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Video Pick: Peter Speake-Marin: A Watchmaker’s Story

In this eight minute video directed by Ricardo Coll, Peter Speake-Marin discusses his beginnings and development as a watchmaker. Peter talks about his first watch, his philosophy, and why he feels we’ve entered a new age in watchmaking. Click here to watch the video.

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Jul 21, 2011 by WatchTime

Sponsored: Gerald Charles Introduces Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon

Introducing a new age of technical aestheticism, Gerald Charles debuts its Maestro 9.0 Tourbillon. With a unique design created with the expert oversight of the brand’s creative director, Octavio Garcia, the timepiece is a return to the original Maestro flying tourbillon released in 2005. Taking hints from the brand’s rich history, the new release is...

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Mar 21, 2023 by WatchTime

Ressence ZeroSeries

Established in 2009 and conceived by Belgian industrial designer Benoît Mintiens, Ressence lives by the credo “less is more”, and the brand’s name is a contraction of “Renaissance of the Essentials”. Its unique time display might be described as circles turning within circles. Use the video link inside, because words and still images alone cannot...

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Jun 10, 2011 by WatchTime

Antiquorum Presents Audemars Piguet Grande Complication Piece Unique on June 8

On June 8 at its Fuller Building headquarters in New York City, Antiquorum will offer unique and exceptional timepieces including an Audemars Piguet Grande Complication Piece Unique made for and signed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a Vacheron Constantin minute-repeating perpetual calendar wristwatch in a 40mm platinum case produced in 2002 as a unique example. Find...

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Jun 7, 2011 by WatchTime

Cartier Debuts New Video on Facebook and YouTube

Cartier is debuting the second installment of their Calibre de Cartier video on Facebook and YouTube. You can also see it full screen at the Calibre de Cartier mini site, and of course at Cartier.com. Click any of the links to take a look.

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May 31, 2011 by WatchTime

Omega Debuts New Planet Ocean Collection and Announces Film Project in Capri (Video)

Omega chose the Italian island of Capri to debut its upgraded Planet Ocean collection. The four new watches are equipped with unidirectional rotating bezels, helium escape valves and water resistance to 60 bar / 600 meters / 2000 feet. The in-house co-axial movements with silicon balance springs are backed by a four-year warranty. Find details...

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May 25, 2011 by WatchTime

Hamilton Pan Europ

Inspired by a Hamilton timepiece of the same name originally introduced in 1971, the modern Pan Europ takes a nostalgic look back in time. The year 1971, also the number of pieces in this limited edition, is a significant date in Hamilton’s history. It marks the year the brand joined the Swatch Group, then known...

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May 20, 2011 by WatchTime

Look – Up in the Sky!Many brands make pilot’s watches. Tutima makes pilots, too.

Who has the best job in the world? I recently spent some time with an elite group whose members have a strong claim to that title. They are some of the best in the world at what they do. What they do is great fun, very cool, and it saves lives. They’re the instructors at...

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Apr 23, 2011 by WatchTime

Look – Up in the Sky!Many brands make pilot’s watches. Tutima makes pilots, too.

Who has the best job in the world? I recently spent some time with an elite group whose members have a strong claim to that title. They are some of the best in the world at what they do. What they do is great fun, very cool, and it saves lives. They’re the instructors at...

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Apr 22, 2011 by WatchTime

Alpina Launches Startimer Pilot Collection

Alpina’s new Startimer Pilot Collection includes a range of timepieces inspired by original Alpina designs used by pilots during the 1920s and 30s. The collection includes four models, each measuring 44mm in diameter: three variations offering time and date, including two with a manufacture movements, and a two-register chronograph. Find wallpaper inside. Update: Pricing information...

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Feb 23, 2011 by WatchTime

Pro Cycling Rivals Come Together Over Watches

In a video interview you can watch at CyclingNews.com, top pro cycling sprinter Mark Cavendish and rival Filippo Pozzato reveal that though relations between them may not always have been on the best terms, all that changed once they got to know each other and learned they share an interest in watches.

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Feb 20, 2011 by WatchTime

Baume & Mercier Capeland Flyback Chronograph (Video)

For 2011 the 180-year-old brand is launching a new chronograph in its Capeland line. The 44mm case, available in steel or 18K red gold, houses a La Joux-Perret automatic bi-compax chronograph movement with flyback and date. The dial offers a distinctly vintage appeal with telemeter and tachymeter scales. Blued or gilt Breguet hands complete the...

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Jan 24, 2011 by WatchTime

Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionnelle World Time The World Has More Time Than You Think (Video)

Quick: how many time zones are there? 24, right? No, wait… there are a few half-hour zones, so perhaps there are 28, or 30? Keep going. 32? 34? You’re getting warmer. Read on to find the answer, as well as details on one of the hottest watches at SIHH 2011. Several wallpaper images, pricing, and...

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Jan 23, 2011 by WatchTime

SIHH Preview: Cartier Astrorégulateur

Cartier’s in-house genius Carole Forestier takes a highly original approach to combating the effects of gravity on timekeeping. In a nutshell – quoting Cartier – “the escapement, the oscillator and the pendular seconds have been positioned on the rotor…”. Warning: trying to visualize an escapement mounted on a rotor may cause pain in the visual...

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Dec 27, 2010 by WatchTime

Jaeger-LeCoultre Launches Reverso Virtual Museum

2011 marks the 80th anniversary of the Reverso, and to celebrate, Jaeger-LeCoultre is launching a virtual online museum dedicated to the iconic reversible watch. Since 1931, owners have made Reversos uniquely their own by having the protective caseback engraved. Reverso owners can earn a place in the history of this watch and the brand by...

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Dec 14, 2010 by WatchTime

Perrelet Introduces the Turbine XL

Last year Perrelet pumped up its iconic (and patented) double-rotor design with the Turbine, a distinctive 44mm re-imagining that transformed the dial-side rotor into a spinning 12-bladed titanium dynamo. Not one to rest on its laurels, for 2010 Perrelet launches the new 50mm Turbine XL.

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Nov 9, 2010 by WatchTime

Tutima Academy Featured on MythBusters

On October 20, MythBuster Tory Belleci faced his fear of flying during a harrowing aerobatic exercise at the Tutima Academy of Aviation Safety, a premier precision flight training school operated by legendary stunt pilot Sean D. Tucker in partnership with Tutima. The show’s theme was fear, and to test his limits, Belleci flew with Sean...

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Nov 2, 2010 by WatchTime

Seal Wears Parmigiani In His New Music Video

Seal’s seventh album, Commitment, debuted this week, and the first video, Secret, reveals the still-sizzling chemistry between the performer and his supermodel wife Heidi Klum through intimate scenes of the couple together. In the video, Seal wears his long-time daily-wear timepiece, the Kalpa XL Tourbillon from Parmigiani.

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Oct 1, 2010 by WatchTime

Ball Watch Explorer Guillaume Néry’s Video Goes Viral

The new video from Ball Watch Explorer Guillaume Néry is called Free Fall – an unlikely title for a film shot underwater. Néry is a world-record holding freediver and the video follows him as he “base jumps” into Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas, one of the the world’s deepest underwater sinkholes. The video was...

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Jun 15, 2010 by WatchTime

Tissot Lets You Try on Virtual Watches in Real Time 3D

Tissot has added 3D augmented reality technology to its website, allowing visitors to try on virtual watches in 3D and to interact with features on the brand’s pioneering Touch collection. When visitors hold their wrist in front of their webcam, they see themselves “wearing” virtual 3D watches in real time. 28 watch variations from the...

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May 6, 2010 by WatchTime

Romain Jerome Eyjafjallajökull-DNA Unique Piece

Before the dust has settled, so to speak, Romain Jerome introduces the Eyjafjallajökull-DNA, a unique-piece memento of the eruption that tortured air travelers and newsreaders the world over. The piece is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity confirming that the volcanic rock and the ash used to create it do indeed come from the infamous...

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Apr 21, 2010 by WatchTime

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