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IWC Debuts Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar TOP GUN Lake Tahoe

“The bad news is that time flies. The good news is that you are the pilot.” This saying about the fleeting nature of time and how to navigate it could be programmatic for IWC’s Big Pilot Watch Perpetual Calendar, a technically complex and robust timepiece that offers many useful functions for the flight through life....

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Jul 18, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Green Rambles: Please Clean Your Watches

As a collector of over twenty years, it cannot come as a surprise that I have builT up a good relationship with my watchmaker. As we are both in the same industry, only on different sides, we love to catch up occasionally over a cup of coffee. While he has always interesting watches that he...

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Jul 10, 2023 by Martin Green

Rule #1 When Buying Watches (And Also When Writing About Them)

When I first got to see press pictures of the new 2067 and 2057 from Breguet, I was pretty sure that I wouldn’t be the one to fall in love with the “mint green shade” featured on the Arabic numerals, hands and bezel of the 2057. After having seen and briefly worn one last Wednesday,...

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Jun 9, 2023 by Roger Ruegger

The WatchTime Q&A: An Interview with John Reardon from Collectability.com

John Reardon launched Collectability.com in 2019. The former head of watches for Christie’s is one of the leading authorities on Patek Philippe watches and aims, on one hand, to educate collectors on the history of the brand, its timepiece production, and place in the international field of horology. On the other hand, the platform obviously...

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May 20, 2023 by Roger Ruegger

Hands-On With the New Zenith Pilot Watch Collection

After a stretch of El Primero and Defy releases, Zenith gave us not just a refresh of their famous Pilot watch collection but one that is, save for the name, entirely new altogether. For Watches & Wonders 2023, the only brand with the rights to use the word “Pilot” for its pilot watches came in...

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May 17, 2023 by Bilal Khan

5 Unexpected Seiko Watches to Wear to Your Office in 2023

With over 140 years of watchmaking experience backing it, Seiko is known contemporarily for its streamlined design code and versatile product offering, all within an entry-level price point. Today, we’re taking a look at 5 unexpected Seiko watches to bring a unique edge to your in-office attire in 2023.  Seiko Presage SRPJ15 The Seiko Presage...

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May 8, 2023 by Caleb Anderson

A Cheap Watch Service Is Often the Most Expensive Thing You Can Do

A fellow collector once said that if you can’t afford to service your watch, you basically can’t afford the watch itself. There is a lot of truth to these words, but the servicing part is often not top of mind when people purchase a new timepiece. Once confronted with problems, they can go for the...

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Apr 24, 2023 by Martin Green

Hands-On: Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 XPS And Cadence 8HF Watches

One of the consistent sentiments in the wake of Watches & Wonders 2023 is that Chopard had an excellent year. In addition to its gorgeous reissue of the LUC 1860 in Lucent Steel came this pair of Alpine Eagle integrated bracelet sport watches that add some much appreciated variety to the collection. The Alpine Eagle...

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Apr 19, 2023 by Bilal Khan

Hands-On: Czapek Antarctique P.04 “Lanikai” Watch For Collective Horology

Just released by Czapek & Cie in collaboration with Collective Horology is the new Antarctique P.04 “Lanikai” and it may just be the most beautiful version of this integrated bracelet sport watch yet. Collective Horology is the California-based operation run by Asher Raskin and Gabe Reilly who have done some excellent collaborations in the past...

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Apr 18, 2023 by Bilal Khan

Cartier Unveils Grande Complication Pocket Watch

First seen at Watches and Wonders 2023, Cartier’s new Rotonde de Cartier Grande Complication lives up to its name with three grand complications: the skillfully skeletonized pocket watch combines a minute repeater, a flying tourbillon, and a perpetual calendar in a precious white gold case. Despite the technical complexity of the automatic 9506 caliber, which...

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Apr 10, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonders 2023: Cartier Drops Four New Artistic Tank Louis Cartier Executions

Two new versions of the Tank Louis Cartier presented at this year’s Watches and Wonders present simplicity in an expressive color scheme with dials lacquered in Bordeaux red and green. They dispense entirely with the Tank characteristic Roman numerals and railroad-minute track. Only the hour and minute hands, color-coordinated with the 750 yellow gold case,...

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Apr 1, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonders 2023: Jaeger-LeCoultre Introduces Reverso Tribute Chronograph

At this year’s Watches and Wonders, Jaeger-LeCoultre continues the more than 90-year history of the Reverso with a technically complex and aesthetically expressive chronograph model. The Reverso Tribute Chronograph succeeds a model from 1996, launched at the time as part of a special series of grand complications as a newly developed integrated chronograph with manual...

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Mar 30, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonder 2023: Panerai Unveils Its First Annual Calendar

“Calendario Annuale,” the phrase written on the new Radiomir Annual Calendar says it all: PAM01363 is Panerai’s first annual calendar. The indications of this calendar form, which only requires a correction at the end of February, fit harmoniously into the typical design of the sandwich dial – here with a blue color gradient and sunburst...

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Mar 28, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches and Wonders 2023: TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph Glassbox

The celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the iconic TAG Heuer Carrera Chronograph continue at this year’s Watches and Wonders with the introduction of a new model inspired by the collector favorite “glass box” design. It earns its name from its sapphire crystal, which is shaped like the domed hesalite crystals found on some vintage...

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Mar 27, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Rolex Unveils New Cosmograph Daytona at Watches and Wonders 2023

Arguably the most important new Rolex release from Watches and Wonders is the latest generation of the Cosmograph Daytona. Right in time for its 60th anniversary, this iconic chronograph revs up with a new motor. Under the hood ticks the new Caliber 4131, an evolution of the brand’s in-house Cal. 4130 that first debuted in...

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Mar 27, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

The WatchTime Q&A: Tim Mosso

WatchTime’s Roger Ruegger caught up with self-described “perpetual student”  Tim Mosso, “a watch collector, writer, historian of modern watchmaking, and a voice for the global community of watch enthusiasts,” and perhaps best known as the Director of Media at pre-owned specialist Watchbox, for which he and his team have created more than 6,000 videos. Pictured...

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Mar 24, 2023 by WatchTime

Swatch Tresor Magique: For When You Crave Precious Metal

People able to obtain the latest MoonSwatch are, without a doubt, lucky. They were at the right place, at the right time. While we can debate if paying a $25 premium for a different hand is worth it, I have seen worse deals. It is also a very good looking Swatch, but with the hype...

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Mar 22, 2023 by Martin Green