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Highlights, Insights, and Trends from the Year’s Biggest Watch Showcase

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Five G-Shocks We’re Excited About in 2019

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Panerai Submersible Bronzo Resurfaces with Ceramic Bezel

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TAG Heuer Builds Out the Autavia Family

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Breitling Re-Issues a Classic Navitimer

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Bovet Virtuoso V Takes the Stage with New Red Guilloché Dial

Scarlett O'Hara, Crimson Tide, Dorothy's ruby slippers, the ubiquitous red carpets: the color red can be found all over the history and mythology of Hollywood. Now we can add to the list this striking timepiece from Bovet Fleurier, taking its first bow in the U.S. at the upcoming WatchTime Los Angeles event: the new Virtuoso V, robed in an 18k rose gold Amadeo convertible case and sporting a red guilloché dial.

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Apr 19, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH TEST

A Chrono Without a Chrono: Testing the Oris Chronoris Date

The latest version of Oris’s racing watch, the Chronoris Date, has no timing function. Is this good or bad? We take an in-depth look at the watch in this feature from WatchTime's August 2018 issue.

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Apr 19, 2019 by Alexander Krupp

FEATURE

10 Things to Know About Rolex

Rolex is the world’s most widely recognized luxury watch brand. That global recognition is the product of decades of success in a range of fields, from early timekeeping records to a string of important firsts, not to mention film appearances and associations with James Bond, Paul Newman, and other notables. Here are 10 key things you should know about Rolex.

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Apr 19, 2019 by WatchTime

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Back in Black: The New HYT H1.0 Black Fluid Will Be Shown at WatchTime Los Angeles

HYT will be showcasing its updated H1.0 watches at WatchTime Los Angeles on May 3-4 of this year, and leading the collection will be its latest Black Fluid model. The watch was released in February 2019 after the brand first revealed the Blue, Green, and Red Liquid editions a month earlier at SIHH. Together, the watches have...

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Apr 18, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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Blancpain Introduces a Boutique-Exclusive, Platinum-Clad Villeret Perpetual Calendar

Blancpain has launched a new Villeret Quantième Perpétuel 6656 model in platinum that will be exclusively available at its 30+ official brand boutiques worldwide. Limited to 88 pieces, the new watch is nicely sized at 40 mm by 10.7 mm and features an attractive sunray blue dial with registers at 3, 9 and 12 o’clock along...

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Apr 18, 2019 by WatchTime

WATCH REVIEW

Swanky Sailor: Reviewing the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master

For this watch review, we take a close look at the modern version of Rolex’s Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master, with black Cerachrom bezel and Oysterflex bracelet.

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Apr 18, 2019 by Martina Richter

FEATURE

Faces of Time: 8 Watches with Unusual Time Displays

Many watches show “only” the time. But there’s plenty of latitude for creativity, as we can see on display in this selection of eight unconventionally designed timepieces from eight innovative watch brands.

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Apr 18, 2019 by Alexander Krupp

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Reservoir Watches Introduces its First Dive Watch with the Hydrosphere Collection

Although Reservoir Watches has been around since 2015, my first experience with the brand was at Baselworld 2018 where I was struck by the brand’s all-or-nothing approach to watchmaking. Every single timepiece produced by Reservoir is focused on a dueling complication setup for the time display. The hours are indicated via a digital aperture in the...

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Apr 17, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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Grand Seiko & Nissan Celebrate Dual Anniversaries with New SBGC229 Limited Edition

Many luxury watch brands have partnered with automobile brands and their racing teams, but one of these partnerships that is little known in the United States is the one between two Japanese marques: Grand Seiko and Nissan. The watchmaker has produced a handful of special-edition timepieces inspired by and paired with the automaker’s iconic Nissan...

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Apr 17, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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Parmigiani Quantième Perpétuel Rétrograde Makes its U.S. Debut at WatchTime L.A. Event

Among its new timepieces unveiled at SIHH 2019, Parmigiani Fleurier introduced the most complicated model yet in its recently revived Toric collection, the Toric Quantième Perpétuel Rétrograde – a perpetual calendar with a retrograde date and an ultra-precise moon-phase. On May 3-4, the watch, which wowed the invitation-only media and retail crowd in Geneva back...

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Apr 16, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

REVIEW:

Borrowed Time: Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite in Stainless Steel

Many high-class individuals fetishize the concept of exclusivity. That’s why many of the same people that hoard sought-after timepieces can be found savoring a tumbler of Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 23, or might be spotted on the decade-long waitlist for a bottle of Syrah from the cult winery Sine Qua Non. The idea of exclusivity...

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Apr 16, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH TEST

Second Pilot: Testing the Breitling Navitimer Rattrapante

Breitling chose its flagship Navitimer to debut the new chronograph Caliber B03 with split-seconds function. In this cover feature from our January-February 2018 issue (with photos by OK-Photography), we tested this manufacture caliber in a stainless-steel model with an exclusive bronze-colored dial.

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Apr 16, 2019 by Martina Richter

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Brings Men’s and Ladies’ Collections to WatchTime Los Angeles

WatchTime will be hosting the inaugural WatchTime Los Angeles two-day collectors' extravaganza on May 3-4, and we’re bringing 27 of the industry’s most interesting and innovative timepiece brands with us. One of them is the venerable Swiss manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre, which will be showing an array of men's and ladies' watches from its diverse timepiece families. Here’s a sneak preview.

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Apr 15, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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Christophe Claret Celebrates Two Anniversaries with the Angelico at WatchTime Los Angeles

The year 2019 is noteworthy for complications specialist Christophe Claret for a number of reasons. Not only is his eponymous brand celebrating its 10-year anniversary, but his Le Locle-based manufacture — where he’s worked on memorable timepieces for brands like Ulysse Nardin, Harry Winston, Maîtres du Temps, among others — has also just reached 30 years of...

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Apr 15, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH TEST

Reserved Power: Testing the A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Up/Down

Check out our review of the A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Up/Down, which comes equipped with a prominent "ab/auf" power reserve display and has the restrained styling for which the brand is known.

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Apr 15, 2019 by WatchTime

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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Apr 15, 2019 by WatchTime

WATCH TEST

A Hands-On Review of the Rolex GMT-Master II “Pepsi” Ref. 126710 BLRO

Coke or Pepsi? It’s a matter of taste, some say, and individual tastes always differ. But there’s only one right answer if you’re talking about the Rolex GMT-Master. Although the manufacturer made a version that had a GMT bezel in red and black, called “Coke,” the first GMT-Master from 1955 bore the red-and-blue scale for...

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Apr 14, 2019 by Jens Koch

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Three New Bell & Ross Watches You’ll Discover at WatchTime LA

Much like recently minted Laker LeBron James, WatchTime will be taking its talents to L.A. on May 3-4 for the inaugural WatchTime Los Angeles collectors' event, and we're bringing 27 of the industry's most interesting and innovative timepiece brands with us. One of them is longtime event participant Bell & Ross, which will be showing an array of new watches just recently unveiled at Baselworld 2019 last month. Here's a taste.

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Apr 13, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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Hollywood Babylon: Cyrus Brings Klepcys Vertical Skeleton Tourbillon to WTLA

The Swiss micro-manufacture Cyrus is named for Cyrus the Great, a king of ancient Babylon, and its watches are distinguished by replicas, imprinted on the casebacks, of a 2,500-year old Babylonian coin, one of the world’s first currencies. Designed by Swiss watchmaker Jean-François Mojon — who masterminded the Harry Winston Opus X and collaborated with...

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Apr 12, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Back to the Sea: Exploring the Breguet Marine Collection

In 2018, Breguet decided to focus almost entirely on building out its Marine collection, which also included the support of an initiative for the preservation of the ocean worldwide. We had the opportunity to briefly set sail with the new collection.

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Apr 12, 2019 by Roger Ruegger

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