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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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COUNTDOWN TO WTNY:

Kari Voutilainen Will Present the Voutilainen 28ti (Titanium Inverse) at WatchTime New York 2019

If you look too quickly at the latest release from Kari Voutilainen, you might be tricked into thinking its an entirely new timepiece for the Finnish watchmaking maestro. Given the name 28ti, the watch features a brand new execution for Voutilainen, yet it should feel quite familiar for the Kari faithful. If you haven’t guessed yet,...

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Aug 8, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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Showing at WatchTime New York 2019: Arnold & Son Time Pyramid Tourbillon

WatchTime New York, America’s luxury watch event, is returning for its fifth consecutive year at midtown Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 25-26. With 37 participating watch brands set to showcase their latest and greatest timepieces, this year's WTNY is shaping up to be the biggest yet. Among the watch maisons joining us this year is Arnold & Son, a brand that pays homage to the horological innovations of 18th-Century English watchmaker John Arnold. One of those tribute pieces is the new Time Pyramid Tourbillon.

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Aug 7, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

REVIEW:

Borrowed Time: Hands-On with the Grand Seiko SBGV245

Earlier this year, Grand Seiko quietly released two timepieces within its Sport Collection. These two watches, SBGV243 and SBGV245, weren’t as flashy as the releases we saw from the Japanese firm at Baselworld 2019, nor did they utilize a mechanical movement or one of the brand’s Spring Drive calibers. Instead, Grand Seiko equipped both of...

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Aug 7, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

REVIEW:

Testing the Breitling Navitimer Rattrapante

Breitling chose its flagship Navitimer to debut the new chronograph Caliber B03 with split-seconds function. In this cover feature from our January-February 2018 issue (with photos by OK-Photography), we tested this manufacture caliber in a stainless-steel model with an exclusive bronze-colored dial.

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Aug 7, 2019 by Martina Richter

COUNTDOWN TO WTNY

Showing at WatchTime New York 2019: Maurice Lacroix Aikon Mercury

America's luxury watch extravaganza, WatchTime New York, is returning for its fifth consecutive year at midtown Manhattan's Gotham Hall on October 25-26. This year's event is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with 37 participating watch brands displaying their latest and greatest timepieces. Among these brands is Maurice Lacroix, who will be showcasing its playful and innovative new model, the Aikon Mercury.

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Aug 6, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH REVIEW:

Borrowed Time: Montblanc 1858 Automatic Chronograph

Montblanc’s reasoning for entering the watch business and acquiring the erstwhile Minerva manufacture is fairly easy to comprehend. Watchmaking can be a lucrative trade and there’s nothing wrong with the 112-year-old writing instrument and leather goods company wanting to tap into it. As conservative as the Swiss watch industry can be, there’s at least a...

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Aug 6, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

SWATCH GROUP 2019 RELEASE:

Blancpain Adds New GMT Date Models to the Villeret Collection

Blancpain added a number of new timepieces to its emblematic Villeret collection at the Swatch Group’s 2019 “Time to Move” showcase, with a new GMT design being one of the options. This isn’t really a revolutionary development for the Villeret line, as Blancpain has consistently offered a variety of travel-time designs within it, most recently...

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Aug 5, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Daymatic “25th Anniversary” Continues the German Brand’s Jubilee

A. Lange & Söhne's extended celebration of its flagship timepiece's 25th anniversary — ten limited-edition versions of the Lange 1, rolled out over ten months, beginning in January at SIHH 2019 and concluding in October, when the model reaches its actual birthday — continues with this month's announcement of the eighth model in the series, the Lange 1 Daymatic "25th Anniversary."

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Aug 5, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

The Right Stuff: IWC Launches Big Pilot’s Watch “Right-Hander”

In a world where only about 10 percent of the population is believed to be left-handed, anecdotal evidence has indicated that the number of lefties among pilots is significantly higher — as many as 40 percent. With this in mind, it begs the question as to why there are not more pilots’ watches designed to...

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Aug 3, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

GPHG 2019:

This Year’s Competing Watches in the Geneva Grand Prix

The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) has released this year’s participating watches: a total of 150 models compete in 14 different categories, including two new ones. The Diver’s category is dedicated “to watches linked to the world of diving, whose functions, materials and designs are suited to this activity”. The second new category (Iconic) is...

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Aug 2, 2019 by Roger Ruegger

FEATURE:

The Ultimate Guide to High-Accuracy Quartz Watches

Walk into any horological meetup with a quartz watch on and you’re likely to get the door slammed in your face. I kid, I kid — but only partly. Ever since the mechanical watch industry made its recovery in the face of a specific doom brought on by Japanese watchmakers, many so-called watch enthusiasts (snobs...

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Aug 2, 2019 by WatchTime

PROMOTION

Lenvino Watch Co. Launches Nornir Celestial Collection Tourbillons

Founded in Hong Kong in January 2017 by a group of self-described “watch addicts,” Lenvino Watch Co. launched its first Kickstarter campaign, in December of that year, to fund the “World’s First Minimalist Design Rectangular Tourbillon Watch.” After 40 days, it raised a total of HK $427,860, becoming the most backed tourbillon project on Kickstarter...

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Aug 2, 2019 by WatchTime

WATCH TO WATCH

Chronoswiss Flying Grand Regulator Open Gear ReSec Hits Like a Bolt From the (Electric) Blue

Chronoswiss, whose stock-in-trade is the regulator watch, continues to develop new and intriguing variations on that 19th-century device in its increasingly colorful collection of Flying Grand Regulator wristwatches. The first Open Gear versions of the model, which placed wheels and bridges on the front of the dial in an openworked configuration, debuted in 2018, and...

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Aug 1, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

BOOK EXCERPT

When Rolex Went Quartz: A Tale of the 1970s

In this excerpt from the book “Electrifying the Wristwatch,” by WatchTime contributor Lucien Trueb, we explore how mechanical-watch king Rolex dealt with the arrival of quartz in the 1970s.

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Aug 1, 2019 by Roger Ruegger

INTERVIEW

My Favorite Watch: Bernard Werk, Owner of Watching Magazine

In our ongoing series, My Favorite Watch, WatchTime speaks to interesting personalities in the watch industry. The interviews revolve around the subject’s favorite watch model, their experience in the industry, and other topics. Today we speak with Bernard Werk, owner of the Netherlands-based enthusiast magazine, Watching.

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Jul 31, 2019 by Sophia Kuemmerle

SWATCH GROUP 2019 RELEASE:

Blancpain Demonstrates Restraint in Design with the New Villeret Extra-Plate 6605

Blancpain decided to build on one of its most historically important watch collections this year during the Swatch Group’s Time to Move festivities. Somewhat overshadowed by the launch of the new Fifty Fathoms Barakuda and Nageurs de Combat limited editions as well as the extremely attractive Air Command Chronograph, the new Villeret Extra-Plate 6605 models pays homage to...

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Jul 30, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

Triathlete Timekeeper: Breitling Introduces Superocean Ironman Limited Edition

Breitling has already had a big year of partnerships, launching special-edition timepieces in cooperation with Norton Motorcycles, the Ocean Conservancy, and its longtime automotive partner, Bentley Motors. The Swiss brand’s latest collaboration, with the Ironman Triathlon series of endurance sporting events, was announced last week, along with the launch of the first timepiece developed for...

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Jul 29, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Hamilton Ventura

In my experience, most die-hard watch fans prefer mechanical watches, and this is especially true among vintage-watch enthusiasts. But the Hamilton Ventura is one of those exceptions that proves the rule, and I would argue it is perhaps even more desirable by virtue of its quartz movement. This space-age watch was developed to demonstrate hyper-accuracy...

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Jul 28, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURES:

The Heuer Stopwatch That Was Behind the Scenes During the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

While Omega’s contribution to the Apollo 11 Moon landing is well documented and justifiably celebrated, there was another timing instrument behind the scenes that many don’t know about. Recently, our editorial colleague at WatchTime Middle East, Nitin Nair, discovered the history behind the Heuer stopwatch used by a flight controller at Nasa’s Mission Control in...

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Jul 27, 2019 by WatchTime

NEWS:

Introducing: A. Lange & Söhne Grand Lange 1 “25th Anniversary”

During SIHH, A. Lange & Söhne announced that in honor of the 25th anniversary of the original Lange 1 timepiece, the German brand would be introducing a new limited-edition take on the watch every month of the year until October 24, 2019 (10 total watches). So far we’ve seen anniversary takes on everything from the emblematic...

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Jul 26, 2019 by WatchTime