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Grand Seiko Celebrates Japan’s 24 Seasons

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Return of the Black Flieger: IWC Pilot’s Watch Tribute to 3705

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Precious and Few: Panerai Platinumtech

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Wave Runner: Omega’s America’s Cup Chronograph

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TAG Heuer and Porsche Forge New Partnership

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Seven Intriguing Chronographs You’ll Discover at WatchTime L.A.

WatchTime Los Angeles kicks off this Friday, May 3, with 27 sponsoring watch brands and a host of watch-industry VIPs. Among the brands' new products on display will be, of course, some new chronograph models making their U.S. debut after being introduced at Baselworld or SIHH. Here are seven that are worthy of a closer look.

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Apr 30, 2019 by WatchTime

PORTFOLIO

6 Sports Watches and Dive Watches Built for Adventure

From the WatchTime archives: If you want to climb mountains, explore caverns, or undergo underwater ordeals, these watches will blithely master such extreme situations. But their attributes can also be useful in everyday life.

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Apr 29, 2019 by Jens Koch

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F.P. Journe Brings the Updated Élégante Collection to WatchTime Los Angeles

Élégante by F.P. Journe was originally intended to be solely the brand’s offering for female enthusiasts. It was first released in 2016 and it uses an in-house quartz movement that took Journe and team eight years of R&D to perfect. Not only does the electromechanical caliber promise at least eight years of running autonomy, it also features...

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Apr 28, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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A. Lange & Söhne Introduces the Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar “25th Anniversary”

Germany’s A. Lange & Söhne has announced the fourth timepiece in its limited edition run of new releases to celebrate the 25th anniversary of 1994’s original Lange 1 (a new Lange 1 will be released each month until October). Following the classic-design Lange 1 Anniversary watch shown at SIHH in January, the Grand Lange 1...

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Apr 27, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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Grand Seiko Celebrates 20 Years of Spring Drive at WatchTime LA

Grand Seiko is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Spring Drive movement this year with three freshly designed sports models. For those unfamiliar, Spring Drive is a groundbreaking movement originally produced by Seiko in 1999, which maintains extremely precise timing by seamlessly combining a traditional mechanical mainspring with a quartz regulator and an electromagnetic rotor break....

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Apr 26, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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West Coast Whirlwinds: Five Tourbillon Watches You’ll Discover at WatchTime L.A.

WatchTime Los Angeles, the West Coast's biggest watch show, hits Downtown L.A.'s Hudson Loft like a horological whirlwind next week! “Whirlwind,” incidentally, is the literal translation of “tourbillon,” one of the watch world’s most coveted high complications. Here are five of the most notable tourbillon-equipped timepieces that will be on display over the course of the two-day horological extravaganza.

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Apr 26, 2019 by WatchTime

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California Revival: WatchTime LA Welcomes the Expanded Montblanc Heritage Collection

The West Coast’s largest watch-related event of the year is just over a week away. The inaugural WatchTime Los Angeles show will be held on May 3-4 at Downtown L.A.’s Hudson Loft, with 27 watch brands exhibiting their latest releases — including multiples Richemont firms like A. Lange & Söhne, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and, today’s focus brand,...

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Apr 25, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

BASELWORLD 2019 REVISITED:

Introducing the Patek Philippe Nautilus Annual Calendar Moon Phases 5726/1A and Aquanaut “Jumbo” 5168G

You know a trend has officially arrived in the wristwatch world when traditionally trend-averse, stay-the-course Patek Philippe begins adopting it. The prestigious Swiss manufacture has not only contributed, in its own distinctive style, to the still-prevalent blue-on-blue aesthetic that began gathering heat several years ago — its latest being a moon-phase-equipped annual calendar version of...

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Apr 25, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

THE WATCHTIME Q&A

Max Büsser of MB&F: “The Watch is My Canvas”

Year after year, MB&F surprises connoisseurs with watches that look and function totally unlike all other familiar timepieces. In this wide-ranging Q&A, Max Büsser, the founder and creative mastermind of this Geneva-based brand, talks about his concept, which sees a watch as a work of art.

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Apr 25, 2019 by Maria-Bettina Eich

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Showing at WatchTime LA: Chronoswiss Sirius Chronograph Moon Phase

As part of Chronoswiss’ showing at the upcoming WatchTime Los Angeles event on May 3-4, the Swiss brand will be showcasing the new Sirius Chronograph Moon Phase. The watch, a navy dial chronograph with a moon phase and analog date indicator, joins the previous steel and gold white dial options from the independent Lucerne-based watchmaker....

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Apr 24, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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RGM Pennsylvania Series 801-CE Classic Enamel: American-Made and L.A.-Bound

The West Coast's biggest watch-connoisseur event of the year is just over a week away. The inaugural WatchTime Los Angeles show will be held on May 3-4 at Downtown L.A.'s Hudson Loft, with 27 watch brands exhibiting their wares — including Lancaster, PA-based RGM, which will be represented at the event by its founder, American watchmaker Roland G. Murphy. Among the U.S.A. brand's highlight timepieces will be the new Classic Enamel model from its flagship Pennsylvania Series.

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Apr 24, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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London to La-La Land: Bremont 2019 Collection Lands at WatchTime L.A.

Bremont skipped the big Swiss watch fairs in 2019, choosing instead a handful of intimate "Townhouse" events in London and New York City for the launch of its 2019 collection. If you live on the West Coast, however, you may well have missed both of those. Good news: Your chance to check out Bremont's newest timepieces comes in just over a week, at the inaugural WatchTime Los Angeles event on May 3-4. Here's a rundown of some of the pieces you'll discover.

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Apr 23, 2019 by WatchTime

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The World’s Largest Tourbillon Gets Updated in the Kerbedanz Maximus Royal

Kerbedanz made waves in 2017 with the announcement of the Maximus that contained what the brand claimed was the world’s largest tourbillon housed in a wristwatch. This year, the timepiece returned for a victory lap with the newly christened Maximus Royal Tourbillon that taunts standard sized tourbillons with its 27-mm diameter titanium tourbillon cage placed within...

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Apr 23, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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Glashütte Mean Time: Moritz Grossmann Adds a GMT to the ATUM Collection

Moritz Grossmann decided to take a slightly different approach than usual to unveil its 2019 novelties. Like a fairly significant number of fellow midsize brands (Corum, Raymond Weil, Maurice Lacroix, Anonimo, to name a few), the Glashütte-based company skipped out on exhibiting at Baselworld and instead has embarked on a global roadshow to a few...

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Apr 22, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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Doubly Defiant: Zenith Defy El Primero Double Tourbillon

Zenith's year-long 50th-anniversary celebration of its groundbreaking high-frequency chronograph caliber, the El Primero, continues at WatchTime Los Angeles, to be held May 3 - 4 at Downtown L.A.'s Hudson Loft. Among Zenith's featured timepieces from its 2019 collection will be the new Defy El Primero Double Tourbillon, whose avant-garde design features two separate escapements and a stopwatch function that can measure elapsed times to 1/100th second.

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Apr 22, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

EXPERT ADVICE

Watch Winders 101: The Ultimate Watch Winder Guide

For collectors and dealers of self-winding watches, we present in this WatchTime feature a guide to the watch winder, covering a selection of models, sizes, designs and functions of available watch winders.

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Apr 22, 2019 by WatchTime

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Breaking Down Five of De Bethune’s Latest Releases

I wouldn’t be lying if I said I thought De Bethune was one of the most consistently interesting brands in independent watchmaking these days. Ever since Pierre Jacques returned to his role as CEO in October of 2017, the brand has never come close to a misfire. While the pinnacle achievement for De Bethune during...

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Apr 21, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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Glashütte Glamour: WatchTime L.A. Welcomes New Timepieces from A. Lange & Söhne

A new, white-gold, black-dialed version of the Richard Lange Jumping Seconds and the first date-equipped model in the Zeitwerk collection will be among the new watches that Germany’s most prestigious luxury watchmaker, A. Lange & Söhne, will bring to the upcoming WatchTime Los Angeles event on May 3-4. Here is a closer look at both....

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Apr 20, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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An In-Depth Look at Czapek’s 2019 Releases

This past March at Baselworld 2019, Czapek & Cie. released a number new watches, and, soon on May 3 and 4, the updated collections will be shown for the first time in the U.S. at WatchTime Los Angeles. In the seven years since the brand made its modern debut, Czapek has steadily expanded its collections in the...

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Apr 19, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

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Bovet Virtuoso V Takes the Stage with New Red Guilloché Dial

Scarlett O'Hara, Crimson Tide, Dorothy's ruby slippers, the ubiquitous red carpets: the color red can be found all over the history and mythology of Hollywood. Now we can add to the list this striking timepiece from Bovet Fleurier, taking its first bow in the U.S. at the upcoming WatchTime Los Angeles event: the new Virtuoso V, robed in an 18k rose gold Amadeo convertible case and sporting a red guilloché dial.

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Apr 19, 2019 by Mark Bernardo