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Blancpain Air Command Titanium Brings the Vintage-Styled Pilot’s Watch to the Regular Collection

Blancpain introduced the Air Command Flyback Chronograph, a well-received and somewhat unexpected revival of a rare, collectible pilots’ chronograph developed for the United States Air Force, in 2019 as a limited edition in steel. This year, following in the footsteps of its more well-known military-produced timepiece, the Fifty Fathoms divers’ watch, Blancpain brings the Air...

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Nov 9, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Frederique Constant Takes Another Lap with Vintage Rally Healey Collection Automatic Small Seconds

Frederique Constant‘s ongoing collaboration with legendary British automaker Austin-Healey revs up again with the release of the Vintage Rally Healey Automatic Small Seconds, a collection of three watches in three distinct colorways, two in steel and another in gold, all channeling the racing spirit of the marque’s legendary vintage sports cars. The latest follow-ups to...

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Jul 14, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Vintage Dive Watches Resurface as Seiko Introduces New SPB239 and SPB237, Inspired by ’60s and ’70s Models

Few dive watches, historical or modern, enjoy such persistent praise from knowledgeable aficionados as those produced by Seiko. With a vast catalog of offerings at many different price points and levels of precision, the Japanese brand excels in producing watches that appeal to a wide variety of enthusiasts. Recently, Seiko once again revisited its archives...

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Jun 6, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

WATCH REVIEW

Hands-On: Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Earth to Sky Edition

At SIHH 2019, Girard-Perregaux announced a unified theme for its 2019 collection, called "From Earth to Sky" and defined by the use of a very cosmic-looking combo of black titanium DLC for the cases and translucent blue for the polycrystalline dials. One of the standouts was the Art Deco-inspired Vintage 1945 Earth to Sky Edition.

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Mar 1, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Vintage with a Twist: The Longines Avigation Watch Type A-7 1935

The Longines Avigation Watch Type A-71935 pays homage to Longines' aviation and aeronautical past. This new timepiece takes inspiration from a model ordered by the U.S Air Force in 1935, the Type A-7, a watch designed for pilots, which was re-produced last year and added into the brand's Heritage line.

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Aug 6, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Introducing the Longines Heritage Classic Tuxedos — Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy

As any longtime reader of the “Vintage Eye” series knows, Longines is a major leader when it comes to vintage-inspired and vintage-reissue watches. With its neo-vintage Heritage collection, which includes attention-grabbing models like the Heritage Classic Chronograph 1946, Heritage Military Watch, and Heritage 1945, among many others, the Swiss brand has been at the forefront...

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Jun 28, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

Hands-on with the Montblanc Heritage GMT – Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy

This week on “Vintage Eye,” we turn our focus to Montblanc and its popular Heritage collection, specifically the recently launched Montblanc Heritage GMT. This model was first released in January 2019 as part of the Heritage collection’s unveiling at SIHH (now Watches & Wonders), and has since become one of the collection’s few permanent residents...

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Jun 21, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Baume & Mercier Debuts Art Deco-Inspired Hampton Collection

Perhaps in hopeful anticipation of a new “Roaring Twenties” era that may follow our current pandemic-linked economic slowdown, Swiss watchmaker Baume & Mercier has unveiled the latest update to its Art Deco inspired Hampton series. The refreshed collection, which takes its inspiration from the dominant design influence of the early 20th century, includes three new...

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May 31, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Christopher Ward C65 Dartmouth Series 1

This week on “Vintage Eye,” we’ll be taking a look at UK-based Christopher Ward and the brand’s C65 Dartmouth Series 1 watch, first released in 2019. The relatively new model is the latest addition to Christopher Ward’s growing Military collection, a series that take its inspiration from famous designs in British military history. WatchTime had...

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Apr 5, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Hamilton PSR

Hamilton this week unveiled the latest vintage-inspired PSR, a throwback model recalling the Pulsar digital watch of the 1970s. Longtime fans of Hamilton may fondly remember the Pulsar as a short-lived but significant part of the brand’s history, requiring at least two years of focused development to create, and then dominating the watch market during...

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Mar 22, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Timor Heritage Field

Field watches are one of my favorite categories of timepieces. Purpose built, utilitarian, and aggressively no-frills, these watches were designed for specific jobs, and have a long and storied history of facing down each. The last time we covered a field watch in this series was over a year ago, when we examined the Weiss...

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Mar 15, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS

Riding the Vintage Wave: Bulova Expands Archive Series with Chronograph A “Surfboard”

Bulova's recently released Chronograph A “Surfboard” is a modern re-issue that takes its inspiration from a vintage watch from the 1970s. This latest release includes one new, limited-edition mechanical model and three similar quartz editions, each featuring the historical model’s recognizable, horizontally oriented “surfboard” motif that stylistically brings together the watch’s subdials and bestows it its nickname.

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Mar 11, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

WATCH TO WATCH

Old-School Design: Laurent Ferrier Galet Annual Calendar School Piece “Vintage”

The newest version of Laurent Ferrier’s GPHG Award-Winning Galet Annual Calendar School Piece, previously offered with gold cases and black or white opaline dials, pays tribute to the champagne-dialed vintage models of the 1950s. Limited to just five pieces, the Galet Annual Calendar School Piece “Vintage” combines a 40-mm steel case with a new opaline...

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Feb 27, 2020 by Mark Bernardo