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Seiko Unveils Prospex “Urban Safari” Street Series for Spring 2020

This week, Seiko unveiled the latest expansion to its popular Prospex dive-watch series with four new “Urban Safari”-themed watches. The models serve as additions to 2018's Prospex Street Series collection, and offer a greater range of colorways, aesthetics, and movement options.

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May 23, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

Microbrand Monday: Sitting for a Cup with Brew Watch Co.’s Mastergraph and Retrograph

It’s been quite a while since we spotlighted a brand in our “Microbrand Monday” series, last time going hands-on with Martenero’s Edgemere Reserve. This week we are back, now turning our focus to a company well known in the watch enthusiast community in and around New York City with Brew Watch Co. The independent company...

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May 18, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

Casio Celebrates 20 Years of the Edifice Collection with New Honda Racing Watch

Japan’s Casio is best known by watch enthusiasts, of course, for its mega-popular G-Shock collection, but the G-Shock is not the only high-tech, sports-focused watch model it offers. Casio marks the 20th anniversary of its Edifice collection this year with the new limited-edition Ref. ECB10HR-1A. The new watch, like many other watches in the series,...

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Apr 18, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS

Ball Watch Goes Diving with the Tech-Heavy Engineer Hydrocarbon Original

At the end of last month, historical watchmaker Ball Watch — best known for purpose-built tool watches over its 129 -year history, most famously the groundbreaking railroad watches that made its reputation — unveiled the latest update to its distinguished diving collection, the Engineer Hydrocarbon Original. The new model commemorates 15 years of the series,...

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Apr 10, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS

TAG Heuer Goes Black and Blue with the New Aquaracer GMT

With the launch of the new, black-and-blue-toned Aquaracer GMT, Swiss sport-luxury specialist TAG Heuer expands its Aquaracer Caliber 7 GMT series, first launched in 2017, whose first model, with its red-and-blue bezel (pictured below), has been cited as a worthy and cost-effective alternative to the Rolex GMT-Master II. This newest variant continues that narrative, now...

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Apr 7, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURES

Five Chronometer-Certified Watches That Won’t Break the Bank

The past two decades have seen a shift in why people wear watches. Thanks to the omnipresence of smartphones, laptops, and other digital devices, it’s no longer necessary to wear a watch to know the exact time. While the reasoning we cherish our mechanical marvels of the wrist may have changed — be it a romantic...

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Mar 23, 2020 by WatchTime

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

Bulova Unveils Three New Heritage Models as Part of Military Collection

Last week, Bulova, the distinctly American watch brand founded in 1875, released three new models inspired by the historical watches it produced for the U.S. military in the early-to mid-20th Century. With the new Hack and A-15 Pilot watches, Bulova kickstarts its Military Collection, thus expanding its range of heritage offerings.

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Feb 25, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Mido Multifort Patrimony

Last year, the Swiss watch brand Mido released a follow-up to its popular Mido Multifort Datometer watch, expanding upon the collection with the new Multifort Patrimony. Longtime readers of this series will remember that in 2018 we covered the Multifort Datometer, a watch commemorating the 100th anniversary of the brand and which upon its unveiling...

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Jan 12, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Alpina Startimer Pilot Heritage Chronograph

Today on “Vintage Eye,” we’ll be focusing our gaze on Alpina’s new Startimer Pilot Heritage Chronograph, a neo-vintage bicompax monopusher chronograph released earlier this fall. This new model takes its inspiration from a 1970s helmet-style case design common in racing watches during the era — like this Bulova seen below via Analog/Shift— and an older-style...

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Dec 1, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

Straight from the Barrel: Introducing the Original Grain New Belgium Chrono

The American brand Original Grain is known for producing affordably priced, quartz-powered wood and steel watches using modern designs. Last month, the young brand partnered with Colorado-based craft brewery New Belgium Brewing for the newest addition to its collection: the Original Grain New Belgium Chrono. This new watch is foremost characterized by its use of...

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Nov 15, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE:

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Seiko 5 Sports

Ever since I began writing this column, I’ve wanted to cover the Seiko 5. Like many watch enthusiasts, it was an automatic Seiko 5 that first brought me into the world of watches, and I can recall many conversations I’ve had through the years with collectors and non-collectors alike on the many esteemed qualities of...

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Sep 15, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

PROMOTION

Lenvino Watch Co. Launches Nornir Celestial Collection Tourbillons

Founded in Hong Kong in January 2017 by a group of self-described “watch addicts,” Lenvino Watch Co. launched its first Kickstarter campaign, in December of that year, to fund the “World’s First Minimalist Design Rectangular Tourbillon Watch.” After 40 days, it raised a total of HK $427,860, becoming the most backed tourbillon project on Kickstarter...

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Aug 2, 2019 by WatchTime

NEWS

In the (Swiss) Army Now: Victorinox Launches New FieldForce Collection

Victorinox, inventor of the iconic Swiss Army knife and maker of military-themed timepieces since 1989, is going back to basics in its wristwatch portfolio — after going upmarket with such pieces as 2015’s INOX and Dive Master 500 — with the launch of the new FieldForce collection. FieldForce watches — thus far available in three-hand,...

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Jul 1, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Laco Navy Cuxhaven And Bremerhaven

Germany’s Laco isn’t a brand we frequently feature in this series. Part of the reason for this has to do with the brand’s relevancy in the American market, while another part has to do with its being overshadowed by numerous other German brands with stronger messaging. Nonetheless, that doesn’t mean Laco isn’t offering good watches,...

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Jun 30, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS

Alpina Seastrong Diver Heritage Collection Expands with New Brown-and-Bronze Color Combo

Vintage-look divers' watches continue to be a hot ticket in today's watch market, and Alpina was an early adopter of the trend, launching its Seastrong Diver Heritage, a modern revival of a 1969 model, back in 2016. This year, the sporty Swiss brand adds a new model notable for its striking color combination of a chocolate brown dial with a bronze-colored case.

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Jun 26, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Méraud Bonaire

Neo-vintage dive watches are incredibly popular right now, both among major brands like Longines, Rolex, and Seiko, and among many smaller start-ups such as Evant, Baltic, and MAEN. One of the newest to the scene is Belgium-based Méraud with their 1960s-inspired Bonaire, a cool steel diver with an impressive value proposition. The watch originally came...

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Jun 2, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Raymond Weil Freelancer Calibre RW1212

Raymond Weil, owned and operated by the Bernheim family, is one of the very few remaining family-owned watch companies, alongside prestigious maisons like Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe. Up until very recently, it remained a member of another diminishing breed in the luxury watch industry — a manufacturer that used solely outsourced movements to power...

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Feb 27, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Certina DS PH200M

Swatch Group-owned Certina is a Swiss watch brand that few American consumers are familiar with, but it is a company that has long specialized in sports watches, and even has an extensive history, both in the American market and among military personnel. Yet, as was the reality for many historic Swiss manufacturers, the Quartz Crisis...

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Jan 27, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

REVIEW:

The Next Cult Classic from Citizen? Hands-On with the Promaster Tough

As longtime proponents of mechanical watchmaking, WatchTime doesn’t typically cover the average quartz release. However, when it comes to Citizen, our editorial team feels a bit differently. Personally, a Citizen Eco-Drive served as my entry point into the watch world and I know that story will ring true for a countless number of other collectors....

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Nov 6, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

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