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Grand Seiko Celebrates Japan’s 24 Seasons

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Return of the Black Flieger: IWC Pilot’s Watch Tribute to 3705

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Precious and Few: Panerai Platinumtech

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Wave Runner: Omega’s America’s Cup Chronograph

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TAG Heuer and Porsche Forge New Partnership

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Ulysse Nardin Hammerhead Shark Limited Edition Maxi Marine Diver

For 2010, Ulysse Nardin introduces the Hammerhead Shark to its Marine collection. The timepiece is offered as a limited edition of 350 pieces in 18k gold and titanium, and 999 pieces in titanium and steel. The 45mm polished titanium case is individually numbered and water resistant to 200 meters. Engravings of the hammerhead shark decorate...

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Oct 19, 2010 by WatchTime

Corum Round Golden Bridge Limited Edition

To celebrate the brand’s 55th anniversary, Corum is re-issuing some of its classic models in limited series. One of them is the Round Golden Bridge featuring the legendary C0113 baguette movement. This caliber accommodates 140 components in a space just just 33mm long, 3mm high and less than 5mm thick. This mechanical, hand-wound caliber is...

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Oct 19, 2010 by WatchTime

Berner’s Dictionary of Horology Now Online

The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry has published the well-known reference Berner’s Illustrated Professional Dictionary of Horology on its website. The dictionary is in French, English, German and Spanish, and it allows translations from one language to another. For example, search on a French term, then click the British flag icon to display the...

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Oct 19, 2010 by WatchTime

LVMH Watch and Jewelry Sales Jump 29%

Revenue for the Watches and Jewelry division of LVMH, the world’s largest luxury group, climbed to €687 million for the first nine months of 2010, an increase of 29% over the same period last year. Overall LVMH achieved revenue of €14.2 billion for the period, up 19% over 2009. The company noted that momentum continued...

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Oct 18, 2010 by WatchTime

Chronometer Quiz

You’ve read about COSC results here recently, but how much do you know about chronometer testing and certification? Here are a dozen multiple choice and true-false questions, plus an extra-tough bonus question, to test your chronometer knowledge. Will you achieve the accuracy required to earn your certificate? Take this test in 3 positions to find...

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Oct 17, 2010 by WatchTime

Sotheby’s Launches App; Geneva Auction Offers Modern and Historic Classics

1744 meets 2010 as Sotheby’s launches its new application for the iPhone and iPad. Sotheby’s will also offer 244 lots at its autumn sale of Important Watches at the Hôtel Beau-Rivage in Geneva on Sunday, November 14. The sale brings together an impressive range of timepieces tracing this history of watchmaking from 1620 to the...

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Oct 15, 2010 by WatchTime

Peter Speake-Marin: The New Thalassa

It is rare for one man to design every component of a watch’s case, dial and movement. Peter Speake-Marin’s new Thalassa is such a watch. The harmonious design incorporates Peter’s trademark elements, and so is instantly recognizable as his. The blued‐steel of the outer dial, hands and seconds wheel create a nautical ambiance which inspired...

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Oct 13, 2010 by WatchTime

Seiko Launches World’s First Active Matrix EPD Watch

Seiko has announced the world’s first watch with an active matrix EPD display. The watch features a 300 dpi high resolution display for very detailed graphics. You can choose from among five displays to suit your personal taste, or your mood. This solar-powered watch receives time-setting signals from the world’s atomic clocks, assuring amazing accuracy....

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Oct 12, 2010 by WatchTime

Type XX Anniversary

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the French Aéronavale, Breguet will release a new 1,000 piece limited edition Type XX chronograph. The Type XX model was born 50 years ago, when the first 500 pieces were delivered in 1960. Like all Type XXs, the original pieces were “flyback” chronographs, and they and were inscribed on...

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Oct 11, 2010 by WatchTime

Zegna and Sowind Form Partnership to Produce Zegna Timepieces

Ermenegildo Zegna, CEO of the Zegna Group, and Gino Macaluso, majority shareholder of Sowind Group, which heads Girard-Perregaux and Jeanrichard, have announced a partnership agreement for the design and production of Ermenegildo Zegna watches.

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Oct 11, 2010 by WatchTime

Rolex Romps 7 Million Chronometers in a Decade

Watch enthusiasts know that when it comes to producing Swiss chronometers, there are the Big Three Brands – Rolex, Omega and Breitling – and then there’s all the rest. Just how big the Big Three are in chronometer production becomes startlingly clear when you analyze Swiss chronometer output by brand over the past decade.

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Oct 11, 2010 by Joe Thompson

Thomas Morf is Hanhart’s New CEO

Effective October 1, former Carl F. Bucherer CEO Thomas Morf took charge of the watch brand Hanhart, which is based in Diessenhofen, Switzerland, and in Gütenbach, in the German Black Forest. Morf server as CEO at Carl F. Bucherer until May, 2010. The brand also announced that the Gaydoul Group is now the majority shareholder...

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Oct 8, 2010 by WatchTime

Sotheby’s Hong Kong Sale of Important Watches Brings US$7.14 Million

Sotheby’s October 6 Hong Kong’s sale of Important Watches totaled US$7.14 million, establishing Sotheby’s highest-ever total for a various owners sale of important watches. The auction was 79.9% sold by lot and 85.8% by value. Leading the sale was a Greubel Forsey Double Tourbillon 30º Vision No. 2 with mother-of-pearl dial, circa 2004, which sold...

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Oct 7, 2010 by WatchTime

Christophe Claret DualTow NightEagle – Stealth That Gets Noticed

Last year Christophe Claret generated the biggest buzz at Baselworld with the DualTow, a wonder of the horological world created to mark the Manufacture’s 20th anniversary. For 2010, a new, black DualTow appears with the intriguing name NightEagle. If you look closely at the movement and squint, you can see a tiny, polished sign that...

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Oct 6, 2010 by WatchTime

Audemars Piguet Celebrates its 135th Anniversary and Launches a New Royal Oak Offshore

On October 5, Audemars Piguet Japan held the brand’s 135th anniversary and new product launch party in the “Choice!” restaurant on the third floor of Tokyo’s prestigious Ark Mori building. The event was attended by 500 guests including VIPs, celebrities and media. The evening included the launch of a new Royal Oak Offshore limited edition.

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Oct 6, 2010 by WatchTime

Antiquorum October 20 Auction Benefits National Multiple Sclerosis Society

// The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is hosting an auction to be held October 20 at Antiquorum Auctioneers in New York. This is the first in a series of annual events that will offer watch enthusiasts the opportunity to bid on fine timepieces while supporting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in their movement toward a...

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Oct 5, 2010 by WatchTime

Hautlence Presents its 2010 HL Collection

Hautlence has not followed the traditional path in the way its timepieces are developed. The brand works with a select group of about 50 artisans known as “the College” to bring its creations to life. The goal is to find the best source for each component. In several areas, such as machining and surface treatment,...

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Oct 5, 2010 by WatchTime

Visual Quiz: Sports Watches

It’s time again to test your watchspotting skills. We’ve lined up a dozen sports watches, partially obscured behind a jacket sleeve and shirt cuff for you fellows who mix fine fabrics and sporting steel. Can you identify these timepieces? As always, the answers appear at the bottom. Good luck!

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Oct 3, 2010 by WatchTime

Breitling Launches Navitimer Caliber 01 Limited Edition

Breitling’s iconic Navitimer – a favorite among pilots and collectors alike – will be available next spring in a limited edition powered by the brand’s in-house, chronometer-certified chronograph Caliber B01. The series will include 2000 pieces in steel and 200 in 18k red gold, both available on strap or bracelet. Prices appear below, along with...

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Oct 1, 2010 by WatchTime

Seal Wears Parmigiani In His New Music Video

Seal’s seventh album, Commitment, debuted this week, and the first video, Secret, reveals the still-sizzling chemistry between the performer and his supermodel wife Heidi Klum through intimate scenes of the couple together. In the video, Seal wears his long-time daily-wear timepiece, the Kalpa XL Tourbillon from Parmigiani.

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Oct 1, 2010 by WatchTime