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Ticking the Blues: 2 New Girard-Perregaux Watches With Blue Dials

In case you haven’t noticed, blue is the hot color in the watch world, recently appearing all across the horological spectrum on dials, bezels, straps, et cetera. Recently, Girard-Perregaux reminded us that its founder, Jean-Francois Bautte, was one of the first watchmakers to incorporate the color into his timepieces.

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Feb 25, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

Watch Wallpaper: 11 Cartier Watches from SIHH

Cartier was among the luxury watch brands that introduced its newest timepieces at SIHH 2014 in January. Many of these new Cartier watches won’t be available at retail until later this year, but until then, you can adorn your desktop with these 11 downloadable wallpaper images featuring new men’s and ladies’ watches introduced this year...

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Feb 22, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

Baselworld 2014 Preview: New Ladies’ and Men’s Mido Watches

Mido watches have only a cult following in the U.S. but are very popular elsewhere in the world, particularly Latin America. This week, the brand, known for offering Swiss-made mechanical watches at affordable prices, released previews of two new Mido watch models — one men’s, one ladies’ — debuting at next month’s Baselworld.

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Feb 19, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

7 Rare Watches at Antiquorum’s 40th Anniversary Auction

Geneva-based Antiquorum Auctioneers turns 40 this year, and it is celebrating with an auction of “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces,” to be held at the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, on Saturday, February 22. Among the highlights of the more than 250 timepieces on the block are a rare, steel Patek Philippe chronograph; a prototype Richard...

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Feb 13, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

4 Limited-Edition Watches Celebrate China’s Year of the Horse

January 31 marked the start of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Horse. Since the huge growth in demand for luxury watches in the Asian market, several top watch brands have commemorated the lunar New Year with limited-edition timepieces. We’ve already shown you Jaquet Droz’s Ateliers d’Art Horse watches; here are four more...

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Feb 11, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

Around the Web: Babe Ruth’s Watch, Erotic Timepieces in Demand, CIA Watches, and More

Welcome to this week’s installment of “Around the Web”. As always, WatchTime social media maven Alan Loren updates watch aficionados with what we thought were some of the most interesting watch-related stories and news tidbits of the past weeks, culled from the websites of your favorite brands as well as popular watch blogs and other...

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Feb 2, 2014 by WatchTime

SIHH 2014: New Men’s Watches From Vacheron Constantin

After wooing the ladies with its new offerings at last year’s SIHH, Vacheron Constantin turned its focus back to the male haute horlogerie connoisseur this year, and also threw a spotlight on the art of skeletonization, launching no less than six openworked timpieces: four in the brand’s prestigious Metiers d’Art Collection and new, skeleton versions...

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Jan 23, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2014: 5 New Calendar Watches

Yesterday, we showed you a handful of possibly overlooked new chronograph watches that have made their debut at the SIHH. Another popular and versatile complication, the calendar in all of its various types, has also been well-represented this year in Geneva, whether as part of a haute horlogerie array of complications or as the main...

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Jan 21, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2014: Watch Insider Previews New Parmigiani Bugatti Watches

The 2014 SIHH starts today… here from my blog, Watch-Insider.com, are specs, photos, and illustrations of one new more watch whose details have been released prior to the fair, the Parmigiani Bugatti Aérolithe.

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Jan 20, 2014 by Alexander Linz

SIHH 2014 Preview: Watch Insider Update on the Roger Dubuis Watches Launching at SIHH

News and photos of watches debuting at next week’s SIHH watch fair continue to roll in. In this article from my blog, Watch-Insider.com, I cover new the first new models from Roger Dubuis, a brand known for its rather eccentric style but is focusing more on classical design values this year. Here is a teaser...

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Jan 14, 2014 by Alexander Linz

SIHH 2014 Preview: 3 Tourbillon Watches from Vacheron Constantin, Greubel Forsey, & Ralph Lauren

With less than two weeks before the 2014 SIHH watch fair kicks off in Geneva, the luxury watch brands exhibiting there continue to send sneak peeks of several new watches set to debut at the show this year. This week, we take a look at three new watches from three very different brands but with...

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Jan 9, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

3 New Jaquet Droz Watches for China’s Year of the Horse

As Americans mark the start of 2014, China celebrates the Year of the Horse, the seventh sign in the Chinese Zodiac. To commemorate it, Jaquet Droz, a watch brand long associated with China, is releasing a series of Ateliers d’Art timepieces with artistic dials.

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Jan 1, 2014 by Mark Bernardo

Pre-SIHH: 3 New Cartier Men’s Watches

The previews of new luxury watches debuting at the SIHH watch salon in Geneva this January continue to roll in. Our “Watch Insider” Alexander Linz has already shown you one of the new Cartier watches for men premiering at SIHH, the Cartier Calibre de Cartier Diver. Now we reveal three more new men’s Cartier watches.

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Dec 25, 2013 by WatchTime

The 10 Top Watches From Christie’s December Watch Auction

Christie’s New York closed a very successful season of watch auctions on December 17, with a 365-lot auction of “Important Watches” that achieved a total of $12,926,175, including a new auction record for the highest-selling timepiece, a Rolex reference 8171 “Padellone” in steel. Here are the top 10 sellers in Christie’s year-ending watch auction.

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Dec 24, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Pre-SIHH: 3 New Watches from Panerai, Lange, & Jaeger-LeCoultre

Geneva’s SIHH watch fair is only a month away, and the luxury watch brands exhibiting there continue to offer sneak peeks at several of their new timepieces set to debut in 2014. This week we take a look at three new watches from Panerai, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and A. Lange & Söhne.

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Dec 16, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Watch Insider Previews Two New Nomos Glashütte Watches

German watch manufacturer Nomos Glashütte has unveiled two new watches, each featuring new in-house movements.

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Oct 31, 2013 by Alexander Linz

3 Standout Complicated Watches from Hong Kong “Watches & Wonders” Fair

Hong Kong’s inaugural “Watches and Wonders” salon, held September 25-28, featured 13 luxury watch brands, several of which launched significant new models at the fair. Here is a look at three of them, a perpetual calendar with tourbillon from A. Lange & Söhne, and minute repeaters from Vacheron Constantin and Audemars Piguet.

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Oct 10, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Watch Insider: 4 New IWC Watches Debut at “Watches and Wonders” in Hong Kong

The inaugural Hong Kong “Watches and Wonders” fair — inspired by the rapid growth of the Asian market and showcasing new watches from 13 luxury watch maisons — was held September 25-28 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. In this article from my blog, Watch-Insider.com, I present four new models (actually, line extensions)...

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Oct 2, 2013 by Alexander Linz

A Record-Breaking Patek Philippe Highlights Top 5 Watches from Only Watch 2013

The fifth edition of the biennial “Only Watch” auction took place over the weekend at the Hermitage Hotel in Monaco. When the final hammer fell, the auction of unique timepieces had raised 5,066,000 euros for research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and a Patek Philippe Ref. 5004T fetched the highest price ever paid for a modern...

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Oct 1, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

Bulgari Unveils First of 3 Commedia del’Arte Minute Repeater Watches

Bulgari, a watch brand with its roots in Rome, pays tribute to Italy’s theatrical history with a trio of limited-edition minute repeater watches called Commedia del’Arte, all with automaton dials. The first in the collection, introduced at Baselworld 2013, is called Brighella.

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Sep 11, 2013 by Mark Bernardo

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