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Breitling Top Time Limited Edition

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Audemars Piguet Revives a Rarity

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Breguet Marine Tourbillon Marchante 5587

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MB&F Unleashes the Bulldog

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Bremont Goes Bronze with Project Possible

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PORTFOLIO

Time Machines: 7 Automotive-Inspired Retro Watches

A classic car is a time machine into the past. But what about the smaller machines that measure time’s passage? Which watches would harmonize best with a vintage car’s styling? Fortunately, the retro trend in watches is bigger than ever. Here are seven suggestions, photographed by our own Nik Schölzel.

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Mar 25, 2020 by Jens Koch

UPDATED APRIL 3, 2020

COVID-19 and the Wristwatch Industry: A Timeline

We're following the ongoing news of how the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is affecting the watch industry — from cancellations and postponements of major events, to production shutdowns, to emergency corporate initiatives — in an ongoing effort to keep you, our readers, up to date on the latest developments. Here's a chronological look at the crisis, and its impact on the watch trade, as of March 26, 2020.

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Apr 3, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH REVIEW

Well Traveled Companion: Reviewing the Tudor Black Bay GMT

Tudor adds world-time functionality to the Black Bay with new manufacture Caliber MT5652. Not only does the GMT version run more accurately than many other chronometer-tested watches, it boasts a 70-hour power reserve and the time displays can be set in several different ways.

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Mar 25, 2020 by Martina Richter

NEWS

Breguet Updates Classique Collection with Two New Colorways

Last week, haute horologerie watchmaker Breguet unveiled the first of its 2020 releases, which include updates to the traditional-focused Classique collection. The updates include two new colorways for its 7337 and 7137 references, one with a new white-gold case and “Breguet” blue dial option, the other with a rose-gold case and silver dial combination. Like...

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Mar 24, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

WATCH REVIEW

Renaissance Diver: Reviewing the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Co-Axial Master Chronometer

More than 25 years ago, Omega’s Seamaster 300 marked an important milestone in the brand’s underwater history. In this feature from the WatchTime archives, we check if the 2018 model is as professional as the one that once saved a British spy’s life.

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Mar 24, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

FEATURE

Tracking the Rolex Daytona: A 55-Year History

In this feature-length article from WatchTime's January-February 2016 issue, we take a look at the 55-year history of the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, the brand's iconic chronograph watch.

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Mar 24, 2020 by WatchTime

NEWS

Montblanc Scales New Luxury Smartwatch Heights with Summit 2+

Montblanc follows up the new releases in its Heritage and Star Legacy collections with a next-generation version of its Summit luxury smartwatch, first rolled out in 2017. The new Summit 2+ features all the functions and capabilities of its predecessor, the Summit 2, released in 2018, "plus" some additional goodies.

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Mar 23, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH REVIEW

Silent Accord: Reviewing the Grand Seiko Spring Drive Diver SBGA229

Grand Seiko’s SBGA229 divers’ watch combines traditional mechanical watchmaking and the precision of electronic timekeeping. This is made possible by Spring Drive technology, developed by Seiko, and the result is an authentic divers’ watch with a unique inner life. In this feature from our October 2019 issue, with original photos by Olaf Köster, we give it a thorough once-over.

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Mar 23, 2020 by Martina Richter

FEATURES

Five Chronometer-Certified Watches That Won’t Break the Bank

The past two decades have seen a shift in why people wear watches. Thanks to the omnipresence of smartphones, laptops, and other digital devices, it’s no longer necessary to wear a watch to know the exact time. While the reasoning we cherish our mechanical marvels of the wrist may have changed — be it a romantic...

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Mar 23, 2020 by WatchTime

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Hamilton PSR

Hamilton this week unveiled the latest vintage-inspired PSR, a throwback model recalling the Pulsar digital watch of the 1970s. Longtime fans of Hamilton may fondly remember the Pulsar as a short-lived but significant part of the brand’s history, requiring at least two years of focused development to create, and then dominating the watch market during...

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Mar 22, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

NEWS

Greubel Forsey QP à Équation Debuts in Rose Gold with Chocolate Dial

Greubel Forsey introduced its seventh "Invention Piece," the QP à Équation, in 2015, adding a rhodium-dialed Millésime edition in 2017. This year, the extraordinarily complex timepiece debuts in a new version with an 18k rose gold case and a chocolate-colored gold dial.

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Mar 21, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Chronomania: The 50-Year History of the Automatic Chronograph

Fifty years ago, the consortium of Heuer-Leonidas, Breitling, Buren-Hamilton and Dubois Dépraz vied with lone wolves Zenith and Seiko in the race to launch the world’s first automatic chronograph movement. How did these brands keep their developments secret? And how did the watch world change? We searched the past for clues.

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Mar 20, 2020 by WatchTime

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The Blue Hour: A Hands-On Review of the IWC Portugieser Chronograph Edition “150 Years”

At the beginning of last year, IWC introduced a 150-year anniversary edition of its Portugieser Chronograph as a limited-edition model alongside the original Portugieser Chronograph, which debuted in 1998. The most significant difference between the two is the movement: the unlimited version has a modified ETA Valjoux 7750, while the anniversary model is animated by...

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Mar 20, 2020 by Jens Koch

NEWS

Montblanc Adds Two New Timepieces to its Star Legacy Collection

Montblanc is possibly best known these days for its popular vintage-influenced collections like the 1858 Geosphere and Automatic Chronograph, and its Heritage series, which was most recently updated last week with two new gold models and a new monopusher chronograph. Today we look at Montblanc’s more contemporary-focused Star Legacy series, which recently added two new...

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Mar 19, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

LIST:

Brown is the New Black: Five Noteworthy Watches with Chocolate Hues

There’s a reason why timepieces with brown dials haven’t developed as a universal offering from watch brands in the same way other colorways have. The popular blue and green looks that we’ve seen proliferate over the past few years are able to offer a lively interpretation of time with their attractive and vibrant hues. Black...

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Mar 19, 2020 by WatchTime

WATCH REVIEW

Time Out: Reviewing the Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42

The new Premier collection stands out and apart from Breitling’s classic pilot and dive watches, while still leaving all its distinctive Breitling features intact. We review the flagship model of this new line., with original photos by Olaf Köster.

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Mar 19, 2020 by Martina Richter

NEWS

Bremont Goes Bronze with New Project Possible Limited Edition

Last year, Britain’s Bremont Watch Co. sponsored Nirmal “Nims” Purja, a Gurkha mountaineer and British military veteran, in his historic quest to summit the world’s 14 tallest mountains in less than seven months. Commemorating the successful completion of this record-setting mission, dubbed Project Possible, is the new Bremont Project Possible Limited Edition — which also...

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Mar 18, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

How Green is My Watch? How Watch Brands Are Embracing Sustainability

Sustainability is the topic of the hour. But how committed is the watch industry to ethical and ecological responsibility? We explore several interesting solutions in this feature from our October 2019 issue.

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Mar 18, 2020 by Maria-Bettina Eich

WATCH REVIEW

Hands-On with the Seiko Prospex PADI Special Edition SRPA83

Despite appearing prominently on the wrist, the Seiko Prospex PADI Special Edition is very comfortable to wear. It fits perfectly, regardless of its ample size and weight. One reason for this good fit is due to the concave curvature of the middle part of the case, which devours the back like the crater of a...

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Mar 18, 2020 by Martina Richter

NEWS

A Skeleton Behind the Smoke: Hermès Arceau Squelette

Hermès's Arceau timepiece, designed by its longtime artistic director Henri d'Origny in 1978, is perhaps the watch that best expresses the brand's historical roots as a saddle maker: its asymmetrical lugs are shaped like stirrups and the sloping font of it hour numerals evoke the silhouettes of galloping horses. This year, Hermès unveils a new edition of the Arceau that also elegantly demonstrates the maison's watchmaking expertise: the Arceau Squelette.

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Mar 17, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

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Direction Selection: A Hands-On Review of the New Oris Aquis GMT Date

The Aquis GMT Date doesn’t represent a venture into previously unexplored terrain for Oris because the popular independent brand from Hölstein, Switzerland, has previous experience with time-zone watches. The Oris Big Crown ProPilot Worldtimer is a pilots’ watch with innovative time-zone setting via the bezel. The local time advances in single-hour increments when you turn...

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Mar 17, 2020 by Martina Richter