Hublot chairman Jean-Claude Biver and Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd hosted a night out at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center last night, home of the Nets basketball team. The event was a dinner and opportunity to meet Biver, and was held for watch fans, TimeZone members, “Hublotistas” and many fellow watch executives who attended as friends of […]

Hot on the heels of its “Jeans” watch for women, Hublot follows up with a Jeans version for men, with a larger, chronograph version in a 44mm case. Genuine dark blue denim (a hot color for men on the fashion runways this season) is put through a complex hardening process and used as a covering […]

Van Cleef & Arpels takes its inspiration from the heavens for its latest masterpiece, the Midnight Planetarium Poetic Complication. The maison is well known for its mastery of watchmaking’s metiers d’arts, including enameling, engraving and gemsetting. Together, these crafts combine with a “poetic” movement in a piece that reduces the scale of the heavens to […]

The metiers and gemset collections of Cartier always reach the outer limits of creativity without getting too crazy. This year at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva, Cartier presented several high jewelry pieces in the L’Heure Envoûtée de Cartier collection, among the more than 100 watches introduced altogether. The elegantly arched crocodile […]

This beautiful timepiece gets points for best use of lapis lazuli in a timepiece and extra double points for presenting the moon phase indication in a way that departs from the traditional gold sun on a blue disc that moves under a window on the dial. The display on this dial is utterly unique, with […]

As one of the original makers of pilot’s watches, Zenith dedicates some of its modern aviation timepieces to famous pilots. The new Type 20 GMT 1903 is a tribute to the Wright Brothers. It will be introduced in a limited edition of 1,903 pieces, in honor of the date that Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved […]

I had a sneak peek of this watch when I was at the Cartier manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds in early December, and thrilled to see the brand’s very first diver’s watch. Aesthetically, the Calibre seems tailor-made to serve as a sports watch (or “tool” watch), with its wide lugs and crown protector, while retaining the […]

Zenith celebrates its heritage as a maker of pilot’s watches this year, with several introductions in the Montre D’Aéronef (“onboard watch”) Type 20 collection. One of these, the new Pilot Montre d’Aéronef Type 20, is especially appealing for its combination of heritage and modern elements. It contains the El Primero 4054 B movement, distinguished by […]

The PanoLunar flying tourbillon is part of the brand’s Art & Technik collection of high complications, reinterpretations of watchmaking’s most important inventions. This latest wonder of micro-engineering is a flying tourbillon – one that is cantilevered on a bottom anchor only, leaving the top open for a better view). Functions that include hours, minutes, seconds […]