WatchTime
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| Categories | Horology |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| First issue | October, 1999 |
| Company | Ebner Publishing International, Inc. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Website | watchtime |
WatchTime is an American bimonthly magazine which deals with horology and related topics.
Contents
History
WatchTime was founded in New York City in 1999 by the Ebner Publishing Group of Ulm, Germany.[1] Ebner is a diversified publishing company and Europe's leading publishers of consumer wristwatch magazines. The company is 200 years old and is owned by the Ebner family of Ulm. Ebner publishes four consumer wristwatch magazines and over 80 magazines and online journals in categories including computers, music, film, video editing, fashion, firefighters, first responders, with a total circulation exceeding 7 million. [1] Since its founding, WatchTime has grown to become America's top watch magazine according to Barnes & Noble sales numbers and MRI research data.[1]
Style
WatchTime's mission is to be the leading authority on watches, watch culture, and the watch industry, and to inform and entertain watch collectors and enthusiasts with products across a variety of platforms, including print and online media, and live events. WatchTime covers all aspects of fine timepieces: the watches themselves; the companies and countries that manufacture them; and the community of watch lovers who design, manufacture, wear and appreciate them.[1] WatchTime publishes wristwatch tests conducted by experts who assign numeric scores to timepieces, allowing readers to judge the relative merits of the watches. WatchTime also declines to offer the magazine's cover for sale to sponsors. WatchTime is published bi-monthly by a staff of American and European watch journalists and experts, complemented by prominent lifestyle feature writers. Each issue offers a mix of informative and in-depth articles for the American watch aficionado, covering a range of topics, including:
- reviews of specific watches;
- objective watch tests;
- in-depth reports on watch technology, design and history;
- watch company profiles;
- provocative interviews with prominent watch people including celebrities, athletes, collectors, and watch industry power players;
- interesting and offbeat items from around the watch world, and more.[1]
WatchTime Live Events
Each year, WatchTime teams up with noted watch collector Jeff Kingston to present a series of live shows in major U.S. cities recapping the new models introduced at the watch world's two major Swiss trade shows, Baselworld BaselWorld and the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie or SIHH.[2] The "Inside Basel and Geneva" shows include photos and video of the new timepieces plus interviews with top executives from leading watch brands. Many watch collectors travel from across the country and abroad to visit the yearly shows. In 2015 WatchTime will also host a large-scale timepiece exhibition in New York. The event replicates the format of watch shows like Munichtime or Viennatime in Europe, with a projected audience of 1,000+ collectors.
Notable Contributors
WatchTime's contributors include wristwatch writers and experts including Joe Thompson, Norma Buchanan, Mark Bernardo, Christian Pfeiffer-Belli, Gisbert Brunner, Lucian Trueb, Rüdiger Bucher, Alexander Linz, Martina Richter, Jens Koch, and Mike Disher. With WatchTime's support Alexander Linz has become one of the world's leading bloggers with his platform Watch Insider, supported by WatchTime and the Ebner Group.
See also
References
Further reading
- Disher, Mike, "Scenes from Inside Basel/Geneva ’09 San Francisco", WatchTime, July 5, 2009
- Bernardo, Mark "Top 10 Affordable Watches", WatchTime, December 26, 2014
- Bernardo, Mark "The Best Million-Dollar Watches", WatchTime, January 16, 2015
- Friedrich, Carina "WatchTime Press Releases and Audience Metrics", WatchTime, January 31, 2015
