Are you confused with all the available Tissot T-Touch models? So were we, but we sorted it out and talk about the newest T-Touch Expert Solar watch and the future of the collection. Also, is right now the best time to get a new Omega? With so many desirable models out now, but with also more new Omega watches on the horizon, it can be hard to decide what to get, and when.Listen to the HourTime Show watch podcast episode 156 here. [...]

Today we had the opportunity to view the entirety of Omegas 2013 lineup, including the new Speedmaster 57 Automatic Co-axial chronograph, and its a complete stunner. We first noticed this watch a couple days ago when it briefly showed up on Omegas website before quickly being pulled offline. For inspiration, Omega reached 56 years into their past, choosing the original 1957 Speedmaster model as a starting point for this new 57 Co-axial. The 57 comes in a wide range of metal and dial combinations [...]

Bearing the classic look of what most people associate with a Panerai dial, along with the simplicity of just two hands on the face indicating only the hours and minutes for many watch lovers, this Panerai Radiomir Black Seal 8 Days watch (aka PAM610) represents one of the purest Panerai designs available. For that reason, I really like this particular watch that combines many desirable aesthetic traits along with a comfortable fit on the wrist. While it isnt very fancy compared to a lot of the [...]

In my time writing about watches, I dont recall any previous moment when Switzerlands Swatch Group sent out a press release related to technical innovation news. Today, the conglomerate of almost 20 timepiece brands including Omega, Breguet, Rado, Tissot, Swatch, Longines, and Hamilton announces the impending debut of Nivachron balance springs a component which is an essential part of virtually all mechanical watch movements. Even though mechanical watches are arguably outdated technology, many [...]

Both the tourbillon escapement and the minute repeater rank as some of the most prestigious and intricate complications in the horological pantheon, and any brand able to develop one of these ornate elements in-house earns a sizeable reputation for watchmaking prowess. An in-house design that contains both of these complications, then, is a genuine piece of mechanical spectacle. The 2021 release of the Bulgari Octo Roma Carillon Tourbillon was a prime example of this, taking an ultra-modern appr [...]

The partnership between IWC and German performance car and motorsports juggernaut Mercedes-AMG is one of the longest-running current automotive relationships in the luxury watch industry, running continuously since 2004. For its latest entry in this extensive brand partnership, IWC has gone far beyond a simple nod on the dial, substantially overhauling its signature pilot chronograph design with a subtle monochrome racing look and new technical features. The new standard production IWC Pilots Wa [...]

For 2016, German watchmaker Glashutte Original introduces a new base movement they call the Caliber 36, and to start, these in-house-made movements will be showcased in the also new Glashutte Original Senator Excellence collection of timepieces. When a new watch is launched, the attention we dedicate to the movement is usually less than the amount of time we spend analyzing other parts of the timepiece. Unless we are before a remarkable?innovation, we rarely go beyond documenting the frequency, [...]

Although the mainline Audemars Piguet Royal Oak series enjoys near-universal esteem as the progenitor of the luxury stainless steel bracelet watch, its younger sibling the Royal Oak Offshore has historically carried a more divisive reputation. Without the weight of the standard Royal Oaks reputation to confine it, the Royal Oak Offshore series has evolved into its own distinct entity, with a bolder, louder, and more aggressive personality than the parent line. For 2021, the brand has introduced [...]

Panerai returns once more to what they call?Our Sea.?The?Panerai Mare Nostrum Chronograph PAM716 (PAM00716) is a surprise, mid-2017 release from Officine Panerai that actually harkens back to not only its pre-Richemont days, but also to the brands first chronograph, produced during World War IIor some time after.Historically, Mare Nostrum stood?for Our Sea in Latin and it was the Romans name for the Mediterranean Sea. However, if you are more on-point with the history of Panerai than that of the [...]

For 2022, Swiss Hublot will release five new members of the Big Bang family in a newly devised square-shaped case. The new timepiece collection will be known as the Hublot Square Bang, and, to my knowledge, it is the second shape beyond round cases that Hublot has rendered the Big Bang in - well, for the most part. The majority of Hublot Big Bang cases - a very popular collection that debuted back in 2004 - have featured mostly round-shaped forms. In 2011 Hublot debuted a tonneau-shaped case kno [...]

I understand that some of our more genteel audience members and colleagues in the watch industry may find our ongoing use of the term watch porn to be vulgar, but we have yet to discover a more apt way to refer to timepieces (and the images thereof) that inspire our passion on such a basic and visceral level. So, for those who are offended by watch porn, perhaps you can suggest a more appropriate term to describe what we are seeing here in the new-for-SIHH-2016 A. Lange Sohne Datograph Perpetua [...]

Usually Oris Big Crown watches are rather retro. This one isnt as retro visually and feels like something a helicopter pilot would have worn during the Vietnam era, or even today. Though none of that is what the watch is based on at least through name. Oris opted to dedicate this new watch to the famous Bell X-1 range of planes that were designed and flown simply to go fast.First flown in what I believe was the late 1940s, the X-1 was basically a flying bullet powered by a rocket engine. It was [...]

Few films of the last 25 years have left a deeper aesthetic mark on pop culture than 1999s The Matrix. Its green-tinted, black leather-clad vision of cyberspace is instantly recognizable to this day, with an influence that stretches far beyond the movie theater to touch the worlds of fashion and design. With the fourth film in the series, The Matrix Resurrections, set to debut in theaters and on HBO Max on December 22, 2021, the Matrix look may well be due for a comeback. Hamilton dives into thi [...]

This is it folks, this is the Patek Philippe watch (of today) that you are going to want. Brand new for 2011, and likely hard as hell to get for the foreseeable future, this is the Reference 5270 perpetual calendar chronograph watch (5720G). In white gold the case is Western-wearable at 41mm wide and looks spectacular. Really happy to see a Patek Philippe with all the right stuff that isnt under 40mm. Look how nice it looks on the wrist. I got jealous of my own wrist just wearing it. Patek did s [...]

Ill be the first to confess to mechanical watch snobbery - ever since learning about the history of watchmaking and the engineering and artistry that goes into creating these anachronistic machines, Ive gravitated toward automatic and hand-winding watches. But ignoring what a quality quartz watch offers can result in a myopic approach to watch appreciation (guilty as charged). For me, wearing the Citizen Chandler chronograph over the past few weeks has been an eye-opening reminder of just how re [...]

omega prices for watches like the new GMT Master II can be higher than double retailHave you perhaps noticed that some brand new watches are on the market for above retail price, and on top of that appear impossible to get? As you read these words someone, somewhere is trying to purchase a brand new omega, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, or something else from a select few number of brands whose close to entry-level watches might currently be very hot commodities. That translates into a frustra [...]

Sponsored post presented on by advertiserThe worlds very first wristwatches were for women, and now, 200 years later, the timepiece industry has a number of classic designs in the womens segment as a result of such a legacy. Timepiece wearers love classic designs because their relevance seems to eschew trends and merely temporary tastes. Such items are watches that looked good yesterday, today, and will still look good tomorrow. Timeless watches for women (and men, for that matter) also have th [...]

As I mentioned in my recent review of the Breitling Transocean 38 watch, Breitling was not really a brand that I found myself drawn to, as they felt overly-complicated for my own daily use and preferences. The Breitling Transocean collection, however, shows a slice of their lineup that takes things in a different (and dare I say, cleaner) direction. It is in this collection that we find an homage to the first chronograph with an independent pushpiece, in the form of the Breitling Transocean Chro [...]

Here we have an absolute beauty from Jaeger-LeCoultre that we found stowed away in a case at SIHH 2014. Its not very often that you see both a flying tourbillon and a perpetual calendar in one watch, let alone one powered by an automatic movement. Amazingly, the complex nature of this horological piece from Jaeger-LeCoultre is matched by an equally complex name . Feast your eyes on the Master Grande Tradition Tourbillon Cylindrique a Quantieme Perpetuel offered in 18k pink gold for 2014 it was [...]

Sponsored PostGlashutte Original Senator Chronometer Regulator watch in 18k rose goldThe Glashutte Original Senator Chronometer entered the collection in 2009 and quickly became one of Glashutte Originals most recognizable timepieces. It is differentiated from the other watches in the collection as it adheres to the German Chronometer standard. While the accuracy standard of the German Calibrating Service, DKD, is similar to the more prevalent Swiss C.O.S.C. test, the German Chronometer standard [...]