A newly announced addition to the Bell Ross Vintage collection is the Bell Ross?BR V1-92 Racing Bird, a distinctly aeronautical-style piece designed in tandem with its chronograph counterpart. The Racing Bird itself is a concept aircraft designed in-house by Bell and Ross design team, while the plane itself remains an idea potentially destined for raceways in the sky. The watches will soon be available in limited?quantities to the public. The Bell Ross BR V1-92 is going to be produced in a li [...]

Until July 23rd, 2017 in New York City, you can attend a rare and interesting luxury watch-world event at the Patek Philippe The Art of Watches Grand Exhibition. For 10 days (July 13-23, 2017) Patek Philippe invites (without any admission price) timepiece collectors as well as the general public to enter their curated world. I visited it personally, and can easily recommend a trip there to anyone who happens to be in the New York City area.Geneva-based Patek Philippe encapsulates much of what ma [...]

This is the second tribute model in the Fifty Fathoms watch collection and to get both models straight youll need to pay close attention to the names. This one is the Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms Aqua Lung watch, whereas last years model is the Blancpain Tribute to Fifty Fathoms watch (note no Aqua Lung at the end).As it is a limited edition, I am not exactly sure how many pieces will be made but this model is very attractive. Is it more so than last years model with the no radiation dial? [...]

The Porsche 911 is to cars what the omega Submariner is to watches. It is a legend and a veritable motoring icon. The 911 has been with us for 55 years and next year there will be an all-new model. Codenamed 992, the latest 911 was only just unveiled at the LA Auto Show last month. To celebrate the launch, Porsche Design has also unveiled a new watch called the 911 Chronograph Timeless Machine Limited Edition.The name is apt because while the 911 has undergone numerous technological changes-from [...]

Hermes?is a fashion brand that has made the rare crossover to an actually respected watchmaking brand, though this is not entirely new. You see, the first watches to bear the Hermes name appeared as early as the 1920s and one of their most iconic models, the Hermes Cape Cod, was born over 26 years ago in 1991. To mark the 25th anniversary of the Cape Cod watch, Hermes introduced new models to the collection earlier this year and heres a closer look at them.All images by Ariel AdamsThere are esse [...]

Since its introduction in 2014, the slim and angular Bulgari Octo Finissimo has made itself a genuine contender in the integrated bracelet luxury sports watch segment traditionally dominated by the likes of Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe through a string of world-record-breaking thin designs. While its slate of 2021 additions is perhaps less extreme than previous years, Bulgari has taken 2021 as an opportunity to broaden the variety of the Octo Finissimo stable with a trio of new colorways a [...]

After attending Dubai Watch Week 2021, is proud to present Spending Time podcasts that will take you to the show with us. Join for this limited series as brings you into Dubai Watch Week 2021 through on-site interviews and expert perspectives. Founder Ariel Adams @ArieltoWatch speaks with co-host Rick @Rickticktalk about the prestigious Dubai event which recently held its every-two year show in November of 2021. Through the next few episodes, we will introduce a series of interviews with some [...]

The team has made dressing up that much easier (and costlier) with our list of the top 10 elegant dress watches. In life, we usually avoid complications, in a dress watch as well, the less the better, a simple uncluttered dial is one of the timeless qualities that a dress watch should fulfill. The focus should ideally be on the essence of a watch. The time in hours and minutes, and little if anything more. Some of the best examples even avoid seconds hands.A good mens dress watch also needs to [...]

A great show were we discuss Hublots Magic Gold, the allure of the new and vintage Omega Ploprof, and all the good stuff you cant afford in the A. Lange Sohne Datograph Up/Down German super watch.Listen to the HourTime Show watch podcast episode 90 here. Download the MP3. [...]

Please enjoy the following article contributed by legendary watchmaker Peter Roberts of England. Peters new self-named brand is Peter Roberts and is about to release their first watch. It is 1969 and the streets of London are still swinging. As a young horology student, at Hackney Technical College, I am wondering where I will be able to get my hands on some top quality watches for practice. Surprisingly, owners of fine watches are not willing to risk their precious timepieces to an impecunious, [...]

The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is an iconic watch. Dont believe me? Well, do a little research on Google and you should quickly find three key attributes justifying the icon status: 1) its one of the original dive watches that one could take 100s of meters under water without fear of damage; 2) its the first watch to include a unidirectional rotating bezel that allows quick timing of your dive; and 3) its one of the first watches to include enough luminescent material on its dial and bezel to make [...]

The new-for-2017 Omega Speedmaster Racing Master Chronometer reference 329.32.44.51.01.001 is the modern-and, until now, quite fat-Speedmaster Moonwatch put on a diet. Yeah, right, its just as wide from the front, but very noticeably slimmer in its profile. It is not all looks and no smarts either, as it now packs the latest generation, METAS-certified, 15,000 Gauss-resistant Master Chronometer caliber 9900. Lets see if all that, a lower price, and some orange accents suffice?to make ones heart [...]

A-grade stuff from Schaffhausen. Loosely translated, thats what Probus Scafusia, the motto of watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen, stands for. Its difficult to have any form of interaction with IWC without being reminded of it-the IWC Pilots Watch Chronograph 41 reviewed here has it on its crown in intricate relief. With that in mind, lets now see how successfully this A-grade mentality has transformed ideology into matter with the Pilots Watch Chronograph 41.The number of luxury watch brands currently [...]

Now, Parmigiani jumps on the skeletonized-thin-dress-watch boat, with their Parmigiani Tonda 1950 Squelette-a rather handsome new timepiece that will be debuted at SIHH 2015, with a version for men and another for women. originally debuted the Tonda 1950 back when Parmigiani released it in 2010 here. Agreeably attractive, the graceful shape of the Parmigiani Tonda 1950 combined comfort, legibility, thin-size, and a superb in-house automatic movement with a micro-rotor.At 39mm wide, the Tonda 19 [...]

Bell Ross was one of the original companies to offer an all-black watch. The BR-01 Phantom was offered as a limited edition of 500 pieces of the basic model and 500 of the chronograph. The Phantom attracted a lot of attention and both models sold out faster then any other color BRs offered by the manufacturer. The BR-03 Phantom picks up where its BR-01 big brother left off. It has a limited production run of 500 pieces per year, and promises to be quite a popular watch. We still have not been a [...]

Bell Ross, purveyors of aviation-themed, instrument-styled watches, have recently announced the addition of two limited edition models to one of their core collections. The new Bell Ross BR03-92 Horoblack three hand automatic and the BR03-94 Horolum chronograph are bead-blasted, subdued takes on the BR03 square-cased standard and feature sandwich dials intended for maximum legibility.Starting with the BR03-92 Horoblack, Bell Ross have elected to stick with their standard 42mm BR03, stainless [...]

Just released is this Parmigiani Hijri Perpetual Calendar watch, the brands first wristwatch to track the Islamic lunar calendar. I say wristwatch because there have been at least some pocket watches featuring the complication that were restored by Michel Parmigiani himself, though I imagine there arent many, as one of them was a Gregorian calendar that was done in Arabic and given to a king. This restoration work inspired Parmigiani to create a Hijri calendar table clock back in 2011. Its hard [...]

Last year Bell Ross added to their heritage collection with the Bellytanker duo, one a three-hand time only piece, and one chronograph. This year Bell Ross are bringing you a pair of watches modeled after a racing aircraft designed in-house by Bell Ross design team. The Bell Ross BR V2-94 Racing Bird Chronograph is a 41mm vintage-inspired, two register chronograph. Its the counterpart to their BR V1-92 Racing Bird, both of which are going to be available in limited editions of 999 pieces.Spe [...]

For 2013 Perrelet will be adding a chronograph version of the Turbine to the popular watch collection. Originally released several years ago as a sort of test sport watch, the Turbine became quite popular and has since spawned a lot of versions, including the original 43mm wide size and later a Turbine XL 50mm wide size (see a full review here). Given the design of the dial and the moving turbine that spins with the motion of your wrist, it didnt seem possible that Perrelet could offer additiona [...]

Flight has always been one of the main arteries?into the watch hobby. As collectors, we fantasize about strapping a reliable timepiece to our wrist and taking to the sky on a grand adventure-the watch, our noble companion keeping us on track. One way that IWC recognizes?this and honors that tradition is with?with their Le Petit Prince collection. Named after author and aeronautical pioneer?Antoine de Saint-Exupe?rys famous novel, this line of watches features a signature midnight blue dial. Fres [...]