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The most exciting watches, watch news, timepieces and timepiece coverage from WatchTime. Read all the watch news here and explore other breaking news or watch updates.

Showing at WatchTime New York 2018: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Quantième Complet Phase de Lune

WatchTime New York, America’s Luxury Watch Show, is coming up in just over two weeks and once again Blancpain, one of the oldest and most distinguished watchmaking maisons, will be there to exhibit its newest timepieces. Headlining the lineup this year will be the new Quantième Complet Phase de Lune from the expanding, vintage-inspired Fifty...

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Oct 12, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Promotion

Baume & Mercier’s new Clifton Baumatic: Lengthened Service Intervals

A mechanical watch movement is a complex mechanism comprising numerous mobile miniature components. Their perpetual interaction results in friction and wear ultimately influencing the smooth running of the movement. This is one of the reasons why watches have to be returned for regular service. The new Clifton Baumatic from Baume & Mercier with the maison’s...

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Oct 15, 2018 by WatchTime

NEWS

Frost on the Oak: Audemars Piguet Carolina Bucci Limited Edition Royal Oak Frosted Gold

Audemars Piguet celebrated 40 years of Royal Oak for women in 2016 by enlisting Italian jewelry designer Carolina Bucci to design a new version of the iconic timepiece in a shimmering “frosted gold” case. Those models, in rose-gold and white-gold case options, featured the Royal Oak’s well-known “Tapisserie” patterned dial. This year, AP has once...

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Oct 10, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Debuting at WatchTime New York 2018: Grand Seiko U.S. Exclusive Limited Editions

The first Grand Seiko arrived in 1960 and was all but unknown at the time to watch enthusiasts in the United States. How times have changed: this year, the Japanese high-end watchmaker, now independent of the Seiko parent company, has launched its first limited-edition timepiece to be sold exclusively in the U.S. market. And what...

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Oct 8, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

POLL:

Vote on the Winner of WatchTime Wrist Shot Contest #2

Capping off another successful WatchTime Wrist Shot Contest submission period, here are our top 10 images of the 300-plus wrist shots submitted to us through e-mail and Instagram over the past two weeks. Please vote on what you think is the best image based on composition, creativity, and image quality. The top five finishers will receive...

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Oct 9, 2018 by WatchTime

Showing at WatchTime New York 2018: Eberhard Nuvolari Legend

WatchTime New York, America’s largest luxury watch show, is just a few weeks away! As we continue our countdown to the event, we are highlighting notable new timepieces that guests will discover there. Today we showcase the Eberhard Nuvolari Legend, a vintage-look chronograph inspired by one of the icons of early 20th-century auto racing.

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Oct 7, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Showing at WatchTime New York 2018: Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Complete Calendar

WatchTime New York, America’s largest luxury watch show, is less than a month away! As we continue our countdown to the big event at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 26-27, we turn the spotlight on the Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Complete Calendar Collection Excellence Platine, which debuted at SIHH 2018.

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Oct 2, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

PROMOTION:

Gucci Presents #TimeToParr: An Uncommon Photographic Journey

Embracing Instagram’s creative landscape over the past three years with dedicated projects in which artists play with House motifs, Gucci has published and promoted these special works with a series of hashtags. Now, for the first time, the House is collaborating with a single artist on an Instagram project. Exploring the nature of time and...

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Oct 9, 2018 by WatchTime

Hands-On with the Bulgari Octo l’Originale Velocissimo Chronograph at the Bulgari Hotel in Shanghai

In 2001, the world-renowned, Italian luxury brand Bulgari launched its Hotel & Resorts division. The portfolio started with hotels in Milan, Bali, and London. The most recent openings include Beijing, Dubai and, as of a few months ago, Shanghai. The former “Pearl of the Orient” is considered the largest city in China by population (and...

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Sep 29, 2018 by Roger Ruegger

FEATURE

7 Modern Watches Inspired by Historical Pieces

The vintage-look trend that has been so prevalent in the watch world in recent years has showed no signs of abating. Modern re-editions of historical pieces continue to emerge from some of the most venerable watch brands. Here are just seven notable examples of “vintage-inspired” watches launched in recent years. 1. Omega Globemaster The Omega Globemaster...

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Sep 26, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Colorful Craniums: HYT Skull 48.8 Launches in Green, Red, and Blue

The "hydro-mechanical horologists" at HYT are expanding their collection of skull-themed timepieces with three new titanium-cased models, each with a new galvanized, opaline-varnished skull dial in green, red, or blue, to match the hue of each watch's fluidic hours display.

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Sep 22, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Go West: Ralph Lauren Introduces Limited-Edition American Western Watch Collection

Ralph Lauren's clothing designs have long been known for their aesthetic evocations of the American West, and with the new Ralph Lauren American Western Watch Collection, a range of limited editions launched to coincide with the fashion giant's 50th anniversary, the designer brings that same sensibility to his timepiece brand. Here's a closer look.

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Sep 18, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Budget Travelers: 5 World-Time Watches Under $5,000

Here are 5 world-time watches all with mechanical movements, that you can get for $5,000 or less, including Montblanc's TimeWalker World Time Hemispheres watch and Tissot's Heritage Navigator 160th Anniversary watch.

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Sep 17, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

From the Big Screen to the Big Apple: “Venom’s” Bremont U2/51-Jet Lands at WatchTime New York 2018

In the Marvel/Columbia Pictures action thriller Venom, opening October 5, British actor Tom Hardy stars as Eddie Brock, a disgraced journalist who merges with an alien symbiote to become the black-clad, super-powered antihero of the film’s title. Like his nightmarish alter ego, the watch that Hardy’s Brock wears in the film is defined by its...

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Sep 14, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

MICROBRAND MONDAY:

Britain’s Farer Unveils New Mechanical Chronograph Collection

Established in 2015 in London, Farer has been swiftly and aggressively growing its line of British-designed, Swiss-made timepieces. Last week, the latest additions to the family debuted in New York. Here is what you need to know about Farer's three new mechanical chronographs — the Cobb, Eldridge, and Segrave.

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Sep 10, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Thank You For Smoking: Hamilton’s New Intra-Matics with Fumé Dials

While cocktail bars are now a staple in cities across the world, the cocktail itself is a distinctly American phenomenon. Hamilton, whose mission statement is all about melding "American spirit" with "Swiss precision," has added to its vintage-inspired American Classic family of timepieces with new versions of the Intra-Matic Auto that are well-suited to being worn in a dark cocktail bar or smoky cigar lounge.

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Sep 5, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Grand Seiko 9F86 Quartz GMT Caliber Debuts in Three New Models

In 1993, back when it was still a sub-brand of the main Seiko collection and scarcely known outside its native Japan, Grand Seiko introduced its first exclusive quartz movement, Caliber 9F. Among that pioneering movement’s attributes were an instantaneous calendar change for the day-date display; a “backlash” auto-adjust mechanism that prevented shuddering of the seconds...

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Sep 4, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Darkened for the Deep: TAG Heuer Launches Aquaracer Carbon Special Editions

TAG Heuer's collaboration with watch customization maestro George Bamford, announced earlier this year at Baselworld, resulted in the launch of the much-discussed carbon-cased Monaco Bamford special edition. Now TAG Heuer's sporty diving watch, the Aquaracer, gets a similar all-black carbon treatment, in a trio of new models available exclusively at brand boutiques and online.

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Sep 3, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Back in Black (and Bronze): The Redoubtable Return of the Bulgari Bulgari

The watch so nice they named it twice is back, with new case materials and sizes. Bulgari's Bulgari Bulgari watch, whose engraved bezel and logo-free dial earned it a place among the horological design classics of the 197os, is now available with three new cases and in a new smaller model for ladies.

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Sep 2, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Close-Up: Panerai’s New Radiomir Logo and Radiomir Black Seal Logo

Panerai introduced new versions of its entry-level "Logo" models, the Luminor Base and Luminor Marina, earlier this year. Now the brand rounds out its starter-model collection with similar versions of the very first Panerai wristwatch, the Radiomir.

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Aug 29, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Showing at WatchTime New York 2018: Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback

America’s largest luxury watch show, WatchTime New York, returns to Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 26-27 (click here for event details and to purchase tickets). Once again, longtime event partner Carl F. Bucherer will be among the exhibiting watch brands, showcasing, among other new timepieces, the new, retro-look version of its Manero Chronograph Flyback. The watch’s stainless...

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Aug 21, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Showing at WatchTime New York 2018: Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Memovox

WatchTime New York, America’s largest luxury watch show, returns to the Big Apple in October. As we count down to the big event, taking place at Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 26-27, we’ continue to spotlight some of the headliners among the many new watches that guests will discover there. Today we showcase the Polaris...

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Aug 18, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Timex and Todd Snyder Team Up for Another Sub-$200 Vintage-Look Watch

Who says we're not versatile here at WatchTime? Yesterday, we showed you Richard Mille's ultra-complex RM 25-01, designed in collaboration with Sylvester Stallone, with a price tag just shy of a million dollars. Today, we're showcasing another joint collaboration way down at the other end of the price spectrum, namely the latest vintage-look piece to emerge from mass-market Timex's partnership with menswear designer Todd Snyder.

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Aug 17, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

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