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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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It’s Official: WatchTime New York Returns to Gotham Hall in October

With the world, and the watch industry, finally beginning to emerge from a year-plus period of pandemic-driven lockdowns, business closures, and gathering restrictions, WatchTime is proud to announce that its popular autumn collectors’ extravaganza, WatchTime New York, will return this year as a live, in-person event after being removed from the calendar in favor of...

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Jul 1, 2021 by WatchTime

Hermès Slim d’Hermès Squelette Lune Melds Double Moon-Phase with Openworked Design

Hermès caught the admiring eye of watch connoisseurs with the launch of its luxurious yet understated Slim d’Hermes collection in 2015 and the maison has been slowly adding to the family ever since. The latest, which follows up the impressive, high-complication Quantième Perpétuel from earlier this year, is the Slim d’Hermès Squelette Lune, which enhances...

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Jul 1, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

What Makes Patek Philippe Watches so Valuable? Seven Reasons for the Brand’s Success

Patek Philippe is generally regarded as the top brand among all major Swiss watch manufacturers. Why is this true? Rüdiger Bucher, Editorial Director of WatchTime's German sister magazine Chronos, lays out seven reasons for Patek Philippe's success.

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Jul 1, 2021 by Ruediger Bucher

WATCH REVIEW

Around the World in 10 Days: Reviewing the Oris Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 114

The Oris Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 114 hosts the latest version of the brand's hand-wound caliber with a 10-day power reserve. It can also show the time in zones that differ by 30 minutes as well as a full hour. We give it a closer look in this review from the WatchTime archives.

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Jul 1, 2021 by Martina Richter

Tudor Introduces Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze: New Size, New Bracelet

Tudor returned to watch-industry headlines recently, for good reason, with the unveiling of the latest addition to its popular, “mid-sized” Black Bay 58 collection, the Black Bay Fifty-Eight Bronze, which offers not only the namesake bronze case but also the option to wear it on a solid bronze, Oyster-style bracelet. Featuring the aesthetics of previous...

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Jun 30, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Borrowed Time: Glashütte Original Sixties Chronograph Annual Edition With Glacier Blue Dial

Blue dials on watches have gone from novelty to mainstream; it’s rare these days to find any popular watch model, or family, that doesn’t offer at least one option in blue — some even in an array of shades, from powdery pastel to shiny cerulean to bold navy all the way to moody indigo. There...

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Jun 30, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Gentleman Sailor: Testing the IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph

IWC launched the Portugieser Yacht Club 10 years ago into the sporty yet elegant world of sailing. For 2020, the nautical chronograph model has a classic look and a steel bracelet upgrade. We give it a thorough review in this feature from our January-February 2021 issue. The new IWC Portugieser Yacht Club Chronograph is a...

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Jun 30, 2021 by Alexander Krupp

Sponsored: CODE41 Launches Fifth Edition of Avant-Garde X41

Lausanne-based CODE41 started 2021 with a bang. Launching its attention-grabbing NB24 at the start of the year, the brand best known for lifting the curtain on traditional luxury watchmaking since its meteoric rise at the beginning ot 2016, has gone on to build even more excitement around its horological projects. This week, CODE41 launches its...

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Jun 29, 2021 by WatchTime

Bucherer USA President Ira Melnitsky on Re-Opening Plans, New Logo for Re-Branded Time Machine Stores

Switzerland-based Bucherer, Europe’s leading retailer for watches and jewelry, announced the acquisition of Tourneau LLC, the largest luxury watch seller in the United States, back in January 2018. Since then, the watch industry and those who follow and cover it have anxiously awaited what this merger of timepiece titans will mean for both companies and...

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Jun 28, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Vacheron Constantin & WatchTime Pop the Champagne At NYC Flagship Opening Event

Last week, Vacheron Constantin welcomed WatchTime Magazine and its readers to one the first viewings at its new New York City flagship boutique. The event was hosted by Vacheron Constantin President of the Americas Alexander Schmiedt, and included a cocktail hour followed by a presentation and discussion between Schmiedt and WatchTime’s Senior Editor, Mark Bernardo....

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Jun 28, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Customizing Time: The Art of the Personalized Watch

As more and more of today’s consumers look for watches that make a truly personal statement, the art of customization is in rising demand. In this feature from the archives, WatchTime contributor and author Roberta Naas offers one of the most comprehensive looks at customizing time. It’s been a centuries-old trend in clothing: bespoke tailoring...

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Jun 28, 2021 by WatchTime

New Material, Same Grit: Introducing the Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical Bronze

Hamilton is not a watch brand you often think of when it comes to using alternative or luxurious case materials. Best known for producing hardy steel sports watches and field watches, Hamilton has garnered a reputation for its utilitarian design codes and manufacturing, usually eschewing gold and even gold tones for its most popular collections....

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Jun 27, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Close-Up: Ulysse Nardin Introduces the Freak X Marquetry

Ulysse Nardin recently launched the Freak X Marquetry, the latest experimental take on the brand’s signature Freak X base design, touting it as the first watch to bring “silicium marquetry” to watchmaking. In effect, Ulysse Nardin has adapted a material used almost exclusively within the industrial electronics manufacturing sector to develop a novel aesthetic for...

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Jun 26, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Raymond Weil Rounds Out its Fab Foursome with Maestro Beatles “Let it Be” Edition

Raymond Weil, a Swiss watch brand founded by a musician and in recent years known for producing timepieces inspired by legendary musical acts, unveiling its first Maestro Beatles Limited Edition in 2016. Two other variations on that original watch have been released since, including an Abbey Road-themed edition in 2017. This year, Raymond Weil concludes...

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Jun 25, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Striking Simplicity: Spotlighting the Patek Philippe Ref. 6301P Grande Sonnerie

Patek Philippe’s new 6301P features not only a grande sonnerie with a petite sonnerie and a minute repeater, it also comes with a patented “seconde morte” jumping subsidiary seconds. We delve into its many complexities in this feature from our January-February 2021 issue. In the world of haute horlogerie, hardly anything is as exclusive and...

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Jun 25, 2021 by Roger Ruegger

WATCH TEST

Diving Titan: Reviewing the Omega Seamaster Diver 300M in Black Ceramic

Omega introduced its newest Seamaster Diver 300M – larger, and in new materials, ceramic and titanium, rendering it more scratch-resistant and lighter in weight. In this feature from the WatchTime archives, we delve into the depths of the new timepiece and its Master Chronometer movement.

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Jun 25, 2021 by Alexander Krupp

Norqain Turns the Calendar from ’20 to ’21 with New Independence 21 Limited Editions

Last year, young Swiss watchmaker Norqain introduced the Independence 20, which was its first timepiece fitted with an exclusive manufacture caliber produced in partnership with Tudor-founded movement maker Kenissi. Now the brand follows it up with the introduction of the Independence 21, the next generation of watches within the original model’s design family. The release...

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Jun 24, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Sponsored: Interview with Lothar Schmidt, Owner of Sinn

In 2021, Sinn Spezialuhren is celebrating its 60th-anniversary. Rüdiger Bucher has met with Sinn’s CEO and owner Lothar Schmidt to talk about the brand’s values, technologies, milestones and Sinn’s hometown Frankfurt am Main. Engineers can be artists too! Lothar Schmidt In the video, produced by WatchTime’s sister publication Watchtime.net, Schmidt also shows novelties like the...

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Jun 24, 2021 by WatchTime

PORTFOLIO

Stopwatches at the Top: 7 Chronographs with In-House Movements

Looking for a chronograph with a completely in-house-manufactured movement? In this feature from WatchTime's June 2017 issue, we showcase some of the industry’s top picks, from seven power brands, from Breitling to Rolex to Zenith.

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Jun 24, 2021 by Alexander Krupp

Breguet Flies New Colors With Launch of Type XXI 3815 in Titanium

Breguet’s Type XX collection of pilot-inspired chronographs are a modern testament to the Swiss watchmaker’s familial connections to the world of aviation, forged by the founder’s great-great-grandson Louis-Charles Breguet, a pioneer in the field of manned flight. Following up the most recent addition to that sport-luxury collection, 2016’s vintage-influenced Type XXI 3817, Breguet this year...

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Jun 23, 2021 by Mark Bernardo