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    Four Faces Have I: Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 is the Most Complex Reverso Ever

    Back in 2006, Jaeger-LeCoultre created the Reverso Hybris Mechanica a Triptyque, possessed of three faces and a multitude of built-in horological complications. The most complicated evolution yet of the Reverso, Jaeger-LeCoulte’s legendary and enduring two-faced timepiece born in 1931, it prompted many of us who cover the watch industry to wonder if the venerable Swiss...

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    Apr 30, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    The Cutting Edge of Sound: Carl F. Bucherer Introduces Manero Minute Repeater Symphony

    Since launching its first proprietary caliber, with its innovative peripherally mounted winding rotor, in the Manero Peripheral timepiece back in 2008, Carl F. Bucherer has adopted “peripheral” design as its technical stock-in-trade. In 2018, the Lucerne-based watchmaker launched a timepiece with a world’s-first “floating” peripheral tourbillon, and this year it takes the concept to its...

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    Apr 12, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Modern Chimes for Modern Times: Ulysse Nardin Strikes Gold with Blast Hourstriker

    Ulysse Nardin’s most riveting release from 2020 was the Blast, introduced at last summer’s Geneva Watch Days, which married a skeletonized self-winding tourbillon caliber with an avant-garde, stealth-aircraft-inspired case configuration. At Watches & Wonders this week, the Le Locle-based brand took the Blast to its next — and thus far highest — level of high-horology...

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    Apr 9, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Inspired by Ancestry: Exploring the Blancpain Villeret Collection

    Blancpain’s Villeret collection channels the haute horlogerie roots of the world’s oldest watchmaking brand and continues to innovate with an array of grand and practical complications. We explore the collection’s origins, as well as its historical and modern highlights, in this feature from our October 2020 issue. The author Thomas Wolfe is often credited with...

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    Mar 24, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Striking Simplicity: Spotlighting the Patek Philippe Ref. 6301P Grande Sonnerie

    Patek Philippe’s new 6301P features not only a grande sonnerie with a petite sonnerie and a minute repeater, it also comes with a patented “seconde morte” jumping subsidiary seconds. We delve into its many complexities in this feature from our January-February 2021 issue. In the world of haute horlogerie, hardly anything is as exclusive and...

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    Mar 22, 2021 by Roger Ruegger

    FEATURE

    Progress Through Technology: 10 Tourbillon Watches with High-Tech Designs

    Audi’s "progress through technology" motto also applies to the importance of the tourbillon for watch design, because this eye-catching complication greatly enhances a timepiece’s visual appeal. From our Special Design Issue, here are 10 highly technical tourbillon watches.

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    Mar 12, 2021 by Alexander Krupp

    FEATURE

    Zooming in: 7 Watch Movements in Extreme Close-Up

    Finely finished watch movements come to life under magnification. The seven shown here were certainly ready for their close-ups.

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    Feb 12, 2021 by Alexander Krupp

    LVMH Watch Week: Bulgari Unveils its Octo Roma Carillon Tourbillon, A New Kind of Repeater

    While Bulgari is undoubtedly best known among watch enthusiasts these days for its record-setting ultra-thin timepieces, most notably within the Octo Finissimo collection which we covered earlier this week, the Italian brand is also well regarded for both its high-horology and high-jewelry creations. Today, we showcase a new model within the former category, the “Masterpiece...

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    Jan 28, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    Watches, Whiskies, and More: Six Pairings of High-End Timepieces and Top-Shelf Spirits

    There’s nothing like a well-earned, sublime sip of your favorite libation at the end of a long workday, whether at home or out-and-about — especially if you’re wearing just the right wristwatch to count down to your Happy Hour. Here we match up six noteworthy spirits — four Scotch whiskies, a mezcal and a brandy...

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    Oct 30, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    The Music of Time: Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Astronomical Striking Grand Complication

    Vacheron Constantin has given its series of one-of-a-kind chiming watches the poetically evocative name “La Musique du Temps,” and this year’s addition to that ultra-exclusive collection may be the most ambitious yet.

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    May 30, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    Symphony in Blue: A. Lange & Söhne Offers Zeitwerk Minute Repeater in White Gold Case & Blue Dial

    A. Lange & Söhne unveiled the Zeitwerk Minute Repeater, one of the Saxon haute horologer’s most complicated timepieces, five years ago in a platinum case and silvered dial. For this year’s digital Watches & Wonders launch event, Lange finally rolled out a second version, this one in a white-gold case and a vibrant blue dial,...

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    May 13, 2020 by WatchTime

    LVMH DUBAI WATCH WEEK 2020:

    Bulgari Unveils its Record-Breaking Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater in New Rose-Gold Case

    The watch maisons of the LVMH luxury group take center stage in the horological universe this week, unveiling their newest models for 2020 at an exclusive event in Dubai. Among the presenters is Italian jeweler-watchmaker Bulgari, whose new timepiece releases include a version of its Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater, the world's thinnest timepiece equipped with this high complication, in a sandblasted 18k rose-gold case.

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    Jan 13, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    COUNTDOWN TO WTNY:

    Showing at WatchTime New York 2019: Armin Strom Minute Repeater Resonance (Live Pics + Pricing)

    America’s largest luxury watch event, WatchTime New York, is returning for its fifth consecutive year at Midtown Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 25-26. This year’s event is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with 37 participating watch brands displaying their latest and greatest timepieces. Among these brands is Armin Strom, which is celebrating its...

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    Aug 14, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

    PORTFOLIO

    Record Breakers: 9 Watches That Set World Records

    A Rolex Daytona formerly owned by Paul Newman broke a record when it sold at auction for 17.7 million dollars in 2017. But certain other records cannot be measured in money. Here are some spectacular examples from the wristwatch world.

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    Aug 9, 2019 by WatchTime

    NEWS:

    Master of Chime: Jaeger-LeCoultre Introduces the Master Grande Tradition Répétition Minutes Perpétuelle

    Over 200 years old and Jaeger-LeCoultre still does not cease to amaze with their mechanical expertise and innovations in the domain of chiming watches. Their most recent offering, the Master Grande Tradition Répétition Minutes Perpétuelle, is a perfect example of that. The new novelty features a gong system which resurrects the chime of the antique...

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    May 23, 2019 by WatchTime

    SIHH 2019 REVISTED:

    Exploring All Eight of the New Blue-Dialed Vacheron Constantin Watches Released at SIHH 2019

    On Tuesday, I wrote about the latest entries in Baume & Mercier’s Clifton Baumatic collection and how blue dials continue to remain in demand by collectors and enthusiasts. In that article, I mentioned Vacheron Constantin and Jaeger-LeCoultre as two of the other Richemont brands that exhibited an extensive selection of blue-hued timepieces at SIHH 2019....

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    Feb 14, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

    SIHH 2019:

    Speake-Marin Makes Chiming History with Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon Légèreté

    In its third year exhibiting at the SIHH, Speake-Marin continued to establish its haute horlogerie bonafides with a unique piece that is also watch-world first: the Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon Légèreté, which the brand tells us is the first minute repeater carillon timepiece with a case made entirely from sapphire.

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    Feb 1, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

    SIHH 2019:

    Cracking the Code: Inside the Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Collection

    Every year at SIHH, it seems the attending watch media comes in with the same two nagging questions about Audemars Piguet: Is the brand ever going to expand its scope beyond its mega-popular and emblematic Royal Oak collections (and accept that its Millenary and Jules Audemars are niche products at best)? And is it ever...

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    Jan 23, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

    NEWS:

    First Look: The Vacheron Constantin Les Cabinotiers Mécaniques Sauvages Collection

    The “Les Cabinotiers” department at Vacheron Constantin is, without a doubt, the brand operating at the peak of its powers. After all, this is the part of the 263-year old firm that assisted in the birth of Reference 57260, otherwise known as the world’s most complicated timepiece, boasting 57 total complications. Last week, WatchTime was...

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    Dec 2, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

    SIHH 2019 PREVIEW:

    The Phoenix and the Stars: Vacheron Constantin’s New Les Cabinotiers Grand Complications

    Autumn is in full swing, bringing with it the usual traditions and rituals: playoff baseball, cheesy Christmas movies on the Hallmark Channel, and the first rumblings of new timepieces set to debut at the 2019 Salon International de la Haute Horologerie (SIHH) in Geneva. The first exhibiting watch maison to oblige this year is Vacheron...

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    Oct 16, 2018 by Mark Bernardo
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