Many of the world’s top watch brands align themselves with top chefs. The relationship seems natural – fine dining, fine watches. Blancpain and three-Michelin-star chef Daniel Humm see it as…
The year that Armin Strom unveiled his first eponymous watch brand at Baselworld, 1984, I visited him. It was my first time at the show, as well. He was kind and enthusiastic about his art — skeletonization. It was no easy feat to skeletonize a watch, but he had mastered the technique with intricate carvings…
Affordable Watches:88 Rue Du Rhone – Another New Kid on the Block
Continuing with our affordable Swiss-made watch portion of the week, we bring you the recently launched 88 Rue Du Rhone brand. This affordable Swiss-made collection is created by the Raymond…
Watch Education: How does a Quartz Watch Work?
Earlier this year we wrote about the differences between automatic and manual-wind mechanical watches. This week, during our Affordable Watches week, we want to explain the quartz watch. While many…
Introducing Tire’d Watch Company’s Rapide
Moving higher up the retail price point of affordable watches this week, we now unveil a new and unusual Swiss-made watch brand. Definitively opposites – the words Tire’d and Rapide have…
Kenneth Cole New York Launches Watch benefitting amfAR
Continuing with our Affordable Watches week, and recognizing the philanthropic side of time, we bring you a wonderful new timepiece. Just recently, Kenneth Cole New York, through its watch licensee…
Off the Cuff: Affordable Digital Reflex Watches
By Kyle Lyon From the moment I turned it on, the bright blue LED lights blinked with energy. A sense of excitement rushed over me. Surrounded with a gel-like rubber…
Affordable Watches — This Week at ATimelyPerspective
This week, in answer to many of our watch enthusiast readers, we are bringing back an old favorite — Affordable Watches Week. Many of our readers have teens and early-20’s…
Patek Philippe New York – Just Like Being in Geneva
Earlier this week, Patek Philippe celebrated the official opening of its new offices and watch service department in New York City. High above Rockefeller Center, with a superb view of…
Watch Education: What Exactly is a Perpetual Calendar Watch?
One of the most sought-after complications on today’s watch market is the perpetual calendar. These sophisticated time trackers typically hold calibers with anywhere from 300 to 600 pieces and command…
Introducing Thomas Prescher’s Second Watch of the Nemo Series
We’ve written about this ingenious independent watchmaker several times before. Thomas Prescher is a man who follows his own drum beat. Inspired by Jules Verne’s 10,000 Leagues Under the Sea,…
Chopard Unveils its L.U.C XPS Poincon de Genève Watch
As it opens its newest boutique on Rue du Rhone in Geneva, Chopard unveils the new L.U.C XPS watch in platinum with a stunning midnight blue dial. The ultra-thin watch…
Introducing Cartier’s Dial Art
This year Cartier reverts to history — reinterpreting ancient arts into watch dial formats that leave us all a bit jealous of those who can afford to buy these masterpieces,…