Results for GMT & World Time

Unlock Your Time - The Clé De Cartier Flying Tourbillon

It is impossible to overstate the importance of the calibre 9452 MC in the history of Cartier’s high watchmaking department. Those unfamiliar with the evolution and progress of Cartier Fine Watchmaking will see the calibre 9452 - a manual-winding flying tourbillon - as just another reference in Cartier’s vast panoply of complicated movements. It’s not […]

The Lengths Of Time: La Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud

Extraordinary moment. A watch that transmits all the achievements of Berthoud as the father of French marine chronometer in a brilliantly contemporary timepiece. Karl-Friedrich Scheufele has revived the mythology of one of horology’s most mythical names with beautiful modern eloquence. Karl-Friedrich Scheufele is better known as the head honcho of Chopard timepieces, but he has […]

Four Watches Top $1 Million at Phillips Geneva Auction; New All-Time Rolex Record Set

HYT’s Third Generation H3 Is Unveiled - When Time Is Told With A Straight Line (Video)

HYT tantalised us recently with a sneak peek of the third generation H3 that we wrote about a few weeks ago. Then, there was much speculation of what the hidden parts of the press picture would show and we waited with bated breath. Today the wait is finally over, with the first press picture of the watch released and […]

Frederique Constant Enters A Brave New World with the Horological Smartwatch

Truth be told, when watch journalists such as myself were told about a new big launch that was coming up by Frederique Constant, I was interested, being a fan of the brand. Yet, when I was told that it would be a Smartwatch, I started to become very curious. What would it look like I […]

Genuine World Traveler: Frederique Constant Worldtimer Manufacture

Located on the outskirts of Geneva is Plan-les-Ouates, and in a municipality that can rank an impressive amount of watchmakers amongst its inhabitants is  Frederique Constant. The fact that the brand can count old and respectable names such as Piaget and Vacheron Constantin as its neighbors not only says something about it’s location, but also […]

Racing Time Belgium Style With Raidillon

Some prefer the Nordschleife, others the city streets of Monaco, or Laguna Seca with its unique cork screw. Me, I prefer the winding race track of Spa-Francorchamps, in the heart of the Belgium Ardennes. High speeds and a technically very difficult lay-out, it is here that man and machine have been tested, pushed to, and […]

Coloured Dials! The World Between Black & White.

Bottom Time: Tudor Pelagos

Motoring slowly along the line of buoys, five of us leaned over the starboard gunwale, scanning the clear water through polarized lenses. It had been a quiet day with no sharks in sight - unless you count the lazy nurse sharks begging for bait scraps in the marina. We’d spent languid hours between line checks […]

Bottom Time with the Panerai Luminor Submersible 1950 3 DAYS

Tarpons are big fish, with some measuring more than eight feet long, and they are eerily industrial-looking with glassy eyes and shiny scales that give them an armor-plated appearance. They are undisputedly at the top of the food chain in Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles), where they dwarf the barracuda, and sharks are scarce. These prehistoric predators […]

Tudor Heritage Advisor: The Buzz Of Time

Tudor has gained incredible momentum in the last couple of years. Although they are still Rolex’s little brother, their collection is no longer an emulation of Rolex. Taking a more independent approach to watchmaking, Tudor watches are no longer made with Rolex-cases with ETA-movements. Instead, the brand showcases their rich heritage with modern interpretations of […]

Bottom Time: Ice Diving With The Bremont Supermarine 2000

Twenty minutes into the dive, I lose all feeling in my fingers. It’s a slow process - first tingling, then mild discomfort, then burning, and finally, with a strange sense of relief, my hands become like dead weights on the ends of my arms. My left hand curls like a frozen claw around the safety […]

Bottom Time Goes Topside With The Rolex Explorer II

Arthur Oskar Stampfli And The Wheels Of Time

Do you know that feeling? You walk around in a car show and are all of a sudden, you are eye to eye with the perfect expression of automobile art! In this instance, the most likely situation is that the car in question is a prototype. What happens next? More likely than not, months later, […]

Bottom Time - Exploring the Wreck Of The Madeira with the Rolex Submariner

Is Dufour’s Appointment As Rolex CEO A Sign Of New Directions For The Best Watch Brand In The World?

Time To Shine: Jacob & Co.'s Brilliant Skeleton Baguette

If you’re an avid follower of modern day show biz, you’ve surely seen celebrities around the globe wearing Jacob & Co.’s sparkling creations. Singer Alicia Keys wore the brand’s jewelry on her wedding day; rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West vastly praise the diamonds in their music; football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo recently became an ambassador of […]

Time To Shine: Jacob & Co.’s Brilliant Skeleton Baguette

If you’re an avid follower of modern day show biz, you’ve surely seen celebrities around the globe wearing Jacob & Co.’s sparkling creations. Singer Alicia Keys wore the brand’s jewelry on her wedding day; rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West vastly praise the diamonds in their music; football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo recently became an ambassador of […]

Brief Impressions Review: Zenith Montre d’Aéronef Type 20 GMT Pilot

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A Journey Through Time: Luxury Watch Shopping at Starhill Gallery in Malaysia

Ressence Type 3: Atypical watch with an atypical display and approach to telling the time

Ressence is one of the new brands who seem to have sprouted out of nowhere with innovation burtsting from their ears. Their concept of a watch with wandering dials suspended in a fluid that refracts light like the air, so the orbiting indications appear to be on the crystal. As usual, technical information, and theRead More

World Wide Elegance With Girard-Perregaux’s WW.TC Lady

For most watch brands it is still a struggle to create high end watches for contemporary ladies. Smaller watches, often set with obligatory diamonds for a so called extra feminine touch, and of course a “handy, because you never have to wind it”-quartz-movement make up the majority of what many brands offer ladies these days. […]

Air Time: The Alpina 130 Heritage Pilot Chronograph

Arguably one of Alpina’s breakout hits of 2013, the Alpina 130 has been a thoroughly enjoyable watch to wear. It’s based on a vintage model from the early 20th century and in terms of design, it’s quite a faithful take on the original model. The watch comes in two variations – one is stainless steel, […]

World Traveler: The Carl F. Bucherer Patravi TravelTec FourX

Carl F. Bucherer has been retailing watches since 1919, and in 2008, the firm introduced its own manufacture calibre, the CFB A1000 self-winding movement –one of the very few automatic movements in production powered by a peripheral rotor. For many enthusiasts, the CFB A1000 movement and its variants are the cornerstone of the Bucherer watch […]

Romain Jerome Does Diamonds. About Time!

Rusted steel from the Titanic, erupting vulcano’s, PacMan; they all featured Romain Jerome’s watches. So what took them so long to use diamonds on their watches in the general collection, especially since they have created some commissioned diamond set watches before? Probably because diamonds are too common for a brand that always seem to take […]

Earliest Known Patek Philippe Grand Complication Sold For $2.25 Million By Christie’s, Sets World’s Record

Given the exceptional desirability and rarity of complicated watches by Patek Philippe it’s reasonable for collectors and connoisseurs to think there are few if any surprises left in the field, but that belief was overturned by the presentation by Christie’s, for its June 11th auction, of a timepiece that had until the auction never before […]

HUBLOT Unveiled Latest BASELWORLD 2013 Innovations to Indonesia as a World’s First at their Premiere Event.

JAKARTA, 30 May 2013 – A leader and a pioneer – Hublot, leading Swiss luxury watch manufacturer sets yet another series of firsts with their premiere event in Indonesia.  To kick things off with a Big Bang, Hublot presented a spectacle of their stunning new collection to the Indonesian audience at a private event held at The Foundry, […]

Ahead Of Its Time: Louis Moinet’s “Compteur de Tierces” From 1816 Is Now Earliest Known Chronograph

The word “chronograph” is one which, like many technical terms in watchmaking, has drifted in meaning somewhat over the years, along with the development of the complication itself (interestingly the chronograph, despite its relative ubiquity today, was the last of the major classic complications to be developed, which speaks perhaps to the relative indifference of […]

In Partnership with Officine Panerai, The Beijing “O’Clock - Time Design, Design Time” at Cafa Art Museum.

If you are around Beijing from today (7th March 2013) to 10th April 2013, do make a point to visit the Cafa Art Museum. Presented by the Triennale Design Museum and in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Beijing, this exciting art exhibition is curated by Silvana Annicchiarico and Jan van Rossem. With Patricia Urquiola […]

For The First Time, A Public View Into The “State-Of-The-Art Tradition” of A Lange & Söhne.

After nearly three months of soft opening, the A Lange & Sohne Singapore ION Orchard Boutique was officially opened on the 28th of February 2013. “Singapore”, said Lange Uhren Gmbh CEO Wilhelm Schmid, “is famed among the watch industry as one that draws highly knowledgeable and passionate watch enthusiasts”. More, Singapore as a market must […]