Cool Watches

Showing at WatchTime New York 2021: Montblanc Heritage Pythagore Small Second LE 148

Montblanc returns to WatchTime New York later this week, showcasing its newest and most exclusive timepieces at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 22 to 24. Topping off a year of interesting releases, including the Star Legacy Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph Limited Edition, bronze-cased 1858 Geosphere LE, and 1858 Split-Second Chronograph LE 18, the brand will feature...

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Oct 19, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Sponsored: The Return of the Legendary Hanhart 417 ES

The reissue of the Hanhart 417 ES marks the return of a legend among wristwatches. More than 60 years ago, the original model served as the first pilot’s chronograph for the German armed forces. Today Hanhart combines the watch’s iconic historical design with the most modern production techniques to produce a robust chronograph suitable for...

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Oct 20, 2021 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

Worn & Wound’s Windup Watch Fair Returns This Month to New York’s Chelsea Market

With WatchTime New York 2021 set to make its triumphant return later this month, from October 22 to 24, at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall, we here at the magazine are proud and excited to announce our renewed partnership with Worn & Wound and the return of their very own event, the Windup Watch Fair. The fair...

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Oct 9, 2021 by WatchTime

Destination Moon: Introducing Two new Hakuto-R Eco-Drive Chronographs from Citizen (with Live Photos)

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. and space start-up Ispace Inc. have recently joined forces. As corporate partner of Ispace’s planned commercial lunar exploration program, the 100-year-old Japanese watchmaker and pioneer in the use of titanium has now released two limited-edition chronographs dedicated to the upcoming missions that should also bring parts made of the brand’s Super...

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Oct 13, 2021 by WatchTime

Showing at WatchTime New York 2021: The Grand Seiko Elegance GMT 4 Seasons Collection

WatchTime New York 2021 is just over a month away, returning for the sixth time to Midtown Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 22-24. Among the more than 25 participating watch brands set to display their newest timepieces is Japan’s Grand Seiko and one of their most prominent nature-inspired launches of the year in the new Elegance GMT...

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Sep 20, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Bell & Ross Takes its “Urban Explorer” Collection Global with the New BR 05 GMT

For the second time this year, French-founded watchmaker Bell & Ross is introducing a new GMT watch, and — what’s more — it’s square. The new BR 05 GMT comes on the heels of the BR 03-93 GMT, which debuted earlier this year as the brand’s first square-cased watch with an outer rotating bezel alongside...

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Sep 13, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

From the Seas to the Skies: Hands-on with the Bremont Supermarine Chrono

British watchmaker Bremont began unveiling its 2021 novelties to the market back in the spring. Leading the pack was an updated version of the brand’s popular, vintage-influenced Supermarine dive watch that added a new GMT function. Alongside that highly praised piece was the model we had a chance to go hands-on with recently: the Bremont...

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Sep 2, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Hands-On: Three Months with the G-Shock Full Metal Red Ion GMWB5000RD-4

The G-Shock Full Metal collection, since its launch in 2018, has been a major hit among both media and consumers. The collection has grown substantially since that debut and now includes a wide variety of steel- and titanium-cased timepieces, with colors including all-steel, black, blue, “aged,” and integrated resin-and-metal styles. This year, I was fortunate...

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Aug 31, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

The Year of the QP? Five Perpetual Calendar Watches Introduced in 2021

If there has been one most notable complication among the many new watches introduced throughout 2021 thus far, it has clearly been the Perpetual Calendar. First introduced commercially in a wristwatch in 1925 by Patek Philippe, a perpetual calendar movement can display the date, day, month, and year with precise accuracy and even account for...

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Aug 24, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Born to be Wound: Alsta Teams with Beyond the Dial for the Motoscaphe 120, A Purpose-Built Watch for Motorcyclists

Watches and motorcycles. It’s a pairing that has long been regarded as a natural one, between two machines that both exemplify traditional pinnacles of coolness and masculinity — a relationship that lends a spark to countless advertisements, photos, and conversations. And yet, despite their long association in the collective mindset, very rarely have watches been...

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Aug 9, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Wrist Armor: G-Shock MRGB2000BS3A Hana-Basara Celebrates 25 Years of MR-G Collection in Samurai Style

G-Shock’s year of interesting and diverse releases continues with this summer’s launch of the latest timepieces within the Japanese watchmaker’s luxurious MR-G collection. The new MRGB2000BS3A Hana-Basara, a limited edition that celebrates the 25th anniversary of the high-end MR-G line, is inspired by Hana-Basara samurai armor. The term “Hana” means “ostentatious or brilliant,” and “Basara”...

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Aug 4, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Power at a Premium: 6 Watches Under $3,500 with Great Power Reserves

Of the various ongoing trends in the watch world, ever-improving power reserves in mechanical timepieces are among the most practical. With collectors often owning a variety of pieces they like to change in and out on a daily basis, owning a mechanical timepiece that’s still running after it’s been put down for a few days...

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Jul 29, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Frederique Constant Takes Another Lap with Vintage Rally Healey Collection Automatic Small Seconds

Frederique Constant‘s ongoing collaboration with legendary British automaker Austin-Healey revs up again with the release of the Vintage Rally Healey Automatic Small Seconds, a collection of three watches in three distinct colorways, two in steel and another in gold, all channeling the racing spirit of the marque’s legendary vintage sports cars. The latest follow-ups to...

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Jul 14, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

The Only Watch Auction Returns This Fall — Here’s a Preview and Some Highlights

The widely praised charity auction Only Watch returns this fall, with 54 watch brands announcing their participation and 53 total lots set for sale. As in previous years, watchmakers submit pièces unique watches for auction, with the proceeds set to benefit research into battling Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The biennial auction, which is now in its...

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Jul 9, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Reservoir Partners with Underwater Photographer for Hydrosphere Bronze “Greg Lecoeur” Edition

In 2019, French-founded watchmaking house Reservoir unveiled its first dive watch, the aptly named Hydrosphere, whose unique configuration added a diving bezel to the brand’s signature racing-inspired retrograde time display. One year later, Reservoir introduced the Hydrosphere Bronze, which added intrigue thanks to its use of the uncommon case material. This year, the maker revisits...

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Jul 6, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Breitling Dives Into Summer Colors with Superocean Heritage ’57 Pastel Paradise Capsule Collection

Ushering in the summer months in colorful fashion, Breitling has unveiled the new Superocean Heritage ’57 Pastel Paradise Capsule Collection. The series consists of five diver-style watches, all executed in bright, trendy pastel colorways and catering to a diverse and likely younger audience of watch buyers. The collection follows on the heels of the original...

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Jul 2, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Tudor Introduces Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze: New Size, New Bracelet

Tudor returned to watch-industry headlines recently, for good reason, with the unveiling of the latest addition to its popular, “mid-sized” Black Bay 58 collection, the Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze, which offers not only the namesake bronze case but also the option to wear it on a solid bronze, Oyster-style bracelet. Featuring the aesthetics of previous...

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Jun 30, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Sponsored: CODE41 Launches Fifth Edition of Avant-Garde X41

Lausanne-based CODE41 started 2021 with a bang. Launching its attention-grabbing NB24 at the start of the year, the brand best known for lifting the curtain on traditional luxury watchmaking since its meteoric rise at the beginning ot 2016, has gone on to build even more excitement around its horological projects. This week, CODE41 launches its...

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Jun 29, 2021 by WatchTime

New Material, Same Grit: Introducing the Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical Bronze

Hamilton is not a watch brand you often think of when it comes to using alternative or luxurious case materials. Best known for producing hardy steel sports watches and field watches, Hamilton has garnered a reputation for its utilitarian design codes and manufacturing, usually eschewing gold and even gold tones for its most popular collections....

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Jun 27, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Close-Up: Ulysse Nardin Introduces the Freak X Marquetry

Ulysse Nardin recently launched the Freak X Marquetry, the latest experimental take on the brand’s signature Freak X base design, touting it as the first watch to bring “silicium marquetry” to watchmaking. In effect, Ulysse Nardin has adapted a material used almost exclusively within the industrial electronics manufacturing sector to develop a novel aesthetic for...

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Jun 26, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Norqain Turns the Calendar from ’20 to ’21 with New Independence 21 Limited Editions

Last year, young Swiss watchmaker Norqain introduced the Independence 20, which was its first timepiece fitted with an exclusive manufacture caliber produced in partnership with Tudor-founded movement maker Kenissi. Now the brand follows it up with the introduction of the Independence 21, the next generation of watches within the original model’s design family. The release...

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Jun 24, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

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