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Breitling Takes a Spin Down Memory Lane with Top Time Classic Cars

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Longines Spirit Titanium: The Vintage Pilot Goes Modern

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Urban Explorer Goes Global: Bell & Ross BR 05 GMT

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Three Greens for the Red, White and Blue: Grand Seiko U.S. Exclusive Editions

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Oris Aquis Date Upcycle Offers Unique PET Dials

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De Bethune Embraces Personalization with the DB25 Starry Varius

Fresh off the release of the Steel Wheels at SIHH, horological indie darling De Bethune unveiled two new watches at Baselworld this year. The headliner of the two is undoubtedly the DB25 Starry Varius. This new timepiece taps directly into the ethos of what has made De Bethune such a success since its initial launch in 2002 and updates...

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Apr 2, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

Sponsored: The Return of the Legendary Hanhart 417 ES

The reissue of the Hanhart 417 ES marks the return of a legend among wristwatches. More than 60 years ago, the original model served as the first pilot’s chronograph for the German armed forces. Today Hanhart combines the watch’s iconic historical design with the most modern production techniques to produce a robust chronograph suitable for...

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Oct 20, 2021 by WatchTime

BASELWORLD 2018:

Bell & Ross Takes to the Air With BR V1-92 and BR V2-94 Racing Birds

Bell & Ross, a watch brand whose designs are rooted in aviation history, has in recent years entered into partnerships to produce aeronautically engineered land vehicles that the company in turn used as design templates for limited-edition timepieces — like the B-Rocket motorcycle in 2014, the AeroGT concept automobile in 2016, and last year’s Bellytanker....

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Apr 2, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Tissot Heritage Antimagnetique 2018

Tissot released the Heritage 1948 Chronograph to critical acclaim at last year's Baselworld, thus it was natural to expect a bold follow-up to be added to the brand's lineup this year. That follow-up turned out to be the Tissot Antimagnetique Heritage 2018, a new hand-wound piece based on the antimagnetic watches that Tissot produced in the 1930s and '40s.

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Apr 1, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

INTERVIEW

My Favorite Watch: Jørgen Erdahl, Founder of Norwegian Watch Enthusiast Website Horae.no

In our ongoing series, My Favorite Watch (which took a hiatus to make room for our Baselworld 2018 coverage last week), 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. This week we talk with Jørgen Erdahl, founder of Horae.no. a website for watch enthusiasts in Norway.

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Mar 31, 2018 by Sophia Kuemmerle

BASELWORLD 2018:

Tutima Glashütte Builds Out its Entry-Level Range with the M2 Coastline

At Baselworld this year, Tutima Glashütte focused on developing its entry-level range with the release of a brand new line inside the fan-favorite M2 family. The M2 Coastline maintains the value proposition that the M2 collection is widely appreciated for and keeps the sober-yet-sporty aesthetic that many have come to love from this German marque. ...

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Mar 30, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

BASELWORLD 2018:

Chronoswiss Marks Dual Anniversaries with Sirius Flying Regulator Open Gear Limited Edition

Lucerne-based Chronoswiss has long been credited with bringing the regulator dial into modern vogue. Thus it is appropriate that the brand's headliners from Baselworld 2018, a pair of limited editions celebrating both the brand's founding and the release of its first Régulateur timepiece, offer an intriguing new twist on the historical regulator design. Here's what you need to know about the Chronoswiss Sirius Flying Regulator Open Gear.

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Mar 30, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018:

Jaquet Droz Strips Down for its First-Ever Skeletonized Watch (with Macro Shots)

Jaquet Droz — a brand made famous by its eponym’s venture into automata production during the mid-to-late 1700s — isn’t one to follow a trend. That’s why the decision to release the brand’s first skeletonized watch was a surprise highlight for many of my colleagues and myself at this year’s Baselworld fair. Since its revival...

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Mar 29, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

BASELWORLD 2018:

Two Faces, 14 Indications: Introducing the Chopard L.U.C All-in-One

Chopard continues to push the envelope of high-complication horology with its flagship L.U.C collection. How far, you ask? How about a timepiece with 14 indications on two dials, including astronomical and calendar functions and a tourbillon? Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the Chopard L.U.C All-in-One.

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Mar 29, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018:

MeisterSinger Introduces its First Astronomical Watch

MeisterSinger is best known for producing watches that utilize a single hand to tell time. This, of course, lends itself to a more relaxing interpretation of the traditional way we read our watches. Rather than following a to the second — or minute, even — display, most MeisterSinger timepieces are read in five-minute increments. This...

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Mar 28, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

Baselworld 2018:

Double Time: Sinn Introduces Two Vintage-Inspired Chronographs

One of the major reasons Sinn has become such a popular brand in the United States over the past two decades is due to its ability to consistently strike the hard-to-reach zone between producing reliable tool watches and aesthetically cool timepieces that can be worn every day. The accessible price point that Sinn is able to...

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Mar 28, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

BASELWORLD 2018:

A Bomber Drops at Basel: Breitling’s WWII-Inspired Navitimer Super 8 (Updated With Live Photos)

As most of us now know, Breitling’s release of its streamlined, vintage-influenced, and arguably more elegant Navitimer 8 collection earlier this year represented a new direction for the Swiss brand. But for all of those Breitling purists who may have fretted that Breitling was backing off from the big, hyper-masculine aviation timepieces that made its...

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Mar 28, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018:

Darkness for Descent: The Longines Legend Diver in Black PVD (Updated with Price)

Longines has released a host of historically inspired pieces from its Heritage Collection over the past few years (I’m wearing the Avigation Type A-7 1935 for an upcoming wrist review as I type this), but the most recent, unveiled to the press at Baselworld 2018, has a decidedly modern twist: a black-PVD-coated version of the...

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Mar 28, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

PICTURE GALLERY

Piece Time — Distinctive Watch Parts, Chapter 5: Screw Shapes

A watch’s design is the sum of its so-called “appearance parts:” hands, dial, crown, bracelet, et cetera. In this fifth and final article in our series about distinctive parts of watches, we put the spotlight on screws. Watch designers know that it's the little details that make the difference, which is why so many top watch brands create unusual screw heads that distinguish their cases.

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Mar 28, 2018 by WatchTime

BASELWORLD 2018:

A World First: Carl F. Bucherer Unveils the Manero Tourbillon Double Peripheral

In 1888, 130 years ago, Carl Friedrich Bucherer opened his eponymous watch and jewelry boutique in Lucerne, Switzerland, and in 1919 he released the first watch bearing his name. It is the former anniversary that the modern Carl F. Bucherer company commemorates this year, and it is doing so in grand horological fashion, with the...

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Mar 27, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018:

Hublot’s (Red) Magic Moment

The focus for Hublot this year was similar to year’s past: a total devotion to the research and development of new materials and dial structures that stand out in a crowded field of new releases. One watch that was released at Baselworld this week and embodies that brand ideal is the Big Bang Unico Red Magic....

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Mar 26, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

BASELWORLD 2018:

Dressing up the Senator: Glashütte Original’s New Senator Excellence Perpetual Calendar

At Baselworld this year, while the vintage-inspired and anniversary models by major brands are dominating the scene, some manufacturers are straying from what seems to have become the new orthodoxy in favor of watches based firmly in the 21st century. Glashütte Original, one of those rare brands that’s able to move fluidly between modern and...

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Mar 26, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

BASELWORLD 2018:

Porsche Design Adds In-House Flyback Chronograph to 1919 Collection

Porsche Design unveiled its first in-house movement, Caliber Werk 01.200, in 2017, installing it as the engine of the limited-edition Chronograph 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series. At Baselworld 2018, the manufacturer launched the first watch in its 1919 Chronotimer collection to be outfitted with the movement, the 1919 Chronotimer Flyback Brown & Leather.

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Mar 26, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018:

Blancpain Adds New Complications to Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Collection

Blancpain’s legendary Fifty Fathoms, which more or less established the blueprint for the modern-day dive watches that followed its debut in 1953, is the gift that keeps on giving for the venerable Swiss brand. The model begat an entire collection, one of the three pillars of today’s Blancpain, which continues to expand every year with...

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Mar 25, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018:

Ticking the Blues: Raymond Weil Maestro Blues Timepieces (Updated with Prices)

The "great blue wave" that has swept through the watch industry in recent years — giving rise to a host of blue dials and straps from brands in every style and price segment — continued into this year's Baselworld watch fair, as evidenced by two new models from Raymond Weil, called Maestro Blues. Here is what you need to know about them.

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Mar 25, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018:

Jaquet Droz Introduces New Grande Seconde Moon in Black Enamel (Updated with Price)

Jaquet Droz added a moon-phase complication to its growing collection of Grande Seconde timepieces at last year's Baselworld. As we await the revelation of the brand's full array of new products at Baselworld 2018 in March, Jaquet Droz has offered us a glimpse of the latest version of the Grand Seconde Moon, now fronted by a handsome black enamel dial.

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Mar 25, 2018 by Mark Bernardo