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Close-Up: Rolex’s 50th Anniversary Daytona (with Video)

In this feature article, we take a close look at the special anniversary edition of the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, the chronograph watch made famous by actor and motor racing enthusiast Paul Newman.

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Jan 6, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Watches at Wimbledon: Who Wears What

As many watch aficionados and tennis fans know, some of the Wimbledon tournament’s biggest stars are also “brand ambassadors” for some watch brand or other. So which watch will we see on the wrist of the eventual men’s and ladies’ Wimbledon champs at the trophy presentation this year? We don’t know yet, but here’s a...

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Jan 5, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Hublot King Power Ayrton Senna

November 3, 2014, would have been Ayrton Senna’s 54th birthday. On that date in 2010, on the occasion of the Interlagos Grand Prix in Brazil, Senna’s sister Viviane, along with the Instituto Ayrton Senna and Hublot, united the Formula 1 family along with Senna’s friends and loved ones to commemorate his 50th birthday, which featured...

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Jan 5, 2015 by WatchTime

3 Limited-Edition Mühle Glashütte Watches Commemorate 145 Years of the Brand

The German watch brand we know today as Mühle Glashütte was founded in 1869 by Robert Mühle, and the family business was re-established in 1994 by his descendant, Hans-Jürgen Mühle. Mühle Glashütte commemorates both the 145 anniversary of its origins and the 20th anniversary of its rebirth this year with a trio of limited-edition anniversary...

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Jan 5, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Omega’s New Watch Certification: What Makes It Different?

In December, Omega and METAS, the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology, held a joint press conference in Geneva to announce a new collaboration. Starting in 2015, Omega watches that are badged “Master Co-Axial” will be officially certified by METAS, using a new testing system. But what does this mean for Omega, and for watch certification...

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Jan 5, 2015 by Jay Deshpande

Hublot Big Bang Unico World Poker Tour

Hublot has introduced a new limited-edition watch for high-stakes poker players, the Hublot Big Bang Unico World Poker Tour. The watch adapts the Big Bang case with accents on the bezel for card players. Inside, it has Hublot’s manufacture column-wheel chronograph movement.

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Jan 3, 2015 by Jay Deshpande

The New Waltham Watches: An American Classic Returns with a Modern Swiss Twist

We take a look here at the Waltham watch company, and its recent return to the U.S. market with new Waltham wristwatches that call to mind the brand's long and storied history but are also decidedly modern.

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Jan 2, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Two Vintage Breguet Pocketwatches Added to the Brand’s Collection of Historic Timepieces

Montres Breguet added to its private collection of historically significant watches, when brand president and CEO Marc A. Hayek acquired two important lots at a Christie’s Geneva auction last year: the Breguet no. 4039, a half-quarter repeating watch with an off-centered hour dial and date indication, and the extremely rare Breguet Tourbillon no. 1176.

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Jan 2, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Watch Wallpaper: 5 Footballers And Their Hublot Watches

As part of its “Hublot Loves Football” campaign, the Hublot watch company enlisted Swiss photographer Fred Merz to snap portraits of soccer legends of today and yesteryear, with each one featuring both a Hublot watch and the brand’s World Cup symbol, a soccer ball painted and decorated by Brazilian artist Romero Britto.

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Jan 1, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Which Watch Brand Spends the Most on Advertising?

We take a look at the top watch advertisers in the U.S. - including Cartier, Rolex, Movado and Patek Philippe - and reveal how much they spend, and who spends the most.

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Dec 31, 2014 by Jay Deshpande

A Look At Two Recently Introduced IWC Ingenieur Watches

While its focus was squarely on its Aquatimer divers’ watches at the 2014 SIHH, IWC has circled back to last year’s featured watch line, the Ingenieur, with two new IWC Ingenieur watches that it is launching this summer, both bearing the Ingenieur collection’s revamped design codes, influenced by materials and functions used in Formula One...

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Dec 31, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

Panerai Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H: A Panerai Watch for Travelers

Panerai first became renowned for its distinctively masculine divers’ watches. Now the Swiss watch brand with Florentine roots has released a watch suited for world travelers: the Panerai Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT 24H, the first Panerai watch to contain the new manufacture Caliber P.9003.

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Dec 31, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

A Look Back: The 3 Biggest Surprises at SIHH 2014

I know, I know, you are supposed to expect the unexpected. Even so, I did not expect what Baume & Mercier, Greubel Forsey and Cartier unveiled at this year’s watch fair in Geneva. Here is a look back at the three biggest surprises of SIHH 2014 – as we’re all looking forward to the surprises...

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Dec 28, 2014 by Joe Thompson

Beyond the ÜberWatches: 5 (Possibly) Overlooked Watches from SIHH 2014

At this year’s SIHH, as per usual, the lion’s share of buzz and attention went to a handful of “headliner watches,” or, as we at WatchTime have dubbed them, “überwatches,” even though most of the watch brands each released a dozen or more new products for 2014. And even when a brand doesn’t have what...

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Dec 28, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

Five Affordable Luxury Watches from SIHH 2014

In this report, I present five value-priced Luxury Watches from SIHH 2014 that caught my eye, with models from Panerai, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Cartier and others.

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Dec 26, 2014 by WatchTime

SIHH 2015 Preview: IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Pure Classic

The Schaffhausen-based manufacture IWC will introduce a new addition to its elegant Portofino collection at SIHH 2015 in January. The IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Pure Classic has a simple, understated display and a long-running in-house caliber.

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Dec 25, 2014 by Jay Deshpande

Breitling Redesigns its Colt Military Watch Collection

The Breitling Colt collection — introduced in the 1980s and intended, as were its predecessors, the Breitling Navitimer and Breitling Chronomat, as military watches — has been revamped this year. The new Breitling Colt watches include models for men and ladies, with both quartz and automatic movements, including a quartz chronograph.

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Dec 12, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

3 Standout Features of Citizen Watch Co.’s New York Flagship Boutique

Citizen Watch Company of America has opened its first dedicated retail concept store in North America. The Japanese brand’s global flagship boutique, which opened its doors to the public on November 20, is located at 1500 Broadway, in New York City’s Times Square, and features a full range of Citizen watches and a number of...

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Dec 8, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

Time is Money: The 26 Richest Swiss Watch Barons

Each year the respected Swiss business magazine, Bilan, publishes a list of the 300 richest Swiss with a rough estimate of their fortunes. For this article we examined the list for you to see which members of the watch industry made the ranking. Here they are:

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Dec 3, 2014 by Jay Deshpande

Her Time: 5 Ladies’ Watch Collections from 5 Luxury Brands

We’ve covered dozens of new watch releases from the watch fairs here at WatchTime.com, as well as in our print edition. The vast majority of these have been targeted squarely at the male consumer. But in the past years several brands have also launched entirely new collections aimed at the ladies market, some with in-house...

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Dec 1, 2014 by Mark Bernardo