History

WatchTime was founded in New York City in 1999 by the Ebner Publishing Group of Ulm

Ulm

Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...

, Germany. http://www.watchbizz.com/about/index.php Ebner is a diversified publishing company and Europe's leading publisher of consumer wristwatch magazines. Ebner publishes 4 consumer wristwatch magazines and over 100 magazines and journals overall in categories including computers and the internet, music, film, TV and video editing, fashion, architecture, and lifestyle, with total circulation exceeding 7 million. http://www.ebnerulm.de/ Since its founding, WatchTime has grown to become America's top watch magazine. http://www.watchbizz.com/about/index.php

Style

WatchTimes mission is to be the leading authority on watch

Watch

A watch is a small timepiece, typically worn either on the wrist or attached on a chain and carried in a pocket, with wristwatches being the most common type of watch used today. They evolved in the 17th century from spring powered clocks, which appeared in the 15th century. The first watches were...

es, 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, books, DVDs, 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. http://www.watchbizz.com/about/index.php 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 respected American and European watch journalists and experts, complemented by prominent lifestyle feature writers. Each issue offers a mix of informative and entertaining 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. http://www.watchbizz.com/about/index.php

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

BaselWorld

Baselworld Watch and Jewellery Show is a trade show for the watch and jewellery industry organized annually in the city of Basel, Switzerland. The international show unites about 2,100 exhibitors from over 45 countries, including the leading watch and jewelry brands, as well as companies...

and the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie or SIHH. http://www.sihh.org/ The "Inside Basel and Geneva" shows include photos and video of the new timepieces plus interviews with top executives from leading watch brands. http://www.watchtime.com/news/

Awards

In 2008 WatchTime earned a Silver "Eddie" award form Folio Magazine for its March 2008 issue in the Consumer/Enthusiast category http://www.foliomag.com/2008/2008-eddie-awards-winners-0, and in 2002 WatchTime earned a Gold Eddie. http://www.watchtime.com/archive/wt_2003_01/WT_2003_01_editors_letter.pdf

Notable Contributors

WatchTime's contributors include a veritable Who's Who of 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.

WatchTime Books and DVDs

• Buyer's Guide. WatchTime offers an annual buyer's guide with information about more than 1000 watches from over 150 watch brands. Watches are divided into 12 price categories from under $500 to over $50,000. For each watch, the guide includes a picture plus all of the basic information, including the list price. The guide is updated each year to include the latest models. http://www.watchtime.com/books-dvds/buyers-guide/

• The World of Watches by Lucien F. Trueb. This comprehensive encyclopedia includes more than 440 pages and over 330 illustrations. The book profiles hundreds of watch companies from Switzerland, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Italy and the United States. It presents brand histories along with top models and collections. Also included is a Who's Who of watch-movement manufacturing, along with an overview of 500 years of watch history and technology. http://www.watchtime.com/books-dvds/the-world-of-watches/

• Inside Basel and Geneva DVD. This DVD presents an extended version of the Jeff Kingston/WatchTime Inside Basel and Geneva presentation, detailing the new watches unveiled by more than 40 brands at the annual Baselworld and SIHH wristwatch trade shows. The 4 hour-plus DVD includes interviews with leading brand executives. http://www.watchtime.com/books-dvds/baselsihh-dvd/