Watch News

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NEWS:

Mühle Glashütte Dips into Bronze with a New Yacht-Timer

In the past five years, bronze has become more prevalent than ever in the watch industry. It’s come to the point where any brand looking to change things up turns to the centuries-old material for inspiration. That’s not a bad thing. Bronze provides an intimate charisma, through the development of patina, that other case materials...

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Jul 11, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

Sponsored: Adding Versatility in Size, Citizen Debuts 37mm Promaster

Citizen has mastered its creation of water-resistant timepieces in the decades since the debut of the Parawater in 1959, followed by the release of the Promaster collection in 1989. Gaining renown over the years, the Promaster collection is a flagship of Citizen’s dive models, balancing complex functionality with streamlined design. In its latest development of...

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Jun 5, 2023 by WatchTime

THE WATCHTIME Q&A

An Interview With Bulgari CEO Jean-Christophe Babin

Bulgari set a new world record at Baselworld 2018 with the thinnest automatic watch in the world, and also introduced another sensational watch with its Minute Repeater in a carbon case. CEO Jean-Christophe Babin explains how this came about in an interview with Rüdiger Bucher, editor-in-chief of WatchTime's German sister magazine Chronos and International Editorial Director of Ebner Publishing.

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Jul 11, 2018 by Ruediger Bucher

Revisiting the UTS 4000M Dive Watch

One of our favorite things to do at WatchTime is taking a moment to go back and reexamine timepieces that have been in the public eye for a few years but have largely floated under-the-radar for most collectors and enthusiasts. In proper summertime spirit, our object of affection today is one of the more mechanically potent,...

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Jul 10, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

Colorful Yet Classical: Corum’s New La Grande Vie Collection

Corum is notable for its very diverse range of watch families but has lacked up until recently in its modern collection a simple, traditional "starter" watch for those whose wristwear tastes are a tad more subtle. The La Chaux-de-Fonds-based manufacturer remedies that oversight this year with the introduction of the new La Grande Vie collection.

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Jul 6, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Harry Winston Jumps into the Future of Watch Design with the Project Z12

Following in the footsteps of Harry Winston‘s previous Z10 and Z11 timepieces, the new Z12 uses the late Harry Winston’s childhood in New York City as a source of inspiration. Here, an arched blue bridge that straddles the central axis of the dial is inspired by the Manhattan bridges that influenced the world-renowned jeweler’s life and...

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Jul 5, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

Rebuilding History: Omega Unveils “First Omega Wrist-Chronograph Limited Edition”

Omega made its first chronograph to be worn on the wrist in 1913, during that transitional era of timekeeping history when pocketwatches were beginning to fall out of fashion in favor of the newly ascendant wristwatches. This week, the venerable Bienne-based manufacture announced the milestone launch of 18 historically influenced timepieces, designed to channel the...

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Jul 3, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Showing at WatchTime New York 2018: Bell & Ross BR 03-92 Diver Blue

WatchTime New York, America’s luxury watch show, returns to the Big Apple in October! As we countdown to the big event, taking place at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 26-27, we’ll be previewing many of the new timepieces that guests will discover there. First up is the new blue version of the Bell & Ross...

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Jun 29, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

AUCTION PREVIEW:

Introducing Fortuna, a New Face in the Watch Auction Scene

It’s not often that we get to write about an auction house for the first time. There are four or five well-known watch auction houses (you know who they are) that have pretty much dominated that side of the industry for as long as most people can remember. Of course, there are other, more regional...

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Jun 27, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

THE WATCHTIME Q&A

“Extreme Watches for Extreme Conditions:” An Interview with Richard Mille

Richard Mille launched the first timepiece from his eponymous watch brand in 2001. Seventeen years later, the brand has made an indelible mark on the luxury watch industry with its avant-garde designs, its pioneering use of space-age materials, and its partnerships with some very high-profile athletes and celebrities. A few months back, I caught up...

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Jun 27, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Inside Watchmaking

Leather and Lugs: The Making of a Hermès Watch Strap

La Montre Hermès takes its leather goods as seriously as it does its watchmaking. In this WatchTime feature, we explore how a fine leather watch strap is crafted.

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Jun 27, 2018 by Gisbert Brunner

HAPPY TOURBILLON DAY:

The Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Automatique 5367

Today is Tourbillon Day, otherwise known as the anniversary of the day Abraham-Louis Breguet received the patent for his gravity-defying invention. During his lifetime, A-L Breguet created 35 watches featuring a tourbillon; as of 2018, there are less than 10 that still survive. This year, Breguet and the rest of the horological community are celebrating...

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Jun 26, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS:

Nomos Embraces Summer Style with Two New Aqua Models

The latest additions to Nomos Glashütte‘s fan-favorite Aqua series have arrived just in time to be worn through the peak of summer. Two new watches, based off of the Ahoi and Club designs within the brand’s catalog, seamlessly fit into the rest of the colorful Aqua collection with a “siren white” dial, blue hands, and alternating...

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Jun 25, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

The Bulova Wilton 60-Hour Classic: An Under-the-Radar Automatic for Less Than $700

Bulova introduced a number of new timepieces this year with the obvious hero piece being the resurrected Devil Diver. However, among the many Precisionist, Rubaiyat, and CURV updates being delivered in 2018, there was one automatic that caught my eye during Baselworld and has since flown firmly under-the-radar. The Wilton 60-Hour Automatic Classic, set within the...

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Jun 22, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

In Memoriam: Kazuo Kashio, Casio Chairman and CEO (1929 – 2018)

Both the watch world and the electronics industry lost one of their giants this week, as Kazuo Kashio — co-founder of Casio Computer Co. Ltd. and a driving force behind the success of the company’s most influential timepiece, the G-Shock — passed away at the age of 89. Kazuo Kashio was one of the four...

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Jun 21, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Spotlight on the Lang & Heyne Anton

Despite its boutique production scale, Lang & Heyne is one of the most impressive German watch brands in today’s industry. The Anton, Lang & Heyne’s Baselworld 2018 release and its second rectangular watch, has an opening in the enamel dial revealing a delicate tourbillon cage. Named after a prominent 19th-century ruler of Saxony (Anthony of...

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Jun 21, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS (WITH VIDEO)

Macaw-tomaton: Jaquet Droz Parrot Repeater Pocket Watch Celebrates 280 Years

Jaquet Droz has a deep-rooted history in automatons, repeating and chiming mechanisms, musical birds, and elaborately decorated pocketwatches. The company, which turns 280 years old in 2018, pays tribute to all these hallmarks with a unique piece it introduced at Baselworld, the Jaquet Droz Parrot Repeater Pocket Watch.

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Jun 20, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS:

Leica Camera Enters the Watch Industry with Two Timepieces

Leica, one of the most well-regarded camera producers in the world, announced late last week that it was introducing an intriguing new product line into its portfolio. That’s right, the brand beloved by camera enthusiasts around the globe is crossing over into the watch world with two new timepieces, the time-and-date-only Leica L1 and the Leica L2 GMT....

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Jun 19, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

TAG Heuer Celebrates Le Mans Milestone with New Formula 1 and Monaco Gulf Editions

The 24 Hours of Le Mans took place this weekend at France’s Circuit de la Sarthe, and TAG Heuer, the watch brand with perhaps the most legendary connection to auto racing, took the opportunity in the days leading up to the race to introduce its latest racing-influenced timepieces, which pay tribute to an historic Le...

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Jun 18, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Frederique Constant Adds Two Affordable Automatics to the Classics Index Line

After releasing the Vintage Rally Healey collection at CoutureTime 2018 in Las Vegas, Frederique Constant has returned with two new automatic dress watches priced right around $1,000. Placed within the Classics Index Automatic line, the two new timepieces are North American exclusives and are a welcome addition to the brand’s value-driven catalog. The 40 mm, stainless...

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Jun 18, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

WATCHTIME RECOMMENDS:

The Watch Connoisseur’s Father’s Day Gift Guide

Father’s Day is around the corner, and if your dad (or brother, or son, or best buddy) is a watch guy like you, its likely he also shares other interests — an eye for fashionable accessories; a taste for fine spirits and premium cigars; an appreciation for high-end writing instruments; and a need to store...

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Jun 15, 2018 by Mark Bernardo