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Zenith Raids its 1969 “Bank Vault” for New, Vintage-Inspired Defy Revival A3642

The year 1969 was a pivotal one for Swiss watchmaker Zenith, which famously introduced its history-making, high-frequency chronograph caliber, the El Primero, to a worldwide audience in January of that year. The El Primero and the Chronomaster watches in which it was first installed have largely defined Zenith’s identity since then, but another important branch...

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Jan 17, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

Kaido Diver: Reviewing the Citizen Promaster Mechanical Diver 200M

Japanese watchmaker Citizen has traveled back to the ’80s to create a distinctive looking modern dive watch equipped with one of the brand’s latest mechanical movements. In Japanese car culture, a “Kaido racer” (sometimes wrongly described as a “Bōsōzoku car”) is an extremely modified Japanese street racing car, usually featuring a massive chin spoiler, bolted-on...

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Jan 16, 2022 by Roger Ruegger

Inspired by Ancestry: Exploring the Blancpain Villeret Collection

Blancpain’s Villeret collection channels the haute horlogerie roots of the world’s oldest watchmaking brand and continues to innovate with an array of grand and practical complications. We explore the collection’s origins, as well as its historical and modern highlights, in this feature from the WatchTime archives. The author Thomas Wolfe is often credited with coining...

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Jan 13, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

The History Channelers: Inside the Longines Heritage Collection

The vintage-look trend continues apace, and one watch brand has devoted an entire family within its portfolio to resurrecting timepieces from its long and creative history. In this feature from the WatchTime archives, we explore the origins, inspirations, and varied offerings of Longines’s ever-expanding Heritage Collection.

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Jan 12, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

A Horological Tribute to the Master of Light: Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Westminster Sonnerie – Tribute to Johannes Vermeer

Vermeer’s most famous painting is now part of a bespoke single-piece edition. The Les Cabinotiers Westminster Sonnerie from Vacheron Constantin is powered by a new 806-part manual winding movement, regulated by a tourbillon and comprising grande and petite sonnerie Westminster chimes, coupled with a minute repeater. Johannes Vermeer (October 1632 – December 1675) painted the...

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Jan 10, 2022 by Roger Ruegger

Borrowed Time: Longines Spirit Ref. L3.810.4.53.0 Three-Hand Date

Longines’ major release in 2020 was its Spirit collection, which it described as drawing “traditional features from pilot’s watches and combin[ing] them with contemporary lines and codes.” All of the watches pay stylistic tribute to the vintage models worn by adventurous, early 20th-century aviators like Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes, with standout features including an...

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Jan 10, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

Desert Commando: Hands-On with the Bremont MB Savanna Edition

Bremont makes watches that not only evoke military history but also are engineered for use in military-grade conditions. We recently went hands- on with perhaps the ultimate expression of that ethos, the titanium-cased MB Savanna Edition. “For a pilot,” British watchmaker Bremont reminds us, “weight means everything.” With this axiom as a guide, the London-based...

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Jan 7, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

Sponsored: The G-SHOCK Women’s GMS2100PG1A4 Pairs Classic Tough Aesthetics with Rose-Gold Elegance

Since its introduction, the GMS2100 series has paired G-SHOCK’s signature tough aesthetic with a suave, minimalist style. Geared for women’s wear, each watch within the series opts for a distinctive octagonal shape recalling some of G-SHOCK’s most iconic silhouettes, their design derived from the classic GM2100. Yet where the GM2100 is larger and more prominent on the wrist,...

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Jan 7, 2022 by WatchTime

Tradition Meets High Complication in Panerai Luminor Perpetual Calendar Goldtech

Since its revival in the early 1990s as a consumer brand, Officine Panerai has expanded its portfolio of timepieces, all of which spring from the robust, utilitarian models the Florentine company produced for Italian naval divers in the 1940s, to encompass a wide variety of complications, colorways, sizes, and case materials. Missing from Panerai’s regular...

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Jan 4, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

Sponsored: Artem Sailcloth Straps Offers Unmatched Comfort and Superior Versatility, Including in Latest “Loop-Less” Design

Earlier this year, Australia-Based Artem made its debut on WatchTime, introducing to our readers its trendsetting, next generation of sailcloth straps. Ever since, the brand and its impressive range of straps have only grown in popularity, trending on forums and garnering increasing attention for its traditional pin-and-buckle options as well as its more contemporary deployant-clasp...

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Jan 1, 2022 by WatchTime

Sponsored: Inspired by an ‘80s Classic, Citizen Highlights the Promaster Eco-Drive Diver 200m

2021 has been a big year for the Citizen Promaster Eco-Drive dive watch collection, with the brand advancing its professionally-focused range with a number of new designs, including the popular Promaster Eco-Drive Aqualand 200m that debuted last spring. This week Citizen is highlighting a lesser-known addition to the collection launched this year, with a renewed...

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Dec 24, 2021 by WatchTime

Ready for a Week and More: Blancpain Launches the Updated Fifty Fathoms Tourbillon 8 Jours

Blancpain’s famed Fifty Fathoms collection is known today as one of the brand’s most utilitarian design families. However, in addition to the collection’s practical, dive-focused wearability, it’s also become a series known for its sense of refined luxury. At this past fall’s WatchTime New York event, for example, the brand showcased one of its more...

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Dec 22, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Spy Timer: Reviewing the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition

The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition is a military-look dive watch featured in the recent James Bond film, No Time to Die, and designed with the input of its star, actor Daniel Craig himself. Ahead of the film’s long-delayed release, I gave the watch a full once-over with an eye toward both stylishness and...

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Dec 20, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Close-Up: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Minute Repeater Supersonnerie and Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar in Titanium

As summer was steadily coming to an end and we in the Northern hemisphere were gradually accepting the oncoming fall, Swiss luxury watch maison Audemars Piguet spent its last days of warm weather quietly updating its catalog. While the bulk the famed watchmaker’s new releases were additions to its contemporary Royal Oak Offshore collection, it...

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Dec 19, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Tradition Meets Transparency: Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Complete Calendar Openface

Vacheron Constantin offered up a new white-gold edition of its Traditionnelle Complete Calendar (which debuted as an Excellence Platine edition in 2018) back in the fall. Now, to round out its very prolific year of 2021 releases, the historical Genevan manufacture opens up that model’s multiple complications in a spectacular fashion in the new Traditionnelle...

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Dec 17, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Sponsored: Another Look at the Citizen Series 8 Collection

When Citizen announced the relaunch of its Series 8 collection at the start of 2021, the watches that composed it quickly caught the attention of the market with their striking looks, utility-driven design, and excellent build quality. Inclusive of three mechanical models — the 870, 830, and 831 — the Series 8 also marked the...

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Dec 16, 2021 by WatchTime