Blue Watches

Showing at WatchTime New York 2021: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms in Rose Gold with Blue Ceramic Dial

America’s premier watch collectors’ event, WatchTime New York, is now less than a week away from making its triumphant return to Gotham Hall after a year’s hiatus. Once again, we are delighted to welcome Blancpain, among the exhibiting watch brands, which will have among its highlight timepieces the rose-gold cased model of its Fifty Fathoms...

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Oct 18, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Sponsored: Gerald Charles Introduces Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon

Introducing a new age of technical aestheticism, Gerald Charles debuts its Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon. With a unique design created with the expert oversight of the brand’s creative director, Octavio Garcia, the timepiece is a return to the original Maestro flying tourbillon released in 2005. Taking hints from the brand’s rich history, the new release is...

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Mar 21, 2023 by WatchTime

Showing at WatchTime New York 2021: MB&F Legacy Machine 101

WatchTime New York, since its inception, has served as a summit for creative minds across the watch industry, attracting some of the best watchmakers in the world to take part in unforgettable events. This year is no different, and as part of 2021’s meeting of the minds, WatchTime is excited to be featuring MB&F among...

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Oct 11, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

An Ocean of Blue: Seven Bucherer Blue Watches at the Bucherer 1888 Time Machine in NYC

After many months of anticipation, the new Bucherer 1888 57th Street flagship store, formerly the Tourneau Time Machine, had its grand re-opening this fall after an extensive renovation and re-branding under the ownership of the Bucherer Group, which acquired Tourneau in 2018. Among the many exciting items the revamped store offers are the first-ever Bucherer...

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Oct 8, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Blue Swimming in Black: Introducing the Panerai Luminor Marina Carbotech Blu Notte

Panerai has been recognized in recent years for its forays into both avant-garde, high-tech case materials and bolder dial colorways. The Luminor Marina Carbotech Blu Notte, an online-exclusive limited edition unveiled this week, is the Florentine-rooted brand’s latest example of both those mission statements. It is the first model in the Panerai portfolio to combine...

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Sep 17, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

IWC Doubles Down on Blue for 2021 Pilot’s Watch Automatic Edition “Laureus Sport for Good”

In a tradition spanning back to 2006, IWC has announced its annual release of a special-edition timepiece to support the charitable efforts of Laureus Sport for Good in its stated mission of “using sport to transform the lives of children and young people and end violence, discrimination, and disadvantage.” This year’s model, the Pilot’s Watch...

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Sep 3, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Bulgari Octo Roma Worldtimer Puts a Luxurious Spin on the Classic Global Travelers’ Watch

It’s not too difficult to detect a “world travel” theme running through many of Italian watchmaker-jeweler Bulgari’s recent additions to its men’s collection, starting with the sporty Aluminium GMT, rolled out just last week, and continuing with the first world-time watch to join its luxurious Octa Roma collection, a headliner of Bulgari’s lineup at this...

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Aug 31, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Carl F. Bucherer Patravi ScubaTec Maldives Extends Partnership with Manta Trust

Carl F. Bucherer kicked off its partnership with the Manta Trust, a charitable organization devoted to preserving endangered Manta Rays and their ecosystems, in 2017 and the collaboration has produced its fourth specially dedicated timepiece this year. The Patravi ScubaTec Maldives, which was unveiled at Watches & Wonders back in April, is noteworthy for its...

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Aug 15, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Milestone in Titanium: Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Ti 230

You’ve heard of a silver anniversary and a golden anniversary, so why not a titanium anniversary, along with a watch to celebrate it? As it turns out, the discovery of titanium, by English clergyman William Gregor, occurred in the same year, 1791, as the first watch produced by 19-year-old watchmaker Jean-François Bautte, regarded as the...

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Aug 5, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

A. Lange & Söhne Langematik Perpetual Marks 20 Years With New Blue-Dial Gold Limited Editions

In its summer rollout of new timepieces, A. Lange & Söhne has garnered the most admiration, and media coverage, for its Cabaret Tourbillon Handwerkskunst, a revival of a now-discontinued model that celebrated the 10th anniversary of the artisanal Handwerkskunst series. However, that watch, outfitted with the world’s first stop-seconds tourbillon caliber, was not the only...

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Jul 23, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Chronoswiss Sirius Flying Grand Regulator

The regulator dial is one of those niche styles in the wristwatch world. It never really had a “moment” but it’s been around for quite a while, and many watch brands have at least one in their portfolios in the interests of broadening their appeal. However, none have embraced the regulator style more than Chronoswiss, the maker of the watch reviewed here, the Sirius Flying Grand Regulator.

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Jul 14, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Aquanauts Assemble: Patek Philippe Expands its Sportiest Collection with Aquanaut Chronographs in White Gold

Patek Philippe added the first chronograph-equipped model in its sport-luxury Aquanaut family in 2018, delivering it in a steel case, a gradient black textured dial, and a choice of robust rubber straps. This year, the manufacture adds more color and a higher echelon of luxury to the model, with two new references in white-gold cases...

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May 27, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Perpetual Pilots: IWC Launches Perpetual Calendars in Big Pilot’s Watch and Top Gun “Mojave Desert” Collections

As it does most years, IWC used its time in the watch trade-fair spotlight in 2021 to refresh one of its six major collections. At the recently concluded Watches & Wonders virtual event, the company expanded its ever-popular Big Pilot’s Watch series with the release of the first 43-mm, blue-dialed Big Pilot models as the...

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Apr 28, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Black, Blue, and See-Through: Chronoswiss Introduces New SkelTec Azur and Pitch Black Editions

Lucerne-based Chronoswiss has become well known for not only its distinctive regulator-style designs but also recently for its forays into skeletonization. At Watches & Wonders, Chronoswiss doubled down on the latter, expanding its SkelTec series (introduced in 2020) with two new colorways, SkelTec Azur (blue-and-black) and SkelTec Pitch Black (monochrome black). Both models continue the...

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Apr 24, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

From Cockpit to Compact: IWC Introduces the Big Pilot’s Watch 43mm (with Live Photos)

Since its successful revival as a military-styled luxury icon in 2002, IWC’s iconic Big Pilot’s Watch, has spread its wings, one might say, to encompass a veritable fleet of offspring, over several different product families, with complications ranging from chronographs to perpetual calendars and even a “Heritage” limited edition in titanium that replicated the 55-mm...

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Apr 7, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Introducing the Citizen Promaster Eco-Drive Aqualand 200m (with Live Photos)

Japanese watchmaker Citizen has unveiled the latest addition to its professionally-focused Promaster line, the new Promaster Eco-Drive Aqualand 200m. The new model is the first new addition to the Promaster collection since last fall’s Satellite Wave GPS, and is the most recent update to the Aqualand sub-collection since spring of 2019. The news also comes...

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Apr 4, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Seiko Pays Tribute to Naomi Uemura’s Life of Adventure with Two 1970 Diver Re-interpretation Watches

With its new duo of Prospex 1970 Diver’s Modern Re-interpretation watches, Japan’s Seiko revisits one of its earliest commercially available dive watches and re-interprets and upgrades its popular vintage design for a modern audience. The pair includes a new gray-dial model (Ref. SLA051) and a limited-edition blue-dial model (Ref. SLA049). The latter model celebrates the...

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Mar 6, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Wave Runner: Omega Seamaster Diver 300M America’s Cup Chronograph

Omega inaugurated its role as official timekeeper of the 36th America’s Cup last year with the launch of a special edition from its Seamaster Planet Ocean collection. As the start of the world’s most prestigious sailing race (and the awarding of sports’ oldest international trophy) draws closer, Omega has released another special timepiece, this one...

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Feb 23, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Eye of Blue: Longines Updates the Avigation BigEye with Titanium Case and Smoked Blue Dial (With Live Pictures)

Longines has, in recent years, been substantially growing its already expansive Heritage Collection. In the past year alone the Swiss brand has unveiled, among many others, the Legend Diver Bronze, Military Marine Nationale, and Classic Tuxedo series. Returning once again to its rich archives, Longines this year adds another version of its historically inspired pilot’s...

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Feb 20, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Rescuing the Ocean’s Biggest Fish: Oris Whale Shark Limited Edition (With Live Photos)

While Oris’s dedication to producing its own movements in-house has been front-and-center lately (as witness the fanfare surrounding the launch of Caliber 400, its first automatic winding movement, last fall), the Hölstein-based manufacturer’s mission of releasing special timepieces in support of ocean-focused charitable initiatives has never wavered. Following up the Blue Whale model that completed...

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Feb 16, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Bremont Marks its Second Year of England Rugby Partnership with New RFU 150 GMT Diver

British watchmaker Bremont has unveiled the second watch to emerge from its five-year partnership with England Rugby as Official Timekeeper. While the new RFU 150 has a somewhat technical-sounding name, it’s actually derived from, and in celebration of, the 150th anniversary of the Rugby Football Union (RFU), the governing body for rugby in England. The...

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Feb 10, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

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