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.

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse

Patek Philippe is one of the most celebrated brands in the history of watchmaking, but among its vast catalog of complications stand only a select number of long-running series. Among those we’ve covered in “Vintage Eye” are the Nautilus, Perpetual Calendar Chronograph, and Calatrava, yet a few notable collections remain. Among them are the Golden...

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Mar 17, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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

EVENTS:

WatchTime Los Angeles 2019: Introducing the Brands, Part 3

As we previously announced, WatchTime is bringing the WatchTime New York event concept to the West Coast on May 3 – 4, 2019. We’ll be taking over the Hudson Loft space in Downtown Los Angeles — just minutes from Staples Center — for two days to bring you the best in luxury timepieces. For those who...

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Mar 15, 2019 by WatchTime

Highlights from WatchTime’s March-April Issue, On Sale Now

The second WatchTime issue of 2019 hits newsstands today, with highlights ranging from our cover story on the Bulgari Octo Finissimo in carbon, a high-tech material update to the world’s thinnest tourbillon timepiece; a test of the Ulysse Nardin Freak Vision with its innovate Grinder winding mechanism; an in-depth review of the 2018 Omega Seamaster 300; a spotlight...

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Mar 12, 2019 by WatchTime

PROFILE

Ferrier’s Fine Finish: The Journey of Laurent Ferrier

Laurent Ferrier grew up in a kind of watch paradise. As a boy returning after school to his family’s apartment in Geneva, he came face to face with exquisite timepieces every day. His father restored and repaired complicated watches and clocks in a workshop directly across from Vacheron Constantin. Here's the story of how he founded his own independent watch brand.

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Mar 11, 2019 by Norma Buchanan

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Weiss 38-mm Standard Issue Field Watch

In recent years, there has been a notable growth in the field of American-made watches. Detroit-based Shinola is frequently discussed, and Pennsylvania-based RGM has long been lauded in its efforts to bring handcrafted horological artistry back to the famed Lancaster area; but no list would be complete without mentioning Los Angeles’ Weiss Watch Company. The...

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Mar 10, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS:

Introducing the Ulysse Nardin Freak NeXt with a New 3D Flying Oscillator

A little less than two months ago, Ulysse Nardin captivated the crowds at SIHH in Geneva with the reveal of the Freak X, the first true entry-level addition to the Freak range of timepieces. Earlier this week, the Le Locle-based brand pivoted the collection back into the realm of conceptual watchmaking with the Freak NeXt....

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Mar 7, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Baltic Aquascaphe

The year 2018 saw a proliferation of “micro” watch brands along with continuing popularity for contemporary, vintage-inspired watches, so it seems natural the market also saw significant growth in watch startups working to carve a name for themselves in the industry with “neo-vintage” products. Never far from this conversation has been the French brand Baltic,...

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Mar 3, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Raymond Weil Freelancer Calibre RW1212

Raymond Weil, owned and operated by the Bernheim family, is one of the very few remaining family-owned watch companies, alongside prestigious maisons like Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe. Up until very recently, it remained a member of another diminishing breed in the luxury watch industry — a manufacturer that used solely outsourced movements to power...

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Feb 27, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Teutonic and Tough: Spotlighting 4 No-Nonsense German Sports Watches

If you are partial to watches with long, hard-to-pronouce names, are encrusted with glittery jewels, feature intricate filigree finishes, and perhaps include tourbillons whirling away inside of them, you can just move right along; there is nothing for you to see here. If you are still with me, then feast your eyes on these four...

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Feb 27, 2019 by Stephen Brown

NEWS

Timex Group Reboots its Luxury Division with Nature-Inspired Vincent Bérard Collection

Timex is dipping its toes back into the waters of luxury watchmaking. The Timex Group, makers of the mass-market Timex brand as well as licensed fashion brands from Versace, Salvatore Ferragamo, and others, announced this week that it is resurrecting Vincent Bérard, a boutique maker of high-end Swiss mechanicals that it acquired in 2006 and...

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Feb 26, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

EVENTS:

Visit Cellini Jewelers This Week to See the Hottest New Releases of 2019 from 20+ Brands

Starting tomorrow, our friends over at Cellini Jewelers will be hosting a five-day long event series dedicated to luxury watchmaking at their boutique on Park Avenue in Manhattan. Some of the top independent firms such as MB&F, Urwerk, Greubel Forsey, De Bethune, Bovet, Kari Voutilainen, and Romain Gauthier will be represented alongside industry power players like...

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Feb 25, 2019 by WatchTime

MICROBRAND MONDAY

Tockr D-Day C-47 Watches Built with Salvaged WWII Aircraft Parts

Along with a number of other anniversaries being commemorated by the watch world in 2019 (we’re looking at you, Omega, Zenith, and probably others to come), this year also marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, which turned the tide of World War II in 1944. And it is Texas-based Tockr that...

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Feb 25, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Hands-On with the Citizen Promaster Tsuno Chronograph Racer

In March of 2018, Citizen revealed the Promaster Tsuno Chronograph Racer, a 1970s inspired bullhead chronograph developed to commemorate a century of the company’s operation. The watch was considered a quick success among pundits and enthusiasts after its announcement, and I’ve been looking forward to going hands-on with it ever since. About a month ago, I...

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Feb 24, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

10 Places Where Wearing a Watch Beats Checking a Phone

One of our loyal readers recently sent me an article about how some people now wear watches solely as jewelry and don’t even bother to set the time since they now rely on their cell phones for that. Well, as an employee of WatchTime, that idea surely burns my biscuits, so I got to thinking...

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Feb 22, 2019 by Stephen Brown

NEWS:

Green to Orange: Glashütte Original Reveals This Year’s Colorful Additions to the Sixties Collection

In the detail-oriented world of watchmaking, it’s easy to forget how important dial color is when it comes to consumer appeal. An extra splash of color is one of the simplest ways a watch can become memorable to a person regardless of brand, material, or complication. After all, you don’t have to call yourself a watch enthusiast to appreciate...

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Feb 20, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Evant Decodiver

Some of my favorite watches to cover these days have been those produced by smaller brands. Whether they’re brands I’ve written about for this series, such as Maen and Nezumi, or those I’ve been beaten to covering by WatchTime editor Logan Baker (he’s quick), such as Brew and Seals Watch Co.— what has impressed me...

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Feb 17, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

SIHH 2019 REVISTED:

Exploring All Eight of the New Blue-Dialed Vacheron Constantin Watches Released at SIHH 2019

On Tuesday, I wrote about the latest entries in Baume & Mercier’s Clifton Baumatic collection and how blue dials continue to remain in demand by collectors and enthusiasts. In that article, I mentioned Vacheron Constantin and Jaeger-LeCoultre as two of the other Richemont brands that exhibited an extensive selection of blue-hued timepieces at SIHH 2019....

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Feb 14, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

Four Horological Love Stories That Prove Romantic Watchmaking is Alive and Well

Watches are one of the few products that can be lifetime investments. The fact that the same watch can accompany you during your college graduation, your wedding, and the birth of your child elevates the concept of a timepiece into something far bigger than a fashion statement. In fact, I think many would agree that...

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Feb 14, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

SIHH 2019 REVISTED:

Hautlence Adds a Tourbillon to the HL Vagabonde

It was only a year ago that H.Moser & Cie. revealed the Endeavour Flying Hours timepiece at SIHH 2018. Its take on a wandering hour display was unlike anything we had seen at the time. Soon after that initial announcement in Geneva, we saw Moser’s sister brand Hautlence borrow the unique time-telling display for its...

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Feb 11, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

MICROBRAND MONDAY:

Giorgio Piola: Motorsport Watches From the Mind of an F1 Racecar Artist

Watches and racecars have been brothers-in-arms, design-wise, for nearly as long as cars have been on the road and timepieces have been worn on the wrist. In the modern era, the relationship between motor racing and timekeeping has gotten even more intimate, with watches developed in close collaboration with car manufacturers becoming more common: Hublot’s...

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Feb 11, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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