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New Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Limited Edition Begins Countdown to 2018 Olympic Games

The next Winter Olympics, to be held in PyeongChang, South Korea, begin on February 9, 2018. Omega, official Olympic timekeeper since 1932, begins the two-year countdown with the launch of its Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra "PyeongChang 2018" Limited Edition timepiece.

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Feb 10, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

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

Time For Her: 5 New Ladies’ Watches for Valentine’s Day

A selection of the latest women’s watches to help you with your holiday shopping, including new ladies' models from Cartier, Hermes, Chopard, Piaget, and Van Cleef & Arpels.

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Feb 10, 2016 by Norma Buchanan

BASELWORLD 2016 PREVIEW:

Ulysse Nardin Hourstriker “Horse” Limited Edition

Ulysse Nardin is one of the few high-watchmaking maisons in the modern era to produce watches with jaquemarts — tiny automatons mounted on a watch dial that strike the hours on a bell. The brand's latest, debuting at Baselworld 2016, is the Ulysse Nardin Hourstriker "Horse," a limited edition of 28 pieces.

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Feb 9, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

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

SIHH 2016:

IWC Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph: Around the World With a Push, Turn and Release

Among all the new IWC Pilots' Watches introduced at SIHH 2016, the IWC Pilot's Watch Timezoner Chronograph caught our attention with its all-new, easy-to-use world-time function, in which the wearer can set a new time zone simply by using the bezel.

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Feb 4, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Close-Up: 5 Rolex Day-Date Watches in 5 Colors (With Video)

We present five recently launched models of the Rolex Day-Date (36-mm) watch that come with dials and straps in a veritable rainbow of colors; all feature 18K gold cases.

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Feb 3, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Happy Chinese New Year

Nine New Watches Celebrate the Year of the Monkey (Updated)

Next Monday, February 8, marks the start of the New Year on the traditional Chinese calendar, the Year of the Monkey. As in the past, several luxury watch brands — particularly those with a large following in Asia — have produced special timepieces to commemorate it. Here we look at nine new models from six...

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Feb 2, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Close-Up: 6 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronographs

We take a closer look at six recent Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronographs, and the similarities and differences they share with their predecessors.

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Feb 2, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2016 PREVIEW:

Hamilton Khaki Navy Frogman is a Dive Into Military Watch History

Hamilton Watch Co., has reached into its archives to create the Hamilton Khaki Navy Frogman — a professional-grade divers' watch that not only references the brand's history as a provider of watches for the United States Navy but also its very first appearance in the movies.

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Jan 30, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Download For Your Desktop

Back is Beautiful: 11 Luxury Watch Wallpapers

Discover the latest edition of our popular series of “Back is Beautiful” photo features, which showcases fine mechanical watches that are as intriguing from the back as they are from the front. Click below to download these amazing original photos as wallpaper for your desktop.

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Jan 29, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

New from Geneva

Mapping Time & Space: Bovet’s Recital 18 “The Shooting Star”

Bovet, which showed its newest timepieces in Geneva during SIHH 2016, added to its ultra-complicated Recital collection a watch that is positively cosmic in its level of complexity: the Bovet Recital 18, aka "The Shooting Star." It combines a five-day tourbillon, a hemispheric worldwide time function, a compact 24-cities indicator on rollers, a hemispheric moon-phase display, and a jumping hour with retrograde minutes.

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Jan 28, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

New from Geneva

F.P. Journe Octa Divine Debuts in New 42-mm Case

During the SIHH last week, several non-participating, independent watch brands took the opportunity to unveil new pieces, outside of the fair, to the hordes of retailers and media that descended on Geneva. One was Geneva-based F.P. Journe, which introduced a new version of its Octa Divine watch in a larger, 42-mm case. The F.P. Journe...

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Jan 27, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2016:

Time Flies: Richard Mille RM 50-02 Tourbillon Split Seconds Chronograph AJC

The Richard Mille RM 50-02 Tourbillon Split Seconds Chronograph AJC from Richard Mille, introduced at SIHH 2016, is not your typical aviation watch. It represents the brand's partnership with Airbus Corporate Jets (AJC) , the private-jet arm of the French aviation company.

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Jan 26, 2016 by Carol Besler

SIHH 2016:

H. Moser & Cie. Perpetual Calendar Heritage Limited Edition

At SIHH 2016, independent watch brand H. Moser & Cie. debuted a unique dual-cover wristwatch inspired by a late 19th-century pocketwatch from its archives. The timepiece marks the brand's 10th anniversary.

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Jan 25, 2016 by Jason Pitsch

SIHH 2016:

Introducing the Revamped Vacheron Constantin Overseas Collection

Vacheron Constantin introduced a completely revised Overseas collection at SIHH this year, including five new models and three new calibers. The new Vacheron Constantin Overseas watches also have an anti-magnetic component their calibers that uniquely allows for open casebacks.

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Jan 25, 2016 by Carol Besler

A Classic Revisited

Jaeger-LeCoultre’s New Geophysic Collection (Updated with Live Photos from SIHH)

In 2014, Jaeger-LeCoultre released the limited-edition Geophysic 1958, a tribute to a famous and collectible chronometer that the brand produced in the “International Geophysical Year” of scientific exploration (Click here for more detail on that watch). Now the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic becomes an actual contemporary collection within the brand, with the release of two new, non-limited...

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Jan 25, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2016:

Cartier Introduces A New Calibre de Cartier Diver in Blue

Among Cartier’s many new product introductions at SIHH 2016 is a new version of its first dedicated dive watch introduced in 2014, the Calibre de Cartier Diver, which will soon be available with a blue dial and bezel insert. The 42-mm case is available in stainless steel or rose gold and offers a water-resistance of...

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Jan 22, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

SIHH 2016:

Piaget Offers Ladies the Moon with Limelight Stella Astronomical Moon Phase

Piaget has become known for its growing stable of complicated calibers and particularly for its ultra-thin watches: the company has created 27 ultra-thin calibers over the years, 15 of which have set world records for being the slimmest in their category. It is surprising, then, that Piaget is only this year introducing its first complicated...

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Jan 22, 2016 by Carol Besler

SIHH 2016:

Concept to Reality: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie

At last year’s SIHH, Audemars Piguet introduced a concept minute repeater – the RD#1 “Acoustic Research” – as part of a series showcasing new technology and materials developed by the brand’s R&D department. The prototype was the result of eight years of research and represented a breakthrough in the acoustic quality and volume of chiming technology....

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Jan 21, 2016 by Carol Besler

SIHH 2016:

Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic Acciaio (Updated with Live Photos & Price)

Panerai has announced the first of the new timepieces it will launch at the SIHH 2016 watch salon in Geneva this coming January. Loyal Paneristi will note that the new Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Automatic Acciaio is the first in that collection to feature a white dial — a rarity in the Panerai portfolio overall.

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Jan 21, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2016:

Panerai Luminor 8 Days Set Pays Tribute to Early Stallone Models

Twenty years ago, Hollywood action hero Sylvester Stallone commissioned a pair of watches from then-obscure watch brand Officine Panerai, and neither the brand, nor the watch world at large, has been the same since. Panerai marks this milestone at SIHH 2016 with a special, limited-edition set of two new watches inspired by the ones made...

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Jan 20, 2016 by Mark Bernardo