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Welcome to WatchTime’s watch news section. Here you will find the latest breaking news about watches, watch industry updates, watch auction results, clock news, watch quizzes, technology coverage and more watch news.

WatchTime’s July-August Issue Is On Sale Now!

WatchTime’s July-August issue is on newsstands now, with a test of Panerai’s 1950 3 Days 47 mm, an under-the-hood look at Patek Philippe’s Ref. 5204, and a TAG Heuer triple feature focusing on the brand’s innovations in chronograph technology. Click here for highlights from the issue…

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Jul 10, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Quiz: Watches and Americana

Wrapping up our “Salute to America” week, we present a new quiz to test your knowledge of watches and the role they’ve played throughout American history and in American pop culture. Click here to answer the 15 questions; answers are at the bottom of the page.

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Jul 6, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Chopard’s Grand Prix de Monaco Historique Watch Inspired by ’70s Racecars

Since 2002, Chopard has partnered with the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, a racing event devoted to historical racecars, which takes place along the same route as the Monaco Grand Prix. As official timekeeper, Chopard this year launches a new chronograph wristwatch inspired by the design of sportscars from the 1970s.

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Jun 29, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Omega Releases New Seamaster Watches for London 2012 Olympic Games

We take a look at a trio of Omega Seamaster timepieces celebrating the 80th anniversary of the first Olympic games for which Omega was official timekeeper.

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Jun 27, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Watch Wallpaper: Limited-Edition Sports Chronographs

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...

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Jun 26, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Hamilton Celebrates 120 Years With Exhibit at New York’s Tourneau Time Machine

Hamilton Watch Company, founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1892, marks its 120th anniversary this year. To commemorate the milestone, Hamilton has collaborated with the National Watch & Clock Museum (NAWCC) , one of the world’s largest museums devoted to the art, science and history of timepieces and timekeeping, to curate a month-long public exhibit of...

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Jun 25, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

New Moons: Ulysse Nardin Introduces Classico Luna Collection

Ulysse Nardin has once again utilized the expertise of watchmaker Ludwig Oechslin — the creative mind behind the brand’s groundbreaking Trilogy of Time astronomical timepieces — to launch an entirely new family of watches with innovative moon-phase complications called Classico Luna. The movement Oechslin and UN developed for the Classico Luna, Caliber UN-829, draws its...

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Jun 22, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Breguet Unveils Historical Pilots’ Watch Exhibit on U.S.S. Intrepid

Last week, under a starlit Manhattan sky and against the backdrop of a fleet of fighter planes, Breguet inaugurated an exhibit of historic and modern pilots’ watches at a party on the deck of the U.S.S. Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, New York’s most spectacular venue devoted to aviation. Entitled “Breguet: Watchmaker, Aviator, Innovator,”...

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Jun 20, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Quiz: Hollywood Watches

Do you fancy yourself a watch-spotting savant, particularly in identifying timepieces worn by Hollywood actors and actresses on the silver screen? Well, here’s your chance to prove it. We’ve compiled a dozen questions about watches in the movies for you to test your horological eye. Click here to take the quiz. Answers are at the...

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Jun 18, 2012 by WatchTime

Elvis Presley’s Omega Fetches King’s Ransom at Antiquorum Auction

“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...

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Jun 15, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

MB&F and Sarpaneva Shoot for the Moon with New Horological Machine

Finnish independent watchmaker Stepan Sarpaneva has joined MB&F’s growing circle of “friends,” collaborating with MB&F founder Max Büsser to develop the newest MB&F “horological machine,” called the HM3 MoonMachine. Designed on the platform of MB&F’s unconventional “Frog” model, it features an entirely new moon-phase complication designed by Sarpaneva.

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Jun 12, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Omega Releases New James Bond Seamaster “Skyfall” Limited Edition (Video)

You knew it was coming… as inevitable as James Bond seducing a femme fatale and ordering a shaken-not-stirred martini, Omega has launched its latest limited-edition Seamaster watch in anticipation of this fall’s long-awaited new Bond film, Skyfall.

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Jun 8, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Watch Wallpaper: Sport-Specific Watches

Certain watch models are inseparably linked with particular sports. In our December 2009 issue, we presented a gallery of specialized sports watches inspired by activities from yachting to golf to horse jumping, with original photos by ace watch photographer Nik Schölzel. Now we present six of these exclusive shots to download for your desktop. Click...

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Jun 7, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Girard-Perregaux Launches Limited-Edition Sea Hawk Pro for World Oceans Day

Swiss watchmaker Girard-Perregaux released a special, limited-edition model of its Sea Hawk Pro 1000m divers’ watch at a special event at New York’s Museum of Modern Art on June 5. Hosted by environmental conservationists Susan and David Rockefeller, Jr., the evening’s highlight was the New York premiere screening of Mission of Mermaids, Susan Rockefeller’s new...

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Jun 6, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Jaeger-LeCoultre Launches New Rendez-Vous Ladies Watch with Diane Kruger

German actress Diane Kruger, known for her roles as Helen of Troy in 2004’s Troy and Bridget von Hammersmark in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino WWII film Inglorious Basterds, has been a brand ambassador for Swiss watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre since 2009, and now she serves as the inspiration for JLC’s new collection of ladies’ watches, called Rendez-Vous.

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May 30, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Running Time: Olympic Hero Usain Bolt Gets His Own Hublot Watch

Jamaican sprinter Usain “Lightning” Bolt became known as the world’s fastest man back in 2008, when he won a gold medal and set new Olympic records at the summer games in Beijing. Now, as Bolt prepares to defend his title this year in London, he will have his own personalized Hublot watch to record his...

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May 22, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Cable Meets Cobra: David Yurman’s New Shelby 1000 Sports Watch

Watch-and-jewelry designer David Yurman, famous for his signature cable bracelet, has teamed up with muscle-car visionary Carroll Shelby, creator of the legendary Shelby Cobra, to create Yurman’s first limited-edition sports watch, the David Yurman Revolution Shelby 1000.

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May 21, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Ulysse Nardin Commemorates Columbus’s Santa Maria with Limited Edition

Ulysse Nardin’s origins as a maker of nautical clocks and marine chronometers are on display in many of the brand’s modern wristwatches, like its Marine collection of divers’ watches. The newest model from the Swiss brand’s Cloisonné collection of limited-edition timepieces, the Classico Limited Edition Santa Maria, continues the theme of sailing with its tribute...

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May 18, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Big Time: More Wallpaper From the WatchTime Archives

This week, WatchTime offers another gallery of one-of-a-kind watch watch photography from its magazine archives as full-size wallpaper for your desktop. This week’s theme is “Big Time,” first presented at the height of the big-watch boom in 2007, featuring eight large watches re-imagined as larger-than-life sculpture by expert watch photographer Nik Schölzel. Click on the...

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May 17, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Richard Mille Partners with Natalie Portman and Free the Children Charity

Richard Mille has added to its already impressive roster of celebrity “friends of the brand” — a lineup that includes tennis ace Rafael Nadal, golfer Bubba Watson and racecar driver Felipe Masa — by welcoming award-winning actress Natalie Portman into the fold at an exclusive dinner at New York City’s St. Regis Hotel.

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May 16, 2012 by Mark Bernardo