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How Bovet Blossomed

In our March-April issue, on sale now, WatchTime’s Jay Deshpande speaks to Bovet owner Pascal Raffy about his plans for the 187-year-old brand. In this feature from our December 2009 issue, writer Lucien F. Trueb explores Bovet’s history and the story of how Raffy fell madly in love with it.

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Mar 8, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Mountain Climbing: Montblanc’s Journey to Haute Horlogerie

In this profile piece from WatchTime’s January-February 2009 issue, executive editor Norma Buchanan reveals how Montblanc, a brand best known for pens, entered the heady world of haute horlogerie, and explores the brand’s ultra-complicated Grand Tourbillon Heures Mystérieuses. In the fall of 2006 the Richemont Group surprised the watch world when it bought Fabrique d’Horlogere...

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Dec 4, 2012 by Norma Buchanan

Hanhart Heads West

In this feature from our current issue, we profile Hanhart, a Swiss-German company known mostly in Europe — and mostly for its stopwatches — and its plans to bring its wristwatches to the United States.

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Oct 24, 2012 by Gisbert Brunner

Three Decades of Shocks: Casio Launches 30th Anniversary G-Shock Models

In 1983, Casio launched its first G-Shock watch, a product that reinvented the image of the digital wristwatch and, with its unprecedented shock-resistant case, revolutionized watch case design as well. This year, the Japanese brand kicks off a year-long celebration of its most iconic timepiece leading up to the G-Shock’s 30th anniversary in 2013.

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Aug 13, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Idol Time: American Idol’s Randy Jackson Talks Timepieces with WT

It’s been a big week for “American Idol’s” Randy Jackson. Not only is “AI” fandom abuzz over his future as a judge on the popular musical competition program, but this week also saw the launch of a new business venture for the famously watch-loving Jackson — Timepieces by Randy Jackson, a new line of watches...

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Jul 27, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

New F.P. Journe Book and Exhibit Celebrate Historic Gunmetal Watches

Most of the watches that Francois-Paul Journe produces for his independent brand are anything but “proletarian:” most come in gold or platinum cases and have movement parts made of 18k rose gold. However, Journe’s newest publishing project, “Steel Time,” celebrates the classic burnished steel “gunmetal” watches of the mid- to late 19th century and how...

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Apr 19, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Alpina Genève Club Range

The Alpina Genève Club range offers stylish, well made watches at affordable prices. The line includes a quartz chronograph, an automatic model with a choice of three case colors, and at the top of the range, a regulator with manufacture movement. All models measure 44mm in diameter.

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Oct 21, 2010 by WatchTime

Antiquorum Launches DirectBid Online Auction Platform Today

Antiquorum is launching a new online auction platform called DirectBid today. Enthusiasts can log on day or night and bid on watches on their own schedule. Antiquorum says the vast majority of the timepieces available on DirectBid will be affordable, and the buyer’s fee will be competitively low.

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Sep 29, 2010 by WatchTime

THE MAN BEHIND THE BRAND: Daniel JeanRichard

(This is the first of a series of articles on historical watchmakers whose names have been revived as contemporary watch brands.) In 1986, Luigi (Gino) Macaluso, a Swiss watch distributor in Italy, bought the rights to the name Daniel JeanRichard from Lemania, the Swiss movement manufacturer. Daniel JeanRichard was not a watch brand. It is...

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Jan 16, 2010 by Joe Thompson

Luminox Sentry: Light Technology at a Light Price

Invented in the United States and made in Switzerland, Luminox Light Technology lets a watch glow continuously for at least 25 years. Now its available in a new collection called the Sentry, attractively priced at just $225 MSRP, making the same technology used by SWAT teams, Navy SEALS, Stealth fighter pilots, ATF agents and other...

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Oct 1, 2009 by WatchTime

Mondaine’s New Watches for Fall

Mondaine, the Official Swiss Railways Watch and one of the more affordable Swiss watch brands on the market today, unveils their new timepieces for fall. Two new Retro Chic models debut, one for ladies and one for men. Mondaine also offers two new square watches in larger and smaller sizes, and with brushed or polished...

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Aug 5, 2009 by WatchTime