
The Dirty Little Secret of the Rose Gold-Plated Watch? It Makes Sense
Plated and PVD rose gold watches are little discussed, but great examples are out there — and they cost fractions compared to their solid-gold brethren.

Plated and PVD rose gold watches are little discussed, but great examples are out there — and they cost fractions compared to their solid-gold brethren.
By Chris Wright

Filson’s release of watches in 25 styles for pre-sale yesterday shouldn’t be a surprise: its partnership with Shinola, a sister company, was announced at Baselworld last year.
By Chris Wright

Despite the economic clouds that blew into Geneva the week before, there were still some spectacular new watches at the annual Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie. This year, the exclusive exhibition of high watchmaking lived up to its name.
By Jason Heaton

A timepiece crafted from meteorite, Bell & Ross’s WWII-inspired Vintage BR, Victorinox Swiss Army reimagines its Maverick and more.
By Jason Heaton

It’s more for divers than coffee shop dwellers — but the new Anstead Oceanis 001 still has character.
By Chris Wright

These are our best Timekeeping stories of 2014.
By Jason Heaton

This Week in Watches: commemorating Raymond Weil, Hublot’s tribute to Cricket, Bulova puts out a 24 karat timepiece and more.
By Jason Heaton

This Week in Watches: Panerai’s new Luminor chronograph, G-P’s Large Date Moonphase Mechanics of Art Deco, Parmigiani’s upcoming SIHH 2015 and more.
By Jason Heaton

The most complicated watch Patek Philippe has ever made without the aid of a computer is going on the auction block again at Sotheby’s in Geneva, Switzerland this November 11.
By Ed Estlow

This year Walter Lange turned 90, and the company his grandfather built celebrates 20 years since its post-Cold War rebirth.
By Jason Heaton

I’ll never own a Lange & Söhne timepiece. Yet ask me what my favorite watch brand is and I’ll spit out their name without hesitation.
By Jason Heaton

Iceland is perhaps the most exotic place on Earth. And it’s only a five-hour flight from Manhattan.
By Jason Heaton

For the 11th installment of our Timekeeping Selects series with Analog/Shift, we’re presenting an OMEGA Seamaster Professional “SHOM” ($3,500), designed for the study of French coasts in 1973 by the Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine.
By Jason Heaton

You did well this year. Now — what to spend that bonus on?
By Jason Heaton

The term “Frankenwatch” is pejorative, suggesting an impure timepiece cobbled together from parts of questionable origin and vintage. But ask watch collectors to name the best parts from any watch, and they’ll eventually dream up an imaginary watch that only a mad doctor could love.
By Jason Heaton

While testing out the new Braun BN0035 Chronograph, I find out why the midcentury modern design makes me (and many other watch collectors) feel uncomfortable.
By Chris Wright

For the tenth installment of our Timekeeping Selects series with Analog/Shift, we’re selling a “Poor Man’s Heuer”: a 1960s Hamilton chronograph just off of a fresh service in remarkable condition for $1,700.
By Jason Heaton

Offshore yacht racing may seem like a gentleman’s sport, but underestimate it at your peril. Leave the polo shirt and leather boat shoes in your shore bag for the yacht club after-party.
By Jason Heaton

This fall we’ve gathered five vintage watches that strike the themes we like: tradition, a sense of sport, and shrewd shopping.
By Eric Yang

By adopting an open, honest method of utilizing reliable local partners for their movements, Swiss brand Zeitwinkel is delivering original in-house designs while maintaining quality.