WatchTime Blog

Welcome to WatchTime’s blog – the watch collector’s daily resource for the latest news on watches and the watch industry. Here, the WatchTime editorial team and other contributors from top watch blogs and online watch magazines post reviews of new watch models, news from the watch industry, reports from watch collector events, and much more.

3 Standout Skeleton Watches From SIHH 2014

Skeleton watches — which show off the watchmaker’s art by means of removing much of a watch’s movement so that only its “bare bones” remains, and giving us a glimpse of it through a transparent dial — were not as much of a presence at this year’s SIHH as in previous years. However, the few...

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Jan 22, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

It’s Time – WatchTime New York 2024 Tickets On Sale Now!

After an incredible show in 2023, WatchTime New York, the premier collector’s event in North America, is set to return to Manhattan from October 18th to 20th, 2024. WatchTime New York 2024 promises to be even more spectacular, with the show marking the 25th anniversary of WatchTime and bringing together the world’s finest watchmakers, timepieces,...

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Jun 20, 2024 by WatchTime

SIHH 2014: New Panerai Radiomir 1940 Tradition Chronographs

Panerai’s new product releases at SIHH 2014, unveiled to the press yesterday, were heavy on chronographs — and, as always with Panerai, heavy on paying tribute to the brand’s illustrious and now well-known (to Paneristi, anyway) history as a supplier of tough diving watches to Italian naval commandos starting in the 1930s.

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Jan 22, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

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...

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Jan 22, 2014 by Joe Thompson

SIHH 2014: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept GMT Tourbillon – Live Images

First unveiled in 2002 as a 30th anniversary tribute to the Royal Oak, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept watch is among the most anticipated launches at SIHH. Everyone knows it is coming – what will AP do this year? The answer for 2014 might come as a surprise, because the aesthetics would not likely...

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Jan 21, 2014 by WatchTime

SIHH 2014: A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Tourbillon

The tourbillon has long been something of an enigma. It is offered as the ultimate in timekeeping precision, and its owners pay dearly for a watch that is supposed to be the ultimate in accuracy. Yet because of its construction, tourbillon watches are almost impossible to set precisely – to the second- with the current...

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Jan 21, 2014 by WatchTime

SIHH 2014: Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar Terraluna

There is never any doubt about which watch is A. Lange & Söhne’s “hero” each year at SIHH. The brand presents it proudly in the center of its booth, scaled up to proportions even Panerai would not dream of. This year, it is the Richard Lange Perpetual Calendar Terraluna, though CEO Wilhelm Schmid told us...

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Jan 21, 2014 by WatchTime

SIHH 2014: 5 New Calendar Watches

Yesterday, we showed you a handful of possibly overlooked new chronograph watches that have made their debut at the SIHH. Another popular and versatile complication, the calendar in all of its various types, has also been well-represented this year in Geneva, whether as part of a haute horlogerie array of complications or as the main...

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Jan 21, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2014 Live Photos: Dive Into IWC’s New Aquatimer Watches

IWC’s focus at this year’s SIHH, as visitors to this site and to our sister blog, Watch-Insider.com, are already aware, is its Aquatimer line of luxury dive watches, which the brand has revamped with new design elements and technical details. Click here to read about the trio of new IWC Aquatimers whose details and images...

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Jan 21, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2014: 3 New Chronograph Watches

As per usual, this year’s SIHH watch fair has already yielded a number of super-high-end complicated watches with tourbillons, repeaters, and all manner of other horological magic. But let’s not overlook the most popular complicated watch, the (relatively) humble chronograph; the watchmakers at Cartier, Roger Dubuis, and Jaeger-LeCoultre certainly didn’t.

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Jan 21, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2014: Live Images from Cartier

On Day 1 at SIHH we visited Cartier and had a chance to get some quick and dirty live shots of the new models, including the Astrocalendaire, the Earth and Moon tourbillon, the Night & Day, and the new Calibre de Cartier Diver. This post also includes links to WatchTime’s earlier posts on these models,...

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Jan 21, 2014 by WatchTime

SIHH 2014: Roger Dubuis Unveils Hommage Double Flying Tourbillon with Hand-Made Guilloché

We’ve already given you a taste of the new Roger Dubuis watches at SIHH 2014, courtesy of our Watch Insider, Alexander Linz. Now the WatchTime team has gotten a detailed look at all of the new models, including the headliner watch that was kept under wraps until the show: the Roger Dubuis Hommage Double Flying...

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Jan 21, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2014 Day 1: Jaeger-LeCoultre Highlights

It would take a small book to adequately describe Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Hybris Mechanica 11. But, as this is a day-of-the-show summary, we will have to hit a few of the high points. This watch has eight separate patents, six of which are developments created exclusively for this watch. The Hybris Mechanica 11 is equipped with an...

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Jan 21, 2014 by WatchTime

SIHH 2014: Baume & Mercier Joins the Tourbillon Club

On Day One of the 2014 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva, the WatchTime team saw some watches up close and personal that we’d already seen as previews — and then, there were a few surprises. One of those was from “affordable luxury” watch brand Baume & Mercier, which broke with tradition...

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Jan 20, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

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.

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Jan 20, 2014 by Alexander Linz

Around the Web: The Secret Message in Lincoln’s Watch, Behind the Scenes at SIHH 2014, and More

Welcome to this week’s installment of “Around the Web”. As always, WatchTime social media maven Alan Loren updates watch aficionados with what we thought were some of the most interesting watch-related stories and news tidbits of the past weeks, culled from the websites of your favorite brands as well as popular watch blogs and other...

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Jan 19, 2014 by WatchTime

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...

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Jan 18, 2014 by WatchTime

SIHH 2014 Preview: 10 New Watches Launching at SIHH

This year’s SIHH watch fair, held in Geneva, starts on Monday. If you’re a regular visitor to WatchTime.com, you’ve seen that several watches making their debut at SIHH have already been unveiled before the event. To prepare you for our upcoming on-site coverage of the SIHH, we’re giving you a taste of watches from ten...

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Jan 18, 2014 by WatchTime

SIHH 2014 Preview: Watch Insider looks at the Jaeger-LeCoultre Duomètre Unique Travel Time

More preview news from SIHH, as originally presented on my blog, Watch-Insider.com… Jaeger-LeCoultre first released its Duomètre Unique Travel Time at last year’s SIHH as a limited edition for the grand opening of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Boutique in Paris. This year, among its new offerings at SIHH 2014, the brand unveils a rose gold version, which...

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Jan 17, 2014 by Alexander Linz

SIHH 2014 Preview: Watch Insider Update on the Roger Dubuis Watches Launching at SIHH

News and photos of watches debuting at next week’s SIHH watch fair continue to roll in. In this article from my blog, Watch-Insider.com, I cover new the first new models from Roger Dubuis, a brand known for its rather eccentric style but is focusing more on classical design values this year. Here is a teaser...

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Jan 14, 2014 by Alexander Linz

Around the Web: History’s 9 Most Important Watches, Smartwatches at CES, and More

Welcome to this week’s installment of “Around the Web”. As always, WatchTime social media maven Alan Loren updates watch aficionados with what we thought were some of the most interesting watch-related stories and news tidbits of the past weeks, culled from the websites of your favorite brands as well as popular watch blogs and other...

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Jan 12, 2014 by WatchTime

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