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BASELWORLD 2016

Hora Mundi Revisited: A New, Elegant Take on Breguet’s Groundbreaking World-Timer

The original Breguet Hora Mundi rocked Baselworld in 2011 with its world-premiere instant time-zone jump display, with synchronized date, day/night and city indications. This year the Classique Hora Mundi 5727 is being reintroduced with the same groundbreaking Caliber 77F0 (based on Caliber 777 with an additional plate), but in a more classic, accessible case and...

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Mar 22, 2016 by Carol Besler

BASELWORLD 2016

Bulgari Octo Minute Repeater: A New Thinness Record

In 2014, Bulgari released the Octo Finissimo Tourbillon, the thinnest tourbillon watch in the world. This year, the ambitious brand takes the theme of extreme horological slenderness a step further with the release of the Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater, which now claims the title of smallest striking watch on the market. The minute repeater is,...

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Mar 21, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2016

Nomos Tetra Neomatik Features New Automatic Movement (Updated with Prices)

Nomos has extended its neomatik collection, launched last fall at WatchTime New York, with the introduction of the Nomos Tetra neomatik this week at Baselworld 2016. This newest version of the Tetra, Nomos's square-cased men's watch, is the first to be equipped with the brand's in-house self-winding movement, Caliber DUW 3001.

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Mar 20, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2016

New Hublot Big Bang Aims for the Long Run With 10-Day Power Reserve

Hublot has introduced a dramatic new movement, the manual-wound HUB 1201, with a 10-day power reserve and a machine-like aesthetic inspired by the Meccano game of modular components. The brand is launching the new movement in a model called Hublot Big Bang Meca-10. Children’s Meccano kits include wheels, bars, bridges and pinions that are used...

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Mar 19, 2016 by Carol Besler

GIFT GUIDE

Baselworld Travel Essentials

The watch world’s biggest international event, Baselworld, begins next week in Basel, Switzerland. If you are one of the thousands of eager watch aficonados, media representatives, and watch-and-jewelry professionals attending the show this year, we’ve compiled some of our favorite stylish and useful items that will make both the trip itself, and your travel experience,...

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Mar 7, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2016 PREVIEW:

A Sneak Peek at Frédérique Constant’s Entry-Level Perpetual Calender

Frédérique Constant just announced the launch of a new automatic perpetual calendar (Cal. FC-775) that the brand says should be available for less than €8,000 (stainless steel version). The integrated design most likely means that the calendar can only be adjusted forward, and it will be even less expensive than Montblanc’s already attractively priced Meisterstück Heritage Perpetual...

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Mar 3, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

SIHH 2016

Scales of Time: Urwerk UR-105 “T-Rex”

Watch aficionados are used to seeing reptilian scaled patterns on leather straps, but the new Urwerk UR-105 T-Rex — unveiled at SIHH 2016 in January and equipped with the iconoclastic brand’s unique satellite-hours timekeeping system — may be the first timepiece to bring such a motif to a watch case as well. The UR-105 T-Rex...

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Mar 1, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2016 PREVIEW:

Bulgari Octo Ultranero Collection

Bulgari's Bulgarin Octo men's watch collection gets a sleek black makeover at the upcoming Baselworld 2016 watch fair. The new Bulgari Octo Ultranero series, which combine black DLC with elements in rose gold, consists of a three-hand watch in two executions, a chronograph, and the newest variation on the brand's record-setting ultra-thin tourbillon.

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Feb 29, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Breguet Type XX

Breguet produces three styles of the Breguet Type XX, inspired by vintage military aviation watches: the namesake Type XX, Type XXI, and Type XXII. We cover the modern re-interpretation of the Breguet Type XX Aeronavale Automatic Chronograph (Ref. 3800ST/92/9W6) in this week's Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy feature.

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Feb 28, 2016 by Caleb Anderson

CLOSE-UP

An Icon Revisited: Movado Museum Classic

Movado, which made headlines last year with its release of a new series of smartwatches, returns to the classic watch design that put the brand on the map back in the mid-20th century, announcing the launch of the Movado Museum Classic at Baselworld 2016.

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Feb 25, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Patek Philippe Aquanaut

We take a look at the Patek Philippe Aquanaut, a series as lovingly controversial as the Nautilus is to Patek purists, but as contemporarily appealing to everybody else since its initial release in 1997. It is a vintage watch conceived with some heavy historical inspirations.

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Feb 21, 2016 by Caleb Anderson

SIHH 2016:

5 Things to Know About the New Panerai PAM 578 “Lo Scienziato”

Panerai's most technically awe-inspiring watch at this year's SIHH watch salon is easily the Panerai Luminor "Lo Scienziato" Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT Titanio (Ref. PAM00578), a limited-edition piece combining an ultra-light titanium case, skeletonized movement, GMT complication, and unconventional tourbillon. Here's what you need to know about the Lo Scienziato.

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Feb 19, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Close-Up: Blancpain L-evolution Tourbillon Carrousel (Updated with Video)

One of Blancpain’s highlights at this year’s Baselworld is the L-evolution Tourbillon Carrousel, a highly complicated piece with a futuristic dial and case design to match. Tourbillons and carrousels both rotate their cages within a movement, but understanding them can also get your head spinning. So let’s take a moment to break down the differences...

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Feb 18, 2016 by Jay Deshpande

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: IWC Ingenieur Automatic

The modern (post-1976) IWC Ingenieur was a watch meant to rival the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and Patek Philippe Nautilus in style. The modern IWC Ingenieur collection includes a flagship timepiece (Ref. 3239) still recognizable to aficionados of the ‘70s-era Ingenieurs.

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Feb 14, 2016 by Caleb Anderson

BASELWORLD 2016 PREVIEW

Absolute Transparency: Hublot Big Bang Unico Sapphire

Hublot, long known for its bold use of non-conventional materials and combinations of materials in its watch cases, makes horological history with the first large-scale series of watches with cases cut from pure sapphire blocks: the Hublot Big Bang Unico Sapphire.

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Feb 12, 2016 by Mark Bernardo