A look at watches with a variety of horological complications and functions above and beyond telling time.
Parmigiani Fleurier expands its Tonda PF collection with a new interpretation of the Tonda PF Skeleton, combining 18-karat rose gold with the brand’s signature Milano Blue. Limited to just 30…
For centuries, Vacheron Constantin has understood something that only the finest watchmakers bring to reality: the fact that a watch dial does not have to be merely functional. It can…
Formula One watches tend to come dressed for the racetrack: carbon, titanium and, increasingly, plenty of team colors. For the upcoming Singapore Grand Prix, IWC Schaffhausen is taking a decidedly…
Omega is giving its Speedmaster 38mm collection a meaningful refresh, introducing seven new references that sharpen the family resemblance to the legendary Moonwatch while retaining the smaller proportions and colorful…
I’ve been traveling a bit too much lately and, admittedly, ATimelyPerspective has been a little too quiet. So, what better way to get back into the fast lane than with…
Roger Dubuis has spent than a decade turning its Excalibur Knights of the Round Table collection into wearable sculpture, replacing traditional hour markers with miniature figures that transform each watch…
Bell & Ross has built its reputation on watches inspired by aviation, but over the past several years the BR-05 collection has proven that the brand is just as comfortable…
The Mirrored Force Resonance has long stood as one of the most technically intriguing watches in contemporary independent watchmaking. Now, Swiss manufacture Armin Strom is giving the award-winning timepiece an…
With the heat wave we’ve been experiencing, it’s time for something cool – really cool. Every once in a while, a watch comes along that reminds us that haute horlogerie…
With America’s 250th anniversary celebrations bringing Tall Ships into New York Harbor and other ports across the country this summer, it’s a perfect time to take a lo at watches…
Physicist Albert Einstein, famed artist Andy Warhol, American industrial designer Nathan George Horwitt and pop artist Kenneth Scharf don’t have much in common at first glance. Yet each played a…
I was there 30 years ago when Michel Parmigiani launched his eponymous watch brand. Backed by the Sandoz Family Foundation, Michel Parmigiani, recognized as one of Switzerland’s most respected restorers…
I’ve been fascinated by the Freak since the day I first saw it in 2001. When Ulysse Nardin brought the watch to New York a quarter century ago, I spent…
Functional innovation brings greater practicality to one of watchmaking’s intriguing perpetual calendars. Sometimes, when a venerable brand like Vacheron Constantin spends years developing an exceptionally complicated timepiece, the innovations born…
Having visited the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva than once, I can say without hesitation that it is one of the great treats for anyone who s watches — or…