BASELWORLD 2019: Beyond the Watch Halls: 21 Tidbits About Basel This week, journalist, retailers, collectors, and influencers from around the globe will flock to Basel, Switzerland, for the world’s largest watch show, Baselworld. Because of the frenzied pace of the show, most Baselworld visitors don’t get to see much of the city. That’s a pity because there is a lot more to it than the show. Here are 21 things to know about what’s beyond the watch halls. Read the article Mar 18, 2019 by WatchTime
Sponsored: Independent Swiss Watch Brand NORQAIN Celebrates NHLPA Partnership with Limited-Edition Launch NORQAIN's new Adventure Sport Chrono NHLPA Limited Edition is limited to 500 pieces and features unique design details that hint at the speed and thrill of professional ice hockey. Read the article Oct 1, 2020 by WatchTime
WATCH TEST Inside the Baume & Mercier Capeland Chronograph Baume & Mercier launched its redesigned Capeland watch at the SIHH exhibition in Geneva in 2011. In this watch test feature from our archives, WatchTime gives this luxury-sport chronograph the once-over, with original photos by OK-Photography. Read the article Jan 29, 2018 by Julia Knaut
5 Things You Should Know About the Audemars Piguet LeBron James Royal Oak Offshore We present here our feature on the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore LeBron James limited edition watch, which had the design input of James himself. Here are five things to know about the timepiece. Read the article Apr 27, 2015 by Mark Bernardo
Fratello Classics: 5 Rolex Watches Introduced at Recent Baselworlds While SIHH is about to start, the watch industry is also getting ready for Baselworld. Every year, as soon as the doors of the exhibition open, there is a run (literally) on the Rolex booth to see what’s new from Geneva’s luxury-watch giant. Here’s a look back at some of the recent Baselworld Rolex introductions. Read the article Jan 8, 2015 by Robert-Jan Broer
A Look Back: The 3 Biggest Surprises at SIHH 2014 I know, I know, you are supposed to expect the unexpected. Even so, I did not expect what Baume & Mercier, Greubel Forsey and Cartier unveiled at this year’s watch fair in Geneva. Here is a look back at the three biggest surprises of SIHH 2014 – as we’re all looking forward to the surprises... Read the article Dec 28, 2014 by Joe Thompson
Watch Insider: Patek Philippe to Unveil New Booth at Baselworld 2014 Baselworld 2014 is almost upon us, and I have continued to preview new watches and cover other news on my blog, Watch-Insider.com. This week Patek Philippe, one of Baselworld’s most popular exhibitors, announced that it will be debuting an all-new booth at the fair. Read the article Mar 22, 2014 by Alexander Linz
Chopard L.U.C. 1963 Every year seems to bring with it a fresh slew of anniversaries in the watch world, and 2014 is no exception. The new Chopard L.U.C. 1963, premiering at Baselworld, commemorates the 50th year of Chopard’s ownership by the Scheufele family with a wristwatch inspired by the golden age of chronometer pocketwatches. Read the article Feb 17, 2014 by Mark Bernardo
Vacheron Constantin Malte for Men Vacheron Constantin wowed the watch world at SIHH 2014 with its new lineup of openworked timepieces, as well as its introduction of the world’s thinnest automatic minute repeater. But the brand offered some more understated watches as well, such as this week’s Watch to Watch, the new Malte men’s watch in white gold. Read the article Feb 10, 2014 by Mark Bernardo
Pre-Baselworld 2014: Watch Insider Previews the New Blancpain Villeret Watch The pre-Baselworld 2014 product releases have started pouring into my in-box, and I have already covered several of them on my blog, Watch-Insider.com. Here is one of the latest: Blancpain’s Villeret 2014, a self-winding three-hand watch with a date display, featuring a remarkably understated grand feu enamel dial. Read the article Feb 9, 2014 by Alexander Linz
SIHH 2014: Piaget Altiplano 900P – Updated with Live Photos For more than half a century Switzerland’s Piaget has specialized in manufacturing ultra-thin mechanical watches and watch movements. Now it has produced what it says is “the thinnest mechanical watch ever.” The new Piaget Altiplano 900P has a total case thickness of 3.65 mm, 9.9 percent less than the thinnest mechanical watch currently on the... Read the article Jan 22, 2014 by Joe Thompson
SIHH 2014: Watch Insider Previews New Parmigiani Bugatti Watches The 2014 SIHH starts today… here from my blog, Watch-Insider.com, are specs, photos, and illustrations of one new more watch whose details have been released prior to the fair, the Parmigiani Bugatti Aérolithe. Read the article Jan 20, 2014 by Alexander Linz
Cartier at the Grand Palais On our way to this year’s Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, (SIHH), which kicks off on Monday at Geneva’s Palexpo Event Center, WatchTime made a first stop in Paris to see the Cartier Style and History exhibition at the Grand Palais. (Cartier will be one of the 16 luxury watch brands exhibiting at the... Read the article Jan 18, 2014 by WatchTime
SIHH 2014 Preview: 3 Tourbillon Watches from Vacheron Constantin, Greubel Forsey, & Ralph Lauren With less than two weeks before the 2014 SIHH watch fair kicks off in Geneva, the luxury watch brands exhibiting there continue to send sneak peeks of several new watches set to debut at the show this year. This week, we take a look at three new watches from three very different brands but with... Read the article Jan 9, 2014 by Mark Bernardo
Why Did Patek Philippe Create its Own Quality Seal? After 123 years, the Swiss watch brand Patek Philippe replaced the Geneva Seal with a higher-standard seal of its own. Find out why in this article from WatchTime. Read the article Nov 27, 2013 by Joe Thompson
SIHH 2014 Preview: 3 New Chronographs From Baume & Mercier Clifton Collection Next year’s SIHH watch fair in Geneva is still nearly two months away, but the watch brands exhibiting there have already begun to offer sneak previews of their new timepieces. The first to do so is Baume & Mercier, which has released info and photos of three new chronographs in its recently introduced Clifton collection. Read the article Nov 20, 2013 by Mark Bernardo
Breguet Tourbillon Exhibition Comes to New York Breguet brought its traveling exhibition, “Breguet the Innovator. Inventor of the Tourbillon,” to New York City, for the last stop on a U.S. tour at the Breguet Boutique Fifth Avenue. Featuring a retrospective of the tourbillon mechanism throughout watchmaking history, the showcase has traveled across Asia and Europe since its unveiling in Geneva at the... Read the article Nov 14, 2013 by WatchTime
Maurice Lacroix Contributes Masterpiece Seconde Mystérieuse to Only Watch Maurice Lacroix has introduced a one-of-a-kind version of its Masterpiece Seconde Mystérieuse as its contribution to the Only Watch charity auction being held in Monaco on September 28, 2013. Proceeds of the watch’s auction will benefit research for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The watch will join the rest of the Only Watch 2013 collection exhibition as... Read the article Jul 19, 2013 by WatchTime
Breguet Celebrates “Tourbillon Day,” Announces Dates for New Exhibition Breguet instituted a new holiday on the horological events calendar this week. On June 26, the brand celebrated “Tourbillon Day,” the anniversary of the day in 1801 that the first tourbillon, created by the brand’s namesake, master watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, in 1801. Read the article Jun 27, 2013 by WatchTime
Only Watch Auction 2013 Preview: 5 Unique Timepieces The fifth edition of Only Watch, the charity timepiece auction held biannually in Monaco, takes place on September 28, and news and photos of several of the one-of-a-kind watches to be auctioned off have started to be released, including models from Breguet, Harry Winston, Girard-Perregaux, Laurent Ferrier, and Piaget. Read the article Jun 26, 2013 by Mark Bernardo
A New Case for an Old Classic: Patek Philippe’s New Calatravas Patek Philippe has a well-deserved reputation for being rather conservative in its watch designs and rarely giving in to transient trends. Thus, even a subtle change to one of its classic models garners attention among watch cognoscenti. At this year’s Baselworld, the brand introduced the new Ref. 5227, a Calatrava in a slightly larger case... Read the article May 15, 2013 by Mark Bernardo
