Watch Features

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Glashütte Original’s Senator Chronometer

Glashütte Original’s Senator Chronometer generated strong buzz among collectors and enthusiasts at this year’s Baselworld. The Chronometer’s classic look incorporates vintage and modern elements. It’s also GO’s first timepiece to confirm its timekeeping accuracy with an official chronometer certificate from the observatory in Glashütte, issued under German standard DIN 8319. The major difference between the...

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May 6, 2009 by WatchTime

Sponsored: Back for Another Round, CODE41 Launches the NB24 Edition 2 with an Exclusive Swiss Caliber

When Lausanne-based CODE41 launched the NB24 Chronograph in 2021, the watch made significant waves with the exceptional level of technicality and expertise it represented for its price— a defining combination of traits that has characterized each of the brand’s timepieces. Led by the value proposition of its avant-garde design, the NB24 struck a serious chord...

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Nov 25, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Blancpain’s New L-evolution Collection

For 2009 Blancpain introduces 2 new movements based on Caliber 13R0. The first is the automatic winding Caliber 13R5 with date and power reserve, and the second is Caliber 66R9 with complete calendar and moonphase displays. Along with Calibers 5025 and 1241H, these movements power 4 watches in a new line called L-evolution. The collection...

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Apr 19, 2009 by WatchTime

Breitling’s Chronomat B01 With Manufacture Movement

Breitling is practically synonymous with chronograph, and on May 28, 2009, Breitling will officially launch the Chronomat B01 with their new in-house automatic-winding chronograph movement, known as Caliber B01. Initially the watch will be available at only about 35 retailers in the U.S., with additional retailers coming on-line quickly. As of late March, about 2000...

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Apr 13, 2009 by WatchTime

Sponsored: Citizen Ushers In “Purposeful Power” Campaign with Limited-Edition Promaster Navihawk

Citizen Watch Company has launched a new brand campaign, focused on its groundbreaking Eco-Drive technology, to remind consumers of the Japanese watchmaker’s core values and to re-emphasize its commitment to environmental sustainability. Dubbed “Purposeful Power,” the campaign kicks off with the release of an exciting new watch from its Promaster series, the Limited Edition Navihawk....

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Nov 24, 2021 by WatchTime

Christophe Claret’s Amazing DualTow

The biggest buzz in Basel surrounded Christophe Claret’s DualTow, an amazing timepiece created to celebrate the eponymous manufacture’s 20th anniversary. The hand-winding caliber CC20A has 582 parts including 73 jewels and features a one-minute tourbillon and a patented single-pusher planetary-gear chronograph with a striking mechanism that chimes when the chronograph pusher is activated. All parts...

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Apr 7, 2009 by WatchTime

Diving in Style: IWC’s New Aquatimers

At SIHH 2009, IWC unveiled a new Aquatimer family that will include 5 models ranging in size from 44 to 46 mm: the Deep Two which follows up the Deep One, three chronographs including a special Galapagos Islands model, and the Aquatimer Automatic 2000. All models feature a bracelet quick-change system that requires no tools....

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Mar 9, 2009 by WatchTime

Sponsored: Past Meets Present in New Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic

Pioneering Swiss watchmaker Rado has deemed 2021 “a year of hope and reinvention,” and chosen it for the launch of an unprecedented, revolutionary timepiece. The Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic is the culmination of many years of research and development that seamlessly fits within the history and tradition of the Captain Cook watch. This latest watch...

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Nov 23, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Piaget’s New Polo and Emperador

Since 1997, Piaget has launched 19 manufacture movements. For 2009 Piaget unveils two new mechanical complication movements designed, developed and produced at the brand’s facility in La Côte aux Fries. The new calibres 835P (regulator) and 860P (large moon phase), power the new Emperador coussin models. Piaget also introduces 4 sporty watches to celebrate the...

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Mar 8, 2009 by WatchTime

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