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Patek Philippe Chimes in the Holidays

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Blancpain Air Command Titanium Joins The Collection

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Vacheron Constantin Unveils Traditionnelle Complete Calendar Openface

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Panerai Goes Smaller in 40-mm Luminor Marina Quaranta

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Wyler GMT – The First Carbon Neutral Watch

Wyler Geneve touts its new GMT as the world’s first and only watch to be certified CarbonNeutral® by the CarbonNeutral® Company. The certification means that all production elements and stages have been analyzed and their carbon emissions calculated, including all energy used, all waste generated, and all transportation required to bring the watches to the...

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Mar 15, 2009 by WatchTime

Glashütte Original Lady Serenade Chronograph

The latest variation of the Lady Serenade Chronograph is a 38 mm polished stainless steel model sporting a bezel ringed with 54 TW-if brilliant-cut diamonds weighing approximately 1.17 carats. The sunburst decoration creates lustrous reflections on the black galvanized dial. The crown is embellished with a brilliant-cut diamond. Inside resides GO’s Manufacture Caliber 39-34 featuring...

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Mar 15, 2009 by WatchTime

Glashütte Original Senator Meissen Tourbillon

Two world-famous Saxon inventions unite in the Senator Meissen Tourbillon: Meissen porcelain and the flying tourbillon. The classic 40mm rose gold case houses a thin, white, hand-painted Meissen porcelain dial. Beneath the dial lies automatic manufacture Caliber 94-11, which can be admired through the anti-reflective sapphire crystal back. The flying tourbillon can be viewed through...

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Mar 15, 2009 by WatchTime

Martin Braun Hyperion and Kephalos

For 2009 Martin Braun introduces 2 new models. The Hyperion is a 44mm diameter flying minute tourbillon with retrograde moon phase and date displays. The similarly-sized Kephalos Heliozentric combines a multitude of complications including an annual calendar with retrograde date, plus day, month, position of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun, Equation of...

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Mar 15, 2009 by WatchTime

UTS Adventure Power Reserve

Nicholas Spinner is an engineer who, along with his brothers, owns a well-known factory that produces watch cases and other components for wristwatch manufacturers. Since 1998 Spinner has also been making UTS watches just outside Munich. The new Adventure Power Reserve features a Unitas 6497-1 movement modified to include a power reserve indicator. The case...

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Mar 15, 2009 by WatchTime

Jaquet Droz Launches 5 New Models

Jaquet Droz unveils 5 new models for 2009 including a simple “less is more” 50mm pocket watch, two complicated pieces with mineral dials, second time zone, and 24 hour displays, and two tourbillons, one of which measures in at a stately 47mm.

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Mar 15, 2009 by WatchTime

Hublot Big Bang Rose

This bezel of this 41mm Hublot Big Bang ladies chronograph is decorated with 48 pink sapphire baguettes totaling more than 2.2 carats. The case is a “fusion” of 5N gold, composite resin, rubber, and titanium. The movement is a 37 jewel Hublot HUB41 caliber with a variety of aesthetic enhancements including black PVD screws and...

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Mar 14, 2009 by WatchTime

Doxa Marks its 120th Anniversary with the Ultraspeed

During its early days, Doxa was perhaps best known for the watches and watch and clock movements they developed for the automobile industry. Doxa’s founder, Georges Ducommun, was a car nut who had a gas station at his residence. Today Mr. Ducommun’s former home is Switzerland’s largest horological museum, and the gas pumps can still...

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Mar 14, 2009 by WatchTime

Wyler’s New Code-R Chronograph

Wyler Genève presents a new version of its Code-R chronograph. The watch, in brushed titanium, features the brand’s familiar shock-absorbing case, but with a new dial design. The case measures 52.10mm by 43.50mm and has been designated “Code-R.” This moniker will be applied to all collections for which it is used.

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Mar 14, 2009 by WatchTime

Concord Announces C Lab Series

Concord announces the creation of C Lab Series, a special unit that will research and develop cutting-edge timepieces. Concord describes C Lab Series as a “hub of expression and design, whose mission is to transform watchmaking. In this testing ground of ideas, science and engineering become an art-form while research and development becomes a discipline...

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Mar 14, 2009 by WatchTime

Blancpain Dives to 500 Fathoms

On the eve of Baselworld 2009, Blancpain presents the “big sister” of its now famous Fifty Fathoms watch: the brand-new 500 Fathoms. More high-performance and high-tech than ever, the brand’s latest diver’s watch is water resistant to 1000 meters. The 48 mm brushed titanium case is equipped with a helium decompression valve.

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Mar 14, 2009 by WatchTime

Gandhi Items Top $2 million at Auction

Lot 364 at Antiquorum’s March 4/5 New York auction exceeded expectations, bringing $2,096,000 including buyer’s premium. The lot included a silver keyless Zenith alarm pocketwatch formerly owned by Mahatma Gandhi and later given to his grandniece, Abha Gandhi. The watch dated from circa 1910 and it was accompanied in the sale by Gandhi’s sandals, bowl,...

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Mar 14, 2009 by WatchTime

Ebel Brasilia Mini Steel & Gold

For 2009 Ebel unveils its latest Brasilia Mini collection. Known for their steel and gold models, the Brasilia features a streamlined rectangular case and H-shaped bracelet. Red gold accents appear on the bracelet’s intermediate central links and on the iridescent mother-of-pearl dial through the logo, hands, 6 and 12 o’clock Roman numerals, and surrounding the...

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Mar 14, 2009 by WatchTime

Alpina ’12 Hours of Sebring” LE

Alpina Geneve has been named Official Timekeeper of the 57th edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race to be held March 18-21, 2009 on Sebring International Raceway in Florida. In honor of this event, Alpina has developed a special limited edition timepiece: the Alpina Extreme ’12 Hours of Sebring’. An example of this...

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Mar 14, 2009 by WatchTime

Diving in Style: IWC’s New Aquatimers

At SIHH 2009, IWC unveiled a new Aquatimer family that will include 5 models ranging in size from 44 to 46 mm: the Deep Two which follows up the Deep One, three chronographs including a special Galapagos Islands model, and the Aquatimer Automatic 2000. All models feature a bracelet quick-change system that requires no tools....

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Mar 9, 2009 by WatchTime

Aquatimer Specifications

This page accompanies the article “Diving in Style: IWC’s New Aquatimers“. These are the specifications for the new IWC Aquatimers shown at SIHH 2009: Aquatimer Deep Two Ref. IWC 3547 Features Diver’s watch with automatic movement and newly developed mechanical depth gauge for the actual depth at any time and the maximum depth reached down...

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Mar 9, 2009 by WatchTime

Piaget’s New Polo and Emperador

Since 1997, Piaget has launched 19 manufacture movements. For 2009 Piaget unveils two new mechanical complication movements designed, developed and produced at the brand’s facility in La Côte aux Fries. The new calibres 835P (regulator) and 860P (large moon phase), power the new Emperador coussin models. Piaget also introduces 4 sporty watches to celebrate the...

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Mar 8, 2009 by WatchTime

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