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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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Doxa Introduces Forged Carbon Case in New SUB 300 Aqua Lung US Divers

Iconic Swiss dive-watch brand Doxa has once again revisited its famous SUB 300 design with a new limited-edition model housed for the first time in a forged carbon case. Here’s what you should know about the SUB 300 Aqua Lung US Divers. The SUB 300 — which was first released in 1967 and quickly made...

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May 11, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

The WatchTime Q&A: Piaget CEO Chabi Nouri

Chabi Nouri has been at the helm of the Swiss watchmaker/jeweler Piaget for two years. In this exclusive interview with WatchTime Senior Editor Mark Bernardo, she discusses the long road to producing and commercializing the current World’s Thinnest Mechanical Watch, standing out in the crowded men’s luxury sports-watch field, and the intersection between watch and...

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May 10, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Nine Cities, One Watch: Bulgari Launches Bulgari Bulgari Cities Special Edition 2020

Recently, Italian jeweler and watchmaking maison Bulgari unveiled the latest update to its collections with the new Bulgari Bulgari Cities Special Edition 2020. The new collection includes nine watches, each with the same matte-black-and-rose-gold base “Bulgari Bulgari” design, but distinguished from the others by the engraved name of one of nine world cities that have...

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May 9, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

Corum Admiral Bronze Editions Pay Tribute to Historic Sailing Ships

Corum’s modern Admiral collection evolved from the iconic Admiral’s Cup yachting watch of the 1960s and its various models continue to channel the distinctly nautical character that made it a cult hit. This year, Corum takes the maritime theme to a new level, introducing two new models of its Admiral Automatic 42 in cases made...

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May 8, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Shades of the Past: Zenith Chronomaster Revival “Shadow” Revives a Rare El Primero Prototype

Zenith’s history-making El Primero chronograph caliber famously marked its 50th anniversary in 2019, debuting a number of historically inspired timepieces, including a revival of the very first El Primero watch from 1969. This year, the manufacture follows up that mega-popular vintage re-edition with the Chronomaster Revival “Shadow” — the modern reissue of a rare, legendary...

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May 7, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

A Tank for the Memories: Cartier Privé Collection Adds Vintage-Inspired Tank Asymétrique

French watch and jewelry king Cartier always makes a splash with its annual releases, and this year the brand has already surprised many with the return of its 1980s classic, the Pasha, and its updated, revitalized Santos collection. Yet for all the attention these new models have received, much discussion of the maison’s most notable...

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May 6, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

IWC Portugieser Collection Reaches New Pinnacles with Two Tourbillon-Equipped Complications

The new releases from Schaffhausen-based IWC are highly anticipated each year, and 2020 is no different. Most years, the Swiss brand trains its focus on revitalizing specific collections, and this year the popular Portugieser family is the one in the spotlight. We’ve previously reviewed the new pieces in the Portugieser Yacht Club sub-family; today we...

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May 5, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

May The Fourth Be With You: Citizen Marks “Star Wars Day” With Two Special Editions

The original Star Wars (retroactively subtitled “Episode IV: A New Hope”) hit theaters in May 1977, and hardcore fans of the epic, cinematic sci-fi franchise it launched have since established today’s date, May 4, as a secular holiday, using “May the Fourth Be With You” — a play on the classic Star Wars salute “May...

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May 4, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Laurent Ferrier Grand Sport Tourbillon Debuts on New Integrated Bracelet

Heralded independent watchmaker Laurent Ferrier presented his first sport-luxury timepiece, the Grand Sport Tourbillon, in 2019, offering the initial model with a distinct taupe-colored dial and a matching, integrated rubber strap. For Watches & Wonders 2020, which went live online last week, Ferrier introduces it on a new integrated stainless steel bracelet. The Grand Sport...

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May 4, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

CLASSIC DESIGNS:

5 Iconic Watches from the Mind of Gérald Genta

We take a look at 5 of legendary watch designer Gerald Genta's most notable watch creations, including the Patek Philippe Nautilus and Audemars Piguet Royal Oak.

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May 4, 2020 by WatchTime

Let There be (More) Light: Panerai Marks 70 Years of Luminor with Three New Anniversary Editions

Panerai is celebrating a major milestone in 2020 — namely, 70 years since the initial launch of the now-iconic Luminor watch series, named for the luminous substance first developed as the natural (and safer) successor to the radium-based (and consequently quite hazardous) luminescence of Radiomir; the Radiomir watch was launched in 1940 for use by...

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May 3, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

Vacheron Constantin Updates Overseas Collection with Two New Ultra-Thin Perpetual Calendars

Of the many praised collections in Vacheron Constantin’s catalog, few are so frequently lauded as the Overseas, a collection of watches that first debuted in the 1970s as a competitor to the famed integrated-bracelet luxury sports watches by Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet. The series was relaunched in 2016 with a modernized design and more...

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May 2, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

Denim Diver: Introducing the Oris x Momotaro Divers Sixty-Five

You could be forgiven for missing it during last week’s barrage of new launches from the watch brands on the first all-online Watches & Wonders event, but independent, affordable-luxury brand Oris also had a significant product release last week: an update to its popular Divers Sixty-Five series, produced in partnership with Japanese denim maker Momotaro...

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May 1, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Carl F. Bucherer Manero Flyback

Of Carl F. Bucherer’s two major male-oriented timepiece collections, the Manero and Patravi, it is the former that perhaps most closely exemplifies the watchmaker’s recently adopted “Made of Lucerne” ethos – a phrase referencing its hometown, the Swiss city of Lucerne, whose medieval architecture and historic, gilded landmarks evoke a sense of both luxury and...

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May 1, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Hermès Arceau L’Heure de la Lune Shines in New Meteorite Dials

La Montre Hermès drew admiring eyes from watch aficionados at SIHH 2019 with its haute-horology headliner, the Arceau L’Heure de la Lune, a creatively imagined and attractively designed moon-phase timepiece with a new movement and a choice of celestially derived dials. This year, the brand offers the model up in five all-new dials: three sculpted...

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Apr 30, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH TEST

A Full-Grown Classic: Reviewing the Revamped Rolex Sea-Dweller

Rolex premiered its first divers’ watch, the Submariner, in 1953. The Sea-Dweller, which followed in 1967, had a nearly identical design. But since it was made for professional divers, it had an even more pressure-resistant case and a helium valve developed by Rolex. Rolex released a new model in 2017 to celebrate the Sea-Dweller’s 50th...

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Apr 30, 2020 by Jens Koch

Baume & Mercier Builds on the Baumatic with New Day-Date/Moon-Phase Models

Baume & Mercier marked a milestone in its 190-year history with the 2018 launch of the Baumatic, its first in-house-developed movement, inside a three-hand date timepiece of the same name. Last year, the Swiss brand upped the ante by adding a module to the Baumatic base to produce an impressive — and, at just shy...

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Apr 29, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

’80s Redux: The Return of the Cartier Pasha

Cartier, long known for producing timepieces that captured the stylish zeitgeist of their respective eras, grabbed the watch world’s attention in the go-go 1980s with the introduction of the Pasha in 1985, a watch based on a historical model from 1932. The model’s intriguing story continues this year with the introduction at Watches & Wonders...

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Apr 28, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH REVIEW

One Hand, Two Barrels: Meistersinger Circularis

In this article from the WatchTime archives, we size up MeisterSinger’s single-hand, double-barrel Circularis, which boasts a power reserve of five full days. Original photos are by Nik Schölzel.

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Apr 28, 2020 by WatchTime

First Among Masters: Introducing the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Control Chronograph Calendar

For this year’s first-ever digital version of the Watches & Wonders salon, Jaeger-LeCoultre put the spotlight on its Master Control collection, so named for the intensive (and exclusive) “1,000 Hours” battery of in-house tests that each timepiece undergoes before it reaches the market. Headlining this year’s new models is a timepiece with an all-new in-house...

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Apr 27, 2020 by Mark Bernardo