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.

IN-DEPTH:

Examining the Nomos DUW 6101 Caliber

In 2018, Nomos introduced a number of intriguing novelties; however, the real story was not the timepieces themselves, but the new movement inside. Cased within the new Autobahn and Update collections was the DUW 6101 caliber, the first neomatik movement featuring a date complication. Before getting into the steps that Nomos took to release what...

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Jun 19, 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

FEATURES:

Do Androids Dream of Horological Sheep?: A Look at Pierre Jaquet-Droz and his Automata

Pierre Jaquet-Droz could very well be the greatest innovator horology has ever seen. His revolutionary automata are living – yet not breathing – proof of his technical genius. Lesser known is how he embraced the business side of clockmaking in a thoroughly modern way by becoming one of the first horologists to have an influence...

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Jun 18, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Tutima Tempostopp Chronograph

“Defiantly elegant.” That’s the phrase that settled into my mind as I attempted to boil down the appeal of the Tutima Tempostopp, a chronograph that features a sizable 43-mm rose-gold case, a vintage-look bicompax dial, and a new, lavishly finished in-house movement, whose architecture was inspired by a historical chronograph caliber. The Tempostopp is not...

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Jun 18, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

Handicapping the Top 3 Longines Watches of the 2019 Belmont Stakes

Part of the fun of following Longines’s timing partnership with equestrian sports and events like the Kentucky Derby, Breeder’s Cup, and Belmont Stakes is guessing which timepiece from the Swiss brand’s timepiece collection will be elected as Official Watch of each event. In the spirit and style of horse race betting (Win, Place, Show =...

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Jun 15, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

Last-Minute Father’s Day Gift Ideas from WatchTime’s Friends and Partners

Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 16, and if your busy schedule has left you struggling at this late date to come up with a gift idea for your dad, granddad, brother or son, WatchTime is here to assist. Obviously, we feel that our extensive watch coverage on this website, our print magazine, and our...

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Jun 14, 2019 by WatchTime

FEATURE:

Five of the Most Important Watches Produced by Vacheron Constantin’s Les Cabinotiers Department

Although Vacheron Constantin has taken custom timepiece orders throughout its 260+ years of history – James W. Packard and Henry Graves Jr. were both notable patrons of that offer in the early 20th-century – the Geneva-based brand’s elite division of watchmakers known as Les Cabinotiers wasn’t officially established as its own division until 2006. While often operating...

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Jun 12, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Alpina Startimer Pilot Heritage

Today we’ll be taking a look at one of the most recent offerings from the heritage collection of Swiss brand Alpina, the 1970s-inspired Startimer Pilot Heritage. Alpina, founded in 1883, is no stranger to neo-vintage watches, first making waves in the trend a few years ago with the release of its supercompressor-styled Seastrong Diver Heritage...

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Jun 9, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURES:

Lord of the Castle: The Story of Pascal Raffy & Bovet

The Bovet company was founded in 1822 by Edouard Bovet with a focus on the watchmaking trade with China. The brand as we know it today was acquired by Pascal Raffy, a former pharmaceutical industry executive and passionate watch collector, in 2001. Shortly thereafter, Raffy began purchasing additional manufacturing sites in Switzerland – not only...

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Jun 6, 2019 by Roger Ruegger

THE WATCHTIME Q&A:

Talking with Serge Michel about the Armin Strom Masterpiece 1 Dual Time

More so than any other brand in contemporary watchmaking, Armin Strom has made the pursuit of resonance a full-fledged part of its identity. The concept of resonance is a noble one that remains out of reach for even the most prestigious of the Swiss marques. Only a few brands are able to bear down and...

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Jun 3, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Méraud Bonaire

Neo-vintage dive watches are incredibly popular right now, both among major brands like Longines, Rolex, and Seiko, and among many smaller start-ups such as Evant, Baltic, and MAEN. One of the newest to the scene is Belgium-based Méraud with their 1960s-inspired Bonaire, a cool steel diver with an impressive value proposition. The watch originally came...

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Jun 2, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

COUTURETIME 2019:

Frederique Constant Manufacture Perpetual Calendar Introduces New Gray Dials

Frederique Constant turned watch-world heads with the introduction of its first perpetual calendar timepiece, priced at an extremely competitive $8,795, back in 2016. At CoutureTime in Las Vegas this week, the Swiss brand rolled out two new versions, each with a new light gray dial, in stainless steel and rose-gold PVD cases. For those who...

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Jun 1, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

COUTURETIME 2019:

The Five G-Shock Watches We’re Most Excited About in 2019 (Updated)

One of the brands we look forward to visiting at Baselworld (and at CoutureTime in Las Vegas) every year is Casio so we can see the latest developments to the expansive G-Shock family of watches. The overall value proposition of any new G-Shock novelty combined with its enhanced functionality makes viewing the latest watches a...

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May 31, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

COUTURETIME 2019:

Oris Introduces Two Ocean Conservation-Focused Dive Watches

Oris has long been a brand with a wide assortment of interesting dive watches that demonstrate a stalwart charitable commitment to the world’s oceans. This year at Baselworld, the Hölstein-based brand is doubling down on its commitment to the seven seas with two new limited edition dive watches: the Clean Ocean Limited Edition produced in...

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May 31, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

BASEWORLD 2019 REVISTED:

The Tutima Patria Admiral Blue Offers Traditional German Watchmaking in a Discreet Package

The Tutima Patria collection has been the German brand’s representation of traditional Glashütte watchmaking with its emphasis on gold and high finishing since 2011. At Baselworld 2019, Tutima updated its highest-end collection with the Patria Admiral Blue, a more accessible option with a case made of stainless steel. At first glance, the deep blue dial...

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May 30, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH REVIEW:

Borrowed Time: The Longines Conquest V.H.P.

Let’s get something out of the way. The watch I’m about to review is a quartz watch. Which, while a major part of the Swiss watch industry, is something we don’t typically cover at WatchTime. If you have a problem with that, go ahead and check out our review on the Longines Heritage Military Watch,...

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May 30, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

FEATURES:

A Look Inside the Favre-Leuba Renaissance

Date: August 7, 1964 Location: The vertical north face of Pointe Whymper in the Grande Jorasses, a particularly steep mountain in the Mont Blanc range within the Alps. Geneva-based guide Michel Vaucher and celebrated Italian mountaineer Walter Bonatti are ascending the precarious peak. Temperatures are dropping. Clouds are approaching. Every so often, impossibly large rocks...

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May 29, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

FEATURE:

Single-Handedly: How Chronoswiss Has Forged Ahead Under New Ownership

During its heyday in the 1990s and early aughts, Chronoswiss was a brand you couldn’t turn a corner without seeing or hearing about. While a large part of the brand’s production was always centered around regulator wristwatches, its collection continued to expand through that period until the 2007 recession landed them (as well as many...

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May 29, 2019 by WatchTime

FEATURE:

Five Things You Might Not Know About Nomos Glashütte

It seems like every year I receive more and more questions from my non-horologically-inclined friends about Nomos Glashütte. It’s understandable. Over the past decade-plus, the German brand has made massive inroads in building a following in the United States. This is largely thanks to a highly-praised minimalist design palate, excellent marketing, accessible prices, and true in-house mechanical movements....

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May 28, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Digital Date-Month Debuts in Titanium

As per recent tradition, IWC has focused on building out one of its timepiece collections at January’s SIHH watch salon (this year’s showcase family was the Pilot’s), while dropping new, often limited, models in its other collections throughout the year. Last week, the first of these was unveiled — a new titanium-cased version of its...

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May 27, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Hands-On with the Longines Heritage Military Watch

Last year, in a follow-up to the wide and favorable attention garnered by its Heritage 1945 piece from 2017, Longines released the newest member of its neo-vintage Heritage collection, the Heritage Military Watch. (The brand had previously released a model under the same name, a 1918-inspired field watch with a black dial option and 6...

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May 26, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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