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.

2017: THE WATCH YEAR IN REVIEW

Six World Time and Pilot’s Watches from 2017 that are Perfect for Traveling During the Holidays

As we approach the end of 2017 and prepare for a new year of watch releases in 2018, we wanted to take a look back at some of the most noteworthy timepieces that came out this year. Check back each day of this week for a new list focused on everything that 2017 had to...

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Dec 25, 2017 by WatchTime

WatchStars 2017/18: Here Are This Year’s Five Award-Winning Watches

The five winning watches in the five categories of the annual WatchStars awards have been announced. Read on to discover which timepieces our international jury of experts chose as the New Star, Classic Star, Design Star, Technical Star, and Star for a Lifetime.

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Dec 22, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

THE WATCHTIME Q&A

An Interview With Jean-Claude Biver

As WatchTime readers are well aware, 2017 has been an interesting year in the watch industry and it’s anybody’s guess what 2018 will bring. One industry figure who’s never shy about voicing his views on the present and future of the watch world is Jean-Claude Biver, LVMH Head of Watchmaking, who is in charge of...

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Dec 18, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

END-OF-YEAR GUIDE

Five Watches Under $5,000 You May Have Missed This Year

As 2017 comes to an end, the WatchTime editors wanted to cover some notable watches of the year in a variety of price ranges. We’ve already covered a selection of timepieces under $500 and under $2,000. Now, here’s our guide to watches under $5,000 that you may have missed throughout everything that 2017 had to...

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Dec 15, 2017 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Mido Multifort Chronograph PVD Special Edition

Ensconced in the same general price segment as its “affordable luxury” brethren within the Swatch Group — Hamilton, Tissot, and Rado — the Mido brand has flown largely under the radar of U.S. watch consumers, though it’s long been immensely popular in Latin America — perhaps by design, as its name derives from the Spanish...

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Dec 14, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

END-OF-YEAR GUIDE

Five Watches Under $2,000 You May Have Missed This Year

As 2017 comes to an end, the WatchTime editors wanted to cover some notable watches of the year in a variety of price ranges. First up, we covered a selection of timepieces under $500. Now, here’s our guide to watches under $2,000 that you may have missed throughout everything that 2017 had to offer. —...

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Dec 12, 2017 by Logan R. Baker

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Omega Speedmaster 60th Anniversary Edition

This week, we come to the last and arguably the most famous of Omega’s 60th Anniversary Trilogy, the Speedmaster. This newest piece, like the Railmaster and Seamaster anniversary models released alongside it, is a vintage re-issue of the very first Speedmaster that came to market in 1957, a full 12 years prior to the "Moonwatch" touching lunar ground in 1969.

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Dec 10, 2017 by Caleb Anderson

END-OF-YEAR GUIDE

Five Watches Under $500 You May Have Missed This Year

As 2017 comes to an end, the WatchTime editors wanted to cover some notable watches of the year in a variety of price ranges. First up, here’s our guide to watches under $500 that you may have missed throughout everything that 2017 had to offer. — The WatchTime staff Everyone loves a good bargain, even...

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Dec 8, 2017 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Vacheron Constantin Overseas Two-Tone Steel & Gold

Two-tone steel-and-gold luxury sport watches occupy a special middle ground between understated luxury and ostentation. The Vacheron Constantin Overseas — revived and redesigned in a big way back in 2016 — is a prime example. Among its many incarnations is a two-tone steel-and-gold, three-hand-date model, which I recently had the chance to wear and review.

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Dec 8, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Bremont Supermarine Type 301

Bremont, the British watch brand best known for its luxury pilots' watches, has this year come to market with a vintage-influenced dive watch to compete with some of the historic players. Dubbed the Supermarine Type 301, or S301 for short, the watch draws many of its influences from the early divers of the 1950s while still being distinctly Bremont in its design.

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Dec 3, 2017 by Caleb Anderson

THE WATCHTIME Q&A

An Interview With MB&F Watch Designer Eric Giroud

For WatchTime’s Design Special 2018 we sat down with several different design professionals to talk about how they see the role of design in watchmaking, where they get their ideas from, and what they think good design is. Here are the answers we got from Eric Giroud, product designer and owner of Through the Looking Glass:

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Nov 25, 2017 by Roger Ruegger

BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL

A Holiday Watch Shopper’s Guide to New York City

As the holiday shopping season kicks off, we offer this comprehensive list of New York City watch boutiques where watch-loving visitors to the Big Apple can find their favorite brands.

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Nov 24, 2017 by WatchTime

THANKSGIVING SPECIAL

The Craft Brewery of American Watchmaking: Talking with RT Custer of Vortic Watch Co.

One of the things that gets us the most excited at the WatchTime office is the emergence of an upstart American watch brand. Some of you may recognize Vortic Watch Co. from our previous coverage of the Fort Collins, CO-based brand, but if you haven’t heard of them before, now is as good a time...

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Nov 23, 2017 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Longines Heritage Chronograph 1940

If you’ve got it, they say, flaunt it. And Longines, with a watchmaking history that stretches back to 1832, has taken this advice to heart, flaunting its rich timepiece archives with its ever-growing Heritage Collection of vintage-inspired pieces. Several new additions to the collection have already made their debut this year, including the Legend Diver...

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Nov 22, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Omega Seamaster 300 60th Anniversary Edition

About a month ago, we covered the Omega Railmaster vintage re-edition released to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original piece. But before 2017 is up, I thought it would be appropriate to train our “Vintage Eye” on the Railmaster’s two significantly more famous sister watches from the 1957 Trilogy, starting with the Seamaster 300....

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Nov 19, 2017 by Caleb Anderson

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: A Week With the Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze

Bronze — like the proprietary aluminum-bronze alloy used in the case of the Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze reviewed here — is essentially made to change color. We explore the metal's ability to develop a distinctive, aged-vintage-look patina over the course of its wearing life giving each Tudor Heritage Black Bay bronze-cased dive watch a unique relationship to its owner.

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Nov 16, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Gallet “Heritage Edition” Racing Chronograph

Many of the trendsetting and innovative brands we’ve covered throughout this series have been responsible for a number of “firsts” in the industry — the first wristwatch, first diver, first modern pilots’ watch, first automatic chronograph, first supercompressor, first watch in outer space, to name a few. Horology is one of those vocations that has...

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Nov 12, 2017 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS

The Casio G-Shock’s Big Night

“My last wish and dream is that in 100 years anyone can travel around the universe and live in space and both humans and aliens are wearing G-Shock and the aliens are saying, ‘G-Shock is wonderful,’” says Kikuo Ibe, founder of the Casio G-Shock a few hours before the brand’s big 35th anniversary celebration at...

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Nov 10, 2017 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

About Last Night: The Winning Watches from the 2017 GPHG Awards

The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie — a.k.a “The Oscars of Watchmaking” — wrapped up in Geneva last night and we have the scoop on everything you need to know about this year’s champions. The winner of the prized Aiguille d’Or? The Chopard L.U.C Full Strike, a watch that our own Norma Buchanan reviewed earlier this year...

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Nov 9, 2017 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

It Came From Lake Erie: Shinola’s First Dive Watch and First Automatic

When it comes to mythical sea creatures, Scotland has nothing on Detroit. Most of us are familiar with the Loch Ness Monster but fewer are aware of the Lake Erie Monster, an enduring legend in the U.S. Great Lakes region. It was only fitting that Detroit-based Shinola adopt the name for its newest timepiece, which is both its first dedicated divers' watch and its first watch with a mechanical movement.

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Nov 7, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

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