CLASSIC DESIGNS: 5 Iconic Watches from the Mind of Gérald Genta We take a look at 5 of legendary watch designer Gerald Genta's most notable watch creations, including the Patek Philippe Nautilus and Audemars Piguet Royal Oak. Read the article May 4, 2020 by WatchTime
Sponsored: Full-Metal Version of Casio’s G-Shock GM-B2100 Updates Both Appearance and Function Ever since the GMW-B5000 was released in 2018, inheriting the iconic design of the Origin, the full-metal G-Shock series has steadily added to its lineup, bringing a robust and stylish stainless steel exterior to the classic design by making skillful use of Casio’s CMF (color, material, finish) design concept. Since 2020, the lineup has been... Read the article Oct 3, 2022 by WatchTime
DIVING INTO HISTORY: 7 Milestone IWC Aquatimer Watches For fans of vintage IWC watches, we highlight here five important IWC Aquatimers from the brand’s history, including IWC's Aquatimer GST Automatic 2000 and Aquatimer Split Minute Chronograph watches. Read the article Aug 10, 2018 by Mark Bernardo
FEATURES: Taking a Look at Carl Suchy & Söhne, a Resurrected Austrian Watch Brand Austria, despite its envy-inducing location on the border of Switzerland and Germany, isn’t home to as many prestigious watchmakers as you might think. In fact, other than the husband and wife duo that forms the independent brand Habring², there hasn’t been much horological activity in the country over the past few decades. That changed in... Read the article Aug 6, 2018 by Logan R. Baker
BASELWORLD 2018: Brother, Can You Spare the Time? Corum’s Heritage Artisan “Hobo Coin” Watch Corum revealed its new Heritage Artisan Coin Watch at Baselworld this year, featuring the coin engraving work of New York-based artist Aleksey Saburov. The Russian engraver has been an avid promoter for the early 20th-century American art form known as “hobo coins” or “hobo nickels” — in which a coin, often an old buffalo nickel,... Read the article Mar 24, 2018 by Caleb Anderson
Fratello Watches Fratello Classics: Top 5 Gold Watches You may have noticed that a lot of the “Fratello” articles from WatchTime contributor Robert-Jan Broer focus mainly on watches with stainless steel or titanium cases – and a select few with more exotic case materials such as forged carbon and bronze — and that Fratello Watches rarely covers gold watches. Not only can gold... Read the article Sep 6, 2017 by Robert-Jan Broer
FEATURE Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Bulgari Bulgari Solotempo Of all the classic watches designed by Gérald Genta, the Bulgari Bulgari is, to me, the most interesting, with its minimalist Bauhaus look and engraved outer bezel. Here we compare the original Bulgari Bulgari, and its predecessor, the digital Bulgari Roma, to the modern day watch with a mechanical Solotempo movement. Read the article Jun 25, 2017 by Caleb Anderson
From Fratello Watches Entry-Level Luxury: 5 Mechanical Watches Under $1,000 WatchTime contributor's top 5 watches with mechanical movements priced under $1,000.00, including watches from Seiko, Longines, Xetum Kendrick and others. Read the article Apr 8, 2016 by Robert-Jan Broer
Milestone Cartier Watches: From the Cartier Santos to the Calibre de Cartier This feature from WatchTime magazine introduces you to the 23 most important milestones in the history of the Cartier watch, including models like the Cartier Santos and Cartier Tank watch. Read the article Nov 17, 2015 by Carina Friedrich
Speed Dreamin’: Testing the TAG Heuer Carrera 1887 (With Video) Read the results of our comprehensive watch test of TAG Heuer's racing-inspired Carrera watch - the TAG Heuer Carrera 1887. Read the article Oct 22, 2015 by Jens Koch
Test: Vacheron Constantin’s Historiques American 1921 We review the Vacheron Constantin Historiques American 1921, an updated version of a classic timepiece from the heyday of Art Deco, made exclusively for the North American market, which inspired the brand's new Harmony collection. Read the article Jul 2, 2015 by Witold Michalczyk
Getting to Know Nomos: 6 Important Nomos Watches As the Nomos watch brand becomes more prominent in the U.S., we offer six Nomos watches - like the Nomos Metro Datum Gangreserve and the Nomos Zürich Weltzeit - that you should become familiar with. Read the article Jun 3, 2015 by Mark Bernardo
Cartier Gets Serious: The Evolution of Cartier Men’s Watches In recent years Cartier, the king of haute joaillerie, has begun storming the bastions of haute horlogerie. In this full-length feature, WatchTime explores the bold future initiatives of Manufacture Cartier, maker of Cartier watches. Read the article May 11, 2015 by Joe Thompson
Fratello Classics: 5 Mechanical Watches Under $1,000 Call it a “budget” timepiece or an “entry-level luxury” affordable watch: for many, affordable watches are the first step into a lifelong passion. Fortunately, there are many affordable mechanical watches on the market priced under $1,000. I’ve reported on a number of affordable watch brands on my blog, Fratellowatches.com, and the affordable swiss watches presented... Read the article Apr 21, 2015 by Robert-Jan Broer
Whirlwind Romance: 4 Watches with Multiple Tourbillons Nowadays, almost any luxury watch brand worthy of the name offers at least one timepiece with a tourbillon. But there are only a handful of brands that have pushed the envelope to create watches with two, three or even four tourbillons. Here we take a look at four such watches that made their debut at... Read the article Mar 17, 2015 by Mark Bernardo
Close-Up: The Award-Winning, Bauhaus-Inspired Nomos Tangente Watch Nomos Glashütte, a watch brand very popular in its native Germany and now making a big push in America as well, takes justifiable pride in its flagship timepiece, the starkly designed — and multiple design-award-winning — Tangente watch, which applies Bauhaus design principles to its dial. Read the article Feb 25, 2015 by Mark Bernardo
Monochrome Watches Review: Porsche Design Timepiece No.1 & Chronograph Titanium Limited Edition Porsche Design is not only making leather goods and sunglasses. That’s not our material here at Monochrome-Watches. The word “Watches” appears in our blog name, and if we have to talk about Porsche Design, it’s for their undoubtedly interesting timepieces. Black theme and chronographs had always been part of Porsche’s DNA. In order to keep the... Read the article Jan 22, 2015 by Frank Geelen
Escapement Watch Review: Nomos Glashütte Metro Nomos Glashütte releases its own “swing system.” The brand’s terminology refers to a new in-house escapement which features in its Bauhaus-influenced Metro watch. This degree of vertical integration is quite rare. In this article from my online magazine Escapement, I discuss this latest development in more detail. Read the article Jan 17, 2015 by Angus Davies
Harry Winston Ocean DualTime Monochrome At the 2013 Baselworld, watch-and-jewelry brand Harry Winston had the watch press’s collective tongue wagging about its haute horlogerie creations, the Histoire de Tourbillon 4 and Opus XIII. Not to be overlooked, however, is the interesting new GMT watch in the brand’s sporty Ocean collection, the Ocean Dual Time Monochrome. Read the article Jan 10, 2015 by Mark Bernardo
Monochrome Monday: 3 Interesting Vintage Heuer Chronographs In this selected article from our “Cool Finds” series on Monochrome Watches.com, in which we seek out little-known and often underrated vintage chronograph watches, we focus on a single brand, one that we love and one that is also growing fast in the heart of collectors: Heuer, predecessor of today’s TAG Heuer. Recently we unearthed... Read the article Dec 29, 2014 by Frank Geelen
Showing at WatchTime IBG 2014: Carl F. Bucherer Manero Tourbillon Limited Edition WatchTime and noted watch collector and expert Jeff Kingston have teamed up again for the 2014 edition of the popular “Inside Basel.Geneva” series of collector events, kicking off September 5 in Chicago. Among the core sponsoring watch brands is Carl F. Bucherer, which will showcase its Manero Tourbillon Limited Edition at the events. Read the article Jul 26, 2014 by Mark Bernardo
