White Watches

Fade to White: Girard-Perregaux Teams with Bamford for New Laureato Ghost Limited Edition

Since reviving its fondly recalled 1970s sport-luxury watch, the Laureato, in 2016, Girard-Perregaux has introduced several bold variations on its classic design, from a concept piece in carbon glass to the racing-inspired Absolute Passion model in black PVD titanium with red detailing. The latest, unveiled this week, emerges from a partnership between the Swiss manufacture...

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Nov 20, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Ulysse Nardin Fires Up its Collection with the Blast, a Skeletonized Self-winding Tourbillon (Updated with Live Photos)

Ulysse Nardin is one of 17 haute horlogerie watch brands participating in this week’s Geneva Watch Days, an exhibition of new timepieces taking place throughout the Swiss city. The Le Locle-based manufacture is taking the opportunity to introduce an entirely new collection, called Blast, whose attributes include a new, self-winding, skeletonized caliber with a flying...

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Aug 26, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

A Time Tattoo in Three Dimensions: Hublot Big Bang Sang Bleu II White

A complex and elusive timepiece, the Hublot Big Bang Sang Bleu has held a special place in the hearts of watch lovers across the globe. From its geometrically striking aesthetics, created by tattoo artist Maxime Plescia-Büchi, and its technical complexity, the collection demands a cult following. This time around, with the new iteration in white,...

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Aug 15, 2020 by WatchTime

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...

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Aug 6, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

FEATURE:

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Omega Seamaster 1948

The Omega Seamaster is one of the most recognizable dive watches on the market, today. Even before its modern-day placement on James Bond’s wrist in the Daniel Craig era, the timepiece has been one of the most popular models in the diving category in its Professional and 300 iterations since 1957. Yet before its release as...

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Jun 17, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

EXPERT ADVICE

Pros & Cons: Buying New vs. Vintage Rolex Watches

Fratello Watches founder and WatchTime contributor Robert-Jan Broer offers advice on buying new vs. vintage Rolex watches.

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Jun 5, 2018 by Robert-Jan Broer

BASELWORLD 2018:

Solar-Charging Bull: Citizen Tsuno Chronograph Racer Channels 1970s Bullheads

Japan’s Citizen Watch Co. will mark 100 years of operation in 2018, and to commemorate the occasion the brand is releasing a unique, vintage-inspired bullhead chronograph, the Tsuno Chronograph Racer, at this week’s Baselworld watch fair. The new watch takes its design influences from a 1972 chronograph known as the Challenge Timer, and especially from...

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Mar 22, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Montblanc 1858 Automatic Chronograph

Since Montblanc’s 1858 collection was first released in 2015, it has served as the host for watches inspired by the erstwhile Minerva marque. Montblanc acquired the Minerva manufacture in 2006 and has done well to use this company’s long design history to enhance its own novel series. This year was no different, with Montblanc expanding...

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Mar 4, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

THIN IS IN

7 Record-Setting Ultra-Thin Watches

Read our review of six recent examples of watches that have set records for thinness in their respective categories, with models from Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Bulgari, and others.

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Jan 5, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

From Monochrome Watches

Hands-On Review: Patek Philippe Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph

We take a look at the Patek Philippe Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph, a notable watch in the Patek Nautilus family, whose additional second-time-zone function works just like the one in its predecessor, the popular Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time.

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Sep 27, 2017 by Frank Geelen

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...

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Sep 6, 2017 by Robert-Jan Broer

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Rolex Milgauss

The original Rolex Milgauss set out to serve the market segment of scientific experts needing a timepiece able to withstand high levels of electromagnetism. The modern version, (Ref. 116400) was released by Rolex in 2007 after an almost 20-year hiatus for the series.

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Aug 8, 2017 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: RGM 151-COE “Corps of Engineers”

RGM makes some very interesting watches in the U.S.A. — two of which have a clear historical connection to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pocketwatches from the World War I era: the 801-COE and 151-COE “Corps of Engineers,” the latter of which will be this article’s focus.

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Aug 6, 2017 by Caleb Anderson

Military Time: 10 Watches With NATO Straps

WatchTime contributor Alexander Linz showcases 10 watches with NATO straps, from brands like Tudor, Blancpain, Omega, Hamilton, and others.

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May 26, 2017 by Alexander Linz

SPONSORED

Nomos Launches New Club Campus Series at Baselworld 2017

While Nomos Glashütte has always been a fan favorite among younger watch aficionados, this year at Baselworld the brand is taking its contemporary and bright-eyed designs a step further, to bring forth a series specially meant to commemorate the milestones of youth. Here is what you need to know about the Nomos Club Campus Series.

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Mar 23, 2017 by WatchTime

Switzerland Meets Italy

A Fleet of Ferraris: 10 Hublot Big Bang Ferrari Watches

Hublot released the first Big Bang Ferrari watches, products of a collaboration with the famed Italian automaker, in 2012. Since then, the brand has expanded the Hublot Ferrari watch collection each year, with all models equipped with Hublot's in-house Unico movement.

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Nov 18, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Monochrome and Minimalist: Three New Rado True Thinline Watches

Rado's new releases for 2016 have embraced the concept of lightness and streamlined, minimalist design with this trio of new timepieces from the brand's Rado True Thinline collection, with three monochromatic color schemes.

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Aug 23, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

From Monochrome Watches

Hands-On With the Omega Speedmaster “Lunar Dust”

WatchTime presents this hands-on review of the ceramic-cased Omega Speedmaster Lunar Dust edition.

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Jul 21, 2016 by Frank Geelen

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Hands-On with a Richard Mille RM055 Bubba Watson White Asia Edition

We review a rare Richard Mille RM055 Bubba Watson White Asia Edition — “rare” in this case meaning that there were only 30 pieces sold worldwide. And the fact that the watch is one of this model’s “White Asia Editions” makes it probably an even rarer sight here in the U.S.

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Jul 18, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

Rocket Watch: How the Omega Speedmaster Became the Omega Moonwatch

Story of how the Omega Speedmaster watch, introduced in 1957, several years before human spaceflight, would later accompany a parade of space pioneers to the moon.

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Jun 24, 2016 by Jens Koch

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