“Polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride” is not the funny word most remember from Mary Poppins: that’s “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” (And if you say it loud enough you’ll always sound precocious.)No, polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride is th…

“Watches, Stories, and Gear” is a roundup of our favorite content, watch or otherwise, from around the internet. Here, we support other creators, explore interesting content that inspires us, and put a spotlight on causes we believe in. Oh, and any…

In 2020 and 2021, digital display, retro-chic watches found themselves in a serious moment. In this visit to the WatchTime Archives, we look back on one of these designs from the French watchmaker Yema via the Digidisc and LED models. As demand for…

Every day, I walk my five-year-old boy to school.  It’s a precious moment of one-on-one time between father and son, a chance for Joe to delve into his hopes, fears and dreams. Mostly though, we spend it discussing who’d win a fight between a lion…

In this visit to the WatchTime Archives, we take a look at ten watches merging traditional tourbillon mechanics with modernly focused design, bridging the gap between contemporary and historical for distinct luxury watchmaking. Enjoy!Audi’s “progre…

Kurono Tokyo’s latest drop, the Kurono Calendrier Type 1 was recently released on Aug 11 and was quickly sold out as with the earlier releases. We explore why this is so in our commentary.Press Release details with commentary in italics.PRICE & AVA…

Sometimes seeing is believing. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then the Photo Report format has saved us all from a lot of reading while offering a specific and often rare glimpse into the wide world of watches. As something of a dilettante phot…

For the last month every publication under the sun has seen a traffic gold-mine in the purported “collapse” in secondary pricing for “hype” watches from Rolex, Audemars Piguet, and Patek Philippe among others. Even we tackled the subject with our o…

The most important thing to know about success is that whatever we, as outsiders, see when someone achieves it is only the tip of a very long spear. Success in any form usually requires an order of magnitude more work and sacrifice than many realiz…

A guest post by Vincent DeschampsHow many independent Japanese watch brands do you know of? With Seiko, Grand Seiko, Citizen, and Casio dominating, we don’t often see a new brand pop up from Japan. Or, to be clearer, a brand that makes affordable w…

Racing is all about being faster than everyone else, and it has been like that since the dawn of the car. Whether it’s simply racing from A to B, a multi-stage rally or a 24-hour endurance race, it always comes down to who’s best. It’s a cliché, bu…

Welcome to Cheap Thrills, where we highlight offbeat watches that are pure fun, at prices that won’t sear a hole in your wallet. Today, we’re taking a look at the unique, artsy offerings from Mr. Jones Watches. When you first see one of the quirky…

An attempt to explain why dive watches are oh-so popularYou’re probably right, I might have overdone it a bit with the title here. But isn’t a dive watch the most common choice when starting a watch collection? And isn’t it the kind of watch that m…

Let’s face it, the Rolex Submariner is by leaps and bounds the most iconic dive watch to have ever existed.Probably the most iconic watch of any style to have ever existed for that matter.As a “watch guy,” I get constantly asked my opinion on watch…

Responding to the admittedly fair criticism of offering a sports watch with just 30-metre water-resistance , Bulgari created the S line, with a slightly thicker steel case and screw-down crown, upping the water resistance to 100 metres. The Bulgari…

Oporto, in the north of Portugal, is one of my favorite cities in all the world. Not just as home to their truly extraordinary wines, but a must visit nestled on the Douro River.Looking from Porto across the Douro river to the Port houses in Vila N…

It’s the late 1970s and integrated bracelet sports watches are all the rage. Everywhere you look, BOOM, a bracelet and case that flow so fluidly into each other that you couldn’t imagine a watch any other way. If your watch wasn’t designed by Genta…

Vintage watches and superheroes come together in our watch-related movie of the week. August 12, 2022 Illustration by Andy Gottschalk In the Marvel era, movies have lost some of their originality. It's all about existing IP, which means we rarely g…

Skeleton or openworked watches have always enjoyed certain popularity and range from anything ultra high-end to accessible watches. There’s something specifically appealing in discovering what’s beating inside a watch (even more for newcomers to me…

While many of us are still on holiday and enjoying the summer, it’s a good time to reflect on the first half of the year. Has 2022 been a good year for watches up to this point? When we started thinking of great releases, a list of potential candid…

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If you put the brand new Aquatimer from IWC next to the previous generation you will be very hard pressed to find the differences. However – most of the parts of this watch got changed. New strap new case, new dial, new bezel, and new movement. And…

August 12, 2022 Wei and Jeremiah geek out over the different approaches taken by two independent watchmakers in their pursuit of chronometric perfection: Montres KF’s Karsten Frässdorf and De Bethune’s Denis Flageollet. Frässdorf’s EI8HT Evolution…

More than a magazine, Watchonista: Volume 02 is a love letter to the world of watch collecting and an invitation to unplug from the digital to embrace the analog. It is no secret that the world is becoming an increasingly digital place. And technol…

There’s been a lot of talk on Instagram, website comments, and our very own podcast these last few weeks about the term “in-house” as it applies to watch movements. This conversation, of course, is largely cyclical. We have it, as best I can tell,…

Travel light, travel easy, travel casualWhat do I like to do during my summer holidays? Well, first and foremost, I like to travel light, and after that, take it easy and keep it casual. And that’s why the watch I will take on my summer holiday is…

While all brands have certain key features, some have such strong signatures you can quickly determine the maker of a watch from across the room. In the luxury realm, there’s Audemars Piguet and the famed integrated style of their Royal Oak, Cartie…

Join us in marveling at that clever date ring. Design nerds and date-window haters, this one's for you. Last year, the German watch brand NOMOS released a Bauhaus-style piece called the Metro Neomatik 41 Update. I've had my eye on it ever since. In…

When they were released last year, in the midst of the pandemic, the Oris Divers ve Cotton Candy watches not only came as a surprise, but they also brought a spirit of lightheartedness and fun colours to people yearning to see the end of the pandem…

When it comes to watches, size matters. Precious millimetres can make or break a fit, and those who regularly tune into my stories know that I have a below-average wrist. It is such a part of my #watchfam identity, that on a recent episode of the…

Your Instagram #lumebattle will never be the sameWho can resist the warm glow of luminescent material on a watch dial, the mystical greenish glow of hands, indices, or even entire dial surfaces? Whether the function is telling the time at dusk at h…

August 12, 2022 Visiting Norway had been on my bucket list ever since I turned 40 back in 2003. Correction — it wasn’t just on my bucket list, but rather it was the one country I wanted to visit more than any other in the world. This has nothing to…

One of the most important brands when it comes to pilot’s chronographs, Hanhart has recently been offering several highly attractive models based on the hand-wound 417 ES concept, including a 42mm version, a compact 39mm edition and some bronze mod…

Hanhart extends their classic pilot chronographs Pioneer Mk I and Pioneer Mk II with a new dial variation in the form of the Reverse Panda. Press Release details with commentary in italics.The Hanhart Pioneer Mk I is immediately available for 2.090…

Zach has just departed on a well-deserved holiday and is currently basking on a sun-lounger wearing a Hawaiian shirt loud enough to make your ears ring. So it’s up to me to pick up the Wind Down slack and bring you a few bulletins from the watch w…

Lex recently unpacked the concept of the grail watch and came to the conclusion that it is better if it remains a dream. I guess I agree since I will not be chasing mine, as much as I love it. My grail watch is the Rolex Explorer 1016. More specifi…

When car manufacturers and watch brands team up, the word ‘heritage’ gets thrown around a lot. It’s true that watchmaking and motorsport have gone hand in hand for decades and they have a lot of shared history to pull from, but it may also be that…

Seiko is launching a new Australasian Limited Edition from the Prospex range that is inspired by one of the most stunning holiday destinations in Australia – Noosa in Queensland.The colourway for this timepiece is the seemingly always on-trend blac…

Seiko has gone beyond the green and gold to release two watches inspired by Australia’s natural environment that will be limited to the Australasian market. We’ll tackle the first of these now: the Prospex SRPJ35K “Eucalyptus”, but you can read our…

A star is born!  We can add another great quote to the pantheon of classic movie lines that include the following:“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” The Godfather“I see dead people.” Sixth Sense“Go ahead, make my day.” In Sudden Impa…

Many watches out there claim to be handmade but only a few can make that cut. The Greubel Forsey Hand Made 1 is one of them. With 95% of this timepiece —including the hairspring— made using only hand-operated tools and 6,000 hours of work —three ye…

When it comes to wardrobe or watches, you can’t beat the classics. By nature, a well made workshirt or field watch are versatile, reliable, and have this seamlessness quality that makes them so easy to wear on an everyday basis. But even traditiona…

Short-form watch videos, the HODINKEE way. Welcome to HODINKEE's new video series, The Spec Sheet, where we use digestible, 60-second clips to showcase everything you need to know about a particular watch. It's the "just the facts" of horology, whi…

Part of the reason MONOCHROME Watches exists in the first place is a deep-rooted love for independent watchmaking and the wonderful things some of the best watchmakers in the world can come up with. To us, that’s the very fabric of our existence an…

Farer watches aren’t short on personality, and co-founder Paul Sweetenham follows suit in that department. We took a time out during the Windup Watch Fair in Chicago to catch up with Paul in our first interview since an event we held at the Filson…

Very few pieces have the amount of heritage that the new Fratello × Louis Moinet Memoris Spirit 40mm Chronograph Limited Edition can proudly claim to have preceding it. Being bit by the watch bug since his early years, Louis Moinet became a master…

Thirteen Lives, CitizenIt was a true story. Thirteen people trapped in an underground cave system that started flooding. The movie Thirteen Lives chronicles the rescue mission in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach were trap…

Editor’s Note: When Nicolas Cage recently gushed over his Grand Seiko on the red carpet, many of you in the comments noted how he should become an ambassador for the brand – and we agreed it would definitely be a fun pairing. This then got us think…

Many watches show “only” the time. But there’s plenty of latitude for creativity, as we can see on display in this selection of eight unconventionally designed timepieces from eight innovative watch brands, all found below in our latest visit to th…

Today, we chat with the serial entrepreneur who is making a habit of reawakening sleeping giants in the watch world. Guillaume Laidet is only 37 years old, but he is already something of a watch industry veteran, having cut his teeth in marketing r…