Ceramic Watches

Ceramic watches are on the rise – many luxury watch brands have added ceramic watches to their portfolio.

FEATURE

11 Watch Brands That Make Their Own Metals

We take a look at 11 watch brands, including Rolex, A. Lange & Söhne, Hublot and Omega, that have invented their own alloys by combining different metals.

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Aug 17, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Promotion

Baume & Mercier’s new Clifton Baumatic: Lengthened Service Intervals

A mechanical watch movement is a complex mechanism comprising numerous mobile miniature components. Their perpetual interaction results in friction and wear ultimately influencing the smooth running of the movement. This is one of the reasons why watches have to be returned for regular service. The new Clifton Baumatic from Baume & Mercier with the maison’s...

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Oct 15, 2018 by WatchTime

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Skelet-One

You can do a lot with a figure eight. Over the years, Jaquet Droz has used its iconic Grande Seconde dial configuration — a figure-eight design with a small subdial for the hours and minutes atop a larger subdial for the seconds — as the template for numerous variations. With the new and somewhat oddly named Grande Seconde Skelet-One, introduced this year at Baselworld, the brand has introduced its boldest and most unusual take on the Grande Seconde to date.

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Aug 10, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

DIVE WATCH BASICS

The Basics of the Rotating Divers’ Watch Bezel

In this article on divers' watches, we take a look at what is probably the most distinctive element of a dive watch: the rotating bezel.

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Jul 6, 2018 by Roger Ruegger

POLL:

Vote on the Winner of WatchTime Wrist Shot Contest #2

Capping off another successful WatchTime Wrist Shot Contest submission period, here are our top 10 images of the 300-plus wrist shots submitted to us through e-mail and Instagram over the past two weeks. Please vote on what you think is the best image based on composition, creativity, and image quality. The top five finishers will receive...

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Oct 9, 2018 by WatchTime

Blackout: 17 Black-on-Black Watches

Black-on-black watches, read our review of 17 "all-black" watches, including the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver, the Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute Blacksteel and the Ulysse Nardin Blacksea.

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Jun 7, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Feeling Blue: 25 Watches With Blue Dials and Blue Straps

We take a look at 25 stunning blue-on-blue watches, with blue dials and blue straps, released within recent years, from watch brands like Patek Philippe, Rolex, TAG Heuer, Zenith and many others.

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May 23, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

PROMOTION:

Gucci Presents #TimeToParr: An Uncommon Photographic Journey

Embracing Instagram’s creative landscape over the past three years with dedicated projects in which artists play with House motifs, Gucci has published and promoted these special works with a series of hashtags. Now, for the first time, the House is collaborating with a single artist on an Instagram project. Exploring the nature of time and...

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Oct 9, 2018 by WatchTime

BASELWORLD 2018:

Out of the Pocket: New Rado HyperChrome Ultra Light Draws Inspiration from the Past

Avant garde design-oriented Swiss brand Rado, which last year captured the attention of Baselworld with its vintage-inspired Hyperchrome Captain Cook dive watch, is this year leaning again toward the historical in an expansion of its Hyperchrome Ultra Light series. This series, which was noted for having an incredibly light weight, first came to the market...

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Mar 24, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

WATCH TO WATCH

Midnight Flyer: Introducing the Bell & Ross BR03-92 Nightlum

Bell & Ross adds to its fleet of BR03-92 "professional aviation" watches — which recently welcomed a black camo version as well as a model that evoked the night-lit tarmac of airport runways — with the new Nightlum edition, a timepiece singularly suitable for nighttime navigation.

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Feb 8, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Girard-Perregaux Laureato

The 1970s was the golden age for unorthodox sports watch designs. Details such as prominent bezels, slim case profiles made of steel, and an integrated bracelet were all the rage after Gérald Genta’s trailblazing Audemars Piguet Royal Oak debuted in 1972. Other design trendsetters of the era included the Patek Philippe Nautilus and the redesigned IWC...

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Jan 7, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

WATCH TO WATCH

Omega Speedmaster Returns to its Racing Roots With “Porsche Club of America” Limited Edition

Years before it rocketed into space to earn its place in timepiece history as the first watch worn on the moon, the Omega Speedmaster was engineered for more terrestrial pursuits, specifically as an instrument to time automobile races. With the new Speedmaster Porsche Club of America Limited Edition, the Speedy revisits its motor racing history while adding a few distinctly modern elements.

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Dec 12, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Black Ceramic Power Reserve Clous de Paris

Every good watch brand needs some sort of visual shorthand to make it recognizable, and Jaquet Droz has managed to claim as its own a very old, very traditional style of timekeeping display: the figure-eight dial arrangement of one smaller subdial, usually for the hours and minutes, at the top, overlapping a larger subdial, usually...

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Oct 2, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

Dive Watch Test: Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Co-Axial

Our editors went 11 feet under water to test various divers' watches for legibility, ease of use, and toughness in actual diving conditions. Here are the results of our dive watch test for one of these watches - the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Co-Axial.

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Sep 8, 2017 by Alexander Krupp

WATCH QUIZ

Material Facts: Test Your Knowledge Of Watch-World Metals (and Silicon, Carbon and Ceramics)

Over the years, many new materials have found their way into the watch world — whether used on dials, in bracelets, or as case material. Watches made from different metals not only feel differently on the wrist, because of factors such as weight — titanium is lighter than steel, for example — but can even...

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Aug 6, 2017 by WatchTime

FROM FRATELLO WATCHES

Top 3 Rolex GMT-Master Watches

Historically the watch of Pan-Am pilots and NASA astronauts, the Rolex GMT-Master could even be found on the wrist of Tom Selleck in "Magnum: P.I." Here, our Fratello Friday writer shares with us three of his favorite Rolex GMT-Master models.

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Jul 21, 2017 by Robert-Jan Broer

NEWS

Hublot Celebrates 20 Years of Fuente Fuente OpusX with 3 Classic Fusion Limited Editions

Hublot began its partnership with the Fuente cigar company, maker of the prized Fuente Fuente OpusX, in 2012. This year, for the OpusX's 20th anniversary, Hublot introduced three new limited editions sure to entice both watch fanatics and lovers of the leaf alike.

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Jul 3, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Breitling Superocean Heritage II

For a brand most famous for its aviation watches, Breitling has been no stranger over the past 60 years to branching outside its usual airborne comfort zone. It all began in 1957 with the release of a dive watch constructed to compete with some of that era’s greats, the original Breitling Superocean. Here we compare the modern Superocean Heritage II to its vintage inspiration.

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May 14, 2017 by Caleb Anderson

BASELWORLD 2017 PREVIEW:

Bell & Ross BR03-94 RS17: A Formula One Engine for the Wrist

Last year, Bell & Ross became the official watch partner of the Renault Sport Formula One racing team. At a press conference in London, centered around the launch of the team's new R.S. 17 Formula One race car, Renault and Bell & Ross also unveiled the new Bell & Ross BR03-94 RS17 watch.

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Mar 5, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

Switzerland Meets Italy

A Fleet of Ferraris: 10 Hublot Big Bang Ferrari Watches

Hublot released the first Big Bang Ferrari watches, products of a collaboration with the famed Italian automaker, in 2012. Since then, the brand has expanded the Hublot Ferrari watch collection each year, with all models equipped with Hublot's in-house Unico movement.

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Nov 18, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Just for Kicks: 6 Watches That Celebrate Soccer

Some of the world's luxury sports-watch makers - like Audemars Piguet, Tissot and Parmigiani - have gotten in on the excitement of soccer, with special-edition watches specially devoted to the sport and its players.

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Oct 19, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Monochrome and Minimalist: Three New Rado True Thinline Watches

Rado's new releases for 2016 have embraced the concept of lightness and streamlined, minimalist design with this trio of new timepieces from the brand's Rado True Thinline collection, with three monochromatic color schemes.

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Aug 23, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Luxury Watch Brands Salute the Troops

7 “Tribute to the Military” Watches

Six "Tribute to the Military" watches showcased by WatchTime, with models from Jaeger-LeCoultre, IWC and others.

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Aug 18, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

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