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Aquanauts Assemble: Patek Philippe’s New White-Gold Chronographs

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Big & Bold Is Back: Breitling Super Chronomat

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A New Level of Mastery: Tudor Black Bay Ceramic

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Supermoon for the Wrist: MeisterSinger Stratoscope

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Runway Meets Racetrack: IWC Pilot’s Chronograph “Edition AMG”

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WatchTime’s July-August Issue Now on iPad

WatchTime’s July-August issue is now available on the iPad and iPhone! Download the WatchTime app to read the latest issue, which hits newsstands today and features tests of the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust II and the Tudor Heritage Black Bay.

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Jul 1, 2013 by WatchTime

Bonus Photos: IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month

WatchTime’s July-August 2013 issue, on sale next week, features our exclusive test of the new IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month, written by Mike Disher and photographed by Robert Atkinson. We were so happy with Robert’s photos, we’ve decided to put together a slideshow of the outtakes that we couldn’t fit into the print edition....

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Jun 29, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

So What Watch Was Nik Wallenda Wearing?

TV viewers were glued to the Discovery Channel this past Sunday night, as daredevil Nik Wallenda set another Guinness World Record (his seventh) by walking across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope.

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Jun 28, 2013 by WatchTime

Breguet Celebrates “Tourbillon Day,” Announces Dates for New Exhibition

Breguet instituted a new holiday on the horological events calendar this week. On June 26, the brand celebrated “Tourbillon Day,” the anniversary of the day in 1801 that the first tourbillon, created by the brand’s namesake, master watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet, in 1801.

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Jun 27, 2013 by WatchTime

Photo Slideshow: WatchTime’s Visit to Jaeger-LeCoultre

In WatchTime’s July-August issue, on sale next week, we present technical editor Mike Disher’s behind-the-scenes feature on the creation of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3. Here we present a slideshow of photos taken during Disher’s visit to the Jaeger-LeCoultre manufacture in Le Sentier, Switzerland.

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Jun 27, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Audio: Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Stéphane Belmont Explains the Gyrotourbillon 3

In our July-August 2013 issue, on sale next week, WatchTime’s Mike Disher visits Jaeger-LeCoultre’s manufacture in Le Sentier, and meets with JLC marketing and technical director Stéphane Belmont, to reveal the story behind the brand’s ultra-complicated Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 wristwatch.

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Jun 27, 2013 by WatchTime

Video: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3

Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced its Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon 3 at the 2013 SIHH. The watch is the first to be equipped with a flying twin-axis tourbillon and contains the first spherical hairspring ever used in a wristwatch. Click here to see Jaeger-LeCoultre’s video of the watch in motion.

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Jun 26, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Video: IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month

The crowning piece in IWC’s F1-racing-inspired revamping of its Ingenieur collection this year is the IWC Ingenieur Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month, which contains IWC’s in-house Caliber 89800 and features the brand’s first case made of titanium aluminide. Click here for IWC’s video presentation of the new timepiece.

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Jun 26, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Only Watch Auction 2013 Preview: 5 Unique Timepieces

The fifth edition of Only Watch, the charity timepiece auction held biannually in Monaco, takes place on September 28, and news and photos of several of the one-of-a-kind watches to be auctioned off have started to be released, including models from Breguet, Harry Winston, Girard-Perregaux, Laurent Ferrier, and Piaget.

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Jun 26, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

James Dean’s Elgin Pocketwatch Sells for $42,000 at Auction

James Dean’s lucky pocketwatch was one of the main attractions at Antiquorum’s June 22nd Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces auction held in Hong Kong.

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Jun 25, 2013 by WatchTime

Back is Beautiful: 13 New Watch Wallpaper Images

In WatchTime’s July-August issue, on sale next week, we present the latest edition in our popular series of “Back is Beautiful” photo features, offering a gallery of fine mechanical watches that are as dazzling through the caseback as they are on the wrist. Click here to download all 13 photos as wallpaper for your desktop.

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Jun 25, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Oro Rosso (Video)

Panerai developed its Radiomir case in 1940 to meet the rugged needs of the Italian naval commandos who wore its watches. This year, the company brings back that original case for a series of modern Radiomir timepieces in its Historic Collection, among them this week’s Watch to Watch, the Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Oro...

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Jun 21, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Bulgari Unveils Three New Watches in Revamped Bulgari Bulgari Collection

Bulgari introduced three new models in its iconic Bulgari Bulgari men’s watch collection at Baselworld 2013, including the line’s first chronograph and tourbillon timepieces. Each new watch contains a manufacture movement crafted in Bulgari’s ateliers in La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Sentier, Switzerland.

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Jun 20, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Kobold Offers Made-in-Nepal Soarway Transglobe Watch

On its newly launched website, koboldwatch.com, Pittsburgh-based Kobold Watch Co. is offering the new Soarway Transglobe to existing Kobold clients for only $2,650 (offer expires June 30th). Made in Nepal, The Soarway Transglobe was designed with the help of explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

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Jun 19, 2013 by WatchTime

Carl F. Bucherer Marks 125 Years With New Manero Tourbillon Limited Edition

This year marks 125 years since Swiss jeweler Carl Friedrich Bucherer opened up his first watch and jewelry shop in Lucerne, on the way to designing and creating his first timepiece in 1919. To commemorate the anniversary, the modern Carl F. Bucherer watch brand has launched the new Manero Tourbillon Limited Edition.

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Jun 19, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

“Superman” Henry Cavill Wears Omega at “Man of Steel” Movie Premiere

Henry Cavill, star of the blockbuster new Superman movie, “Man of Steel,” was seen wearing an Omega watch at the film’s UK premiere.

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Jun 17, 2013 by WatchTime

Watch Wallpaper: A. Lange & Söhne Watches in Basic Black

Like many luxury watch brands, Germany’s A. Lange & Söhne has embraced the all-black color scheme as a sleek, elegant look for several of its timepieces. Click here to find downloadable wallpaper images of popular Lange watches staged with black background elements, including inkwells, classic cameras, chessmen, and phonograph records.

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Jun 17, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

The Watch that Broke the Sound Barrier: Zenith’s Tribute to Felix Baumgartner

On October 14, 2012, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner made history, becoming the first man to break the sound barrier in freefall, jumping from the edge of the stratosphere from a space capsule and landing in the New Mexican desert, 38,969.4 meters below. The watch he wore while making the jump was a Zenith Stratos Flyback...

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Jun 13, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Antiquorum Auctions James Dean’s Lucky Pocketwatch

At its upcoming June 22nd auction of “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” in Hong Kong, Antiquorum will be auctioning a prized possession and lucky charm of legendary actor James Dean, a pocketwatch made by American watchmaker Standard USA with an American-made Elgin movement.

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Jun 12, 2013 by WatchTime

Girard-Perregaux Traveller: The Evolution of the ww.tc Collection

The streamlining of Girard-Perregaux, which began last year with the introduction of the Hawk collection, continues with the debut of the new Traveller, an updated version of G-P’s ww.tc collection, at Baselworld 2013. The first two Traveller models are a chronograph with world-time function and a moon-phase model with large date.

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Jun 12, 2013 by Mark Bernardo