Platinum Watches

Grand Seiko Unveils the Kintaro Hattori 160th Anniversary & Seiko 140th Anniversary Limited Editions

Grand Seiko knows how to celebrate an anniversary, and this past week the Japanese watchmaker celebrated two. First unveiling the Kintaro Hattori 160th Anniversary Limited Edition and shortly afterward the Seiko 140th Anniversary Limited Edition, Grand Seiko celebrates both the birthday of Seiko’s founder and the founding of parent brand Seiko — then known as...

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Nov 13, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

A Tank for the Memories: Cartier Privé Collection Adds Vintage-Inspired Tank Asymétrique

French watch and jewelry king Cartier always makes a splash with its annual releases, and this year the brand has already surprised many with the return of its 1980s classic, the Pasha, and its updated, revitalized Santos collection. Yet for all the attention these new models have received, much discussion of the maison’s most notable...

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May 6, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

IWC Portugieser Collection Reaches New Pinnacles with Two Tourbillon-Equipped Complications

The new releases from Schaffhausen-based IWC are highly anticipated each year, and 2020 is no different. Most years, the Swiss brand trains its focus on revitalizing specific collections, and this year the popular Portugieser family is the one in the spotlight. We’ve previously reviewed the new pieces in the Portugieser Yacht Club sub-family; today we...

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May 5, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS

Revisiting the Fifties: Breitling Launches the AVI Ref. 765 1953 Re-Edition

On the heels of its popular Navitimer Ref. 809 1959 Re-Edition, Breitling continues to grow its stable of pilots’ watches inspired by vintage models. The latest, which debuted last week, is the AVI Ref. 765 1953 Re-Edition, channeling the design of the original 1950s Co-Pilot watch (vintage watch pictured below) and representing, in fact, only...

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Feb 26, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Cartier Tonneau

As the new year begins and the new Roaring ‘20s kicks off in style, this week we’ll take a look at an early 20th-Century-inspired watch model that was surely found on the wrists of many gentleman dandies during that era of 100 years ago: the Cartier Tonneau. In 2019, Cartier released an updated Tonneau collection...

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Jan 5, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

COUNTDOWN TO WTNY

Showing at WatchTime New York 2019: F.P Journe Automatique Lune

WatchTime New York is just a week away, and Team WatchTime is steadily growing more and more excited for the 37 brands we’ll be hosting on October 25-26 at Gotham Hall in Manhattan. One of those brands is famed haute horlogerie manufacturer F.P. Journe, and this year the high-end Swiss watchmaker will be presenting its updated Automatique Lune watches from the Octa collection.

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Oct 18, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS

Zenith and Phillips Partner for a One-of-a-Kind El Primero A386

Zenith this year has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the EL Primero chronograph, and to cap off this massive milestone has partnered with auction house Phillips, in association with Bacs & Russo, to produce and auction a unique piece for charity. This new watch will be the first and only El Primero A386 to...

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Oct 8, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: IWC Tribute to Pallweber Edition “150 Years”

IWC has a long history of revamping entire collections during SIHH, and alongside this norm, the brand often previews most of the watches months before the actual show. Yet this year the Schaffhausen-based brand has broken from its tradition to commemorate 150 years of watchmaking, and in the process has released 27 limited-edition models across...

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Feb 11, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: The Re-Creation of the First Grand Seiko

For all the historic, groundbreaking, and trend-setting watches we’ve covered in this series — and the lineages they’ve begotten — there’s a type of watch that we tend to cover less often but one that deserves no less attention. These are the pieces that are famous not for being forerunners of technical innovation or iconic...

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Sep 24, 2017 by Caleb Anderson