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One of this year’s biggest watch-world stories is the 60th anniversary of the iconic Omega Speedmaster. In this series of feature articles, we explore some of the collection’s milestones, decade by decade. This week, we look at models starting … Read full story »
With unique pieces from HYT, Richard Mille, Speake-Marin, and Bell & Ross, here are four examples of skull watches that may entice more than scare you. Read full story »
Zenith has finally revealed the long-awaited Defy Lab, a new watch with a revolutionary new oscillator, designed as a compliant mechanism, and etched from a wafer of silicon and combining the functions of the balance, balance spring, and lever … Read full story »
Kari Voutilainen — one of the true rock stars of independent watchmaking — has confirmed his presence at America’s biggest watch show, WatchTime New York 2017, which will be held on October 13-14 at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall. One of the pieces … Read full story »
With the release this month of the IWC Aquatimer Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition “50 Years Aquatimer,” limited to just 50 pieces worldwide, the Schaffhausen-based IWC brand not only commemorates the 50th anniversary of its Aquatimer divers’ watch in grand style, but also punches its ticket to the exclusive (but steadily growing) club of watch
For the third year running, Armin Strom will be among the sponsoring watch brands at the WatchTime New York event in October. This year, the brand renowned for its skeleton movements will showcase an entirely new technological development that … Read full story »
For watch aficonados who love the technical “openwork” artistry of skeleton watchmaking, we take a look at 10 skeleton watches introduced in recent years, from brands like Glashütte Original, Blancpain, Vacheron Constantin, Piaget and others. Read full story »
The modern Junghans Meister Pilot is based on the Junghans J88 Bundeswher Fliegeruhr, a B-Uhr-style pilots’ watch developed in 1955 for the newly-established West German military, or Bundeswehr. How does the modern version compare with its … Read full story »
This year marks both Citizen Watch Co.’s 25th anniversary as official timekeeper of tennis’s U.S. Open Tournament and the beginning of its new partnership with one of the games icons, 39-time Grand Slam champion and social activist Billie Jean … Read full story »
Our editors went 11 feet under water to test various divers’ watches for legibility, ease of use, and toughness in actual diving conditions. Here are the results of our dive watch test for one of these watches – the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean … Read full story »
