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Richard Mille Partners with Natalie Portman and Free the Children Charity
Richard Mille has added to its already impressive roster of celebrity "friends of the brand" — a lineup that includes tennis ace Rafael Nadal, golfer Bubba Watson and racecar driver Felipe Masa — by welcoming award-winning actress Natalie Portman into the fold at an exclusive dinner at New York City's St. Regis Hotel. … [Read More...]
Hard Timers: How Hublot Conjured its Magic Gold
The Hublot brand is known for its use of unusual materials, including cermet (a mix of ceramic and metal), tungsten, and something the brand named “Hublonium” (an alloy of magnesium and aluminum). Now the company has unveiled one more: a very hard and therefore scratch-resistant alloy of gold Hublot has dubbed “Magic … [Read More...]
WatchTime’s May-June Issue Is On Sale Now!
WatchTime’s May-June issue is on newsstands now, featuring a cavalcade of new watches introduced at the Baselworld watch fair and a triple-feature cover story focusing on the Omega Moonwatch, including a detailed history and a comparative watch test. Click here for highlights from the issue... … [Read More...]
Youth Movement: Girard-Perregaux Brings Young Watchmakers to New York
Recently, I learned firsthand to never again take for granted the faithful functionality of my mechanical watches. Given the opportunity to sit down at a watchmaker's bench and use the tiny tools to painstakingly and precisely attach wheels and jewels to a stripped-down baseplate, it became extremely clear just how much … [Read More...]
Features & Stories
The Big Reveal: Maîtres du Temps Chapter Three
Like many others, I was intrigued by the invitation to see the Maîtres du Temps Chapter Three "Reveal" at this year's Baselworld watch fair in Switzerland. Only when I finally got a good look at the shrouded-in-secrecy timepiece — the third model in the haut-de-gamme "Masters of Time" collection, … [Read More...]
Animation Innovation: Harry Winston’s Opus 12
Each year as Baselworld approaches, one word percolates to the top of the watch world’s collective consciousness: “Opus.” Harry Winston’s Opus pieces often outscore all others on the buzz-generator charts. This year’s Opus watch did not disappoint. It may have momentarily confused some of … [Read More...]
Dominique Loiseau on Girard-Perregaux: The WatchTime Q&A
French-born watchmaker Dominique Loiseau first caught the attention of watch collectors in the 1980s, the great wasteland years of the mechanical watch industry when quartz ruled the watch-world roost. His complex and creative inventions, such the Rose des Temps clock, the Blancpain 1735 wristwatch … [Read More...]
Reviews & Tests
Close-Up: Carl F. Bucherer Patravi EvoTec PowerReserve
In 2010, Carl F. Bucherer added a power-reserve indicator to its Patravi EvoTec watch, launched the year before, thus creating the Patravi EvoTec PowerReserve. Watch reviewer Gwendolyn Benda gives the watch and its in-house movement a thorough once-over in the May-June issue of WatchTime, on sale … [Read More...]
Power Play: Reviewing the Hublot King Power Unico All Black
With the launch of its Unico movement, Hublot became a manufacture. In the March-April issue of WatchTime, writer Martina Richter finds out how the Unico performs inside the brand's King Power Unico All Black. Read her in-depth review of the watch, with stunning visuals by Zuckerfabrik Fotodesign. … [Read More...]
Pilot’s Watch Review: Breitling Chronomat GMT
For many watch lovers, a Breitling is the epitome of a pilots’ watch. So it made sense that we include one in the pilots' watch review in our March-April issue, on sale now. For the story, writer Martina Richter selected nine watches to accompany a trio of pilots – aerobatics champion Klaus … [Read More...]
Elegant Accessories: The Gucci Time Box by Scatola del Tempo
Gucci has teamed up with Scatola del Tempo, an Italian manufacturer specializing in watch winders and boxes, to produce the Gucci Time Box, a luxuriously appointed watch winder that bears the design influence of Gucci's renowned creative director, Frida Giannini. … [Read More...]
Hard Timers: How Hublot Conjured its Magic Gold
The Hublot brand is known for its use of unusual materials, including cermet (a mix of ceramic and metal), tungsten, and something the brand named “Hublonium” (an alloy of magnesium and aluminum). Now the company has unveiled one more: a very hard and therefore scratch-resistant alloy of gold … [Read More...]
Sotheby’s to Auction Rare Patek Philippes Owned by Henry Graves Family
In December 1999, Sotheby’s made watch-auction history. The auction house sold the so-called Henry Graves Supercomplication — a pocketwatch originally commissioned from Patek Philippe by noted watch collector Henry Graves, Jr., and which featured 24 complications — for an astounding … [Read More...]
Watch Business
Million-Dollar Club: What Watch Brands Spent the Most on Advertising in 2012?
If watch advertising is a barometer of the health of a market — and it is — then the U.S. watch market is bouncing back after the catastrophe of 2009. Spending on watch advertising in the United … [Read More...]
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Watch Scene
Richard Mille Partners with Natalie Portman and Free the Children Charity
Richard Mille has added to its already impressive roster of celebrity "friends of the brand" — a lineup that includes tennis ace Rafael Nadal, golfer Bubba Watson and racecar driver Felipe Masa — … [Read More...]
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