Pantone made its announcement last month that the color of 2020 would be Classic Blue. Well, 2020 is here and we’re pretty sure this year’s color is going to please most watch rs. After all, classic blue has been a hot color amongst collectors and watch aficionados for years. In fact, throughout the past year…
(Portions of this article by Roberta Naas first appeared on Forbes.) Perhaps so than ever before, today’s watch brands are environmentally conscious and have been leading the way towards preservation of Earth’s resources for a couple of decades now. Some have even pulled out all the stops in recent years to create timepieces with…
Love Is In The Air: Introducing The Breguet Classique 9065 Tahitian
Move over men, this one is for the women, and it’s a lot than just a pretty face. From the legendary watch brand, Breguet, comes a mysteriously beautiful and brilliantly sophisticated new Classique watch: the Breguet Classique 9065. One of the most alluring things about this watch is that is features a lustrous Tahitian…
Why Your Watch Needs To Be Serviced
Just like your car needs regular maintenance, so, too, does your fine mechanical watch. Let’s face it, it is comprised of hundreds of tiny mechanical parts, as well as lubricants that if they get old, dry, or sticky can affect the way your watch works. How often a watch should be serviced is the real…
Timothy John’s Fight Against Parkinson’s, And Montegrappa’s Tulip For Team Fox Pen
It’s a new year. Today, January 1, 2020, we break from the first two decades of the 21st century and start anew — a third decade. We are making history. Never before has there been a January 1, 2020, and never again will there be. To start the new year off right, I thought it…
ATimelyPerspective’s Top Five Posts Of 2019
It’s been a very fast year. In fact, I really can’t believe that at the stre of midnight tonight, it will be 2020. It’s been a very interesting year with a lot of personal and professional developments and let-downs. But I’m sure that’s the case for everyone. It can’t all be a bed of roses,…
Hands On With The Half-Million-Dollar Greubel Forsey GMT Sport
When I got my first hands-on lo at the new Greubel Forsey GMT Sport watch during the recent Dubai Watch Week in November, my jaw dropped. It was everything I would expect from this king of independent watch brands — and . Created in a limited edition of just 11 pieces, this bold sport…
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: An Ode To The Watch World And The Holidays
T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the watch world, Not a watchmaker was stirring; No Machines whirled The tools were all placed on the benches with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The collectors were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of tourbillons danced in their heads;…
Last Minute Gift Ideas For Watch Lovers: Membership To Horological Society of New York
If you haven’t gotten your holiday ducks in a row, so to speak, by now, you are really late. Still searching for ideas for the watch r in your life. Here’s a no-brainer for him or for her. The Horological Society of New York (HSNY), America’s oldest watchmaking guild founded in 1866, offers the gift…
Hands On With The New Steel Tutima Patria Dual Time Watch
German watch brand Tutima has made a lot of strides this year in terms of new product development and extensions of its bed collections. Recently, during Dubai Watch Week, we got a sneak peek at this new Patria Dual Time watch in steel — and it is a beauty. Not only does it lo clean…
Hands On: Carl F. Bucherer Heritage Bicompax Annual Watches
Back in late October at the WatchTime New York show, Swiss watch brand Carl F. Bucherer showcased two new watches that are officially entering stores now. We got to go hands on with the two versions of the Carl F. Bucherer Heritage Bicompax Annual watches and bre the news about them here — complete with…