Swiss Hublot has its hands in a lot of things, ranging from sponsorships to limited edition watches that seem to celebrate other limited editions. We cant cover them all, but once in a while there is an image or story that we just have to share. It looks like Hublot is sponsoring an Exosuit for the European team that is continuing to dive and explore the region around [...]

Over the past few years, the Longines Heritage collection has quietly become one of the most comprehensive and well-designed groupings of vintage-inspired timepieces of any brand. The Heritage Collection has run the gamut from classic dress pieces to 60s-style divers and beyond. The latest addition to this lineup, the limited-edition Heritage Military 1938, draws fro [...]

If you are going to buy or receive any watches this holiday season you are going to want to listen to the latest episode of HourTime my favorite podcast, because I and John Biggs make it.We talk about brands to buy, brands to avoid, along with some additional new watches not yet available. We offer some buying tips and have the inevitable eBay de [...]

Many of you already know that IWC watches chose 2014 to be the year of the Aquatimer. That means a revisit and reinvention of their popular dive watch collection with a focus on what has worked in the past while trying to set aside what hasnt been as effective. announced the 2014 Aquatimer collection here, and later offered additio [...]

Swiss watch maker Longines has been among the many brands in recent years to dive deeply into the heritage reissue well. This time, they have released a vintage-inspired pilots watch which pays tribute to their longstanding history with aviation. The Longines Avigation BigEye features aesthetics borrowed from several of their vintage aviation and military pieces as well as [...]

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November is an exciting month at because one of you will win a Maurice Lacroix Pontos S chronograph watch ( hands-on here). A wonderfully modern mechanical sport watch, the Pontos S comes in a durable 43mm wide steel case and is water resistant to 200 meters. Our favorite feature is the elegantly designed internal rot [...]

2015 called, it wants its strap computer back. This thought and some unintelligible mouth-noises uttered in disbelief were my first reactions when I saw this news land in my inbox. According to the brand, the new Montblanc?TWIN Smart Strap is supposed to transform traditional timepieces into connected digital companions as well as achieve some other elevated goals And ye [...]

In 2010, Hublot pulled off one hugely?impressive marketing coup when the small but charismatic watch brand somehow managed to fight off larger companies to become the official timekeeper of the South Africa 2010 Fifa World Cup. The World Cup, which takes place every four years, is consistently [...]

In a rush of exciting new releases, Blancpain has expanded the Fifty Fathoms range even further. This one, the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Naguers De Combat Watch, is based heavily on the earliest models in this collection dating from 1953. Here we have a very pared back imagining of the Fifty Fathoms design [...]

At SIHH 2017, Swiss Piaget released two new versions of a timepiece originally re-leased back in 2015. Back then it was called the Piaget Black Tie Vintage Inspiration watch and was produced as a limited edition. For 2017, the Piaget Vintage Inspiration watch is in two new versions, again as limited editions, with a modest price decrease, and a very sexy [...]

If you look at many of the most popular watch brands, youll notice that their collections usually contain a few (or many) classics whose names have been around for years. Brands like Rolex dont really release new models, but rather continue to improve on their core collection over time. Models like the Submariner and Datejust have been arou [...]

The end of 2020 is nearly here and, once again, the team is contemplating what watches stood out the most to them across the last year. As I have much more to say on the topic than we can fit in our forthcoming team article, this post is a summary of what I wore and what I learned as a watch enthusiast in 2020. The inglorious year of 2020 didnt go as anticipated [...]

Join in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the opening party of the new Watches of Switzerland store and two additional adjacent watch brand boutiques the first weekend of December. Located in the heart of the Wynn Hotel, Watches of Switzerland will be celebrating their newest fine timepiece retail location along with two additional dedicated Omega and Breitling stores as part of a multi-day [...]

Earlier this year A. Lange Sohne announced a limited edition collection of (even more) decorated watches as homages of the 165th anniversary of their founder, Ferdinand Adolph (F.A.) Lange. In 1845 Mr. Lange moved from Dresden to the nearby small mountain town of Glashutte. As Lange likes to see it, history was then born!The 165 Years Ho [...]

As part of Oris ongoing relationship with Audi Sport, for 2015, we get the Oris Audi Sport GMT watch that offers one of the more simple driving-themed GMT watches around. In fact, at a glance, the watch doesnt necessarily look like it is a GMT at all. Last year, Oris released the Oris Audi Sport Limited Edition Chronograph as part of celebrating their new relationship with Audi Sport. With its attracti [...]

Ahead of the upcoming SIHH 2018 and to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Montblanc Star Legacy Collection, the brand has announced two new models:?the Montblanc Star Legacy Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph and the Star Legacy Automatic Chronograph. Although both models are chronographs, have Star Legacy in their names, and [...]

For a newly announced partnership with the Starmus Science Festival and in support of its Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication award, Omega will present each of this years three winners with a?special 18k yellow gold Omega Speedmaster watch. The association with a space [...]

For class and confidence it is hard to beat a Jaeger-LeCoultre Master collection timepiece. When I say this I mean two things. First of all, these are formal timepieces meant for fancy occasions and suits. A smart person could pull it off casually, but this is an elegant creation before it is a sport watch for sure. Second, the design, movement, an [...]

When it comes to photography - shooting watches or otherwise - how many megapixels does a photographer really need? Sure, its the singular metric thats more or less defined a veritable arms race in the photo-taking industry since the advent of the digital camera. But does it really matter? Can a 20 megapixel Nikon D500 from five years ago produce the same quality of image as S [...]