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.

BASELWORLD 2019 REVISTED:

Back to Basics: The Nomos Duo Collection

To go along with the Tangente and Club Sport models that breach new ground for Nomos in the realm of 40-mm-and-over timepieces, the German brand announced at Baselworld 2019 that it is now offering four of its most well-known designs (Tangente, Orion, Ludwig, and Tetra) in 33 mm and under with the new Duo lineup....

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May 24, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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

SWATCH GROUP 2019 RELEASE:

Omega Adds Three Gemstone-Enhanced Watches to the Speedmaster Moonphase Family

Alongside the new Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 Limited Edition in stainless steel and the updated Omega Seamaster 300M Chronograph that we covered on Friday, Omega has also released three new versions of the Speedmaster Moonphase that offer a decidedly luxurious take on the classic design through the use of precious metals and gemstones. The new Speedmaster...

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May 21, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

REVIEW:

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Hands-On with the Bulova Oceanographer Devil Diver

About a month ago, after writing on the Citizen Tsuno Chronograph Racer, the publicist I was borrowing the watch from for the article let me know they were the first to have the retail model of the Bulova Oceanographer Devil Diver in New York. I’ve written on the watch before after its initial release, but...

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May 19, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

SWATCH GROUP 2019 RELEASE:

Glashütte Original Channels ’60s Sporty Style With New Spezialist SeaQ 1969 Dive Watch

Glashütte Original, the Swatch Group-owned firm that emerged from the end of Cold War-era nationalization of Germany’s top watchmaking companies, has had modern success with vintage-styled models like the Sixties and Seventies, which hearken back to the “Spezimatic” watches from those pre-unification decades. This year, the Saxon manufacture adds an entirely new and sporty collection...

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May 18, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

TIMEPIECE TIMELINE:

25 Key Moments in the History of Oris Watches

Oris is well-known for the use of a red winding rotor, which became a trademark of the brand in 2002. It's a symbol, the brand says, of the passion with which it manufactures mechanical wristwatches. What else can you tell your watch friends? Discover these 25 milestone moments in the history of Oris watches, from its founding in 1904 to the present day.

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May 18, 2019 by WatchTime

NEWS:

Swatch Group 2019 Release: The Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Monopusher Chronograph

The Swatch Group decided to forgo Baselworld in 2019 and have its 12 exhibiting brands release their latest novelties on their own terms. While we’ve seen a number of releases slowly trickle out over the past six months, it’s all led up to this week for the Swiss conglomerate. WatchTime was one of the select...

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May 17, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS:

Swatch Group 2019 Release: Blancpain Revives the Fifty Fathoms Barakuda and Fifty Fathoms Nageurs de Combat

The Swatch Group decided to forgo Baselworld in 2019 and have its 12 exhibiting brands release their latest novelties on their own terms. While we’ve seen a number of releases slowly trickle out over the past six months, it’s all led up to this week for the Swiss conglomerate. WatchTime was one of the select...

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May 17, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS:

Swatch Group 2019 Release: The Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Limited Edition in Stainless Steel

The Swatch Group decided to forgo Baselworld in 2019 and have its 12 exhibiting brands release their latest novelties on their own terms. While we’ve seen a number of releases slowly trickle out over the past six months, it’s all led up to this week for the Swiss conglomerate. WatchTime was one of the select...

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May 17, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Girard-Perregaux Laureato in Steel with Rubber Strap

Girard-Perregaux has a long and prestigious history, but the brand over the past decade or so has been, to put it bluntly, a bit hard to pin down as far as its focus and identity. It has produced everything from high-complication masterpieces (the La Esmeralda Tourbillon) to racing-inspired sports watches (Competizione), to vintage-look dress pieces...

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May 15, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

FOR THE WATCH LOVER'S BOOKSHELF

Summertime is Sea Time: Rizzoli Releases Hardcover Book Aimed at Dive Watch Enthusiasts

Avid readers of WatchTime, especially those who devoured luxury author Aaron Sigmond’s best-selling hardcover book, DRIVE TIME: Watches Inspired by Automobiles, Motorcycles and Racing in 2016, and its expanded edition in 2018, will be lining up to dive into its sequel, SEA TIME: Watches Inspired by Sailing, Yachting and Diving — a volume that teams...

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May 14, 2019 by WatchTime

FEATURES:

Five Things You Should Know About the COSC

The Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC) is crucial to the Swiss watch industry. It’s existed in its current form since 1973 but there has been competitive chronometric testing happening in Neuchâtel since the late 1800s. Today, the COSC functions as a sort of litmus test for precision throughout the Swiss watch industry. In an...

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May 10, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

5 Divers’ Watches That Stole the Show at WatchTime L.A.

Last week’s WatchTime L.A. event was populated by many dozens of luxurious timepieces, — tourbillons, perpetual calendars, astronomical world timers, and any number of other high-end and often idiosyncratic complications. But those looking for a little “tool watch” appeal in their timepiece also found quite a few to strike their fancy, including several highly individualistic...

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May 9, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

Awards Night: 3 Timepieces at WatchTime L.A. that Won Watchmaking’s Oscars

Hollywood is all about awards — Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, etc. — so it was only fitting that the first WatchTime Los Angeles event included among its plethora of luxury watches on display a number of timepieces that were awarded watchmaking’s highest honor, a prize from the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (aka the Geneva...

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May 8, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

EVENTS

Inaugural WatchTime Los Angeles Event Welcomes More than 500 West Coast Watch Aficionados

The first edition of the WatchTime Los Angeles show launched at Hudson Loft in downtown Los Angeles last weekend, marking the West Coast’s first two-day luxury show dedicated solely to wristwatch enthusiasts. The event kicked off on Friday, May 4, with a VIP cocktail party and a first look at the latest watches from 27...

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May 7, 2019 by WatchTime

COUNTDOWN TO WTLA:

WatchTime Los Angeles Debut: Introducing the Romain Gauthier Insight Micro-Rotor in White Gold

Just in time for WatchTime Los Angeles this weekend (get your tickets here), Romain Gauthier has announced a new white gold iteration for the Insight Micro-Rotor joining past editions in rose gold, platinum, and titanium. For those unfamiliar with the Insight Micro-Rotor, it is perhaps — alongside the GPHG-winning Logical One — the most recognized timepiece for...

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May 2, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

Montblanc 1858 Split Second Chronograph Revives a Classic Minerva Military Watch

Montblanc’s modern timepiece collection derives much of its aesthetic character from the historical watches of Minerva — a heralded Swiss producer of chronographs whose ancestral atelier was acquired by Richemont in 2006 and revived as the Montblanc Manufacture. The brand’s latest release, the Montblanc 1858 Split Second Chronograph Limited Edition 100, re-envisions the Minerva military...

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May 2, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

COUNTDOWN TO WTLA:

What You Need to Know About WatchTime Los Angeles

WatchTime Los Angeles is this weekend and we hope you’re just as excited as we are! Since this is the first time we’ve hosted the event on the West Coast after five extremely successful years in New York, we figured our attending guests will have some questions. We’ve gathered a list of our most frequently...

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May 1, 2019 by WatchTime

COUNTDOWN TO WTLA

Seven Intriguing Chronographs You’ll Discover at WatchTime L.A.

WatchTime Los Angeles kicks off this Friday, May 3, with 27 sponsoring watch brands and a host of watch-industry VIPs. Among the brands' new products on display will be, of course, some new chronograph models making their U.S. debut after being introduced at Baselworld or SIHH. Here are seven that are worthy of a closer look.

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Apr 30, 2019 by WatchTime

PORTFOLIO

6 Sports Watches and Dive Watches Built for Adventure

From the WatchTime archives: If you want to climb mountains, explore caverns, or undergo underwater ordeals, these watches will blithely master such extreme situations. But their attributes can also be useful in everyday life.

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Apr 29, 2019 by Jens Koch

COUNTDOWN TO WTLA:

A. Lange & Söhne Introduces the Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar “25th Anniversary”

Germany’s A. Lange & Söhne has announced the fourth timepiece in its limited edition run of new releases to celebrate the 25th anniversary of 1994’s original Lange 1 (a new Lange 1 will be released each month until October). Following the classic-design Lange 1 Anniversary watch shown at SIHH in January, the Grand Lange 1...

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Apr 27, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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