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Montblanc: Secret Minerva Monopusher Chronograph Limited Edition
1/11

IWC Schaffhausen: Ingenieur Automatic 40
2/11

Bulgari: Octo Roma
3/11

Blancpain: Fifty Fathoms “Tech Gombessa”
4/11

TAG Heuer: Carrera Chronograph 60th Anniversary Edition
5/11

Seiko: SPB333 Limited Edition
6/11

Oris: Coulson Limited Edition
7/11

Omega: 60th Anniversary Bond Seamaster
8/11

Breitling: Superocean
9/11

Tudor: Ranger
10/11

Out Now: WatchTime’s April Issue
11/11

Just Say the Word: Pronouncing Tough Watch Terms

Parlay voo fransay? If not, you may be having a helluva time pronouncing many common watch terms. That’s because French isn’t just the language of lovemaking, it’s also the language of watchmaking. Here’s a pronunciation guide for some hard-to-say watch terms (two of them, “tachymeter” and “telemeter” aren’t French, but they’re so often mispronounced they...

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Jun 21, 2009 by Norma Buchanan

Sponsored: Gerald Charles Introduces Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon

Introducing a new age of technical aestheticism, Gerald Charles debuts its Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon. With a unique design created with the expert oversight of the brand’s creative director, Octavio Garcia, the timepiece is a return to the original Maestro flying tourbillon released in 2005. Taking hints from the brand’s rich history, the new release is...

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Mar 21, 2023 by WatchTime

Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grand Tourbillon Continents

Jaeger-LeCoultre is well known for its enamel artistry, and for 2009 the Manufacture launches two new series illustrating two traditional enamel techniques – grand feu and champlevé enameling – on two timepieces in the Jaeger-LeCoultre collection: the Master Minute Repeater and the Master Grand Tourbillon. We will focus on the latter – the Master Grand...

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Jun 21, 2009 by WatchTime

Ulysse Nardin Diver Perpetual Limited Edition

Ulysse Nardin’s Diver Perpetual Limited Edition combines the best of 2 popular worlds: rugged, oversize dive watches and easy-to-set perpetual calendars. UN’s was the first perpetual that allowed all displays to be set forward or backward, including backward across midnight, using only the crown. UN’s large date places the numbers on the same level for...

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Jun 19, 2009 by WatchTime

Hamilton Ventura XXL: Blue Hawaii for the 21st Century

2010 would have been Elvis’s 75th birthday, and to mark the occasion, Hamilton is producing two new versions of the Ventura, made famous by the King in his 1961 movie “Blue Hawaii”. One commemorative model is a quartz-powered replica of the original. My focus will be on the second piece: the cool XXL Edition. The...

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Jun 18, 2009 by WatchTime

Wyler Tourbillon WT3: The First Poinçon du Jura Watch

Wyler Genève’s WT3 Tourbillon is the first timepiece to be produced under the new Poinçon du Jura quality label. To meet the Poinçon du Jura criteria, a movement must be 100% Swiss made, and at least 90% of the components must be made in the Jura – the heart of Switzerland’s watchmaking industry. The movement...

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Jun 17, 2009 by WatchTime

Vacheron Launches Final “Les Masques” Series

Vacheron Constantin organized an elegant evening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York as part of the inauguration of “African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva: a Legacy of Collecting”, an exhibition dedicated to the masterpieces from the Barbier-Mueller family collection and supported by Vacheron Constantin. 250 guests enjoyed dinner and...

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Jun 16, 2009 by WatchTime

Handcrafted Time ’09 Exhibition This Week in Bern

A special exhibition of handcrafted, complicated timepieces is being held this week at the Time Gallery, Brunngasse 58, 3011 Bern, Switzerland. Twelve well-known watchmakers and brands will display their timepieces: Vianney Halter, Miki Eleta, Pita Barcelona, Thomas Prescher, Romain Gauthier, Svend Andersen, Louis Moinet, Angular Momentum, Cabestan, Hautlence,and Mathias Fuchs.

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Jun 15, 2009 by WatchTime

New Colors for the Alpina Extreme Diver 1000 Meters

Last year Alpina launched its Extreme Diver 1000 Meters. For Spring/Summer 2009, Alpina introduces four new dials: Yellowtail, Orange Sunset, Côte d’Azur and Black Ocean. The Extreme Diver 1000 Meters has a 48mm black PVD steel case with a unidirectional rotating bezel displaying a luminous minute indication. The bezel measures elapsed time in minutes for...

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Jun 14, 2009 by WatchTime

Downturn Batters Watch Industry

The evidence is mounting that the long and bitter global recession is taking a severe toll on the Swiss watch industry. With demand for watches down nearly everywhere, Swiss watch firms are cutting production and jobs. So far this year, Swiss watch firms have laid off more than 1,000 people, according to Swiss press reports.

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Jun 14, 2009 by Joe Thompson

Vincent Perriard Steps Down as Concord Global President

Movado Group, Inc. (NYSE: MOV) announced today that Vincent Perriard, Global President of Concord, will leave the company. The Concord brand was re-launched with bold new designs in 2007 and their C1 Quantum Gravity Tourbillon won the design award at the 2008 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve. Concord will continue to develop the Quantum Gravity...

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Jun 12, 2009 by WatchTime

Steve McQueen’s Rolex Brings Record $234,000

Steve McQueen’s Rolex Submariner Ref. 5512 brought $234,000 including buyer’s premium at Antiquorum’s summer sale in New York City yesterday, setting a world record for that reference. Another McQueen item, his Scott Super Squirrel motorcycle painted by Von Dutch brought the highest bid of the day at $276,000. The Heuer Monaco McQueen wore during the...

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Jun 12, 2009 by WatchTime

June 12 “How It’s Made” TV Show Features Blancpain

Blancpain and the Le Brassus Manufacture will be featured in How It’s Made 6: Luxury Watches (episode 8). The episode will air on the Science Channel Friday, June 12 at 9:00 p.m. EDT. Tune in to see Blancpain’s master watchmakers hand assemble a movement and apply delicate hand finishing in accordance with the traditional arts...

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Jun 11, 2009 by WatchTime

La Ligne Bleue by Jaquet Droz

Jaquet Droz announces a series of five timepieces, each produced in a limited edition of eight pieces. These unique watches share beautiful dials created using the Grand Feu enameling technique to obtain a color of unique depth and luminosity: Jaquet Droz blue. Whereas ivory or black enamel needs 10 to 15 firings, blue requires no...

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Jun 11, 2009 by WatchTime

Original Rolex Milgauss Tops $110,000 At Auction

An original Rolex Milgauss Ref. 6541 produced in 1958 brought more than $113,000, including buyer’s premium, at today’s Bonhams auction of fine wristwatches in London. The watch, Lot 139, was originally sold by Watches of Switzerland in New Bond Street in 1962. Characterized by the “lightening strike” center seconds hand, the Milgauss was designed for...

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Jun 10, 2009 by WatchTime

Concord Adds New C1 Chronograph Models

Concord is adding 5 new models to its C1 Chronograph line: rose gold on a brown alligator strap, all black with a carbon fiber dial, the steel and white C1 Pure, anthracite gray, and orange highlights on an orange strap. C1 Chronographs measure 44mm in diameter and 16.7mm thick. Layered dials present time on a...

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Jun 9, 2009 by WatchTime

Bell & Ross Launches BR01 Airborne in Paris

On Tuesday June 9, Bell & Ross launches its new limited edition BR01 Airborne at Colette, the Parisian fashion and style boutique. BR01 Airborne watches will be exclusively available at Colette for one week beginning June 8th. Bell & Ross is introducing the Airborne to coincide with the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of D-Day...

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Jun 8, 2009 by WatchTime

Carl F. Bucherer’s In-House Outrunner Caliber Goes to Work

In July, 2007, Carl F. Bucherer acquired its long-time movement collaborator Techniques Horlogères Appliquées SA and renamed it Carl F. Bucherer Technologies SA. The team got to work straightaway, and at BASELWORLD 2008, they announced their first in-house movement, the CFB A1000. Not content to create a standard, cookie-cutter movement, CFB instead introduced something truly...

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Jun 7, 2009 by WatchTime

Patrizzi & Co. Only Watch Sale – Monaco

Unique watches from leading manufacturers will be auctioned in Monaco with all proceeds going to support research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

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Jun 6, 2009 by WatchTime

Christie’s Auction – Dubai

Jewels and watches

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Jun 6, 2009 by WatchTime

Antiquorum Auction – Geneva

  Important collectors’ wristwatches, pocket watches, and clocks

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Jun 6, 2009 by WatchTime
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