton Statement: Introducing the Oris Big Crown ProPilot X Caliber 115

Prior to the Quartz Crisis that ravaged the Swiss watch industry in the 1970s and ’80s, Oris had an extensive history of in-house movement production. In fact, between the year of its founding and 1981, the year in which the company’s management decided to cease producing its own movements in favor of outsourcing ébauches from...

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Sep 5, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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Showing at WatchTime New York 2019: Akrivia AK-06

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 Akrivia, which will...

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Sep 3, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Zodiac Olympos

Zodiac has long been one of my favorite brands, and the reasoning is simple: the company produces aesthetically interesting watches, frequently in a neo-vintage style, and almost always at an accessible price point. Nonetheless, we don’t cover this Fossil Group-owned brand very often here at “Vintage Eye,” with the most recent being the Astrographic. Funnily...

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Sep 1, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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Borrowed Time: A Hands-On Review of the New Nomos Glashütte Club Sport Neomatik Date

Over the past two decades, Nomos has taken a largely incremental approach to building out its various watch families. For a strong majority of that period, no timepiece that left the Glashütte manufactory measured over 40 mm or dared to betray the well-cultivated Bauhaus aesthetic that informed each and every design choice. That has changed...

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Aug 31, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

Reduction Construction: Omega Lightens the Load With Seamaster Aqua Terra “Ultra Light”

Omega has already racked up an impressive list of milestones and accomplishments in 2019. Just this week, the brand announced yet another technical breakthrough with the Seamaster Aqua Terra "Ultra Light" — its first watch specially engineered for athletic competition, with innovative solutions to minimize weight while maximizing comfort.

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Aug 28, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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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...

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Aug 22, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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.

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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...

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Aug 15, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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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...

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Aug 10, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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