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Watch Test: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronograph

In the new feature, “In-Depth Study,” we probe the depths of Blancpain’s new dive watch, the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Flyback Chronograph.

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Dec 13, 2014 by Jens Koch

Watch Review: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar

Continuing our end-of-year reviews on calendar watches we present a review of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar, with original photos by Nik Schölzel.

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Dec 11, 2014 by Jens Koch

Pilot’s Watch Review: Breitling Chronomat GMT

We selected nine watches, including Breitling’s Chronomat GMT, to accompany a trio of pilots while they performed an aerobatic program, specially designed for this pilots' watch review. Find out how the Breitling Chronomat GMT fared.

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Nov 27, 2014 by Martina Richter

Watch Review: Glashütte Original Senator Chronograph Panorama Date

Glashütte Original’s new Senator Chronograph Panorama Date has an elegant but unconventional look. In this feature we give the watch, and its new in-house chronograph movement, a thorough once-over.

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Nov 25, 2014 by Martina Richter

Watch Test: Omega Speedmaster Mark II

The Omega Speedmaster Mark II, launched in 1969, was a more streamlined, spiffier version of the Speedmaster that landed on the moon that year. Now Omega has brought the Mark II back. We test the new version of the Omega Speedmaster Mark II in “A Sleeker Speedy”.

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Oct 31, 2014 by Jens Koch

Watch Review: Girard-Perregaux 1966 Full Calendar

As we get closer to a new year, we continue our series of reviews on calendar watches, excerpted from a feature in WatchTime’s December 2010 issue. This week, we offer a look at the Girard-Perregaux 1966 Full Calendar, with original photos by Nik Schölzel.

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Dec 2, 2013 by Jens Koch

Watch Review: Ulysse Nardin GMT Perpetual

The latest in our end-of-year series on calendar watches, excerpted from a feature in WatchTime’s December 2010 issue, is our review of the Ulysse Nardin GMT Perpetual, which combines a perpetual calendar with a second time zone. Click here to read the article and see original photos by Nik Schölzel.

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Nov 26, 2013 by Jens Koch

Watch Review: IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month

Two weeks ago, we presented a review of Omega’s DeVille Hour Vision Annual Calendar watch. This week, as we get closer to the time of year for purchasing a new calendar, we present another review of a calendar watch from WatchTime’s December 2010 issue — the IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month, with original...

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Nov 5, 2013 by Jens Koch

Regulation Time: Testing the Alpina Avalanche Manufacture Regulator

The Alpina Avalanche Manufacture Regulator has an offbeat regulator dial. Does the watch’s in-house movement stay on tempo? Photographer Nik Schölzel and I find out in this watch test feature from the December 2010 issue of WatchTime.

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Aug 5, 2013 by Witold Michalczyk

Time Jumper: Testing Raymond Weil’s Don Giovanni Così Grande Jumping Hour

In this watch test mini-feature from our June 2010 issue, we examine Raymond Weil’s strikingly designed Don Giovanni Così Grande Jumping Hour, with original photography by Imagina.

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Jul 15, 2013 by Alexander Krupp

Museum Megastar: Reviewing the Movado SE Extreme

The Movado Sports Edition (SE) Extreme takes the classic Museum Watch design to a sporty new level. Click here for our in-depth analysis of this mechanical watch, with original photography by Zuckerfabrik Fotodesign, from WatchTime’s February 2010 issue.

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Jul 11, 2013 by Gwendolyn Benda

Pilots’ Watch Review: Bell & Ross BR 03-94 Chrono

For the pilots’ watch review in our March-April issue, on sale now, writer Martina Richter selected two three-hand pilots’ watches and seven pilots’ chronographs to accompany a trio of pilots – aerobatics champion Klaus Lenhart and his protégés Axel Schütte and Andreas Langer − while they performed an aerobatic program, specially designed for our review,...

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Apr 10, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

A Round of Polo: Testing Piaget’s Iconic Sports Watch

The Piaget Polo, one of the most famous sports watches of the 1970s, has been retooled with a giant titanium-and-steel case and an automatic movement. In this watch-test feature from our October 2009 issue, WatchTime’s Witold Michalczyk puts the three-hand Polo FortyFive through its paces.

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Nov 19, 2012 by Witold Michalczyk

Tool of Hard Knocks: Tutima’s Grand Classic Black

From our watch test archives, writer Alexander Krupp and photographer Nik Schölzel take a close look at Tutima’s Grand Classic Black sport watch, which boasts an extra-hardened, scratch-resistant case and costs less than $2,000.

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Sep 18, 2012 by Alexander Krupp

Annual Check-Up: Testing A. Lange & Söhne’s Saxonia Annual Calendar

WatchTime takes the pulse of A. Lange & Söhne’s Saxonia Annual Calendar, the first such complication for the Glashütte-based luxury watch brand, in this Watch Test feature from our archives. Click here to read the results and to marvel at Nik Schölzel’s gorgeous photos of the watch.

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Aug 6, 2012 by Jens Koch

100 Points of Time: Reviewing TAG Heuer’s Carrera Mikrograph 1/100

Last year, TAG Heuer introduced the Carrera Mikrograph 1/100, the first mechanical wristwatch with a central sweep-seconds hand that measures 1/100-second increments. Click here to read WatchTime‘s comprehensive look at this groundbreaking timepiece, part of the TAG Heuer triple feature in our July-August 2012 issue.

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Jul 25, 2012 by Thomas Wanka

Slim Tickings: Thin Watches from Audemars Piguet and Girard-Perregaux

As watch lovers rediscover the thin, classically elegant timepiece, WatchTime reviews two that represent the trend: the Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars Extra Thin and the Girard-Perregaux 1966. This head-to-head matchup of the two slender timepieces, with original photography by Zuckerfabrik Fotodesign, originally appeared in the magazine’s print edition.

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Jul 17, 2012 by Martina Richter

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. WatchTime gives the watch and its in-house movement a thorough once-over in the May-June issue 2012 issue. Click here to read the story and see stunning photos by Zuckerfabrik Fotodesign.

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May 15, 2012 by Gwendolyn Benda

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