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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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Bell & Ross Announces New Sports Watch

Just in time for the summer, Bell & Ross has announced the Vintage BR126 sport, a two-counter chronograph powered by an automatic ETA movement. It will be availble this July in either a stainless steel ($4,800) or black leather strap ($4,500). Have a look at the watches below.

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Jun 4, 2012 by WatchTime

Zenith Joins Best Buddies International for a Special Event

This past weekend, Zenith served as official timekeeper for the 13TH Annual Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port, a charity walk, run and ride to benefit Best Buddies International. Best Buddies International is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Tom Brady Served as Honorary Chairman. At the event, a...

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Jun 4, 2012 by WatchTime

A Weekend of Watches in Las Vegas

Days Two and Three of the JCK Watch and Jewelry Show in Las Vegas brought some interesting new watches to our attention, including a few that made their debut at the show and some others that impressed us with their price-to-value ratio. Glycine, a Swiss brand known for pilots’ watches, celebrates the 60th anniversary of...

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Jun 3, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

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

Alpina Sailing Collection

Alpina recently announced the Alpina Swan 80, which will be participating in several yacht regattas throughout 2012. The Alpina Swan has recently raced in the Palmavella and will race in the Loro Piani and Giraglia regattas in June. Later this year, the Alpina Swan will race in the Voiles des St. Tropez and the Middle...

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Jun 1, 2012 by WatchTime

Richard Mille at Le Mans

The sixth Le Man Classic vintage car race will be held this July in Le Mans, France. Richard Mille, the brand, will serve as the official timekeeper, and Richard Mille, the man, will be in the race. In honor of the event, they are creating two limited edition chronographs, the RM 008 LMC and the...

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Jun 1, 2012 by WatchTime

From the Las Vegas Watch and Jewelry Shows: Ball and Bremont

WatchTime is attending the Couture and JCK Watch and Jewelry Fairs in Las Vegas this week, and we’re getting a chance to check out (and try on) some cool timepieces that we missed at Baselworld back in March. At the Couture show, held at Vegas’s luxurious Wynn Hotel and Casino, We visited Bremont, where brand...

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Jun 1, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

WatchTime’s Social Media Audience Increases

With almost 20,000 fans on Facebook, WatchTime welcomes fans from every continent worldwide – with new readers from South America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. On Facebook (plus Twitter, Pinterest and alike) the WatchTime team shares and posts the most interesting watch news, industry updates, breaking stories, interviews, watch fair coverage and in-depth features....

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May 31, 2012 by Roger Ruegger

F.P. Journe at the Indy 500

F.P. Journe participated in the Indy 500 with racer Jean Alesi. Though engine trouble forced him to withdraw, Alesi still got a chance to show off a unique Octa Sport adorned with the Indy 500 logo and his signature. This exclusive Limited Series of 99 pieces will be unveiled in a couple of days. We previously covered...

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May 31, 2012 by WatchTime

Winner of Italian Concorso d’Eleganza Gets Unique A. Lange & Soehne Watch

The winner of this year’s Concorso d’Eleganza in Villa d’Este on the shores of Lake Como was presented with a unique Lange 1 Time Zone by A. Lange & Söhne. The Concorso d’Eleganza is an exclusive event celebrating the magic of classic cars. Below is the winning car, Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS 6th Series...

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May 31, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Panerai kicks off Classic Yachts Challenge in North America

Watch out, yacht fans! Last week, Officine Panerai kicked-off the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge-North American Circuit with an event honoring Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Panerai NA’s founding sponsorship of non-profit organization Sailing Heals. The Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge is the largest international circuit of regattas reserved for classic and vintage sailing yachts and includes ten...

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May 31, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Breguet Honors the 200th Anniversary of the Wristwatch

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the invention of the wristwatch, Breguet is running it’s Queen of Naples exhibit in their Las Vegas boutique until June 3rd. Abraham-Louis Breguet created the first ever wristwatch in 1812 for Queen of Naples, Caroline Murat. In 1810, Caroline Murat (sister of Napoleon Bonaparte), commissioned Abraham-Louis Breguet to create the...

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May 31, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Jaeger-LeCoultre Launches New Rendez-Vous Ladies Watch with Diane Kruger

German actress Diane Kruger, known for her roles as Helen of Troy in 2004’s Troy and Bridget von Hammersmark in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino WWII film Inglorious Basterds, has been a brand ambassador for Swiss watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre since 2009, and now she serves as the inspiration for JLC’s new collection of ladies’ watches, called Rendez-Vous.

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May 30, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Merk Out as CEO, Bennahmias In as Interim GM in Audemars Piguet Shakeup

Family-owned Swiss watch firm Audemars Piguet has announced that its Board of Directors has reached an agreement with Philippe Merk, the company’s chief executive officer, to terminate their collaboration, citing “differences in company strategy.” The company also announced that it is promoting Francois-Henry Bennahmias to the position of general manager ad interim.

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May 29, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Patek Philippe Ref. 5726 Nautilus Annual Calendar

Patek Philippe has introduced a new steel-bracelet version of an annual calendar from its luxury-sport Nautilus collection, the Patek Philippe Reference 5726/1A Nautilus Annual Calendar. We've got the details for you.

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May 24, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Running Time: Olympic Hero Usain Bolt Gets His Own Hublot Watch

Jamaican sprinter Usain “Lightning” Bolt became known as the world’s fastest man back in 2008, when he won a gold medal and set new Olympic records at the summer games in Beijing. Now, as Bolt prepares to defend his title this year in London, he will have his own personalized Hublot watch to record his...

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May 22, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Cable Meets Cobra: David Yurman’s New Shelby 1000 Sports Watch

Watch-and-jewelry designer David Yurman, famous for his signature cable bracelet, has teamed up with muscle-car visionary Carroll Shelby, creator of the legendary Shelby Cobra, to create Yurman’s first limited-edition sports watch, the David Yurman Revolution Shelby 1000.

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May 21, 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

Big Time: More Wallpaper From the WatchTime Archives

This week, WatchTime offers another gallery of one-of-a-kind watch watch photography from its magazine archives as full-size wallpaper for your desktop. This week’s theme is “Big Time,” first presented at the height of the big-watch boom in 2007, featuring eight large watches re-imagined as larger-than-life sculpture by expert watch photographer Nik Schölzel. Click on the...

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May 17, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Richard Mille Partners with Natalie Portman and Free the Children Charity

Richard Mille has added to its already impressive roster of celebrity “friends of the brand” — a lineup that includes tennis ace Rafael Nadal, golfer Bubba Watson and racecar driver Felipe Masa — by welcoming award-winning actress Natalie Portman into the fold at an exclusive dinner at New York City’s St. Regis Hotel.

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May 16, 2012 by Mark Bernardo