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Blancpain: Fifty Fathoms “Tech Gombessa”

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TAG Heuer: Carrera Chronograph 60th Anniversary Edition

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Seiko: SPB333 Limited Edition

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Oris: Coulson Limited Edition

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Omega: 60th Anniversary Bond Seamaster

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GPHG: The Complete List of Winners

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Breitling: Superocean

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Oris: Chronos Special Edition

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Tudor: Ranger

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FEATURE:

Breguet Officially Launches New Marine Collection with Titanium Bracelets in Tow

Over the past three years, Breguet has placed a large amount of focus on rebuilding and redesigning its Marine collection. Historically, the Marine line is directly influenced by the brand’s background in marine chronometer production, a practice that dates back to October of 1815 when Abraham-Louis Breguet was christened the official “Watchmaker to the Royal...

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Jul 15, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

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

Showing at WatchTime New York 2019: A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Date

Not all “digital watches” are cheap, electronic, or created alike. Germany’s A. Lange & Söhne has been creating its own decidedly high-end version of a digital watch — that is, one that tells time via digits rather than hands — for 10 years now, and its highlight piece at this year’s WatchTime New York — taking...

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Jul 15, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

Deeper Into the Green: Panerai Introduces Four New Radiomirs with Military Green Dials

Panerai has traditionally been one of the most straightforward watch brands when it comes to color options, but in recent years the Florentine watchmaker has not been immune to the growing color trends, adding blue, brown, and even green dials to its repertoire. This year, Panerai grows its selection of timepieces with military green dials with a quartet of new models from its Radiomir family.

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Jul 12, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

FEATURE:

A Hands-On Review of the Gorilla Watches Fastback GT Mirage and Bandit

In this review from our sister magazine, WatchTime Middle East, editor Nitin Nair spends some time with two timepieces from Gorilla Watches, a motorsport-inspired brand on the rise with some first-class pedigree behind it. A motoring-inspired wristwatch might seem like a timeworn trope, but it’s a road that watch companies seem happy to cruise down...

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Jul 11, 2019 by WatchTime

NEWS

Bring On the Nineties: TAG Heuer Launches Its Third Monaco Limited Edition

TAG Heuer’s extended 50th anniversary celebration of its iconic Monaco model rolled into New York last night, with the high-profile launch of the third of five limited-edition Monaco timepieces at Cipriani Wall Street. Continuing the “decade by decade” theme of its two predecessors, the Monaco 1989-1999 Limited Edition applies stylistic influences and design codes from...

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Jul 11, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

ONLY WATCH 2019

Close-Up: Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms Barakuda Unique Piece for Only Watch 2019

Blancpain continues its longstanding support of the biennial Only Watch auction of unique timepieces, and the charity that it benefits, with the presentation of a special one-of-a-kind version of its recently introduced, vintage-inspired Fifty Fathoms Barakuda, which is slated to go on the auction block in Geneva with 29 other unique timepieces on November 9th...

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Jul 10, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

THE WATCHTIME Q&A:

An Interview with Patrik Hoffmann, Executive Vice President of WatchBox Switzerland

After close to 20 years of working at Ulysse Nardin and six as the brand’s chief executive, Patrik Hoffmann announced he was leaving the Kering-owned company in August 2017. Driven to pursue a new challenge and determined to stay within the watch industry, Hoffmann soon joined on with WatchBox, the rapidly growing online dealer of...

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Jul 10, 2019 by Roger Ruegger

Highlights from WatchTime’s July-August Issue, On Sale Now!

WatchTime’s July-August 2019 issue is on newsstands now (and also in our online shop), with highlights ranging from our cover story, an in-depth look at the revival of the Zenith A384 Chronograph; our comprehensive coverage of the newsmakers, trends, and showcase timepieces from Baselworld 2019; hands-on reviews of the Tudor Black Bay GMT, Nomos Glashütte Club Sport,...

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Jul 9, 2019 by WatchTime

NEWS:

Red Hot Summer: A Look at the Ulysse Nardin Skeleton X Magma

With Fourth of July celebrations officially behind us in the United States and a record-setting heat wave spreading across mainland Europe, I think it’s fair to say that we’ve arrived in the dog days of summer. With all the discussion over the hot weather taking place on both sides of the Atlantic, it’s reminded me...

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Jul 8, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

MeisterSinger Adds a New Golden Moon to its Award-Winning Lunascope

Germany's MeisterSinger unveiled its first astronomical timepiece, the Lunascope, in 2018, combining the brand's hallmark single-hand timekeeping system with a photorealistic moon-phase display. The latest version, introduced this year, uses a golden-colored moon disk on a dark blue, starry background for an even more elegantly cosmic look.

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Jul 8, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

INTERVIEW:

Christian Selmoni Discusses Vacheron Constantin’s Les Cabinotiers Department

Over the past few weeks, we’ve taken an in-depth look at Les Cabinotiers, Vacheron Constantin’s bespoke watchmaking division. First, we highlighted a few of the most important watches that Les Cabinotiers has developed over the past few years. Last week, we took you behind-the-scenes of the elite watchmaking division and highlighted how the division’s approach...

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Jul 6, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

WATCH TO WATCH

Introducing the Panerai Submersible Mike Horn Limited Edition – 47MM

Panerai’s biggest announcement of 2019 was the relaunch of its Submersible series of robust, hyper-masculine dive watches as a collection of its own, separate from the parent Luminor family. Shortly after the new models’ rollout at SIHH, we covered one of the showcase limited editions of the collection, the Submersible Chrono Guillaume Néry Edition 47MM....

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Jul 5, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS:

The Perpetual-Doppel is the Most Complicated Habring² Yet

The Austrian watchmaking firm Habring² has introduced a new perpetual calendar monopusher rattrapante chronograph that builds on the brand’s expertise in creating split-second timers. Given the name Perpetual-Doppel, it is the most complicated Habring² watch released to date. Fronted by the husband and wife duo of Richard and Maria Habring, the eponymous watch company has...

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Jul 5, 2019 by WatchTime

EVENTS:

Announcing the 36 Presenting Watch Brands at WatchTime New York 2019

Happy Fourth of July! We hope everyone out there is having a fun and safe start to the holiday weekend. To commemorate Independence Day, we’re happy to announce a majority of the watch brands that will be presenting at this year’s WatchTime New York show. Over the past five years, the two-day WatchTime New York...

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Jul 4, 2019 by WatchTime

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY:

Made in America: Slow Watchmaking at Schon Horology

A few minutes into my phone conversation with Ian Schon, the 29-year-old mechanical engineer and product designer touches on an aspect of his creative process that immediately grabs my attention. “My watches are a result of ‘slow watchmaking,’ ” he tells me. “Watchmaking where you really take your time. Where you have a lot of...

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Jul 4, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS:

The Vortic Heritage Watch Builder Represents the Past, and the Future, of American Watchmaking

If you’re a longtime reader of WatchTime, you’re probably well aware of all the cool stuff that RT Custer and Vortic Watch Co. are up to at their workshop in Fort Collins, CO. The basic objective of Vortic is the revitalization and preservation of America’s historic watchmaking culture. This takes its form in a variety...

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Jul 3, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS:

Inspired by French Riviera Summers: Chopard L.U.C XPS Azur Limited Edition

If you’re seeking a watch that puts you in the mind of exotic summer getaways, Chopard may have your ideal travel companion. The jeweler and watchmaker’s longtime partnership with the Cannes International Film Festival, held every year on the French Riviera, has inspired the new L.U.C XPS Azur, whose bright blue hand-guillochéd dial takes its...

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Jul 3, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS:

Omega Teams Up with The Met for a Surprise Speedmaster Release

Happy Speedy Tuesday! Today we’re bringing you somewhat of an unexpected release from Omega. The Swiss brand has partnered up with New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art for a limited-edition take on the Speedmaster “First Omega in Space” that is based on the actual first Omega wristwatch to leave Earth’s atmosphere. The original watch, known...

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Jul 2, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

PROMOTION:

New E.C. Andersson Dive Watch Set for Summer Delivery

E.C. Andersson Watch Co.’s 2019 novelty, the Denise divers’ watch, is being delivered to customers just in time for their summer adventures. After pre-order fulfillments, the company now has only 20 pieces of the Denise Calypso-Blue left in stock for July delivery, and it is once again offering a customary 5% discount to WatchTime readers....

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Jul 2, 2019 by WatchTime

NEWS:

Breguet Revives the Historic Type 20 Chronograph for Only Watch 2019

Earlier this morning, the biennial Only Watch charity auction officially revealed the 50 watches that will go up for sale on November 9, 2019. The Only Watch auction, hosted by Christie’s and with the support of the Monegasque Association Against Muscular Dystrophy, happens once every two years with dozens of brands contributing a single timepiece...

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Jul 1, 2019 by Logan R. Baker