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AMERICA'S NO. 1 WATCH MAGAZINE Baselworld Preview: Ulysse Nardin’s Musical StrangerMarch 20, 2013 By 2 Comments  Ulysse Nardin is no stranger (pardon the pun) to complicated watches with chiming mechanisms, having already released its Carnival of Venice minute repeater this year. Its latest such timepiece melds horological savoir faire with Rat Pack cool: the Ulysse Nardin Stranger chimes the melody of the iconic 1966 Sinatra song, "Strangers in the Night" on the hour or on demand. … [Read more...] Tutima Begins Deliveries of Its Hommage Minute RepeaterFebruary 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment  In summer 2011, Germany-based Tutima, known chiefly for its modestly priced pilots' watches, unveiled a watch-world first: the first minute repeater wristwatch whose entire mechanism was built entirely in the German watchmaking town of Glashütte. As of the beginning of this year, the company announced, deliveries of the eagerly awaited timepiece have finally begun. … [Read more...] Carnival of Venice: Ulysse Nardin’s New Minute RepeaterFebruary 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment  Ulysse Nardin's San Marco minute repeater, introduced in the late 1980s, was a bold rebuke to the so-called "quartz crisis," which at the time seemed to herald the obsolescence of the complicated mechanical wristwatch. This year, in advance of this spring's Baselworld watch fair, Ulysse Nardin again struts its stuff as a producer of ornately designed chiming watches with the release of the new … [Read more...] Video: Grieb & Benzinger’s “Blue Danube”January 4, 2013 By 1 Comment  The German watch firm Grieb & Benzinger is known for its one-of-a-kind skeletonized watches with intricate guilloché embellishments. Two of its notable watches are the Blue Danube and the Blue Whirlwind, the latter a skeletonized tourbillon minute repeater based on a rare Patek Philippe caliber. Click here for photos of the Grieb & Benzinger Blue Whirlwind. Click below to see a … [Read more...] SIHH Preview: Piaget Unveils its First Minute RepeaterDecember 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment  Piaget has announced the launch of its first minute repeater timepiece, set to debut at next month's SIHH watch fair in Geneva. In the brand's tradition of historically thin watches and mechanical movements, the new watch sets another record for slenderness in its category: only 4.8 mm thick for the caliber and only 9.4 mm for the case. … [Read more...] Video: Jaquet Droz’s Bird RepeaterDecember 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment Jaquet Droz has channeled the spirit of its namesake, the 18th-century inventor renowned for his complicated automatons and musical clockworks — many of them using singing birds — with its new ultra-complicated timepiece, the Bird Repeater. Click here to see more photos and details of Jaquet Droz’s Bird Repeater. Click below for a video of the Bird Repeater... Receive all the … [Read more...] Mountain Climbing: Montblanc’s Journey to Haute HorlogerieDecember 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment  In this profile piece from WatchTime's January-February 2009 issue, executive editor Norma Buchanan reveals how Montblanc, a brand best known for pens, entered the heady world of haute horlogerie, and explores the brand's ultra-complicated Grand Tourbillon Heures Mystérieuses. … [Read more...] SIHH 2013 Preview: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Grande ComplicationNovember 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment  This year, Audemars Piguet celebrated the 40th anniversary of the original Royal Oak. Next year marks two decades of the larger, sportier Royal Oak Offshore, and Audemars Piguet plans to commemorate the milestone with the release of the extremely limited Royal Oak Grande Complication. The watch makes its debut at the SIHH watch fair in January, but the company has offered a tantalizing glimpse of … [Read more...] Chimes and Birdsong: Jaquet Droz’s Bird RepeaterOctober 26, 2012 By 9 Comments  Jaquet Droz has channeled the spirit of its namesake, the 18th-century inventor renowned for his complicated automatons and musical clockworks — many of them using singing birds — with its new ultra-complicated timepiece, the Bird Repeater. … [Read more...] Christophe Claret’s Soprano Tourbillon Minute Repeater Takes the StageOctober 12, 2012 By 1 Comment  Christophe Claret, known for creating complicated timepieces with tourbillons and repeater mechanisms, has released his most ambitious such model yet, called the Soprano. The watch's signature features are its 60-second tourbillon, stepped "Charles X" bridges made of sapphire, and a musically accurate four-note minute repeater striking Westminster chimes on cathedral gongs. … [Read more...] Patek Philippe and Harry Winston Headline Antiquorum’s October AuctionOctober 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment  Antiquorum, the world's leading auction house devoted to watches, will hold its fall "Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces" auction on October 19th at the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong. More than 300 timepieces will be up for bid, including several notable Patek Philippe watches and rare models from Harry Winston and Louis Vuitton. … [Read more...] First Watch: U.S. Presidents and Their TimepiecesOctober 8, 2012 By 5 Comments  With the presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney heating up, we felt it was the perfect time to share this feature on presidents and their watches from the WatchTime archives (December 2008). Click here to find out what brands graced the wrists and waistcoasts of our chief executives. … [Read more...] Grieb & Benzinger Presents Unique “Blue Whirlwind” Tourbillon Minute RepeaterSeptember 26, 2012 By 1 Comment  The German watch firm Grieb & Benzinger, known for its one-of-a-kind skeletonized watches with intricate guilloché embellishments, has released its latest, called Blue Whirlwind, a skeletonized tourbillon minute repeater based on a rare Patek Philippe caliber. … [Read more...] Pocket Full of Complications: Today’s Haute Horlogerie PocketwatchesAugust 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment  Even though the wristwatch long ago supplanted it in popularity, the classical pocketwatch continues to soldier on as a novelty in the world of timepieces, beloved by some collectors for their old-school appeal and large, decorative movements, and many of today's watch brands have used the style to express not only their historical cachet but also their horological expertise. Here we shine the … [Read more...] Christie’s 2012 First-Half Results Shows Boost in Fine and Rare Watch SalesAugust 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment  Much of the world's economy may still be in the doldrums, but the secondary market for fine timepieces appears to be in good health. Christie’s, the world’s leading auction house, recently reported a boost in global sales for fine, rare and unique watches. Pointing to rare timepieces as a sound investment, Christie’s posted a five percent increase in revenue from watch sales alone, topping … [Read more...] Watch Wallpaper: Limited-Edition Sports ChronographsJune 26, 2012 By 1 Comment  Limited editions aren't just the prerogative of tourbillons, minute repeaters and other high-complication watches. Sports chronographs also come in special limited series, like the ones in this photo feature from the WatchTime archives, with original photos by Nik Schölzel. Now all these stunning shots are available as wallpaper for your desktop. Just click the photos for larger images. … [Read more...] Elvis Presley’s Omega Fetches King’s Ransom at Antiquorum AuctionJune 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment  "Thank you, thank you very much!" That's what the folks at Antiquorum Auctioneers might be saying today to the private collector who acquired the showcase piece at this week's auction in New York, an Omega Constellation once owned by the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley. The watch sold for an astounding $52,500, five times its pre-sale estimate and a world record for that reference. … [Read more...] Sotheby’s to Auction Rare Patek Philippes Owned by Henry Graves FamilyMay 1, 2012 By 1 Comment  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 $11,002,500, still the world record for any timepiece at auction. Last week, Sotheby's announced that it will … [Read more...] Dominique Loiseau on Girard-Perregaux: The WatchTime Q&AApril 26, 2012 By 3 Comments  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 and the 1f4 models from his own independent atelier, have made him a legend among the collector … [Read more...] Speake-Marin Goes Back to His Roots With Renaissance Tourbillon Minute RepeaterApril 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment  While he was working at the Swiss movement manufacturer Renaud et Papi, British watchmaker Peter Speake-Marin created, on his own time, a pocketwatch with a tourbillon and two power trains that is today referred to as the Foundation Watch. It is so named because it established Speak-Marin's horological bonafides and provided the foundation for his own independent atelier, established in 2000. … [Read more...] WATCHTIME BLOG Watch Insider Looks at Blancpain L-Evolution-R Chronographe Flyback Rattrapante Grande DateWatchTime's "Watch Insider" Alexander Linz visited the Hungaroring race track near Budapest for the launch of the Blancpain L-Evolution-R Chronographe Flyback Rattrapante Grande … [Read More...] WATCHTIME MAGAZINECONNECT WITH WATCHTIME
WATCH TO WATCH Breguet Type XXII 3380 in Rose GoldAmong Breguet's offerings at Baselworld 2013 — and perhaps overlooked in the wake of such haute horlogerie pieces as the Classic Chronométrie and Classique La Musicale, was a new version of its luxuriously styled Type XXII … [Read More...] More Watches To WatchFACETIME PHOTOS Facetime May 18Welcome to another installment of Facetime! Thanks to Pat Brennan, Vladimir Vakser, and Raef Wyatt for the great pictures! As … [Read More...] WATCH WALLPAPER Watch Wallpaper: Seven New IWC IngenieursAt this year's SIHH, IWC Schaffhausen introduced its revamped IWC Ingenieuer collection, with designs and materials inspired by the brand's new partnership with the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One … [Read More...] WATCHTIME MAGAZINECONNECT WITH WATCHTIME
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