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Traveler’s Upgrade: Ulysse Nardin Introduces Reworked Dual Time Models

Ulysse Nardin has been making watches specially suited for world travelers since at least 1994, when it introduced its patented, user-friendly second-time-zone function in the original Dual Time models. The watches have undergone some evolution since then, the most recent and most striking of them coming just this year, with three new editions incorporating the...

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Sep 10, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Sponsored: The Return of the Legendary Hanhart 417 ES

The reissue of the Hanhart 417 ES marks the return of a legend among wristwatches. More than 60 years ago, the original model served as the first pilot’s chronograph for the German armed forces. Today Hanhart combines the watch’s iconic historical design with the most modern production techniques to produce a robust chronograph suitable for...

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Oct 20, 2021 by WatchTime

Highlights from WatchTime’s September-October 2020 Issue, On Sale Now

The September-October issue of WatchTime is available at retailers and in our online shop) today. Among the highlights of the issue are a showcase of the new Omega Constellation Gents collection; tests and reviews of new watches from Breitling, Seiko, A. Lange & Söhne, Oris, and more; an in-depth exploration of the new, independent Accutron...

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Sep 8, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Colorful Pearls: Rolex Offers New Size, New Caliber, and Vibrant Dials in 2020 Oyster Perpetual Collection

Rolex has extended its Oyster Perpetual series introducing a new model in a larger case diameter, as well as refreshing its 36 mm model displaying dials in vivid colorways, housed in cases made from Oystersteel. The new references are direct descendants of Rolex’s first waterproof wristwatch, the 1926 Oyster.

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Sep 7, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Destination Moon: Introducing Two new Hakuto-R Eco-Drive Chronographs from Citizen (with Live Photos)

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. and space start-up Ispace Inc. have recently joined forces. As corporate partner of Ispace’s planned commercial lunar exploration program, the 100-year-old Japanese watchmaker and pioneer in the use of titanium has now released two limited-edition chronographs dedicated to the upcoming missions that should also bring parts made of the brand’s Super...

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Oct 13, 2021 by WatchTime

A Blast of Diamonds: Ulysse Nardin Introduces an Exclusive Blast Edition That Sparkles

At the Geneva Watch Days event in late August, Ulysse Nardin unveiled a new collection called Blast. A week later, Ulysse Nardin has introduced another Blast reference, positioned as a high-end jewelry timepiece, whose openworked, automatic tourbillon movement, as well as its case, are embellished with geometrically-cut diamonds in a motif reminiscent of a mosaic.

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Sep 6, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

A French Navy Design Resurfaces: Introducing the Longines Heritage Military Marine Nationale

Longines has dipped into its archives to revive a watch design, once exclusive to the French Royal Navy crews, borrowing the warm colors, subdued subdial, and counterweight second hands from a vintage classic. The Longines Heritage Military Marine Nationale is the latest edition to join the brand's Heritage collection, following an array of updates to its aviation and military-inspired references.

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Sep 5, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Bulgari Aluminium Watch Updates a 1990s Jet-Set Classic

Of the new timepieces it unveiled at Geneva Watch Days earlier this month, Bulgari's record-breaking Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Chronograph Skeleton Automatic received the lion's share of accolades and coverage. Not to be lost in the shuffle, however, is the new Bulgari Aluminium Watch, a modern re-interpretation of a groundbreaking model the Roman jeweler-watchmaker introduced in 1998.

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Sep 4, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Piaget “Infinitely Personal” Concept Reimagines a Personalized Timepiece Program for the 21st Century

Personalized and custom-made timepieces are not a new concept for luxury watchmaker and jeweler Piaget. Years after its first "Style Selector" first debuted in 1960, the brand has now reintroduced the concept, renaming it Piaget Infinitely Personal, applying it to its recently introduced ultra-complicated timepiece, the Altiplano Tourbillon.

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Sep 2, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Rolex Launches Four New Oyster Perpetual Datejust 31 Models

Rolex has introduced four new Oyster Perpetual Datejust 31 references in a white Rolesor version, that combine Oystersteel with 18k white gold, and feature dials in a range of vibrant colorways...

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Sep 1, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Panerai Launches Digital-Exclusive Submersible Azzurro and Limited-Edition Luminor Luna Rossa GMT

Panerai has announced a pair of new timepieces set for release this fall, each a limited edition. One is available exclusively via Panerai’s e-commerce platform; the other introduces a new composite material in its dial. Read on for details about the Submersible Azzurro – 42 MM and Luminor Luna Rossa GMT – 42 MM. The...

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Aug 31, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Ocean Guardian: Meet the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Co-Axial Master Chronometer Nekton Edition

Omega is continuing its pledge to protect our oceans with a new dive watch in partnership with U.K.-based Nekton, a non-profit research foundation committed to preserving the Indian Ocean. The new model, the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Co-Axial Master Chronometer Nekton Edition, features a polished-and-brushed stainless steel case fitted with a unidirectional rotating divers' bezel in grade 5 titanium.

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Aug 30, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

High Time: Seiko Unveils a New Collection Inspired by Hemp Leaves

Japanese watchmaking giant Seiko is introducing a new sub-family named Sharp Edge into its upmarket-focused Presage collection, set to hit retailers this September. The collection features four references, with unique dials made by skilled craftsman and artisans from four locations throughout Japan.

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Aug 29, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

A Bridge to the Future: Girard-Perregaux Introduces Free Bridge and Free Bridge Infinity Editions

Girard-Perregaux brings its most iconic horological innovation — the tourbillon with three gold bridges, first used in a pocketwatch in 1867 — into a resolutely contemporary, 21st century evolution in a new wristwatch called Free Bridge, and its limited-edition, gold-detailed sibling, the Free Bridge Infinity. The latest members of the Swiss manufacture’s Bridges family, whose...

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Aug 28, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Bulgari Sets Another Record with Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Chronograph Skeleton Automatic (Updated with Live Photos)

As followers of the watch industry are well aware by now, “Roman Jeweller of Time” Bulgari has made pushing the boundaries of mechanical-watch thinness its stock-in-trade, with each year bringing at least one new record-setting watch that combines horological complexity with waif-like profiles. This year is no exception: as one of the founding maisons of...

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Aug 26, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Sprinting Forward: Breitling Unveils Endurance Pro Collection of SuperQuartz Sports Chronographs (Updated with Live Photos)

Debuting this week at the Geneva Watch Days event is a new collection from Swiss chronograph specialist Breitling. The new models, called Endurance Pro, are positioned as everyday "athleisure" sports chronographs, powered by Breitling's thermo-compensated SuperQuartz movement.

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Aug 26, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Ulysse Nardin Fires Up its Collection with the Blast, a Skeletonized Self-winding Tourbillon (Updated with Live Photos)

Ulysse Nardin is one of 17 haute horlogerie watch brands participating in this week’s Geneva Watch Days, an exhibition of new timepieces taking place throughout the Swiss city. The Le Locle-based manufacture is taking the opportunity to introduce an entirely new collection, called Blast, whose attributes include a new, self-winding, skeletonized caliber with a flying...

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Aug 26, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

WatchTime Live: An Hour up Close with Three of the World’s Leading Indies

Last week, WatchTime launched its first virtual event: "An Hour up Close with Three of the World's Leading Indies" moderated by our longtime event partner and close friend Jeff Kingston...

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Aug 24, 2020 by WatchTime

Horlogerie en Rose: Introducing The Zenith Defy El Primero 21 Pink Edition

Zenith has created the most flamboyant watch to date, the Defy El Primero 21 Pink Edition featuring the world's first pink-PVD-treated movement created in association with Pink Ribbon Switzerland, to spread positivity and hope to countless women worldwide who are battling breast cancer.

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Aug 24, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Sunburst Meets Frost: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Frosted Gold Flying Tourbillon

Audemars Piguet has introduced a new take on its women's Royal Oak Concept Flying Tourbillon, which continues the theme — established in the brand's 2018 Carolina Bucci Limited Edition Royal Oak Frosted Gold — of interweaving refined feminine aesthetics with complicated micro-mechanics.

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Aug 22, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

The Sky’s the Limit: Citizen Unveils New Promaster Nighthawk

Citizen introduces two new reference as a part of its Promaster AIR franchise following on from the release of its Promaster Sky model that launched earlier this year in March. The timepieces come in two styles following its aviator tradition in colorways inspired by Military uniforms, rank insignia as well as the glow of a plane's cockpit.

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Aug 20, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Tutima Adds a Chronograph to the M2 Coastline Collection

In 2018, Germany’s Tutima rolled out the entry-level Coastline family of casual sport watches, placing them within the M2 collection that takes visual inspiration from the brand’s Military Chronographs of the 1980s. The first M2 Coastline models were basic three-handed timekeepers with day/date displays; this year’s extension, the M2 Coastline Chronograph, takes the model even...

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Aug 19, 2020 by Mark Bernardo