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Video: Rolex Revamps the Yacht-Master

Rolex’s Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master, a sailors’ watch introduced in 1992, undergoes a major facelift this year in both its design and technology. The new model, which has an Oyster case made of a patented alloy called Rolesium, and a cool, blue dial with brushed sunray pattern, made its debut at the Baselworld watch fair this...

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Mar 18, 2013 by WatchTime

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

SIHH Day Two: Roger Dubuis, Parmigiani, Montblanc

Geneva’s watch fest rolls on, and your WatchTime team is on site to cover it. Day two is a flurry of appointments and meetings with various brands, but in between, here’s a look at some of the people, timepieces and atmosphere that caught my eye late yesterday afternoon and this morning. Parmigiani Fleurier — which...

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Jan 22, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Audemars Piguet Releases Michael Schumacher Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph

Audemars Piguet’s latest limited-edition Royal Oak watch — introduced this week at a press conference in Berlin — is a collaboration with legendary auto racer Michael Schumacher. The seven-time world champion was personally involved with the development of the model, which includes numerous car-inspired design elements.

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Oct 19, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

A. Lange & Söhne Expands Watchmaking in Glashütte

With global demand for its watches growing, A. Lange & Söhne, based in Glashütte in the German state of Saxony,  has been expanding its production facilities over the past few years. The latest step took place on September 5, with a groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction on the company’s new annex.

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Sep 12, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Fast and Curious: WatchTime Behind the Wheel of the BMW M6

Yesterday a contingent of WatchTime staffers paid a visit to BMW North America at its HQ in northern New Jersey. In between business meetings, prepared presentations, and question-and-answer sessions about the luxury wriswatch and luxury automobile worlds (BMW is an official partner in WatchTime’s Inside Basel-Geneva collector events), several of us, including your humble digital...

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Jul 27, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

From the Las Vegas Watch and Jewelry Shows: Ball and Bremont

WatchTime is attending the Couture and JCK Watch and Jewelry Fairs in Las Vegas this week, and we’re getting a chance to check out (and try on) some cool timepieces that we missed at Baselworld back in March. At the Couture show, held at Vegas’s luxurious Wynn Hotel and Casino, We visited Bremont, where brand...

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Jun 1, 2012 by Mark Bernardo

Animation Innovation: Harry Winston’s Opus 12

Each year as Baselworld approaches, one word percolates to the top of the watch world’s collective consciousness: “Opus.” Harry Winston’s Opus pieces often outscore all others on the buzz-generator charts. This year’s Opus watch did not disappoint. It may have momentarily confused some of us, but it did not disappoint. (Click on the watch photos...

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Apr 30, 2012 by WatchTime

Big Bang Baller: WatchTime Talks to NBA Star and Hublot Ambassador Dwyane Wade

In November, shortly before the end of the NBA lockout, Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade joined Hublot at the opening of the Swiss brand’s new boutique in Bal Harbor, Florida to introduce his own Hublot watch, the King Power Dwyane Wade, to the U.S. market. Wade is donating part of the proceeds from sales of...

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Dec 22, 2011 by Mark Bernardo

Look – Up in the Sky!Many brands make pilot’s watches. Tutima makes pilots, too.

Who has the best job in the world? I recently spent some time with an elite group whose members have a strong claim to that title. They are some of the best in the world at what they do. What they do is great fun, very cool, and it saves lives. They’re the instructors at...

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Apr 23, 2011 by WatchTime

Look – Up in the Sky!Many brands make pilot’s watches. Tutima makes pilots, too.

Who has the best job in the world? I recently spent some time with an elite group whose members have a strong claim to that title. They are some of the best in the world at what they do. What they do is great fun, very cool, and it saves lives. They’re the instructors at...

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Apr 22, 2011 by WatchTime

WatchTime’s April App Now Available in iTunes

In this issue we test watches from Rolex, Omega and TAG Heuer, and we take you inside COSC. Our 27-page report on the Geneva Fairs includes business analysis and 55 new watches. We profile Roland Murphy and the new Hublot manufacture. In our interview, Jean-Claude Biver explains why “in-house” matters. PLUS: 11 videos, 62 image...

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Mar 18, 2011 by WatchTime

WOW TIME: Parmigiani Bugatti Super Sport

In 2004 Parmigiani’s Bugatti Type 370 wowed the watch world with its horizontal, engine block-inspired movement layout. Fast-forward to 2010 and its wow time again at Parmigiani. WatchTime attended the launch of the wild new Super Sport, fittingly held during Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance weekend. We have exclusive photos of the launch, the watch, and...

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Aug 30, 2010 by WatchTime

IWC Da Vinci Chronograph Ceramic

The first ceramic watch case debuted in an IWC Da Vinci in 1986. In 2007, IWC presented its newly developed manufacture flyback chronograph movement in the redesigned Da Vinci family. For 2010, the circle is complete as the movement gets a new, elegant, high-tech home in the form of a ceramic and titanium case in...

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Feb 17, 2010 by WatchTime

Lange Launches Zeitwerk iPhone Application

Response to Lange’s award-winning Zeitwerk has been so strong that the watchmakers in Glashütte are having trouble keeping up with demand. If you’re waiting anxiously for yours to be delivered, or if you just want a cool new app for your iPhone, Lange has something for you – the Zeitwerk iPhone app. Explore the watch...

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Jan 17, 2010 by WatchTime

Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Liquidmetal Limited Edition

Omega has announced the launch of the Seamaster Planet Ocean Liquidmetal in a limited edition of 1948 pieces, in honor of the year the Seamaster was launched. The watch features a ceramic bezel with the numbers and scale made from Liquidmetal, an alloy created by Swatch Group researchers collaborating with Omega’s product development team.

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Oct 26, 2009 by WatchTime

Greubel Forsey Opens New Manufacture

Greubel Forsey has consolidated its activities within new headquarters and workshops in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The dedicated building, located close to the Eplatures airport, is the new to home to the four companies created by Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey, and jointly run by the two founders along with CEO Emmanuel Vuille: Greubel Forsey, CompliTime, CT...

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Sep 9, 2009 by WatchTime

Hamilton Ventura XXL: Blue Hawaii for the 21st Century

2010 would have been Elvis’s 75th birthday, and to mark the occasion, Hamilton is producing two new versions of the Ventura, made famous by the King in his 1961 movie “Blue Hawaii”. One commemorative model is a quartz-powered replica of the original. My focus will be on the second piece: the cool XXL Edition. The...

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Jun 18, 2009 by WatchTime

Ulysse Nardin’s Smartphone: Where Tech Meets Mech

As exciting as it is to experience all the new watches at the Baselworld watch fair, there is always the risk of “watch overload” setting in, which is why the occasional, rare foray into Accessories Land is often a welcome diversion. Usually, these items are limited to devices such as winders and clocks, but I...

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Jun 1, 2009 by Mark Bernardo
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