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Video: WatchTime Editor-in-Chief Roger Ruegger Drops By WatchBox Studios

Earlier this week, WatchTime Editor-in-Chief Roger Ruegger took a trip down to Philadelphia to visit WatchBox Studios, a popular YouTube channel run by the horological pundit Tim Mosso. Roger joined Tim for an hour-long episode of the daily show where they answered questions from the live audience, discussed the new Breitling Navitimer 8 collection, debated the...

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Mar 2, 2018 by WatchTime

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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

Close-Up: Rolex Yacht-Master in Rolesium

The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master, a sailors' watch introduced in 1992, underwent a major facelift in both its design and technology in 2012. In this popular article from the WatchTime archives, we take a closer look at it.

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Jul 20, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH TEST

The Climber’s Timer: Testing the Rolex Explorer I

WatchTime spent some time with the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer — a watch originally made for a Mount Everest expedition and recently revamped with a larger case and modern caliber. Click here to read our test of the watch from the WatchTime archives.

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Jul 12, 2017 by Jens Koch

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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

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Favre-Leuba: Technical Innovations in the World of Functional Watches

In 2017, Favre-Leuba will celebrate its 280th anniversary. This is a remarkable milestone in the illustrious history of Switzerland’s second-oldest watch brand, and something the company is going to celebrate with a truly unique watch that really pushes the boundaries. The following video interview with the CEO of the brand, Thomas Morf, reveals the appearance of Favre-Leuba’s new timepieces and their properties, and explains what makes them distinctive.

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Apr 10, 2017 by WatchTime

NEWS

Single-Malt “Watch”: Urwerk Teams Up With The Macallan

We've always known that many aficionados of fine watches are also fans of high-end spirits, particularly single-malt Scotch. Now, thanks to a collaboration between the avant-garde Swiss watch brand Urwerk and the whisky maestros at the Macallan, well-traveled fans of both watches and Scotches can carry their whiskies in a high-tech flask made especially with them in mind.

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Mar 7, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

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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

SIHH 2017:

From Nautical to Naughty: Ulysse Nardin’s New Regatta Timer and Hourstriker

Ulysse Nardin tapped two professional yachtsmen, Loïck Peyron and Iain Percy from the Swedish Artemis Racing team, to help design its new regatta timer, the Marine Regatta Chronograph, which debuted this week at SIHH, along with several other new models.

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Jan 20, 2017 by Carol Besler

SIHH 2017:

Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic Collection Expands with Tourbillon Universal Time (Live Photos)

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic has become a contemporary collection in its own right, with last year's launch of the True Second and Universal Time. At SIHH 2017, the Swiss manufacture adds another complicated timepiece to the vintage-inspired family: the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic Tourbillon Universal Time.

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Jan 19, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

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Roger Dubuis Releases New Excalibur Quatuor and Spider Skeleton at SIHH 2017

Excalibur, the iconic and deliberately extravagant Roger Dubuis collection – with its signature blend of technical mastery and powerful design – is set to rock the watchmaking world as never before at SIHH 2017. And like any upcoming quake, premonitory tremors are rippling across the landscape. Here is a sneak peek at two of them.

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Jan 16, 2017 by WatchTime

SIHH 2017 Preview:

HYT’s First Pocketwatch is a Glowing Skull (Watch the Video)

HYT unveiled its first skull-themed watch in 2015. At this year's SIHH watch salon in Geneva, the indie brand introduces the Skull Pocket, the first HYT watch to combine the skull motif with mechanical light technology.

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Jan 14, 2017 by Mark Bernardo

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Video: A Visit to Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Tourbillon Workshop

In this exclusive video, WatchTime contributor and event partner Jeff Kingston visits the Jaeger-LeCoultre manufacture in Switzerland — with a specific focus on the specialty tourbillons that are made in the company's Grand Complications workshop.

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Jan 5, 2017 by WatchTime

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Video: Restoring Breguet’s Historical Timepieces

WatchTime contributor Jeff Kingston visits Breguet in Switzerland, offering the unique opportunity to learn more about the brand's historical timepieces. In this exclusive video, you will see two pieces that date from Abraham-Louis Breguet’s own lifetime and learn more about how they are restored.

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Dec 22, 2016 by WatchTime

RGM to Duet with Martin Guitar

RGM D200: The Sound of Time

To celebrate Martin Guitar’s 2 millionth guitar, RGM Watch Co. (also based in Pennsylvania) helped create a one-of-a-kind model with a manual-wind RGM watch (based on the company's Caliber 20) built into the headstock of the instrument.

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Dec 19, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

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Video: How Breguet Makes its Guilloché Dials, Hosted by Jeff Kingston

In this exclusive video, WatchTime contributor and event partner Jeff Kingston visits the guilloché dial workshop at the headquarters of Montres Breguet in the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland, and shows us how the company founded by Abraham-Louis Breguet makes its hand-made guilloché dials.

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Dec 13, 2016 by WatchTime

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Video: How To Make a Watch Dial, with Jeff Kingston

In this exclusive video, hosted by WatchTime contributor Jeff Kingston, we show you some of the principal steps along the way to achieving a finished watch dial.

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Dec 5, 2016 by WatchTime

A Grand Seiko Evening

WatchTime and Seiko Host Miami Boutique Event

Seiko Corporation of America and WatchTime recently hosted a collectors’ dinner at Miami’s celebrated Zuma Japanese restaurant, where Watch collectors were offered an intimate experience with the Grand Seiko collection. Grand Seiko watches were available for guests to handle and wear, including the new limited-production Grand Seiko 8 Days watch.

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Dec 3, 2016 by Joe Thompson

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Video: A Visit to the Patek Philippe Museum with Jeff Kingston

In this exclusive video, noted watch collector and WatchTime event partner Jeff Kingston takes us on a tour of the Patek Philippe Museum, tracing the evolution of timekeeping and finishing with the crown jewel of the collection, Patek Philippe's Caliber 89, the most complicated watch ever made.

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Nov 30, 2016 by WatchTime

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Video: Philippe Dufour Explains Nearly-Forgotten Watchmaking Techniques

Greubel Forsey is financing renowned watchmaker Philippe Dufour to produce a film that records watchmaking techniques that slowly are being lost and fading from memory. In this exclusive video, we visit Dufour's workshops, where he shares his expertise in these traditional handcrafted methods.

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Nov 27, 2016 by WatchTime

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Video: Assembling Blancpain’s Carrousel Minute Repeater

In this exclusive video, WatchTime contributor and event partner Jeff Kingston visits the latter atelier to follow the construction and assembly of the Blancpain Carrousel Minute Repeater.

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Nov 15, 2016 by WatchTime

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Video: Creating a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Watch Case

In this exclusive video, you will learn about the many additional operations required to create the complicated swiveling watch case of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso, and how the process differs from one that produces traditionally round watch cases.

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Nov 7, 2016 by WatchTime

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Video: Inside a Swiss Watchmaking School

What does it take to become a watchmaker? Timepiece expert and WatchTime contributor Jeff Kingston visits the École Technique in Le Sentier, in Switzerland's Vallée de Joux, one of five watchmaking schools in the country, to find the answers.

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Oct 25, 2016 by WatchTime

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