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WATCH REVIEW:

Hands-On with Baume, Richemont’s Fashion Watch Experiment

When Richemont announced it was entering the affordable luxury or “fashion watch” segment with Baume (sans Mercier) it was a surprise for a number of factors. Not only is the market share of this segment rapidly closing due to the social media savvy of brands such as Daniel Wellington but smartwatches are rapidly encroaching on...

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Jul 20, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

DIVE WATCH BASICS

Saturation Diving, Helium Valves, and “Extreme” Dive Watches

In another installment in our series on the basics of divers' watches, we explain why some dive watches have built-in helium-release valves and why others don’t. We also explain why each type is perfectly OK, depending on the type of diving you do.

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Jul 20, 2018 by Roger Ruegger

WATCH TO WATCH

Café Racer: Montblanc TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph “Cappuccino” Edition

The Goodwood Festival of Speed, one of the most important events on the social calendar of Britain's auto racing enthusiasts, wrapped up this past weekend, with the winner of the championship race taking home a special ticking trophy: the limited-edition Montblanc TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph with "Cappuccino" dial.

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Jul 19, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

INTERVIEW:

Talking with Car-Mod Authority Jonathan Ward About His First Official Watch, the ICON Duesey

Above all, Jonathan Ward is a gearhead. His Los Angeles-based company, ICON4X4, produces what some believe are the highest caliber SUVs in the world. He tears vehicles apart and puts them back together in new and unexpected ways, elevating utilitarian machines into a purified expression of mechanical ability. Last year, the news broke that Ward was...

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Jul 18, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

LIMITED EDITION

18th Century Flair: F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain with Hand-Engraved Régence Dial

Despite being a comparatively young watch brand (it was founded in 1999), F.P. Journe and its eponymous founder have revisited on numerous occasions the technology, materials, and decorative technique of the 18th century — “the golden age of time measurement” — in their quest to make modern watches inspired by horology’s rich history and following...

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Jul 18, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Showing at WatchTime New York 2018: Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite

WatchTime New York, America’s largest 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 watches that guests will discover there. Today we’re taking a look at the latest update to Glashütte...

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Jul 17, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

Germany Salutes France: Moritz Grossmann’s World Cup 2018 Football Watch

The 2018 World Cup in Russia concluded in dramatic fashion yesterday, with France defeating Croatia 4-2 to win the second World Cup in the country’s history. And in the spirit of international sporting goodwill, it is a German watch brand that has issued the very first special-edition timepiece in congratulation to the victorious French team....

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Jul 16, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

5 Milestone Patek Philippe Watches, from 1868 to Today

Flashing back to one of last year's biggest milestones in the watch-collecting world, Patek Philippe's "Art of Watches" Grand Exhibition in New York, WatchTime offers a look at some of the most notable wristwatches from the company's 178-year history. Read on to discover WatchTime.com's top five.

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Jul 16, 2018 by Gisbert Brunner

FEATURE:

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Yema Superman Héritage

Yema was never a superpower of horology. It wasn’t a renowned brand forgotten by time like Universal Genève, or one revived for the modern era like IWC; it was always just Yema — one French brand alongside a handful of others, producing its best watches in the ultra-competitive 1960s and the live-or-die-by-quartz ‘70s; never standing...

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Jul 15, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

QUIZ

Can You Identify Iconic Watches By Their Hands?

Our latest series of visual quizzes asks: Can you identify well-known watches just by their components? One of the most difficult challenges is to identify a watch solely by the design of its hands, and those who can do so can surely be numbered among the ranks of genuine watch connoisseurs. We’ve illustrated the hands...

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Jul 14, 2018 by WatchTime

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Speake-Marin London Chronograph Valjoux 92

The Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, or SIHH, takes place in January in Geneva. In most cases, we in the watch media world tend to wait until the end of the show before naming our favorites, especially since our meetings with many of the horological heavyweights there — IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, Vacheron, Cartier, etc....

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Jul 13, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

A. Lange & Söhne Releases Enamel-Dial Special Edition of the 1815 Tourbillon (Updated with Live Photos)

A. Lange & Söhne’s 1815 Tourbillon — introduced into the collection in 2014 and offered in a special Handwerkskunst edition the following year — is notable for combining two patented precision-keeping innovations: the zero-reset mechanism first introduced in 1997’s Langematik model and the stop-seconds function that debuted in 2008’s Cabaret Tourbillon. This week, the Saxon...

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Jul 13, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

7 Milestone Watches From A. Lange & Söhne

We take a look at a century-plus of notable timepieces from A. Lange & Söhne, including the Grande Complication pocketwatch, the first Lange 1, the Zeitwerk, and the Richard Lange Terraluna.

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Jul 13, 2018 by Gisbert Brunner

FEATURE

“Sound” Investments: 10 Notable Minute Repeaters and Chiming Watches

WatchTime takes a look at 10 notable minute repeaters - and other, even more sophisticated, chiming watches - such as the A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Striking Time and the Ulysse Nardin Stranger.

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Jul 13, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

7 Milestone Omega Watches, from 1892 to Today

In its long history, Omega has contributed numerous important watches and innovations to the world of watchmaking. In this feature, we chronicle seven of the 25 most important watches Omega has ever made, including the Omega Seamaster, the Omega Constellation and the Omega De Ville.

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Jul 12, 2018 by Gisbert Brunner

WATCH REVIEW

Solarzilla: Reviewing the Citizen Promaster Eco-Drive Professional Diver 1000M

In a sea of retro-inspired dive watches launched during Baselworld 2017, Citizen stood out as one of the few brands that dared to launch something radically new. The Citizen Promaster Eco-Drive Professional Diver 1000m is the world’s first solar-powered watch capable of saturation diving – and the Japanese brand’s second 1,000-meter diver. We give it an in-depth review in this feature from WatchTime's November-December 2017 issue.

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Jul 12, 2018 by Roger Ruegger

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

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

NEWS

A Monster Launch: Omega’s New Speedy Tuesday 42mm “Ultraman” Limited Edition Sells Out in Under Two Hours

If you weren’t one of the early risers who fired off an order for one on Omega’s Instagram page this morning, you’ve likely already missed out on the latest “Speedy Tuesday” model from the brand’s Speedmaster collection. Officially dubbed the Omega Speedmaster Limited Edition 42mm “Ultraman” and inspired by a historically significant model from 1967,...

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Jul 10, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Highlights from WatchTime’s July-August Issue, On Sale Now

The fourth WatchTime issue of 2018 hit newsstands today, with highlights ranging from our enormous, 32-page Baselworld review that includes in-depth coverage of the new Rolex GMT Master-II; a dual interview with LVMH Watch Department head honcho Jean-Claude Biver and watch-mod authority George Bamford; a long-form interview with Stephen Forsey on the evolution of the Greubel Forsey...

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Jul 10, 2018 by WatchTime