Early last year, just after SIHH 2015, I wrote an article for Departures Magazine on the prevalence of women’s watches. The year before that, I had written an article in…
Women’s Watches, Especially Mechanicals, Continue to Steal the Limelight
Hands-on and in-depth reviews of timepieces.
Quality Determines Staying Power During Difficult Times –Especially in the Watch World
Today, I read with interest the editorial letter from Paul O’Neil, editor in chief of World Tempus, a highly regarded industry publication for which I write. O’Neil suggested that quality over quantity…
Don’t Miss The Luxury of Time Exhibition at the MET, NY, Now
The New Year is filled with grand surprises and for watch rs and historian buffs of time – If you are planning to visit the Big Apple anytime soon — you…
Ulysse Nardin Unveils Year of the Monkey Classico Watch with Comic Likeness
Ulysse Nardin takes the playful spirit of the monkey to new heights in its rendition of the Year of the Monkey Classico watch. In this design, the artisans at Ulysse…
Chopard Turns to Ancient Arts for “Year of the Monkey” L.U.C XP Urushi Watch
Chopard has been creating timepieces utilizing the ancient art of Urushi for several years now. This year, the brand brings the specialty paining technique to the forefront in its L.U.C…
Meet the Jaquet Droz “Year of the Monkey” Petite Heure Minute Watches
The artisans at Jaquet Droz created two new “Year of the Monkey” Petite Heure Minute watches this year– and each is a stunner. Each is based on the legend of…
Introducing the Vacheron Constantin “Year of the Monkey” Watch from the Legend of the Chinese Zodiac Collection (Prices)
Continuing our coverage of the Year of the Monkey watches, we take a lo at the Vacheron Constantin “Metiers d’Art, Legend of the Chinese Zodiac” collection — this year with the new “Year…
Meet Harry Winston’s “Year of the Monkey” Premier Watch –Yes, Men, This One is for the Women (Prices)
While we have officially started our New Year, the Chinese New Year does not begin until next month: February 8, to be precise. So, to honor everyone’s new year, every…
5 Reasons Why Rolex Gets It Right – As Usual
With the new year upon us, the Pantone Color Institute has announced its hot colors of 2016.Typically, there is one star color of the year, but this year they have…
Happy New Year — Time Ticks By in a Mechanical Dance that Welcomes 2016 — Time to Celebrate
Each year we lo back on the highlights of the year that has just gone by (we did that here yesterday), and while reflection is good, loing forward can be better.…
Reflections in Time: A Look Back on 2015 from A Timely Perspective (Slideshow)
It has been a very interesting year at ATimelyPerspective.com from a variety of perspectives. We have than doubled our traffic thanks to our enthusiastic readers, and those es chocked with…
Watchstars Awards Go to Tudor, A. Lange & Sohne, MB&F and Omega Watches
As the year winds down, the winners of the Watchstars Awards 2015-2016 have been named. Winners of the awards are selected by a panel of watch experts via independent voting. The expert…
Hands On with the MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual Calendar Watch
What can we say about MB&F that we haven’t already said? Different, edgy, unique, incredible and — well — an all-around great team of people, as well. Now, MB&F brings…
Meet Martian Voice Command Watches … A Pretty Cool Smart Watch
It has been an incredible year for Smartwatches. From announcements made in March at BaselWorld by top watch brands to the launch of the Apple Smartwatch — being connected has never…
The Day Before Christmas
‘Twas the day before Christmas, when all through the watch world, Not a watchmaker was stirring, no machines whirled; The tools were all placed on the benches with care, In…