WatchTime India Magazine - October - December 2024

In this issue

WatchTime India’s October-December 2024 issue features the new Santos de Cartier Dual Time on the cover - the first watch in the Santos line with a dual time functionality. The story traces the timepiece’s roots back to the very first wristwatch for pilots, created for Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont by Louis Cartier, and how the new timepiece perfectly lives up to its legacy. The features section takes the reader through Montblanc’s manufactures in Le Locle and Villeret in Switzerland, which are giving the brand an edge few other watchmakers can match. We got up-close with Delhi-based Ravi Sethi’s watch collection, for whom the joy of collecting watches lies not just in timepieces but also in the people and community that help further this passion. There is also an interview with 2024 Rolex National Geographic Explorer Fernando Trujillo, who has spent his life protecting the Amazon river dolphins. Our other conversations are with Christoph Grainger-Herr, CEO, IWC Schaffhausen, on the brand’s 2024 smash hits; Richard Benc, on Studio Underd0g's quirky, colourful approach to horology; and Frederico Ziviani on how Gerald Charles, the last brand from one of watchmaking’s foremost figures, is keeping alive the founder’s design legacy. We also revisited legendary watchmaker George Daniels’s Space Traveller watches that combined different concepts of time reading. The 'Test and Reviews' section inspects Parmigiani Fleurier’s Tonda PF Sport, Breitling's Avenger B01 Chronograph ‘Night Mission’, Nomos Glashütte's Club, and Sinn's 356 Flieger Classic AS E.

CATCH OF THE DAY

We take a look at the top haul from Geneva Watch Days 2024

10+ mins

In Top Shape

In conversation with Christoph Grainger-Herr CEO, IWC Schaffhausen, on the brand’s 2024 smash hits, and what constitutes the perfect WC watch

8 mins

PERFECT LANDING

Santos de Cartier Dual Time is the first in the Santos collection to boast the functionality. We take a closer look at the watch to see how it lives up to its aviation roots.

7 mins

Watchmaking At the Turn of the Millennium

A look back at the year 2000 and the events that

10+ mins

KEEPING THE LEGACY ALIVE

Gerald Charles, the last brand from one of watchmaking's foremost figures, is keeping alive its founder's legacy through timepieces that boast his indelible mark

7 mins

HOT DOG

Richard Benc's Studio Underdog is bringing a quirky, colourful approach to horology

6 mins

WRITTEN IN THE STARS

A close look at legendary watchmaker George Daniels's Space Traveller watches, which combined different concepts of time reading

6 mins

Purpose and Drive

In conversation with the 2024 Rolex National Geographic Explorer Fernando Trujillo on the causes, effects, and results of a life spent protecting the Amazon River dolphins

6 mins

TWICE AS NICE

Montblanc's manufactures in Le Locle and Villeret in Switzerland are giving the brand an edge few other watchmakers can match. We visited both facilities to understand how two approaches one futuristic and the other steeped in tradition have resulted in a wide range of Montblanc offerings that can cater to every kind of watch lover.

10+ mins

ODE TO JOY

For Delhi-based watch collector Ravi Sethi, the pleasure of collecting lies not just in timepieces but also in the people and community that help further it

7 mins

Sportsmanship

A closer look at the latest colour options for Parmigiani Fleurier’s Tonda PF Sport, a high-frequency chronograph in stainless steel that aims to offer “simplicity and sophistication in sportive elegance”.

4 mins

AT NIGHT MISSION

Breitling has relaunched the Avenger collection and sharpened its profile. The new pilots' series brings fresh new chronographs into the picture, along with an automatic and a GMT version. And now, the Breitling in-house Caliber 01 makes its appearance in a slightly smaller fuselage. Our test shows what the new Avenger B01 Chronograph 'Night Mission' version has to offer.

6 mins

WELCOME TO THE CLUB

With the Nomos graduation watch launched back in 2007, the Club had almost left its teenage years behind. Reason enough for the manufacturer in Glashütte to revise this watch's design for the first time ever, but without altering its character. Our test shows how well the Club is maturing.

7 mins

A WELLORDERED CELEBRATION

Sinn celebrated 25 years of its model 356 by introducing a handsome version of this pilots' chronograph that has a symmetrical dial with a subtle colour gradient

3 mins

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WatchTime India Magazine Description:

Launched in 2012, WatchTime India is the result of a collaboration between America's most-read watch magazine, WatchTime and India's leading media house, Malayala Manorama. With an aim to popularize and celebrate the evolving watch culture of the country, the publication is your one-stop destination for everything related to fine luxury watches. From the latest tests to reviews, to exclusive features on the history and horological heritage of some of the most spectacular watch brands of the world, WatchTime India has a lot to offer.