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Perpetual Calendar

A Rhapsody in Gold: The Panerai Luminor Goldtech Calendario Perpetuo

In recent years, there has been quite a change in the perception of watches equipped with a perpetual calendar. As an esteemed and classic complication, it was usually displayed in the traditional way, with subdials and windows for the moon phase under which a disc runs. This was the standard recipe for decades until the...

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May 29, 2022 by Martin Green

Sponsored: The Re-Edition of the First G-Shock Gets a New Color Variant

Unlike the MRG-B5000B, which was closely based on the first-generation model and whose dial used the key G-Shock color of red, the defining tone of the new MRG-B5000BA is blue. The concept behind the design is the “ao-zumi” (blue ink) used in Japanese calligraphy. The deep blue creates a mood of peace and serenity quite...

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Aug 15, 2022 by WatchTime

Patek Philippe Unveils the Annual Calendar Travel Time at Watches & Wonders with New Movement, Dial, and Case

With the Annual Calendar Travel Time, Patek Philippe showcases a very sophisticated GMT watch now merged with an annual calendar – the latter only needing one correction of the date per year at March 1 and was first introduced to the market in 1996. The combination of the two complications marks a premiere for the...

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Apr 1, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Diving in Style: Jaeger-LeCoultre Launches the Polaris Perpetual Calendar at Watches & Wonders

With its latest addition to the Polaris collection, Jaeger-LeCoultre proves that sporty designs and even diver’s watches can be successfully combined with refined haute horlogerie complications. Dubbed the Polaris Perpetual Calendar, the new timepiece is the watchmaker’s leading entry to this year’s Watches & Wonders event. The multiple indications of the perpetual calendar – day...

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Apr 1, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Introducing the H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Limited Editions

Seven years after the launch of the first Endeavour Perpetual Calendar, H. Moser & Cie. declares its love for this complication with an evolution of the original. Captured in a 42mm large 18k white gold case, featuring a funky blue fumé dial is this watch one of the greatest contradictions in modern-day watchmaking. The dial...

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Feb 16, 2022 by Martin Green

Complete, Annual, And Perpetual Calendars, And Why They Are Different

Ever since the first clocks were created, there has been a desire to add complications. Moon phases and calendar functions were among the first, and as pocket watches and later on, wristwatches appeared on the scene, these complications were there too implemented relatively quickly. While the impact of the moon in modern-day life dwindled for...

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Feb 9, 2022 by Martin Green

For the In-Between Moments: Frederique Constant Introduces Highlife Perpetual Calendar Manufacture in Blue-Grey

Two years ago, Frederique Constant re-introduced its Highlife collection to the market. At its launch, the updated design family revived the spirit of the turn-of-the-millennium collection which shared its name, and like those retro models featured distinct tonneau-shaped cases and integrated straps to match them. The contemporary launch included the Highlife Perpetual Calendar Manufacture, Highlife...

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Jan 29, 2022 by Caleb Anderson

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 the WatchTime archives. The author Thomas Wolfe is often credited with coining...

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Jan 13, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

Tradition Meets High Complication in Panerai Luminor Perpetual Calendar Goldtech

Since its revival in the early 1990s as a consumer brand, Officine Panerai has expanded its portfolio of timepieces, all of which spring from the robust, utilitarian models the Florentine company produced for Italian naval divers in the 1940s, to encompass a wide variety of complications, colorways, sizes, and case materials. Missing from Panerai’s regular...

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Jan 4, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

2021, The Watch Year in Review: Five Superlative Perpetual Calendars

By almost any standard, the luxury watch world enjoyed a successful year in 2021 despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its worldwide economic consequences — with high-profile retailers reopening and expanding, new auction records set, some large-scale industry events (like our own WatchTime New York) returning, and of course, a host of...

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Dec 30, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Close-Up: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Minute Repeater Supersonnerie and Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar in Titanium

As summer was steadily coming to an end and we in the Northern hemisphere were gradually accepting the oncoming fall, Swiss luxury watch maison Audemars Piguet spent its last days of warm weather quietly updating its catalog. While the bulk the famed watchmaker’s new releases were additions to its contemporary Royal Oak Offshore collection, it...

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Dec 19, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Strength in Numbers: Five Watches with Big Date Displays

Some watch connoisseurs find date displays of any kind on a watch dial distracting, unnecessary, and disruptive to a harmonious design. Others not only appreciate them, but also want them to be as legible and prominent as possible. For the latter group, we’ve assembled this list.

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Nov 29, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Overseas Mission: The History and Evolution of the Vacheron Constantin Overseas

Vacheron Constantin’s sport-luxury Overseas collection, tracing its roots to an anniversary model in the 1970s, has become a versatile and resolutely modern cornerstone of the historical maison’s portfolio. The mid-1970s are widely regarded as a regrettable era for fashion, but one fashion accessory, the wristwatch, was having what is now acknowledged as a renaissance. More...

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Nov 23, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Classically Complete: Vacheron Constantin Launches the Traditionnelle Complete Calendar in White Gold

Few watchmakers have had as full a year as Vacheron Constantin. With popular updates to its sport-luxury Overseas collection, an unprecedented vintage revival milestone in its American 1921 Pièce Unique, and major business developments, including the opening of its sumptuous New York City flagship boutique, the historical Swiss maison has been on a serious riff...

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Nov 10, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

WatchTime New York 2021 Revisited: Here Are 7 New Watches That Made Their U.S. Debut at the Event

Since its debut, WatchTime New York has served as a major launch pad for watch brands looking to reach the collector community in the United States. As the country’s largest and most significant watch event, WTNY has long hosted a wide range of luxury watchmakers, several of them taking the opportunity over the years to...

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Nov 3, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Introducing the Glashütte Original Senator Excellence Perpetual Calendar with Rose Opaline Dial

Offering a reminder of every ticking moment from now till eternity (almost), the latest version of the Glashütte Original Senator Excellence Perpetual Calendar comes in a striking new dial color and strap option. When it comes to the Glashütte Original Senator Excellence collection, there is no doubt that each watch undergoes extreme levels of testing...

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Oct 31, 2021 by WatchTime

IWC Launches Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Top Gun and Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Top Gun in New Ceratanium Editions

IWC famously pioneered the use of both titanium and ceramics as watchmaking materials as early as the 1980s. In 2017, the Schaffhausen-based watchmaker melded the most desirable attributes of both materials in a new, proprietary substance called Ceratanium, debuting it on a model from its Aquatimer dive watch family. Since then, IWC has expanded the...

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Oct 27, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Material EVOlution: MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual EVO Debuts in Titanium Case

MB&F introduced a sportier version of its award-winning Legacy Machine model last year while simultaneously introducing the watch world’s first case made of zirconium. The watch, dubbed by brand founder Max Büsser as the Legacy Machine EVO, returns this year, housed in a slightly more conventional metal — grade 5 titanium — and fronted by...

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Oct 20, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Showing at WatchTime New York 2021: L. Leroy Osmior Retrograde Perpetual Calendar

Since its debut, WatchTime New York has served as a major launch pad for watch brands looking to reach the collector community in the United States. As the country’s largest and most significant watch event, WTNY has long hosted a wide range of luxury watchmakers, several of them taking the opportunity over the years to...

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Oct 19, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Chrono Combos: Patek Philippe Unveils Three New Chronographs with Additional Complications

After a fairly quiet summer, following a stretch in which it soaked up substantial watch-media attention for the swan song of one of its popular Nautilus models, Patek Philippe returns to the spotlight this week with the unexpected and undoubtedly welcome launch of three new chronograph-equipped timepieces, each of them boasting an additional high complication....

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Oct 15, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Showing at WatchTime New York 2021: Chopard L.U.C. Perpetual Chrono and L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25

Famed watch-and-jewelry house Chopard has attracted more and more attention in recent years for its luxurious mechanical timepieces, specifically with its L.U.C family, named for founder Louis-Ulysse Chopard and populated by watches positioned as the maison’s “epitome of fine watchmaking.” This year, as part of the upcoming WatchTime New York event taking place at Manhattan’s...

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Oct 14, 2021 by Caleb Anderson
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