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    The WatchTime Q&A: An Interview with Uwe Ahrendt from Nomos

    Since February 2022, “made in Glashütte” is a legally protected designation of origin that provides a significantly improved framework and is therefore a more effective protection for watches from the “cradle of German watchmaking.” WatchTime met with Uwe Ahrendt, managing director and general partner of the award-winning German watchmaker Nomos Glashütte, to discuss the significance...

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    Apr 30, 2022 by Roger Ruegger

    Sponsored: Boasting Cutting Edge Technology, G-SHOCK Introduces Its Latest MT-G

    G-SHOCK’s premium MT-G collection of timepieces has long been found at the crossroads of bold style and cutting edge technology, and with the new MTGB3000BD1A that trend only continues. Found as part of the larger MTGB3000 series, the watch is constructed of stainless steel, fine resin, and carbon, and features a renewed Dual Core Guard Structure...

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    May 18, 2022 by WatchTime

    HSNY: Grace Fryer Scholarship for Female Watchmaking Students

    The Horological Society of New York (HSNY) launches a new financial aid initiative to further its mission of advancing the art and science of horology — the Grace Fryer Scholarship for Female Watchmaking Students.

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    Jan 25, 2022 by Roger Ruegger

    Kering sells Ulysse Nardin and Girard-Perregaux

    Breaking: UN and GP are being sold to the current management.

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    Jan 24, 2022 by Roger Ruegger

    Sponsored: Where Professionalism Meets Technology, ProTek Sees Its Debut

    Crafted with first responders in mind, American watchmaker ProTek launches this month with the debut of their initial collection, the Series 1000. The new brand joins the Time Concepts family of brands, and is helmed by industry veteran Barry Cohen, founder of Luminox. After founding Luminox in 1989, Cohen differentiated the brand as an industry...

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    May 10, 2022 by WatchTime

    Bucherer USA President Ira Melnitsky on Re-Opening Plans, New Logo for Re-Branded Time Machine Stores

    Switzerland-based Bucherer, Europe’s leading retailer for watches and jewelry, announced the acquisition of Tourneau LLC, the largest luxury watch seller in the United States, back in January 2018. Since then, the watch industry and those who follow and cover it have anxiously awaited what this merger of timepiece titans will mean for both companies and...

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    Jun 28, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Gucci Turns 100 and Turns Up the Volume On its High Watchmaking

    Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur Guccio Gucci founded his eponymous fashion house in 1921, and the first Gucci timepiece was released in 1972. Since then, Gucci has continued to produce watches alongside its array of other popular accessories, most of them notable more for their fashion-forward designs than for their level of horological ambitiousness. On...

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    May 20, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Breitling Launches #BreitlingSelect, a New Mono-brand Watch Subscription Program

    On March 9, Swiss watchmaker Breitling unveiled its latest initiative in the new #BreitlingSelect program, a mono-brand watch subscription service. The program, which according to Breitling is the first subscription service to be offered by a singular independent brand, is the company’s latest effort towards expanding its reach to a larger audience, after its previous...

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    Mar 15, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    TimeOut with WatchTime Debuts on January 21: Join Our Editors for a Virtual Discussion

    For all those who attended and enjoyed our WatchTime Live virtual event back in the fall, as well as our earlier, and more intimate Independent Watchmakers roundtable event back in August, we’ve got exciting news for you. On January 21, at 12:00 PM EST, WatchTime will host the first in our new series of “TimeOut”...

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    Jan 13, 2021 by WatchTime

    The Show Must Go On(line): WatchTime Launches its First All-Digital Event

    We knew this year would be different. We just didn’t know how different. A renamed and re-scheduled SIHH; a smaller and struggling Baselworld; LVMH, Seiko Group, and Movado Group branching off with their own events — we who follow and cover the watch industry were prepared for a crazy, unpredictable 2020, but little did we...

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    Oct 6, 2020 by WatchTime

    The Shortlisted Watches in This Year’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève

    The 2020 edition of the Grand Prix d'Horologerie de Geneve (GPHG) has announced the shortlisted (pre-selected) watches that will be competing for an award. Click here to see the full list.

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    Sep 16, 2020 by WatchTime

    Sports Cars for the Wrist: Porsche Design Launches Custom-Built Timepieces Program

    Professor F.A. Porsche, originator of the iconic Porsche 911, founded the Porsche Design Studio in 1972, intending to apply the principles of luxury automobile design to other accessories such as watches. With the launch of Porsche Design's new Custom-Built Timepiece program, the worlds of car and watch design have connected so seamlessly.

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    Jul 1, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    GPHG 2020: Open for Entries

    In the last few weeks, the newly founded GPHG Academy has kicked off the 20th edition of the industry’s leading award show with several hundred pre-selected models for the competition. Now the time has come for the brands to do the same: As of today, watch brands can officially enter the 2020 edition of the...

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    Jun 24, 2020 by WatchTime

    Update on WatchTime’s Upcoming Event Schedule

    This week, government officials announced a more rigorous approach towards large gatherings, stating the possibility of keeping significant events on pause until a vaccine is available. But what does that mean for WatchTime L.A and WatchTime New York?

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    May 28, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

    Fair Games: A Look at the Future of Swiss Watch Trade Shows

    Two weeks ago, on April 14, Baselworld’s parent company MCH Group took note “with great surprise […] of the cancellation of major exhibitors at Baselworld,” namely Rolex, Patek Philippe, Chanel, Tudor, and Chopard. Two years before that, on July 30, 2018, the company’s former CEO René Kamm was already caught off guard by Swatch Group’s...

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    Apr 23, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

    Watches & Wonders 2020 Launches Digital Platform to Introduce New Products

    Watches & Wonders 2020, the watch salon formerly known as the SIHH, was initially set to take place in Geneva in late April but was cancelled due to concerns about the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. Today, however, the Foundation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH), organizers of the event, announced that the 30 watch brands slated to...

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    Apr 20, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    A Mass Exodus and a New Beginning: Rolex, Patek Philippe, LVMH Leave Baselworld, Unite for Geneva Show; MCH Responds

    The most chaotic and disruptive year in the watch industry in recent memory just got a little more so this morning, with the announcement that power players Rolex, Patek Philippe, Tudor, Chanel, and Chopard are exiting the Baselworld trade fair, re-scheduled to January 2021 after the 2020 exhibition was cancelled due to the worldwide pandemic....

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    Apr 17, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    NEWS (UPDATED):

    Watches & Wonders Geneva Cancelled for 2020; Baselworld Postponed to January 2021

    The hits just keep on coming to the watch industry’s trade show and event schedule in 2020, thanks to the continued threat of the COVID-19 coronavirus. As of yesterday, the FHH has officially cancelled the Watches & Wonders Geneva salon that was scheduled to be held from April 25 to 29, citing the “potential risks...

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    Feb 28, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

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    Norqain Announces New In-House Calibers in Partnership with Tudor-Founded Kenissi

    Norqain is an independent, family-owned watch brand located in the Swiss watch hub of Bienne. Its board of directors includes its founder and CEO, 32-year-old Ben Küffer; his father, Marc Küffer, former owner of another Swiss watch manufacturer, Roventa-Henex; Ted Schneider, of the family that owned Breitling for nearly 40 years; and Mark Streit, a...

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    Feb 5, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

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    The Return of Benrus Watch Company Kicks off with New Heritage Collection

    Earlier this month, the 1921-founded, New York-based watch company Benrus has relaunched its historic brand and introduced the new, vintage-inspired Heritage collection. Benrus is a historical, fondly remembered American watchmaker, and is likely best known for its designs from the 1960s and ‘70s, which notably included a unique super-compressor dive watch, Vietnam-era standard issue field...

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    Jan 24, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

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    End of an Era: SIHH Becomes Watches & Wonders Geneva

    Earlier this year, the SIHH announced that in 2020 it would be moving from its traditional January dates to April, to coordinate with Switzerland's other major watch fair, Baselworld. Today, the FHH announced even bigger changes to the 30-year-old salon, which will have a new format, a new concept, and even a new name.

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    Oct 16, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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    Worn & Wound Heads to the West Coast for the Second Edition of the Windup San Francisco Fair

    Worn & Wound is the world’s leading digital publication for value-driven horology. The eight-year-old website is also behind the Windup Watch Fair, which is, along with our own WatchTime New York and Los Angeles shows, one of the few truly great consumer-facing watch events in the United States. After starting the three-day long watch exhibition...

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    Apr 8, 2019 by WatchTime
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