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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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Seiko Prospex LX Goes Back to its Aquatic Roots with the Launch of the SNR045J1

The all-encompassing sport-luxury, LX line, Seiko's extension of its Prospex collection, was first introduced last year. The new Seiko Prospex LX SNR045J1...

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Jul 17, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Resort Wear for the Wrist: IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph Edition “Orlebar Brown”

IWC introduced a slew of new models in its elegant Portugieser collection in 2020 and revitalized its nautically inspired Portugieser Yacht Club sub-family. The latest addition to the latter series springs from a collaboration with British “resort swimwear” brand Orlebar Brown. It’s a marine-blue-dialed timepiece with a special co-branded strap, designed to coordinate with a...

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Jul 15, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Promotion: CODE41 Continues the X41 Project with Launch of New X41 AeroCarbon Model

Since pre-orders for the third edition closed in November 2019, CODE41’s X41 project has already accumulated more than 4,000 new registered members on the waiting list for their next edition. With more than 1,150 pieces already sold, for a total of 5,447,531 CHF, pre-orders for Edition 4 will be launched on July 15, 2020 at...

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Jul 15, 2020 by WatchTime

Defying The Status Quo: Exploring the Zenith Defy Collection

Since the late 1960s, the Defy has been Zenith’s go-to recipe for a progressive take on watchmaking. In this article, from the May-June 2020 issue, WatchTime takes a look at the current state of the Swiss brand’s collection...

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Jul 14, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

Color Coded: Audemars Piguet Updates Code 11.59 Collection

A year after the launch of the brand's Code 11:59 collection, Audemars Piguet has introduced a clutch of new references featuring lacquered dials and two-toned cases. The new models spread across the brand's self-winding date and chronograph models...

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Jul 11, 2020 by WatchTime

Angelus Raises the Cocktail Bar with U23 Unique Pieces in Carbon-Titanium

Swiss watchmaker Angelus traces its origins all the way back to 1891 but its most recent revival began in 2015, after a long post-Quartz Crisis hiatus. In the years since, it has become known for its boldly avant-garde designs and idiosyncratic takes on classic complications. The latest examples can be found in the new U23...

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Jul 10, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Romain Gauthier Introduces a New Skeletonized Timepiece: The Insight Micro-Rotor Squelette

Swiss watchmaker Romain Gauthier is marking its 15th anniversary year with a “Manufacture Only” and “Special Order” iteration of its flagship timepiece, the Insight Micro-Rotor. The new Insight Micro-Rotor Squelette uses hand-finishing techniques — including bevelling, softening, smoothing, and polishing along its bridges and mainplate — that it introduced in 2005. The new models are available in either a...

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Jul 10, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Highlights from WatchTime’s July-August 2020 Issue, On Sale Now

The July-August issue of WatchTime is available at retailers and in our online shop) today. Among the highlights of the issue are our exclusive first look at the new Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Mokarran Limited Edition, tests and reviews of new watches from TAG Heuer, Grand Seiko, and Sinn; a comprehensive history of the Breguet...

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Jul 9, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Richard Mille Introduces New Grey Cermet Material in RM 11-05 Automatic Flyback Chronograph GMT

Richard Mille long ago earned its spot in the upper echelon of firms bringing new and avant-garde materials to watchmaking — from ceramics to forged carbon to quartz TPT and beyond. With the use of its new, exclusive grey cermet material in the new RM 11-05 Automatic Flyback Chronograph GMT, the automotive- and aerospace-influenced brand...

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Jul 9, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH TEST

A Watch for All Seasons: Rolex Oyster Perpetual 39

If you want just one, all-purpose watch, our watch tester says Rolex’s recently introduced entry-level model, the Oyster Perpetual, might be it. Find out more about in this in-depth review of the Rolex Oyster Perpetual 39.

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Jul 9, 2020 by Jens Koch

TAG Heuer Launches the Next Generation of Turbocharged Carrera Chronographs (With Live Photos)

Thus far in 2020, Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer has commemorated its 160th anniversary with the launch of two limited-edition models, the Carrera Silver Limited Edition and the Montreal Limited Edition. This week, crowning its yearlong celebration, the brand reveals four new models that will join its "evergreen" collection. The TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer 02 takes TAG Heuer's iconic 1963 racing chronograph, the Carrera, and "reimagines" it with subtle design updates and an expanded 80-hour power reserve.

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Jul 9, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Omega Launches New Constellation Gents’ Models with 41-mm Cases, Sophisticated Ceramic Bezels

Omega introduced a revamped, ladies’ version of its Constellation watch in 2018, and followed that up with an extensive series of 39-mm men’s models earlier this year. Now the Swiss brand rounds out the contemporary Constellation family with a range of timepieces sized slightly larger, at 41 mm, and enhanced with bezels in polished ceramic....

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Jul 8, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE:

Hello, Newman! 10 Panda-Dial Chronographs That Aren’t the Rolex Paul Newman Daytona

Actual pandas are a rare and vulnerable species, only recently removed from the endangered list, but "panda dial" watches — loosely described as chronographs with black subdials on a predominantly white main dial — are more ubiquitous than ever, especially in the wake of the record-breaking auction sale of the world's most famous panda-dial watch, Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona. Here we round up 10 currently available panda-dial watches.

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Jul 8, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE:

Direction Selection: A Hands-On Review of the New Oris Aquis GMT Date

The Aquis GMT Date doesn’t represent a venture into previously unexplored terrain for Oris because the popular independent brand from Hölstein, Switzerland, has previous experience with time-zone watches. The Oris Big Crown ProPilot Worldtimer is a pilots’ watch with innovative time-zone setting via the bezel. The local time advances in single-hour increments when you turn...

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Jul 8, 2020 by Martina Richter

Icy Hot: Inside Czapek’s Limited-Edition (and Sold-Out) Antarctique Collection

Integrated-bracelet steel sports watch designs are becoming increasingly popular, and the latest brand to capitalize upon the trend is Geneva-based independent watchmaker Czapek & Cie. Later this year, the Swiss manufacture launches its latest limited-edition sport-luxury collection, dubbed the Antarctique, so named for the harsh and beautiful continent that inspired it — and, according to...

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Jul 8, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

Introducing: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Mokarran Limited Edition

Blancpain’s latest version of the Bathyscaphe adds a new color and a no-date option to the brand’s popular range of dive watches. Additionally, the 50-piece limited edition supports conservation efforts to protect the critically endangered great hammerhead shark. Follow this link for WatchTime’s cover story >>>

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Jul 7, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda GT: Casual Luxury Reimagined

Among all its distinctive watch families, Parmigiani’s Tonda models are most renowned for their understated elegance and most firmly ensconced in the “dress watch” rather than the “sport watch” category. This year, the Fleurier-based manufacture introduces a new evolution of the Tonda designed to tread the mythical line between special-occasion luxury and sporty, everyday active...

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Jul 7, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Blancpain: Stay Tuned For A Big Announcement Surfacing Tomorrow

Make sure to return here tomorrow morning: the team at Blancpain has been working on something truly special for the U.S. market, and we cannot wait to also share with our online readers the latest watch and ocean coonservation project from the creator of the modern dive watch.

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Jul 6, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

Heritage Revisited: Breguet Tradition Automatique Seconde Retrograde 7097 and Tradition 7038

Established in 2005, Breguet’s Tradition collection pays tribute to the one-handed “subscription” pocketwatches invented by founder Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1796, and their successors, the so-called “tact” watches, by placing major movement components on top of the mainplate alongside an off-centered subdial. As part of its new offerings for 2020, Breguet has unveiled two new timepieces...

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Jul 6, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Jaquet Droz Plunges Into Darkness With Grande Seconde Off-Centred Chronograph Black Onyx

Last year, Jaquet Droz introduced its Grande Seconde Chronograph series; launching four timepieces featuring the brand's renowned figure-eight dial display – a design with a small subdial for the hours and minutes atop a larger subdial for the seconds – which has become one of the brand's most used dial configurations thus far. This month, the brand has unveiled a new novelty with an onyx dial following its long tradition of incorporating minerals into its timepieces.

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Jul 4, 2020 by Corey Vlahos