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Girard-Perregaux Launches Limited-Edition Sea Hawk Pro for World Oceans Day

Swiss watchmaker Girard-Perregaux released a special, limited-edition model of its Sea Hawk Pro 1000m divers’ watch at a special event at New York’s Museum of Modern Art on June 5. Hosted by environmental conservationists Susan and David Rockefeller, Jr., the evening’s highlight was the New York premiere screening of Mission of Mermaids, Susan Rockefeller’s new...

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Jun 6, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Eberhard Chronograph from WWII Auctioned for 56,000€

The “Sistema Magini”, later called the “Metodo Magini” by Eberhard & Co., was auction for 56,000€ at the Meeting Art Auction House to an unknown buyer. This 24-hour split-second chronograph is said to have flown from Rome to Tokyo and back in 1942, during World War II. As stated in an Eberhard document dated 1943,...

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Jun 6, 2012 by WatchTime

Titanium Timekeepers at JCK Las Vegas

Swiss Watch by JCK, part of the annual JCK Watch and Jewelry show, opened today, with luxury watch brands showing their wares at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino. On our first day at the show, we discovered some intriguing timepieces, including one new model, which was not ready in time to debut at Baselworld,...

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Jun 1, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Ulysse Nardin Commemorates Columbus’s Santa Maria with Limited Edition

Ulysse Nardin’s origins as a maker of nautical clocks and marine chronometers are on display in many of the brand’s modern wristwatches, like its Marine collection of divers’ watches. The newest model from the Swiss brand’s Cloisonné collection of limited-edition timepieces, the Classico Limited Edition Santa Maria, continues the theme of sailing with its tribute...

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May 18, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Panerai Tuttonero Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT Automatic Ceramica

“Tuttonero” is Italian for “all black,” so it made the perfect nickname for this new model from Panerai, a brand with a strong Florentine heritage. The full name, as per usual with Panerai, is a mouthful: Tuttonero Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT Automatic Ceramica – 44 mm. Its Paneristi-friendly reference number is PAM00438. The watch,...

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May 16, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Close-Up: Carl F. Bucherer Patravi EvoTec PowerReserve

In 2010, Carl F. Bucherer added a power-reserve indicator to its Patravi EvoTec watch, launched the year before, thus creating the Patravi EvoTec PowerReserve. WatchTime gives the watch and its in-house movement a thorough once-over in the May-June issue 2012 issue. Click here to read the story and see stunning photos by Zuckerfabrik Fotodesign.

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May 15, 2012 by Gwendolyn Benda

Hard Timers: How Hublot Conjured its Magic Gold

The Hublot brand is known for its use of unusual materials, including cermet (a mix of ceramic and metal), tungsten, and something the brand named “Hublonium” (an alloy of magnesium and aluminum). Now the company has unveiled one more: a very hard and therefore scratch-resistant alloy of gold Hublot has dubbed “Magic Gold.” Click here...

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May 14, 2012 by Gisbert Brunner

The Big Reveal: Maîtres du Temps Chapter Three

Like many others, I was intrigued by the invitation to see the Maîtres du Temps Chapter Three “Reveal” at this year’s Baselworld watch fair in Switzerland. Only when I finally got a good look at the shrouded-in-secrecy timepiece — the third model in the haut-de-gamme “Masters of Time” collection, which teams up noted independent watchmakers...

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May 7, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

A. Lange & Söhne Grand Lange 1

It’s been 18 years since A. Lange & Söhne put German watchmaking on the map with its now-iconic Lange 1 model. The collector community took notice of its boldly off-center dial design and large date, as well as traditional Saxon elements in the movement, like the three-quarters plate, screwed gold chatons and screw balance, and...

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May 2, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Sotheby’s to Auction Rare Patek Philippes Owned by Henry Graves Family

In December 1999, Sotheby’s made watch-auction history. The auction house sold the so-called Henry Graves Supercomplication — a pocketwatch originally commissioned from Patek Philippe by noted watch collector Henry Graves, Jr., and which featured 24 complications — for an astounding $11,002,500, still the world record for any timepiece at auction. Last week, Sotheby’s announced that...

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May 1, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Animation Innovation: Harry Winston’s Opus 12

Each year as Baselworld approaches, one word percolates to the top of the watch world’s collective consciousness: “Opus.” Harry Winston’s Opus pieces often outscore all others on the buzz-generator charts. This year’s Opus watch did not disappoint. It may have momentarily confused some of us, but it did not disappoint. (Click on the watch photos...

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Apr 30, 2012 by WatchTime

Speake-Marin Goes Back to His Roots With Renaissance Tourbillon Minute Repeater

While he was working at the Swiss movement manufacturer Renaud et Papi, British watchmaker Peter Speake-Marin created, on his own time, a pocketwatch with a tourbillon and two power trains that is today referred to as the Foundation Watch. It is so named because it established Speak-Marin’s horological bonafides and provided the foundation for his...

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Apr 13, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Revisiting a Divers’ Classic: The Rolex Submariner

Rolex released a new version of its Submariner Date watch in 2010, in a steel case with a ceramic bezel. We test that watch in our March-April issue, on newsstands now. But did you know that the Rolex Submariner has been around for almost 60 years, and has been worn not only by professional divers...

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Apr 10, 2012 by Gisbert Brunner

New York Exhibit Celebrates 40 Years of Audemars Piguet Royal Oak

Audemars Piguet’s iconic sports watch with the octagonal bezel, the Royal Oak, turns 40 this year, and the Swiss watch firm plans to celebrate the milestone in style, kicking off a touring exhibit of 100 rare Audemars Piguet watches, set against an artistic multimedia presentation showcasing the brand and its history, with an opening engagement...

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Apr 10, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Jaeger-LeCoultre is Mad About “Mad Men”

After waiting 17 agonizing months, fans of AMC’s hit TV series “Mad Men” finally have reason to cheer: Season Five of the Emmy-winning drama premieres this Sunday, March 25. And now Jaeger-LeCoultre — a brand that sharp-eyed watch aficionados have spotted series star Jon Hamm wearing on the show — is offering an extremely limited...

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Apr 10, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Hublot Launches New Big Bang Ferrari

Hublot chairman Jean-Claude Biver’s appreciation for speed is evident not only in his choice of partner for the Swiss watch brand’s latest collaborative venture — the Italian sportscar icon Scuderia Ferrari — but in the astoundingly short time it has taken to produce the first Ferrari-branded Hublot wristwatch: the Hublot Big Bang Ferrari Magic Gold....

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Apr 10, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

High Seas Horology: Montblanc’s Régulateur Nautique

It was one of the most technologically intriguing timekeeping devices unveiled at the SIHH watch fair in January (and, quite probably, the largest) and it’s destined to become a conversation piece for sixteen happy yacht owners. We’re talking about Montblanc’s Régulateur Nautique Timepiece Set, a combination chronograph wristwatch/nautical clock set that pays homage to the...

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Feb 27, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

F.P. Journe Octa Sport

F.P. Journe’s affinity for aluminum and its incredible lightness of being continues with the new Octa Sport – the second creation in Journe’s Sport line. It follows last year’s Centigraphe Sport, the first watch created entirely from aluminum (movement, case, dial and bracelet). The new Octa Sport weighs in at a mere 53 grams, and...

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Feb 6, 2012 by WatchTime

Bulgari Papillon Voyageur

We present Bulgari's new Papillon Voyager dual time zone travel watch and explore its unique and patented system for displaying the minutes.

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Feb 3, 2012 by WatchTime