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WATCH REVIEW

Time Machine: Testing the Hublot Big Bang Meca-10

The Hublot Big Bang Meca-10 transports us into the future of mechanical timekeeping with its in-house-developed 10-day movement and its complex design. In this in-depth review from WatchTime's August 2018 issue, we delve into its award-winning design and technical innovations.

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Sep 26, 2018 by Jens Koch

PROMOTION:

Australian-Based BOW & STERN Introduces its First Automatic Dive Watch

BOW & STERN is a four-year-old Australian watch brand that has rapidly been gaining a foothold in the microbrand sphere. Its latest watch, which is the brand’s first automatic divers’ model and launched on Kickstarter last week, is a firm testament to the brand’s ideals, which are focused on quality, reliability, and staying 100% carbon...

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Oct 16, 2018 by WatchTime

Showing at WatchTime New York 2018: The New RGM William Penn Limited Edition

RGM Watch Company, named for the initials of its founder, Roland G. Murphy, is famously based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, an area with a rich watchmaking history. Murphy chose to honor the state’s founder, William Penn, with an eponymous timepiece in the early years of his company’s founding. The so-called William Penn Model returns this year,...

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Aug 8, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH TO WATCH

Panerai Luminor Due 3 Days GMT Power Reserve Automatic Acciaio

Panerai continues to expand its Luminor Due collection, first launched in 2016 as a thinner-cased alternative to the flagship Luminor. The Panerai Luminor Due 3 Days GMT Power Reserve Automatic Acciaio - 45 mm features a new anthracite dial and a new GMT complication.

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Aug 2, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Promotion

Baume & Mercier’s new Clifton Baumatic: Lengthened Service Intervals

A mechanical watch movement is a complex mechanism comprising numerous mobile miniature components. Their perpetual interaction results in friction and wear ultimately influencing the smooth running of the movement. This is one of the reasons why watches have to be returned for regular service. The new Clifton Baumatic from Baume & Mercier with the maison’s...

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Oct 15, 2018 by WatchTime

NEWS

Seiko Serves Up a Second Round of Cocktail-Inspired Presage Watches

At Baselworld 2017, Seiko offered up a menu of colorful new models in its all-mechanical Presage collection, with dials inspired by classic cocktails. This winter, the Japanese brand invites us to belly up to the bar for a second round, introducing a pair of new Presage timepieces designed to evoke two cocktails invented by master mixologist Hisashi Kishi, owner of the Star Bar in Tokyo's world-famous Ginza district.

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Dec 9, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

CLOSE-UP

Deep Blue Seafarers: 4 Panerai Watches With Blue Dials

Last year, Panerai unveiled four new versions of existing Luminor and Radiomir models, each featuring a blue dial with eye-catching satiné soleil finish inspired by the rays of the sun on ocean waves (as well as by the brand's naval history), and all available exclusively in Panerai boutiques worldwide. Here's a closer look at each of them.

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Nov 3, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

POLL:

Vote on the Winner of WatchTime Wrist Shot Contest #2

Capping off another successful WatchTime Wrist Shot Contest submission period, here are our top 10 images of the 300-plus wrist shots submitted to us through e-mail and Instagram over the past two weeks. Please vote on what you think is the best image based on composition, creativity, and image quality. The top five finishers will receive...

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Oct 9, 2018 by WatchTime

WATCH REVIEW

Borrowed Time: Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Black Ceramic Power Reserve Clous de Paris

Every good watch brand needs some sort of visual shorthand to make it recognizable, and Jaquet Droz has managed to claim as its own a very old, very traditional style of timekeeping display: the figure-eight dial arrangement of one smaller subdial, usually for the hours and minutes, at the top, overlapping a larger subdial, usually...

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Oct 2, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

Showing at WatchTime New York 2017: Czapek & Cie. Place Vendôme Tourbillon Suspendu

Calling all lovers of indie watch brands: Geneva-based Czapek & Cie, which won the Public Prize at the 2016 Geneva Grand Prix, will be among the sponsoring brands at October's WatchTime New York event — and guests there will be among the first to see the brand's latest creation, the Czapek Place Vendôme Tourbillon Suspendu "Ici et Ailleurs."

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Sep 20, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

PROMOTION:

Gucci Presents #TimeToParr: An Uncommon Photographic Journey

Embracing Instagram’s creative landscape over the past three years with dedicated projects in which artists play with House motifs, Gucci has published and promoted these special works with a series of hashtags. Now, for the first time, the House is collaborating with a single artist on an Instagram project. Exploring the nature of time and...

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Oct 9, 2018 by WatchTime

WATCH TO WATCH

Power Packed: A. Lange & Söhne Lange 31 in White Gold

A. Lange & Söhne's Lange 31 watch — the first and still only mechanical timepiece that amasses an unprecedented 31-day power reserve — debuts in an all-new edition this year, with a white-gold case and slate gray dial.

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May 4, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2017:

Carl F. Bucherer Manero PowerReserve Gets Colorful in New Limited-Edition Models

The Carl F. Bucherer Manero PowerReserve, one of the Lausanne-based brand's most distinctive timepieces, has heretofore been offered only with classical silver and black dials. At Baselworld 2017, however, Bucherer reached out to fans seeking a more daring, contemporary look, debuting two new models of the Manero Power Reserve with dazzling dials in midnight blue and pine green.

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Apr 21, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2017 Preview

Baume & Mercier Announces Clifton GMT Power Reserve & Promesse Moon Phase

Baume & Mercier is adding new models to two of its most recently launched watch collections — the men's Clifton line and ladies' Promesse line — at SIHH 2017 in January. Here is a sneak preview of the new timepieces, both decked out in blue: the Clifton GMT Power Reserve and Promesse Moon Phase.

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Dec 12, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2016

New Hublot Big Bang Aims for the Long Run With 10-Day Power Reserve

Hublot has introduced a dramatic new movement, the manual-wound HUB 1201, with a 10-day power reserve and a machine-like aesthetic inspired by the Meccano game of modular components. The brand is launching the new movement in a model called Hublot Big Bang Meca-10. Children’s Meccano kits include wheels, bars, bridges and pinions that are used...

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Mar 19, 2016 by Carol Besler