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“Collectors’ Corner” Coming to D.Freemont Website

After 20 years of producing watches, D.Freemont announces a unique service for his thousands of customers and collectors. Owners will now be able to list their watches for sale at www.dfreemontwatches.com. The big advantage of this service is that each watch will be processed and re-calibrated by D.Freemont personally. The new owner will receive a...

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Jul 6, 2011 by WatchTime

Vacheron Constantin Creates Unique Dove Watch for Only Watch

This piece embodies the famous Métiers d’Art cultivated within Vacheron Constantin: engraver, enameler, gemsetter and guillocher worked together to create this unique watch, especially developed for Only Watch 2011. Inspired by the technique of repetitive tiling designs known as tessellation, this “Métiers d’Art – Perspectives d’Art” watch invites observers to explore a reality that plays...

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Jul 5, 2011 by WatchTime

PPR Becomes the Majority Shareholder of Sowind Group

Sowind Group and PPR jointly announced today the launch of a reserved capital increase of Sowind Group that will be fully subscribed by PPR. PPR will then become the majority shareholder of Sowind with a 50.1 % stake. PPR already owned a 23% share based on a strategic partnership agreement signed in 2008 when Sowind...

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Jul 4, 2011 by WatchTime

Porsche Sells Eterna to International Volant Limited of China

Today, International Volant Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Haidian, announced that it has acquired all shares in Eterna AG Uhrenfabrik from F.A. Porsche Beteiligungen GmbH. Eterna was founded (under a different name) in 1856, In 1932, Eterna created a subsidiary called ETA to make movements for itself and other watch companies.

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Jun 30, 2011 by WatchTime

Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso Email

In this Year of the Reverso, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s cult model is being produced with a brilliant blue enamel dial in a limited series of 50 pieces. The instantly-recognizable Grand Reverso case houses a manually-wound Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 822. The time is displayed on one side, with the second left free for personalization.

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Jun 30, 2011 by WatchTime

Frédérique Constant Manufacture Tourbillon Grand Feu

Frédérique Constant has long been known for producing quality timepieces at reasonable prices. Now the brand is stepping into the big leagues with a limited edition tourbillon with a technically-advanced manufacture movement and a grand feu enamel dial in a rose gold case, priced at less than you might think. Find complete specs, wallpaper and...

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Jun 28, 2011 by WatchTime

A. Lange & Söhne Opens Hong Kong Boutique

After the launch of A. Lange & Söhne shops in Dresden, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, the brand from Saxony has opened its fifth boutique, in Hong Kong. Lange’s goal for the boutique is to bring the precision, quality and ambiance of traditional German watchmaking to its customers in an intimate and in-depth manner.

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Jun 27, 2011 by WatchTime

Visual Quiz: CEOs

Their faces regularly appear in stories you read, but would you know them (and their brands) if you bumped into them in a watch shop? We’ve lined up a dozen high-profile CEOs to test your visual memory. So grab your favorite writing instrument and see how many you can identify. As always, the answers are...

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Jun 26, 2011 by WatchTime

F.P. Journe Donates Auction Proceeds to Help Provide Homes in Japan

At Christie’s Hong Kong sale in May, the first all-aluminium F.P. Journe Centigraphe Sport No 001 sold for an extraordinary US$465,170, close to ten times its original estimate. The sale was to raise funds to aid victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The donation ceremony took place on June 3 at the Swiss...

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Jun 24, 2011 by WatchTime

Armin Strom Blue Chip Chronograph Skeleton

Master skeleton-designer Armin Strom puts his more than forty years of experience into the new Blue Chip Chronograph Skeleton. Weeks of patient handwork by skilled craftspeople endow these movements with significant intrinsic value, and the results are spectacular to behold. Find wallpaper and pricing inside.

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Jun 23, 2011 by WatchTime

Corum Admiral’s Cup Challenger 44 Chrono Rubber

Corum fuses vulcanized rubber to the Admiral’s Cup Challenger 44’s steel case to add color and to create a non-slip surface that is highly useful in wet environments. The rubber case and matching straps have a matte finish and a velvet-like feel. The case maintains the distinctive twelve-sided shape and the inner bezel ring adorned...

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Jun 22, 2011 by WatchTime

Bell & Ross BR Twelve O’Clock Limited Edition Set

By its very nature, time is a relative concept that man has always wanted to punctuate with markers. The development of watch mechanisms has enabled it to be measured precisely. With the creation of the BR Twelve O’Clock timepiece, Bell & Ross is rewriting the rules of traditional watchmaking by doing away with minutes and...

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Jun 21, 2011 by WatchTime

De Bethune DB25 Special Edition for Only Watch

What is a watch, if not a “machine” to measure the flow of time? A kind of speed counter for the flux of an energy of which we know almost nothing, except that it exists and that it is carrying us somewhere…. Find complete details, along with stunning wallpaper, for this De Bethune machine inside.

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Jun 20, 2011 by WatchTime

Breitling Photo Contest Winners Announced

In order to share its passion for aviation, Breitling recently launched a photo competition on Facebook. The lucky winner has been selected and will have the opportunity to take his pilot’s license entirely paid for by the brand. Find wallpaper-size versions of the winning images inside.

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Jun 16, 2011 by WatchTime

TimeZone’s Michael Sandler Joins Tourneau

Tourneau, America’s largest watch retailer, announced that Michael Sander will join their team as vice president of strategic planning and business development, a new position within the retailer’s infrastructure. Geared at promoting new brand relationships and developing new opportunities, Sander’s addition to the Tourneau executive team marks another step in the company’s strategy to re-brand...

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Jun 15, 2011 by WatchTime

Vote Now in the Victorinox Swiss Army Time to Care Sustainable Design Competition

Victorinox is promoting sustainable solutions into the next generation with the Victorinox Swiss Army Time to Care Sustainable Design Award. Students from the world’s leading design schools have submitted projects to an international jury of designers and Victorinox Swiss Army executives, who have selected the top ten entries. Now you can vote for your favorite...

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Jun 15, 2011 by WatchTime

New Tourbillon Pen Compliments Cufflinks

Totally Worth It, the U.S. distributor of luxury watch brands including Armin Strom, Hautlence, Linde Werdelin and Ladoire, presents the TF Est. 1968 “Tourbillon” Pen to match the TF Est. 1968 cufflinks. The pen, available in several finishes, mounts the “tourbillon” at a 45° angle on the top, making it easily visible when the pen...

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Jun 14, 2011 by WatchTime

Urwerk Creates Unique UR-103 Phoenix for Only Watch

Master watchmaker and Urwerk co-founder Felix Baumgartner proudly announces Urwerk’s presence at Only Watch 2011. As an expression of commitment to the Only Watch cause, Urwerk will be auctioning the UR-103 Phoenix, a unique timepiece made of white gold and hand-decorated by master engraver Jean-Vincent Huguenin, one of the most gifted artists in this field.

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Jun 13, 2011 by WatchTime

TAG Heuer Launches New Link Collection

Originally launched more than 20 years ago, the Link is one of TAG Heuer’s iconic collections, and now the brand is launching a new, redesigned collection that brings this brand emblem to a new level. Offered in a variety of styles, from a three-hand quartz model to an automatic chronograph, the new Link maintains the...

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Jun 12, 2011 by WatchTime

Ressence ZeroSeries

Established in 2009 and conceived by Belgian industrial designer Benoît Mintiens, Ressence lives by the credo “less is more”, and the brand’s name is a contraction of “Renaissance of the Essentials”. Its unique time display might be described as circles turning within circles. Use the video link inside, because words and still images alone cannot...

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Jun 10, 2011 by WatchTime