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Not Just a Phase: The Hublot Classic Fusion Aeromoon

Hublot introduced a new landmark for the brand this January: its first moon-phase watch. The Hublot Classic Fusion Aeromoon prominently displays the phases of the moon on its skeletonized dial.

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Jan 27, 2015 by Jay Deshpande

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

SIHH 2015: Ralph Lauren Automotive Chronograph (Updated with Live Photo and Price)

Among the new offerings from Ralph Lauren at this year’s SIHH is the new Ralph Lauren Automotive Chronograph. Inspired by the instrument panel of Lauren’s legendary 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, this piece evokes the exotic yet purposeful aesthetic found in the cockpit of a car many regard as the finest gentleman’s sport coupe of...

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Jan 23, 2015 by WatchTime

SIHH 2015: Here Are 19 Of The New Watches We’ve Seen So Far

Get a glimpse of WatchTime's SIHH coverage in this review of 19 luxury watches from Baume & Mercier, Montblanc, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, IWC and many other watch brands.

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Jan 23, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Sponsored: DWISS Celebrates 10 Years with Swiss-Made M3W Wandering Hours Automatic

DWISS is marking 10 years since its founding, and to celebrate its anniversary it is launching a Swiss-made automatic watch with a wandering hours display: the M3W. The case’s design inspiration came from the previous model M3, which was produced in Switzerland and designed in the world’s first Watch Design Club, where 100 members came...

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Oct 11, 2021 by WatchTime

SIHH 2015: IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar (Updated with Live Photos and Prices)

The new IWC Portugieser Annual Calendar, part of the brand’s “Year of the Portugieser” at SIHH 2015, is a timepiece that marks two IWC firsts: its in-house movement is equipped with an innovative annual calendar mechanism and also boasts a two-barrel, seven-day power reserve.

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Jan 23, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2015: Panerai Luminor 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Ceramica (Updated with Live Photo and Price)

At SIHH 2015 this week, Panerai Panerai debuted the Luminor 1950 3 Days Chrono Flyback Automatic Ceramica – 44 mm. This new model surrounds the P.9100 manufacture chronograph movement with a high-tech matte-black case fashioned from synthetic ceramic based on zirconium oxide.

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Jan 22, 2015 by WatchTime

SIHH 2015: New Dial Designs for A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia (Updated with Live Photos)

At the SIHH 2015 watch fair, German luxury watch brand A. Lange & Sohne unveiled three new models in its elegant, understated Saxonia collection. The new-generation versions of the Saxonia, Saxonia Automatic, and Saxonia Dual Time all feature subtly redesigned dials, with two models also sporting new case dimensions.

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Jan 22, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

3 New Omega Seamaster and Speedmaster Watches

Recently, new watches have been added to Omega's Seamaster, Speedmaster and Constellation collections including the Omega Speedmaster Mark II, the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Orange Ceramic, and for the ladies, the Omega Constellation Pluma. We review them in this feature article from WatchTime.

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Jan 22, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2015: New Baume & Mercier Watches (Updated with Live Photos and Prices)

Among its new releases at SIHH 2015, Baume & Mercier has launched two new models in its rectangular-cased Hamptons collection and a new complication in the recently launched Baume & Mercier Clifton family.

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Jan 22, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2015: Greubel Forsey GMT Black (Updated with Live Photos and Price)

Greubel Forsey, a brand known for its ambitious, innovative multi-tourbillon watches, introduced its own singular take on the classic world-time watch in 2011. A new execution of the succinctly named Greubel Forsey GMT, with a blackened titanium case, debuted this week at SIHH 2015.

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Jan 21, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2015: New Roger Dubuis Excalibur Skeleton Watches (Updated with Live Photos and Prices)

Roger Dubuis has declared 2015 to be “The Year of the Skeleton,” unveiling a slew of new skeletonized watches from its flagship Excalibur collection at SIHH 2015. Here’s more on two of them, the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Skeleton and Excalibur Spider Flying Tourbillon.

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Jan 21, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2015: Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Astrotourbillon Skeleton (Updated with Live Photo)

At its SIHH 2015 presentation, Cartier introduced a new version of its Astrotourbillon concept: the Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Astrotourbillon Skeleton. The watch lays bare the workings of its unusual rotating tourbillon mechanism, suspending it in in the skeletonized movement.

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Jan 20, 2015 by Jay Deshpande

Camo and Chrono: 7 Interesting Casio G-Shock Watches

For fans and collectors of Casio G-Shock watches, WatchTime reveals why there are seven more reasons to make room on their shelves and wrists. These military-style, camouflage-pattern Casio G-Shock watches are available in a total of seven new color schemes.

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Jan 20, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2015: Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Reversed Tourbillon (Updated with Live Photos and Price)

Cartier has introduced more than 100 new watch references at SIHH 2015. One of the most interesting is the Rotonde de Cartier Reversed Tourbillon, a watch whose unconventional flying tourbillon is displayed on a minimalist, sunburst-guilloché dial with an off-center hours and minutes display.

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Jan 20, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2015: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept RD#1 (Updated with Live Photo)

As it did last year, Audemars Piguet presented a new Royal Oak Concept watch at the 2015 SIHH watch fair. This year’s model is truly a milestone: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept RD#1 (formerly nicknamed “Acoustic Research”) — which I saw, and heard, in person today — is a unique prototype piece that is...

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Jan 20, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2015: Piaget Presents the World’s Thinnest Hand-Wound Chronograph (Updated with Live Photo and Price)

Piaget watches have long been renowned for their elegant thinness, and the brand has set numerous watch-world thinness records with its releases of recent years. The new Piaget Altiplano Chronograph, which debuted this week at SIHH 2015 — sets another one, for world’s thinnest hand-wound flyback chronograph.

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Jan 19, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2015: Montblanc Heritage Spirit Orbis Terrarum (Updated with Live Photos and Prices)

Montblanc has launched a number of new travel-oriented watches at SIHH 2015 in Geneva. One of them, the Montblanc Heritage Spirit Orbis Terrarum is a new take on the world timer, showing the hour in 24 time zones at once.

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Jan 19, 2015 by Jay Deshpande

Looking Time in the Eye: Two New HYT Skull Watches

Skulls are a popular motif in luxury watches lately — check out our list of some of the most notable ones — and now HYT, one of the most unconventional watchmakers out there, gets in on the act in its own unique “hydromechanical horology” style with the release of the HYT Skull, available in two...

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Jan 15, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

WatchTime’s January-February 2015 Issue is On Sale Now!

The January-February issue of WatchTime is on newsstands now (and also in the WatchTime online shop), featuring our test of the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Flyback Chrono, a feature on Patek Philippe’s 175th anniversary watches, a a comparative review of four three-hand dive watches, and more. Scroll down for highlights from the issue…

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Jan 13, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

Tissot’s Luxury Automatics Offer 80-Hour Power Reserve

We present a close-up look at the new Tissot Luxury Automatic COSC collection, which contain the new caliber nicknamed Powermatic 80, an automatic movement with COSC chronometer certification and an 80-hour power reserve.

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Jan 12, 2015 by Mark Bernardo

TAG Heuer Focuses on Caliber 1887, Delays Launch of Carrera CH80

If you’re anticipating the release of the announced release of the new TAG Heuer Carrera CH80 chronograph, you will need to wait a bit longer. TAG Heuer has announced today it has decided to focus on the production of a single chronograph movement, Caliber CH1887, launched in 2010.

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Jan 10, 2015 by Mark Bernardo