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Highlights from WatchTime’s September-October Issue, On Sale Now

The fifth WatchTime issue of 2018 hits newsstands today, with highlights ranging from our cover story featuring the Baume & Mercier Baumatic; an interview with Christian Selmoni, director of style and heritage at Vacheron Constantin as well as an in-depth look at the new FiftySix collection; a close-up of Citizen Watch Company at its centennial; tests of...

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Sep 11, 2018 by WatchTime

Showing at WatchTime New York 2018: De Bethune DB25 Starry Varius

America’s largest luxury watch show, WatchTime New York, returns to Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 26-27 (click here for event details and to purchase tickets). As we count down to the big event, we continue to spotlight many of the new timepieces that guests will discover there. Today we turn our attention to the headlining timepiece for horological...

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Sep 5, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

10 Green Watches to go with Your Pint of Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day

Green watches are proving more and more popular these days, so what better holiday to highlight a few of our favorite viridescent watches than St. Patrick’s Day? We’ve collected a few of the more notable models, but with so many brands embracing the hue, we restricted it to timepieces released in the past two years....

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Mar 17, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

Ferdinand Berthoud Looks Into the Past to Introduce a New Regulator Watch

It’s only been a few years since the Ferdinand Berthoud marque was resurrected by the Chopard Group but there’s no doubt that it has been extraordinarily impactful during that time. In 2016, the young brand took home the prized Aiguille d’Or (basically the equivalent of winning Best Actor/Actress at the Oscars) at the GPHG awards....

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Mar 14, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

SIHH 2018:

The Grönefeld Parallax Tourbillon Gets Updated with a New Dial

The past few years have been especially fruitful for Grönefeld, a young independent brand run by two Dutch brothers. In 2016, the twosome took home the GPHG award for Best Men’s Watch with the 1941 Remontoire. Two years before that, the duo won the prize for the top Tourbillon Watch with the Parallax Tourbillon. At...

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Mar 5, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Longines Avigation BigEye

For this week’s “Vintage Eye,” we turn our attention to the vintage re-issue Longines Avigation BigEye. The watch, released late last summer, was one of the most critically-acclaimed timepieces of 2017, and for good reason. With its no-nonsense case, straightforward yet unique dial, and relatively accessible price point, the BigEye represents some of the best...

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Jan 28, 2018 by Caleb Anderson

WATCH TO WATCH

The Bulova Oceanographer “Devil Diver”

When TAG Heuer announced the Heuer Autavia Cup back in the summer of 2016, it was praised as an intriguing new way for hardcore Heuer enthusiasts to have a voice in what vintage model the 2017 Autavia reissue would take its design from. Needless to say, it went off without a hitch and the watch...

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Jan 11, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

Bang for the Buck

Five Montblanc Watches Under $5,000

Here are five affordable Montblanc watches, all priced under $5,000.00, for your consideration, including the Montblanc TimeWalker Collection Voyager UTC and the Montblanc Meisterstück Heritage Collection Moonphase.

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Apr 13, 2017 by WatchTime

Temptations by Escapement: Urban Jurgensen Reference 1142L in Platinum

I first heard of Urban Jürgensen in 2014 when the watch company’s Central Seconds (Ref. 1142 C CS RG) won the GPHG Men’s Watch Prize. At Baselworld earlier this year, I took a closer look at Urban Jürgensen’s watches and vowed I would devote more time in order to become better acquainted with this historical...

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Aug 29, 2015 by Angus Davies

TAG Heuer Takes Top Prize at 12th Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix

The prize-giving ceremony of the 12th annual Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix (GPHG) — the luxury-watch world’s version of Oscar night — took place at the Grand Théâtre de Genève on November 15. This year, it was TAG Heuer’s high-tech Mikrogirder model that took home the prestigious Aiguille d’Or grand prize.

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Nov 26, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Selections Announced for 2012 Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix

The Foundation of the Watchmaking Grand Prix has announced that the prize-giving ceremony for the 12th Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix (GPHG) will take place on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. The GPHG has also announced the list of 70 nominated watches in seven categories.

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Sep 7, 2012 by Mark Bernardo