Watch Features

Welcome to WatchTime’s watch features section. Here you will find watch feature stories, watch reports, interesting watch technology coverage, interviews with watch brands, background articles about watches, watch brands and technical stories.

Fashion-Forward: Raymond Weil Introduces Millesime Automatic Small Seconds Denim Blue

Trousers, jacket and now wrist: Raymond Weil’s Millesime Automatic Small Seconds Denim Blue is the perfect companion for the all-denim look. The independent Geneva watchmaker has thus given the three-hand watch with small seconds, which won the Challenge Award at last year’s prestigious Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, a proverbial “cool” look-and-feel. Denim is undoubtedly...

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Jul 15, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

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

Green Eyes: Chopard’s Alpine Eagle

This article was originally published in the November/December 2022 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. Chopard’s highly successful Alpine Eagle sports watch collection took off with a new dial color in the late months of 2022, available exclusively for the 41-mm size in stainless steel or gold. Like the “Aletsch Blue,” “Bernina Grey” and “Pitch...

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Jul 14, 2024 by Roger Ruegger

Squaring the Circle: Hublot’s Square Bang

This article was originally published in the Design 2023 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. Hardly any other brand stands for such a wide variety of models as Hublot. In addition to diverse materials and colors, this manufacture is now dedicating itself to form and is introducing a square watch. To what degree is the Square Bang...

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Jul 13, 2024 by Ruediger Bucher

Airy and Light: Zenith Gets Ready for Summer with Defy Skyline White Ceramic Skeleton

In 2022, Zenith unveiled its vision of a contemporary luxury sports watch with the Defy Skyline. Based on a historic model from 1969 in the original Defy, the form of the modern watch combines an unmistakable design with the functionality and sophistication of the legendary El Primero high-frequency caliber updated with a unique 1/10th-second sub-dial. Today,...

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Jul 12, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

Super Bucherer Blue

This article was originally published in the Design 2023 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. Under the name Bucherer Blue, the Swiss jewelry company regularly presents the beautiful, blue-accent results of its exclusive collaborations with luxury watch brands. In 2022, Bucherer introduced two watches and a race car. Bucherer mastered the interplay of shape and color...

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Jul 11, 2024 by Alexander Krupp

Back in Black: Omega Introduces Three New Seamaster Aqua Terra Models

With three new editions, Omega is ushering in a new era for the Seamaster Aqua Terra 150M. Housed in stainless steel cases and attached to bracelets, the new watches are offered in three sizes – 34mm, 38mm and 31mm. Notably, the timepieces feature lacquered black varnish dials and do without the horizontally striped “teakwood” motif...

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Jul 11, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

FEATURE

Design With a Bite: Five Timepieces with Animal Allure

Dangerous creatures have always held a magical attraction. In this feature from the WatchTime Special Design Issue 2019, on sale now, we look at five exciting horological creations that reveal this fascination.

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Jul 10, 2024 by Maria-Bettina Eich

A Tasty Proposition: Hands-on with the Nivada Chronoking Mecaquartz Salmon

A color may be a trend, but getting it right can still be a tricky business. Look, for example, at the wide variety of green-colored dials offered these days. By comparison, Salmon is still somewhat niche, perhaps because it is even more difficult to balance in the overall design of a watch. That didn’t stop...

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Jul 10, 2024 by Martin Green

Drum Roll: The Louis Vuitton Tambour Twenty

This article was originally published in the Design 2023 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. In just two decades, French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton has managed to make quite a name for itself within the watch industry. In 2002, the maison had unveiled the Tambour for the first time, recognizable at a glance with its unusual...

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Jul 9, 2024 by Roger Ruegger

Longines Brings Back the Pilot Majetek in Titanium

Last year, Longines revived the Pilot Majetek, a faithful re-edition of a model that took first to the skies in 1935. Although geared to the needs of professional aviators, this timepiece ultimately attracted a wider customer base looking for a reliable, precise, and easy-to-read wristwatch. Featuring a cushion-shaped case with a fluted bidirectional bezel and...

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Jul 9, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

Tudor Returns to the Racetrack with Dedicated Black Bay Ceramic Edition “Blue”

At the beginning of 2024, Tudor announced its return to motorsport by partnering with the new Visa Cash App RB Formula One team. To mark the occasion, the brand created a team-exclusive version of its Master Chronometer-certified Black Bay Ceramic, complete with a blue dial to match their striking livery. With the Black Bay Ceramic...

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Jul 8, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

Delving Into Different Designs

This article was originally published in the Design 2023 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. More than just a bit different, these new watches venture light- years beyond everything we thought was normal. Musical: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Self-Winding Music Edition Audemars Piguet transforms music into a colorful lightshow with this exciting new version...

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Jul 8, 2024 by Alexander Krupp

Where Collecting Meets the Metaverse

This article was originally published in the Design 2023 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. Beyer Watches & Jewellery in Zurich, Switzerland, is the oldest jeweler in the world, at 262 years and counting. But this doesn’t prevent it from expressing youthfulness in other ways. Beyer introduced the Time Warp Collection in April 2022, a series...

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Jul 7, 2024 by Ruediger Bucher

Rado: The Shape of the ’60’s

This article was originally published in the Design 2023 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. When Rado was still operating as Schlup & Co., the company decided to create a watch “that could outlast, outshine and outlive practically every other fine timepiece on the market.” With that goal in mind, the company’s engineers and designers had...

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Jul 7, 2024 by Roger Ruegger

Green Rambles: The Magic of a Movement

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published in June 2022. While there are, without a doubt, collectors that focus on a single type of movement, I have learned to love them all. There is an almost intimate feeling when you turn the crown to wind the mainspring with a hand wound...

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Jul 6, 2024 by Martin Green

Four Sports Watches that are Great in Gold

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published in June 2022. While stainless steel is, for many, the preferred material for luxury sports watches, gold still has its fans. In fact, after a decade or two of pink gold being on the rise, it is now yellow gold that is making a...

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Jul 5, 2024 by Martin Green

Citizen Promaster Dive “Orca:”Designed for Pressure

This article was originally published in the Design 2023 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. Launched in 2006, the Citizen Promaster Dive — whose case and dial were directly inspired by the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family (Orcinus orca) — quickly became a fan favorite, having successfully redesigned the design elements of a dive...

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Jul 5, 2024 by WatchTime

Citizen Promaster Dive Automatic “Fujitsubo:” Designed for Persistence

This article was originally published in the Design 2023 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. The Japanese brand’s archives contain a fascinating story about a lost (and found) dive watch: In 1983, a Citizen Challenge Diver was found on a beach in Australia. The watch was covered in barnacles after having been submerged in the Pacific...

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Jul 4, 2024 by WatchTime

Sponsored: Feminine Touches Meet Mechanical Mastery in the Glashütte Original Serenade Luna

Glashütte Original, the revered German watchmaker, has once again showcased its mastery of elevated aesthetics and mechanical manufacturing with the new Serenade Luna. Designed for the modern woman, this refined timepiece celebrates the multifaceted nature of femininity, combining fine materials with the precision of in-house engineering, lending to the perfect companion for those who redefine...

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Jul 3, 2024 by WatchTime

Chopard Unveils Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph with “La Gara” Dial

Chopard’s launch of a new Mille Miglia chronograph is a fixture in the annual calendar of watchmaking events. Since 1988, the Swiss manufacturer has been deeply involved in the Mille Miglia as a partner of the vintage car event which runs from Brescia to Rome and fans affectionately call “la corsa più bella del mondo”...

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Jul 3, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

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