By Ryan Walsh While everyone is busy reporting the newest watches being introduced at SIHH (watches that won’t be available for sale on the world market for months to come), we want to take a minute and tell you about some of last year’s SIHH introductions that finally have arrived in stores – so you…
This past weekend marked the Rolex 24 at Daytona event where the Tom Blomqvist, driving #60 Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06, to the victory. Not only did he win the race and trophy, but also he won the coveted Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona watch. Reflecting on his team’s second consecutive win and…
A Practical Guide to Watch Collecting
By Alex Lam Yesterday, we waxed poetic about our passion for watches and the drive to collect and curate them. That article was all about the emotion involved in buying a watch and the relationship one forms with it. Today, we bring a practical view to the concept of watch collecting. After considering the…
Love Affair Revealed: One Man’s Journey into Watch Collecting
By Alexander Lam There are many ways to view an object. At the end of the day an object is inanimate, it does not breathe, it does not feel, it is not alive. However, the objects we touch from day to day, that our five senses observe, we attribute qualities to these objects that a…
Black Beauty? Yes or No? Hublot’s Classic Fusion Tourbillon Night-Out
Ever sinceJean-Claude Biver to over the helm of Hublot — we’ve seen all sorts of bold ights from the brand — ranging from Tutti Frutti gems, to denim straps, Big Bang complications and even the complex La Ferrari. Now, the brand unveils the Classic Fusion Tourbillon Night Out – a crisp clean pitch-black watch sporting…
Technically Speaking, You’ll be Dead before the new A. Lange & Sohne Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase watch Needs to be Adjusted
Just about a month ago, A. Lange & Sohne invited journalists from around the world to the unveiling of its Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase watch that tracks the lunar cycles in — well – grand style. The official unveiling of this watch to the world will occur in just about two weeks at the…
Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Rarest of Them All? Unveiling the Greubel Forsey GMT in Platinum (Pre-SIHH 2014)
We’ve seen this watch make jaws drop. The sheer three-dimensional beauty of the Greubel Forsey GMT has had many a watch collector lusting after it since it was first unveiled to the world in 2011. Now, the brand has upped the ante – unveiling it in platinum – the world’s rarest metal. The watch still…
Introducing Zenith’s El Primero Caliber 410 Triple Calendar Chronograph – an Icon Reintroduced
Those who a precision instrument will be thrilled with the new Zenith Calibre 410 that recalls the original powerhouse introduced in 1969. That same year that men walked on the moon, Zenith unveiled a revolutionary new movement that had been seven years in the R&D stages. The watch – code named the El Primero…
Explore the Galapagos, Be Darwin – OR Wear a New IWC Aquatimer (Pre SIHH 2014)
Those of you who follow me know that I spent some time on the Galapagos Archipelago – complete with a stop at the Charles Darwin Foundation and some island snorkeling — a few years back with IWC – as the brand pledged its support to the Charles Darwin Foundation and to the preservation of this…
Three Top Jump Hour Watches
We get so used to loing at time on our watch in the typical way — with hour hands, minute hands and seconds – that sometimes we forget there are other options out there. One of our favorite “different” timepieces is the jump hour watch. We this because of the super elegant and intriguingly…
Start the New Year with Change not Resolutions
Why is it that everyone rings in the New Year with a bunch of resolutions about what they are going to be sure to change? We here at ATimelyPerspective are not resolving to make changes, we are making them.While last year was a wonderful year for us, we like to remember our roots and move…