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WatchTime New York 2016: Hands On with the Jaquet Droz Bird Repeater Openwork (with Video)

We examine a pair of chiming automaton watches by Jaquet Droz — the Bird Repeater Openwork, and a new edition of the Charming Bird with an engraved Swiss landscape motif adorning the mother-of-pearl dial.

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Oct 17, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

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

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Video: What Makes Blancpain’s Tourbillon Different?

When it constructed its first tourbillon watch, Blancpain decided to take some risks and bring some innovations into the construction. In this exclusive video, we will explain what those innovations are.

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Oct 17, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

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Video: Assembling a Breguet La Tradition Tourbillon

Tourbillon watches are a key pillar of Breguet’s patrimony as it was the brand’s founder, Abraham-Louis Breguet, who invented the tourbillon in the late 18th century. In the following video, we observe a talented Breguet watchmaker as he assembles some of the key components of the Breguet La Tradition Tourbillon.

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Oct 12, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

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Video: Assembling the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Grand Complication

In this exclusive video, Kingston shows us the various stages in the assembly of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Grand Complication, which debuted at SIHH 2013 in Geneva.

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Oct 4, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

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Video: How Hublot Produces its Carbon Fiber and Texalium Cases

We recently visited Hublot's carbon-case-manufacturing workshop in Gland, Switzerland. In this exclusive video, we explain the various steps in Hublot’s process of making case components for Hublot watches out of carbon fiber and another material, Texalium.

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Sep 28, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

Hublot Becomes Official Timekeeper of the New York Giants

Hublot scored a marketing coup in the world of American football, becoming the official timekeeping partner of the NFL's New York Giants, and launching a limited-edition watch dedicated to the team.

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Sep 21, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

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Video: How a Tourbillon Works, From the Blancpain Watch Manufacture

In this exclusive video, hosted by WatchTime contributor Jeff Kingston during his visit to the Blancpain watch manufacture in Switzerland, we explain the core idea that lay behind the invention of the tourbillon, an invention patented by Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1801 and used by Blancpain and many other watch brands since.

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Sep 12, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

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Video: Exploring the Breguet Tradition Minute Repeater Tourbillon

In this exclusive video, we will show you many of the unique features of the Breguet Tradition Minute Repeater Tourbillon watch and its complicated movement.

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Sep 6, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

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Video: Hublot’s Finishing Touch – Polishing the Carbon Fiber Cases

In this video, we chronicle the final step Hublot's carbon fiber case making process: since the cutting tool used in the watch case leaves very tiny marks on the edges of the case parts, it is necessary to use a fine abrasive to carefully remove these tiny blemishes from the finished case.

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Aug 29, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

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Video: Zenith’s Fusee-and-Chain Construction Explained

Zenith developed a special complicated watch, the Academy Georges Favre-Jacot, to celebrate its 150th Anniversary in 2014. In this exclusive video, the head movement designer of Zenith watches explains in detail how a fusee-and-chain functions.

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Aug 8, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

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Video: How Blancpain’s Carrousel Was Born

Blancpain is unique in the world of watchmaking, as it is the only house that has mastered the art of placing a carrousel in a wristwatch. How did the idea for this component come about and how does it differ from a similar invention, the tourbillon? Find out in this exclusive video.

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Aug 2, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

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Video: A Visit to TAG Heuer’s Swiss Movement-Making Workshop

In this exclusive video, we visit the Swiss town of Chevenez, near the French border, to observe how TAG Heuer watchmakers assemble all of the components of a TAG Heuer chronograph watch movement.

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Jul 27, 2016 by WatchTime

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Video: Inside the Winding System of Breguet’s La Tradition Tourbillon

Breguet watch brand founder Abraham-Louis Breguet invented the tourbillon in the late 18th century and who gave it its name. The following video takes a close look at the winding system of the Breguet La Tradition Tourbillon.

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Jul 18, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

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Video: How Hublot Makes Its Unique Strap-Changing System

Hublot's watches are famous not only for the special materials used in their cases; nowadays, they are also renowned for their unique strap-attachment system. In the following video, we explore this special mechanism in Hublot watch cases.

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Jul 13, 2016 by WatchTime

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Video: Fusee-and-Chain Movement Development at the Zenith Manufacture

Zenith developed a special complicated watch, the Academy Georges Favre-Jacot, to celebrate its 150th Anniversary in 2014. In this exclusive video, we will meet with the director of the movement development for Zenith watches, who will explain how this system works.

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Jul 6, 2016 by WatchTime

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Borrowed Time: Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Dual Time Ivory Enamel

There are always watches that receive a great deal of coverage and a great deal of admiration from the media hordes that swarm the Baselworld watch fair every year. And there are always watches that don’t receive nearly as many accolades despite the fact that nearly everyone who sees them agrees they are very cool....

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Jul 1, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

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Video: What is the Difference Between a Tourbillon and a Carrousel?

Blancpain is unique in the world of watchmaking, as it is the only house that has mastered the art of placing a carrousel in a wristwatch. Carrousels were originally conceived to defy gravity and the associated rate errors incurred when the watch is in a vertical position. In this way, carrousels are like tourbillons. But...

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Jun 27, 2016 by Advertising Department

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Up Close with the Seiko Credor Tourbillon

In its 135-year history, which includes a long tradition of creating mechanical movements, Seiko has never made a tourbillon watch, until this year. Seiko announced at Baselworld 2016 that it aims to build worldwide recognition for its mechanical movements, hoping to create the same profile it enjoys for its electronic watchmaking capabilities. The new Credor...

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Jun 23, 2016 by Carol Besler

Sound Check:

6 Patek Philippe Minute Repeaters in Action (Video)

We recently had the rare opportunity to watch six Patek Philippe minute repeaters in action. All of them chime three distinctly different sounds: the hours are signaled by a low tone, the quarter-hours by a sequence of two tones, and the minutes by a high tone. Check them out in these exclusive videos.

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Jun 19, 2016 by Roger Ruegger

PHOTO ESSAY

Kentucky Derby Weekend With the Longines Triple Crown Limited Edition: Scenes from Churchill Downs

Longines, the Swiss watch brand that is the official timekeeper of the Triple Crown, as well as a partner of numerous equestrian sporting events, commemorates American Pharoah's Triple Crown victory with a special timepiece: the Longines Conquest Classic Triple Crown Limited Edition.

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May 21, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

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