WatchTime India Magazine - Special Issue - 2024

In this issue

On the cover of our annual Sports Watches issue is the newly resuscitated brand Favre Leuba's Deep Blue Renaissance, a watch that's a modern rendition of the 1964 professional diver’s watch of the same name. Under the leadership of industry veteran Patrik Hoffmann, Favre Leuba, which has a strong history of diving watches, is set to bring back its glory days - we've delved deep into the design and history of the brand in the story ‘Tradition Reborn’, and explored how the Deep Blue Renaissance personifies this much-talked-about rebirth. 

This new issue also aims to capture what the 2024 landscape of sports watches looked like. We've explored innovation in sports watches, in the story 'In it to Win It', while in 'High Dive' we've written in detail about the dive watch we found to be most exciting - Singer Reimagined's Divetrack. We've conversed with legends - the Father of G-Shock Kikuo Ibe speaks about the iconic design he never dreamt he would create; CEO Jean-Marc Pontroué discusses with us the terror and joy of Panerai's Experience Edition watches; and wildlife conservationist Dean Schneider talks about raising a pride of lions and collaborating with NORQAIN on a collection. We've covered Victorinox's manufacture in Delemont and its repertoire of watches inspired by the Swiss Army Knife, and our collector feature is with the Thrissur-based Dr Vijay Jayan, whose watch wardrobe (yes, wardrobe, not box) has over a 1000 watches with nearly 500 of them G-Shocks. Our reviews section looks at Blancpain's Bathyscaphe Quantieme Complete Phases de Lune and the TAG Heuer Monaco Split -Seconds Chronograph.

IN GREAT DETAIL

We delve into what design upgrades in the Oris Aquis Date mean for the line...

5 mins

PUSHING BOUNDARIES

A candid conversation with Panerai CEO Jean-Marc Pontroue on the brand’s 2024 developments and what to expect from it in the coming year

9 mins

TRADITION REBORN

The release of 22 new watches across three lines has announced the comeback of the 287-year-old brand Favre Leuba. While the spotlight once again shines on its illustrious past, models like the Deep Blue Renaissance highlight why this return is worth being excited about.

6 mins

THE BULGARI ALUMINIUM BRINGS FUN BACK LGARI

The vanguard watch for casual and stylish luxury is better than ever

5 mins

The Forever Dive

The Quantième Complet Phases de Lune is the most complicated model in the Bathyscaphe collection. It is finally also available with a black ceramic case, and-for the first timealso with a matching bracelet.

3 mins

Hip To Be Square

How a shape took Bell & Ross's success to the next level

4 mins

ABOVE AND BEYOUND

An overbuilt, mechanically complex, yet simplified timepiece developed for all diving functionalities, including the time before and after a dive, unlike other dive watches in the market. To add to that, the Singer Divetrack is the only mechanical diving chronograph ever built.

6 mins

IN IT TO WIN IT

What does innovation in sports watches mean? We found five timepieces that showcased exciting developments this year.

6 mins

THE MAN, THE LEGEND

In conversation with Kikuo Ibe, the father of G-shock

5 mins

Unending Passion

Kerala-based orthopaedic surgeon Vijay Jayan has more than 1,000 watches in his collection, nearly 500 of them G-Shocks. We stepped inside his watch wardrobe...

4 mins

Larger than Life

Wildlife conservationist Dean Schneider has dedicated his life to protecting wild animals, and part of this is Hakuna Mipaka, his 400-hectare private sanctuary that is home to thousands of different species. On a recent visit to India as part of his collaboration with NORQAIN, Schneider spoke to WatchTime India about the Hakuna Mipaka watch collection and the values he shares with the brand.

5 mins

COURSE FOR VICTORY

Victorinox is shaking up its watch offerings and a visit to its Watch Competence Centre in Delémont showed what exactly this entails

10+ 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.