WatchTime Los Angeles kicks off this Friday, May 3, with 27 sponsoring watch brands and a host of watch-industry VIPs. Among the brands’ new products on display will be, of course, some new chronograph models making their U.S. debut after being... -

Astor+Banks is a brand based in Chicago that creates watches with a unique spin on the ?military heritage? genre. Brand founder Andrew Perez is a veteran, and has designed Astor+Banks?s latest watch, the Sea Ranger, as the type of piece he... -

From a customer’s perspective, there are currently two distinctly different ways of looking at Grand Seiko. For one, Grand Seiko, as the consensus seems to suggest, has become truly very expensive, and I seem to agree with that sentiment. By its... -

Watches inspired by motorsports are in no short supply. But there are some watch brands that dedicate themselves more to the sport than others. One such brand is Chopard. While often overlooked in its price bracket, Chopard has a large catalog of... -

The French fashion house?s new offering, featured at last month?s Baselworld trade fair in Switzerland, is also available with a dial set with 116 brilliant-cut diamonds Watch and jewellery leaders and innovators presented their latest designs at... -

Whenever I can, I like to review women’s watches that I admire for their design and value. Not being a woman myself, I can’t review these as I would a men’s watch, but I can put a women’s watch on a woman and offer fair... The post Emile... -

WatchTime Los Angeles, the West Coast’s biggest watch-collector extravaganza, kicks off on May 3, boasting more than 25 luxury watch brands as well as several of the watchmaking world’s rock stars and creative visionaries. Here are five of the... -

Like any other consumer product, watches can be divided up into any number of categories, from the completely broad and almost all encompassing, to the hyper specific and niche. One of the easier dichotomies to understand in the watch world is... -

Germany’s A. Lange & Söhne has announced the fourth timepiece in its limited edition run of new releases to celebrate the 25th anniversary of 1994’s original Lange 1 (a new Lange 1 will be released each month until October). Following the... -

Early April 2019 saw the first LAmicroLUX watch event here in Los Angeles, California. As the media partner of the event, aBlogtoWatch was also asked to speak to guests with a keynote delivered by myself, Ariel Adams. LAmicroLUX was designed as a... -

Élégante by F.P. Journe was originally intended to be solely the brand’s offering for female enthusiasts. It was first released in 2016 and it uses an in-house quartz movement that took Journe and team eight years of R&D to perfect. Not only does... -

Last year I covered Longines’ release of the HydroConquest featuring a ceramic bezel. A year later, the brand has taken the next logical step and released a full ceramic version to complement the popular HydroConquest line. Longines is so keen for... -

And we’re off! The 2019 Windup Watch Fair San Francisco is now open, so swing on by and enjoy an entire weekend of watch goodness. For the full list of vendors and details, visit the event website here. The fair will be hosted at 459... -

At least once a year Rolex introduces a product which I like to call its annual “F-You watch.” For 2019, that is the 18k white gold and 42mm-wide new ref. 226659 Yacht-Master 42. The F-You watch, in general, serves a very specific value for... -

The Swiss watch industry has largely survived due to its emphasis and commitment to the “old world” ways of watchmaking. Few brands have committed to this old world like Bovet. Traditional in style, but impressively forward-thinking, both... -

It was only a few short years ago that Farer launched a line of simple quartz pieces with distinct design elements that set them apart from the competition. They?ve expanded significantly since the introduction of those first quartz watches in... -

While many watch brands claim to produce professional diver’s watches, few can claim legitimate roots in commercial diving. Enter Scurfa Watches, a microbrand founded in the UK in 2014 by commercial saturation diver and watch nerd, Paul Scurfield... -

Grand Seiko is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Spring Drive movement this year with three freshly designed sports models. For those unfamiliar, Spring Drive is a groundbreaking movement originally produced by Seiko in 1999, which maintains... -

We’re just one day out from Windup Watch Fair San Francisco 2019! As always, Windup Watch Fair is free and open to the public. This year’s show is packed with some of our favorite watch brands and products, all of which will be available for... -