Skeleton Watches

Skeleton watches are among the most interesting watches. Made specifically for watch collectors who want to see the inner workings of a watch, the best skeleton watches boast high visibility and transparency. Among the leading skeleton watch brands are Hublot, Piaget, Roger Dubuis and Tissot with many skeleton watch models.

Graham Silverstone RS Skeleton

Graham’s Silverstone RS (“RennSport”) collection is influenced by auto racing. One of the most striking models in the line is the Graham Silverstone RS Skeleton, a chronograph watch with a skeletonized dial, available in three color schemes.

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Apr 27, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Sponsored: Gerald Charles Introduces Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon

Introducing a new age of technical aestheticism, Gerald Charles debuts its Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon. With a unique design created with the expert oversight of the brand’s creative director, Octavio Garcia, the timepiece is a return to the original Maestro flying tourbillon released in 2005. Taking hints from the brand’s rich history, the new release is...

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Mar 21, 2023 by WatchTime

Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Perpetual Calendar Chronograph

Here's what you need to know about the Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Perpetual Calendar Chronograph, the first timepiece in the Rotonde de Cartier family to combine these two popular complications.

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Apr 21, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Going Creative: 4 Artistic Watches

High horology isn’t just about movements: it’s also about aesthetics. The watch brands in Geneva call on a range of decorative techniques, such as guillochage, enameling, and skeletonizing, that can add as much to the cost of watch as can a notable manufacture movement. Here, four watches showcasing the skills that some high-end watch companies call...

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Apr 20, 2015 by Norma Buchanan

Breaking the Mold: 5 Offbeat Watches from Baselworld

Contrary to popular belief, Baselworld is not just a steady stream of tourbillons, chronographs, and watches that are mostly black. The show does play host to some individualists who create watches that are outside the mainstream. Some are newcomers, and some return year after year, reliably delighting us with their unique vision. We take a...

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Apr 19, 2015 by WatchTime

Brand to Watch: Aerowatch and the Aerowatch Renaissance Orange Tornado

Aerowatch is a small brand with a big history. At Baselworld 2015, the Jura-based brand debuted the Renaissance Orange Tornado, a new skeletonized watch with bright accents on the dial. It’s worth taking a look at both where this watch company comes from and what it’s doing today. Here’s the Aerowatch story behind the Renaissance...

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Apr 16, 2015 by Jay Deshpande

Fratello Friday: My Picks for Last Year’s 5 Top Watches

It’s Fratello Friday! Since 2014 started a good week ago, and this year’s new watches start rolling out at the SIHH watch fair just over a week from now, I thought it was time to list my Top 5 favorite watches introduced in 2013.

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Apr 10, 2015 by Robert-Jan Broer

Richard Mille Tourbillon RM 052 Skull

In what can accurately be described as a skull watch, the Richard Mille Tourbillon RM 052 Skull is showcased here. Read about how the Skull's clever design element has been integrated into the movement.

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Apr 1, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Watch Insider’s Top 10 Affordable Watches for Men

Watch-Insider lists top 10 men's watches that represent an excellent value for price, with models from Baume & Mercier, Rolex, Breitling, Omega and others.

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Apr 1, 2015 by Alexander Linz

Monochrome Monday: The Girard-Perregaux Tri-Axial Tourbillon (Now In White Gold)

As with every object located on earth, a watch is subjected to several forces. Together with magnetic fields, the worst enemy of an escapement is gravity, a force strong enough to deregulate a watch if it remains constantly in the same position. Brice Goulard of Monochrome Watches writes that in order to counteract this undesirable effect, a well-known...

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Mar 30, 2015 by Brice Goulard

Baselworld 2015: Introducing The First Skeletonized TAG Heuer Carrera

Over the years, TAG Heuer has introduced a bevy of variations on its flagship watch model, the Carrera, but none quite so avant-garde as the one the Swiss brand introduced this week at Baselworld 2015. The TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer 01 — a new take on the classic Carrera design that TAG Heuer says...

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Mar 23, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Baselworld 2015: The Perrelet Turbine Skeleton

Perrelet’s most recognizable family is the Turbine collection. These watches, featuring an oscillating turbine seen through cut-outs in the dial, have become the company’s signature, and now represent the majority of Perrelet’s watches on the market. Since the design relies on an idea of openwork, letting you see into the dial, it’s always felt just...

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Mar 20, 2015 by Jay Deshpande

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...

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Mar 17, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Skeleton Crew: Exploring Armin Strom

The story of the Armin Strom brand goes back nearly half a century. WatchTime Editor-in-Chief Joe Thompson takes us back in this feature article.

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Mar 14, 2015 by Joe Thompson

Complicated Watches: 7 Standout Tourbillon Watches

Baselworld 2015 is over, and we’ve seen a number of new tourbillon watches among the offerings. Here’s a look back at the most interesting, clever, and daring variations on the now-ubiquitous tourbillon watch presented in this year and last year.. For its Breguet Classique Tourbillon Quantième Perpetuel, which combines a tourbillon with a perpetual calendar,...

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Mar 5, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

The Jaquet Droz Bird Repeater Openwork: 5 Things to Know

The Jaquet Droz Bird Repeater Openwork combines expertise in several arts to create an amazingly detailed and realistic automaton with minute repeater. This new model also features a clear sapphire dial that reveals the complex mechanism behind the moving parts. Here are five things you need to know about this new timepiece.

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Feb 27, 2015 by WatchTime

Concept to Caliber: The Story Behind Audemars Piguet’s Manufacture Caliber 3120

In this in-depth profile from the WatchTime archives, discover how Audemars Piguet brought its manufacture movement, Caliber 3120, to life, from concept to finished caliber, and see behind-the-scenes photos of Audemars Piguet watchmakers at work assembling the movement.

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Feb 11, 2015 by Martina Richter

5 Standout Skeleton Watches From SIHH 2015

The WatchTime editorial team recently returned from SIHH 2015, and one of the trends we noticed at this year’s fair was a number of brands putting their own spin on the classical skeleton watch. Here are five new skeleton watches worthy of a closer look.

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Jan 31, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Monochrome Watches SIHH 2015: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Double Flying Tourbillon

For 2015, Roger Dubuis focusses heavily on skeletonization, as becomes apparent with the introduction of the Excalibur Spider Double Flying Tourbillon. Prior to these new releases, every single watch had been produced according to the strict specifications of the Poinçon de Geneve, and the new models are no exception. The “Spider” offers exceptional Horological techniques,...

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Jan 28, 2015 by Frank Geelen

Not Just a Phase: The Hublot Classic Fusion Aeromoon

Hublot introduced a new landmark for the brand this January: its first moon-phase watch. The Hublot Classic Fusion Aeromoon prominently displays the phases of the moon on its skeletonized dial.

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Jan 27, 2015 by Jay Deshpande

SIHH 2015: Here Are 19 Of The New Watches We’ve Seen So Far

Get a glimpse of WatchTime's SIHH coverage in this review of 19 luxury watches from Baume & Mercier, Montblanc, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, IWC and many other watch brands.

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Jan 23, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

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