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AMERICA'S NO. 1 WATCH MAGAZINE Video: Hamilton Pan EuropMarch 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment  Inspired by a Hamilton timepiece of the same name originally introduced in 1971, the modern Pan Europ takes a nostalgic look back in time. The year 1971, also the number of pieces in this limited edition, is a significant date in Hamilton’s history. It marks the year the brand joined the Swatch Group, then known as SSIH. Click here for photos of the Hamilton Pan Europ. Click below to start … [Read more...] Swatch Group Acquires Harry Winston Watch & JewelryJanuary 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment  The Swatch Group has added another jewel — or, more precisely, jeweler — to its crown. The Bienne, Switzerland-based company, which owns watch brands ranging from Swatch to Hamilton to Omega to Breguet, announced Monday that it is acquiring world-renowned jewelry brand Harry Winston, which in recent years has also become a bastion of high watchmaking. … [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...] Longines Avigation Watch Type A-7October 11, 2012 By 1 Comment  No, that's not a typo... the name of Longines's newest pilot-inspired timepiece is apparently an amalgam of "aviation" and "navigation." It's a fitting name for a very unconventional watch, one whose large-cased, angled-dial design is based on aviators' watches from the early 20th century. The Longines Avigation Watch Type A-7's retro look is based on watches developed by Longines during the … [Read more...] Breguet Tourbillon Clock Installed at Carnegie HallOctober 5, 2012 By 1 Comment  On Wednesday evening, Breguet kicked off its new sponsorship of New York's Carnegie Hall, starting with the 2012-2013 season, with a grand gesture: the unveiling of a specially crafted Breguet tourbillon clock in Carnegie Hall's Morse Lobby. … [Read more...] WatchTime’s September-October Issue is On Sale Now!September 11, 2012 By 8 Comments  WatchTime’s September-October issue is on newsstands now, with tests of Rolex's new Explorer II and Breitling Transocean, an in-depth technical report on the Cartier ID Two concept watch, brand profiles of Ball Watch and Hanhart, and more. Click here for highlights from the issue... … [Read more...] Bonus Audio: Excerpts from Our Interview with Festina Group’s Jean-Claude SchwarzSeptember 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment  In the September-October 2012 issue of WatchTime, on sale September 11, executive editor Norma Buchanan profiles the Festina Group, one of the few companies that make movements, including hairsprings, from scratch, and hopes to cash in on cutbacks by the Swatch Group. Click below the photos to listen to audio outtakes from her exclusive interview with Festina Group's Swiss CEO Jean-Claude Schwarz. … [Read more...] A. Lange & Söhne CEO Wilhelm Schmid: The WatchTime Q&AJuly 20, 2012 By 6 Comments  Wilhelm Schmid came aboard as CEO of the German luxury watch brand A. Lange & Sohne in January 2011 after eight years in senior sales and marketing positions at BMW. Recently, WatchTime sat down with Schmid at the New York City offices of Lange's parent company, the Richemont Group, for a conversation about his growth plans for Lange, his passion for watches, and the challenges of keeping the … [Read more...] Swatch President Arlette Emch Announces RetirementJune 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment  National Jeweler reports that the Swatch Group's Arlette-Elsa Emch, president of the Swatch and CK brands, will retire from her post next month. (Click here for the article.) Emch joined the Swatch Group in 1992 and has managed the Swatch brand since 2009. For the Swatch Group's official corporate bio of Emch, click here. FYI, Arlette Emch is the mother of Manuel Emch, also formerly of Swatch … [Read more...] Longines 180th Anniversary Collection Embraces the Brand’s HistoryJune 11, 2012 By 4 Comments  The Swiss watch brand Longines was founded 180 years ago this year in the village of Saint-Imier. The current Longines president, Walter von Känel, has not been around quite that long, but his tenure is an impressively lengthy one, nevertheless: 43 years with the brand. And von Känel, who spoke with me during this year's Basel fair, is demonstrably excited about his brand's 180th anniversary and … [Read more...] Blancpain Villeret Traditional Chinese CalendarMay 9, 2012 By 3 Comments  With 2012 being the Chinese Year of the Dragon, and with the momentous growth of Asia, and China in particular, as a luxury wristwatch market, it should be no surprise that many brands have created timepieces aimed squarely at Chinese consumers this year. Dragons and other Chinese motifs and styles were a recurring theme at both the SIHH and Baselworld watch fairs, and Blancpain may have come up … [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...] New Jaquet Droz TourbillonDecember 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment Jaquet Droz presents two new tourbillons based on the brand's emblematic Grande Seconde models. Available in white gold with a Côtes de Genève dial (ref. 34240) or in red gold with a Grand Feu enameled dial (ref. 33200), this 43mm diameter watch features a tourbillon carriage crafted from sapphire crystal. Find wallpaper images inside. Updated- USA list price added. … [Read more...] Collection of 4,300+ Swatch Watches Sells for $6,650,000December 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment One of the most complete collections of Swatch watches in the world sold for HK$51,707,500 or nearly $6,650,000 in Hong Kong recently. Swiss businessman Peter Blum and his wife Linda assembled the collection over a period of years. The collection's 4363 pieces includes a large number of prototypes, hybrids and production variants never brought to market. … [Read more...] 2011: The Year in Review Quiz, Part 1December 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment It's December, and you know what that means. It's time to look back. Have you been paying attention for the past 12 months? You knew there would be a quiz, right? Say goodbye to 2011 with this little test the focuses on some of the most (and least) important stories of the year. As always, the answers appear at the end. Good luck! … [Read more...] New from Blancpain: X Fathoms Dive WatchOctober 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment Blancpain CEO Marc Hayek chose the world's largest aquarium, the Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo in the Dubai Mall, to reveal the the brand's latest diving watch. The X Fathoms combines elements of its famous Fifty Fathoms ancestor with a modern mechanical depth gauge and several claimed world firsts to create what Blancpain calls the most high-performance mechanical diving watch ever made. … [Read more...] Omega and Tourbillon Boutiques Present Apollo and Gemini in Las VegasOctober 18, 2011 By 1 Comment Astronauts from the landmark Gemini and Apollo NASA programs will join Omega and Tourbillon in Las Vegas to celebrate an exhibit featuring rare artifacts from the iconic space missions. The exhibit will showcase a Lunar Rover, an Apollo 10 space suit and Mars Rover, and Omega Speedmaster watches. The exhibit runs from October 20th to 24th at City Center and is open to the public. … [Read more...] Swatch Group Terminates Partnership With Tiffany & Co. Citing Material Breach of ContractSeptember 12, 2011 By 1 Comment Swatch Group announced today that it has terminated its cooperation contracts with Tiffany & Co. According to Swatch Group, "This action became necessary following Tiffany & Co’s systematic efforts to block and delay development of the business." … [Read more...] Michele Sofisti Appointed CEO of Sowind GroupAugust 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment PPR announced in Paris today the appointment of Michele Sofisti as CEO of Sowind Group, effective immediately. He will be seconded by Stefano Macaluso, Managing Director for Girard-Perregaux, and Massimo Macaluso, Managing Director for JeanRichard and the Manufacture, who remain in their current positions. Sofisti will also continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer Gucci Group Watches and … [Read more...] EU Probes Watch Manufacturers Over Parts Supply PoliciesAugust 10, 2011 By 1 Comment European Union (EU) antitrust regulators have announced that they will investigate claims that luxury watch manufacturers are refusing to supply spare parts to independent watchmakers and repairers, a breach of EU competition rules. The European Commission did not identify the companies involved in the probe, however Swatch Group has confirmed that it is one of the targets. … [Read more...] WATCHTIME BLOG Christie’s to Auction Historic Patek Philippe Grand ComplicationAt the Important Watches auction on June 11, Christie's will be auctioning the historically significant Stephen S. Palmer Patek Philippe Grand Complication No. 97912. The watch, … [Read More...] WATCHTIME MAGAZINECONNECT WITH WATCHTIME
WATCH TO WATCH Breguet Type XXII 3880 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 25Welcome to another installment of Facetime! Thanks to Stephen Danziger, Jason Hardin, and Michael Hershey for the great pictures! … [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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