Welcome back to Sunday Morning Showdown. This week, we follow up last week’s titanium face-off with a battle between two Swiss chronographs. But these are not just any chronographs. Both of these watches have a claim to firsts in outer space. You’ve read it in the title already, but today’s showdown will be between the Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch and the Breitling Na

It has not escaped your attention that the retail price for a new Omega Speedmaster Professional has recently increased. Omega drastically changed many things, not only under the hood (caliber 3861) but also with different exterior parts than before. A new case, dial, hands, and bracelet were been designed for the Moonwatch, making it aesthetically truer to the 1960s models. On top of that, the Sp

Our friends at Collective Horology are no strangers to awesome collab releases. The team seems to possess the diplomatic skills required to push some of the greatest watchmakers to do things outside of their usual scope. In the case of Armin Strom, a brand that doesn't shy away from combining tradition with radical new ideas anyway, that could only result in something cool.In fact, it already has.

In February of 2022, Oris and Chronos, WatchTime's sister publication, released a limited-edition watch together. The 38mm stainless steel Divers Sixty-Five Calibre 400 had a blue vignette dial. It was the first time the Divers Sixty-Five became available with the new movement in a 38mm case. But as there were only 200 made, it was quite hard to get one. Now Oris is bringing a new 38mm Divers Sixt

This week, Fratello On Air returns with an episode about collecting watches and whether we’ll ever stop. It’s a good question that we lightly debate because we feel similarly. The watch world is almost endless, providing us with nearly infinite opportunities to learn and enjoy.

One of Hamilton’s most popular series of watches is, without a doubt, the Khaki Field Mechanical. This range of traditional military-inspired field watches is probably the first that many watch enthusiasts will think of when hearing the name Hamilton. I am one of them as well, and I love the Khaki Field Mechanical series. Multiple variants speak to me, which makes picking a favorite hard. Th

When I just started out liking and looking at (serious) mechanical watches, Ebel was one of the brands that I really liked. Especially their chronograph with Zenith El Primero movement was particularly interesting, easy to recognize as these models have a snap-on case back. Over the years, the movements changed (from Zenith to Ebel’s in-house caliber 137) but the characteristic case shape wi

About a week ago, I was able to test drive a Calibre de Cartier. Having seen it during the SAHH in Amsterdam in 2010, I was quite impressed by its specifications and masculine look, but didn’t have the opportunity to try it ever since.Cartier was never that much on my radar, until I met Geo who runs the?Troisanneaux website and moderates the Cartier forum of Revo-Online. I’ve learned t

Disclaimer: The watch photographed was an early production prototype. I’m told there will be a number of changes to the final version, they’re also looking into the possibility of additional/ alternate dials…The Maitres du Temps Chapter Three is an interesting piece because it carries clear DNA from its creator – Kari Voutilainen (the dial) – whilst at the same time r

Vintage SpeedmasterIt’s Speedy Tuesday! When you buy a vintage Speedmaster watch, one of the thoughts that might occur is that you wonder what kind of life the watch had before you bought it. Who bought it in the first place? Why did this person picked this watch? Where has the watch been? This of course, goes for the watches that doesn’t come with ‘provenance’ or are not i

Ressence Type 1 And Type 3One of the new kids on the block that we definitely wanted to see during Baselworld was Ressence. We already mentioned them in our watchtime.com Top 5 watches from Baselworld' article. This young brand was founded in 2009 by Benoit Mintiens. When you look at his biography you could be surprised that an industrial designer goes watchmaker, or not. While it's not uncommon t

Recently we found a new winder, the Spin-R, on our desk to give our watch a spin. We’ve covered?a hand full of?watch winders over the past years.?Just search for ‘winder‘ on our site and you should be able to find our previous reviews on watch winders for those interested.After unboxing the new Spin-R winder we are looking at a?white box shaped?winder measuring (LxWxH) 16 x 12,5

Early May, Tudor and retailer Bucherer unveiled the Heritage Black Bay Bronze Blue watch. This watch is part of Bucherer’s Blue Editions, a collaboration between Bucherer and a number of watch manufacturers. Only available at Bucherer Boutiques, but we were able to get one for a few weeks to see how it wears. Without further ado, our hands-on Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze Blue review.Tudor

Dutch-Swedish watch brand MAEN has released their second model on Kickstarter and the campaign was fully funded in a little over a week. With only a few days left, it might be worthwhile to check out the different options that are still available against a reduced Kickstarter price!The design style of MAEN is to bring contrasting styles together in their timepieces and the Manhattan 40 is no excep

In 2015, the Speedmaster Silver Snoopy Award watch was introducing during BaselWorld. A watch that sold out in one day at the show, to Omega's network of dealers and boutiques. This watch commemorated the 1970 Apollo 13 mission where the Speedmaster played a very important role in the safe return of astronauts Swigert, Lovell and Haise. The full story can be read here, and we also included it in o

Just recently, Sky wrote about her favourite of the Dirty Dozen: The Vertex. Of course, the Vertex that was part of the Dirty Dozen resulted in the M100. But what about the Vertex MP45?The Vertex MP45 is a (military) monopusher that has been based on a Vertex watch from 1945. At the time, Vertex was commissioned to make an ordnance timing watch. Together with Lemania, they worked on such a piece.

A watch that celebrates the lifestyle of motorcycling, surfing, and skateboarding. We think it is probably the first time that a watch commemorates a lifestyle event that is about these activities. Meet the Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Wheels and Waves Limited Edition.Last week in Biarritz, where the Wheels and Waves festival took place for the 8th consecutive time, Breitling presented the

This week in Pre-owned Picks, I am looking at the forgotten Big Block chronograph from Tudor. The term Big Block was coined by collectors in reference to the case height. The reason for the thicker case? This was Tudor's first line of automatic chronographs. Most interestingly, these came out twelve years before placed the modified Zenith El Primero movement in the 1988 Daytona.Before the Oyster

Unfortunately, there was no Grand Seiko event this year. Normally, these annual get-togethers provide the perfect backdrop for new releases to first see the light of day. Instead, the Grand Seiko watches came to us. There is plenty to come over the course of the year (some of the novelties are still embargoed, of course). What I can say, however, having had the benefit of seeing what remains behin

I’m sure we’ve all done it. Instinctively reaching for your cell/mobile phone when you want to check or confirm the time is becoming commonplace. But perhaps we are living through a transition period that might see time’s most trusted teller return to the wrist after all. But maybe not in the way we’d like…On the surface, this question seems a bit odd. It seems a bit