Watches

WatchTime is a leading watch magazine. We review, test and showcase the best wrist watches and latest wrist watch models. Our watch database has more than 22,000 watches. What is a watch? Wrist watches are usually worn on wrists (thus the name wrist watches) to make time visible immediately.

Watches range in price from $10 to more than $1 mio. Watches are mainly produced in Switzerland (Swiss watches) and in the 20th century have become a centerpiece of fashion and jewellery. There are watches for men (men’s watches) and watches for women (ladies’ watches, women’s watches). A wristwatch has a strap or of bracelet, with a clasp or folding mechanism.. A pocket watch is not carried on a wrist but in a pocket. Watches are almost 400 years old and were derived from spring-powered clocks, which first became available in the late 14th century. The first watches were based on a mechanical clockwork. Nowadays there are watches driven by vibrating quartz crystals, producing accurately timed electronic pulses. Since the 1970s there have been electronic watches (digital watches). In the late 1990s the mechanical timepieces become popular again and up until today Swiss watches and the whole watch industry see increasing sales every year except for economic downturns. WatchTime is a leading watch magazine and covers the full range of watches, wristwatches, pocket watches, clocks, timepieces, horology and wrist watch products.

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 68

Few watch brands have built their modern identity on historical watches as thoroughly as has Zodiac. The watch we examine today, the Super Sea Wolf 68, is based on the original Super Sea Wolf from 1968, the diving-superior follow-up to the original Sea Wolf, which competed at the time with other famous dive watches like the Rolex Submariner and Blancpain Fifty fathoms.

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Aug 20, 2017 by Caleb Anderson

Watches

WATCH TEST

Test Case: Reviewing the Cartier Calibre de Cartier Diver

TIMEPIECE TIMELINE

Six Decades of Omega Speedmaster, Part 1: 1957 – 1969

WATCH TEST

Reserved Power: Testing the A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Up/Down

DIVE WATCH BASICS

The Basics of the Rotating Divers’ Watch Bezel

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Junghans Meister Pilot

Fratello Watches

Fratello’s “Alternative” Top 5 Pilots’ Watches

Tough Timers: 10 Watches for Extreme Conditions

Fratello Watches

Fratello Classics: Top 5 Gold Watches

WATCH TEST

Gentlemen’s Wager: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Chronograph vs. Montblanc Rieussec

FEATURE

Buyer Beware: The Rise of Counterfeit Luxury Watches on the Internet

WATCH TEST

Wake-Up Caller: Testing the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Memovox

WATCH REVIEW

Bavarian Blue: Reviewing the UTS 1000M V2 Dive Watch Pacific Horizon

EXPERT ADVICE

Watch Winders 101: The Ultimate Watch Winder Guide

BENEATH THE SURFACE:

The 10 Best Dive Watch Brands You Don’t Know About

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 68

WATCH REVIEW

Wait a Second: A Closer Look at the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic True Second

EXPERT ADVICE

What’s Your Perfect Watch? Here’s a 10-Step Plan to Find It

BEHIND THE SCENES

The Perfect Face: Dial Making at Patek Philippe

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Nezumi Baliene

WATCH TEST

Splash From the Past: Diving with the Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Acciaio