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THE WATCHTIME Q&A

Jean Rousseau’s Jacques Bordier Talks Customized Watch Straps

At last fall’s WatchTime New York event, one of the busiest exhibitor booths was that of Jean Rousseau — a producer not of watches but of the luxurious leather straps that secure them to wrists. Recently, we sat down with Jean Rousseau’s brand president, Jacques Bordier, at the Jean Rousseau boutique and atelier in midtown...

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Feb 26, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

Sponsored: A Durable Style – Meet the Victorinox I.N.O.X. Chrono

Since its founding in 1884, Victorinox has been a steady champion of utility-driven style. From its now-iconic Swiss Army Knife, the brand has garnered a wide renown for reliable functionality in its products, with its modern collection of timepieces carrying that legacy forward. In the brand’s latest, the new I.N.O.X. Chrono, we see a continuation...

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Dec 1, 2023 by WatchTime

PROMOTION

Video: Jeff Kingston Explains the Tuning Process of a Breguet Minute Repeater

In this exclusive video, produced in cooperation with Jeff Kingston and IBG Worldwide, we take our cameras to the Breguet watch manufacture in the Vallee de Joux, where Breguet watchmakers produce the brand's exceptional minute repeater watches.

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Feb 26, 2016 by WatchTime

CLOSE-UP

An Icon Revisited: Movado Museum Classic

Movado, which made headlines last year with its release of a new series of smartwatches, returns to the classic watch design that put the brand on the map back in the mid-20th century, announcing the launch of the Movado Museum Classic at Baselworld 2016.

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Feb 25, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2016

HYT H2 Tradition: Futuristic Meets Retro

The "hydromechanical horologists" of indie watch brand HYT made a splash at recent Baselworlds with timepieces like the H1, H2, and H3. This year, the brand wowed the SIHH 2016 crowd with the new HYT H2 Tradition — the first HYT to meld cutting-edge technology with horological classicism.

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Feb 24, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

PRESS RELEASE

WatchTime Announces New Editor-in-Chief; Thompson to Become Editor-at-Large

Beginning March 1, 2016, longstanding WatchTime Editor-in-Chief Joe Thompson will assume his new role as Editor-at-Large. Mr. Thompson steps down as Editor-in-Chief after a successful 16-year run at the magazine’s helm, and he will remain with the publication as a writer and reporter in a part-time capacity. Blending passion for watches and the watch industry...

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Feb 23, 2016 by WatchTime

From Monochrome Watches

Review: IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound 8 Days – 75th Anniversary Edition

IWC chose the 75th anniversary of the Portugieser line in 2015 to introduce a model that takes its style cues directly from the original. In this article from Monochrome-Watches, we take a look at a modern reinterpretation of the Schaffhausen watchmaker’s most venerable lines.

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Feb 23, 2016 by Frank Geelen

TAG Heuer Partners with North American Soccer Organizations

TAG Heuer has announced a landmark, long-term partnership agreement with Major League Soccer (MLS) and the U.S. Soccer Federation. The partnership, which commences on March 6, the first day of the 2016 MLS season, also includes the Professional Referee Organization (PRO), the organization responsible for managing the referee and assistant referee program in professional soccer...

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Feb 22, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

F.P. Journe and WatchTime Host Collector Event and Dinner in Los Angeles

Thursday evening, F.P. Journe and WatchTime magazine joined forces to host an intimate evening of cocktails, dinner and timepieces at the stunning West Hollywood F.P. Journe Boutique. About 20 collectors and the WatchTime crew, including editor in chief Joe Thompson, sipped Dalmore Scotch whisky and Champagne as Pierre Halimi, F.P Journe General Manager Americas, welcomed...

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Feb 22, 2016 by Minda Larsen

SIHH 2016:

5 Things to Know About the New Panerai PAM 578 “Lo Scienziato”

Panerai's most technically awe-inspiring watch at this year's SIHH watch salon is easily the Panerai Luminor "Lo Scienziato" Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT Titanio (Ref. PAM00578), a limited-edition piece combining an ultra-light titanium case, skeletonized movement, GMT complication, and unconventional tourbillon. Here's what you need to know about the Lo Scienziato.

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Feb 19, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2016

Sophisticated Simplicity: Greubel Forsey Signature 1

For its new Greubel Forsey Signature 1 timepiece, introduced in January at SIHH 2016, the haute horlogerie brand founded by Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey takes a different route from its complicated tourbillon watches of the past. The Signature 1 (prices included) is the brand's first manual-winding, three-handed watch.

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Feb 18, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

PROMOTION

Video: Inside Hublot’s Carbon Watch Case Production

In this exclusive video, we will follow the fabrication of a Hublot Big Bang watch case component from its arrival at the factory in raw form, through its cutting and polishing, and finally to its assembly into the finished case. We'll also examine the special Hublot watch strap changing system.

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Feb 18, 2016 by WatchTime

Close-Up: Blancpain L-evolution Tourbillon Carrousel (Updated with Video)

One of Blancpain’s highlights at this year’s Baselworld is the L-evolution Tourbillon Carrousel, a highly complicated piece with a futuristic dial and case design to match. Tourbillons and carrousels both rotate their cages within a movement, but understanding them can also get your head spinning. So let’s take a moment to break down the differences...

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Feb 18, 2016 by Jay Deshpande

Harry Winston “Countdown to a Cure” Watches Benefit AIDS Research

Jeweler/watchmaker Harry Winston has announced the launch of the Countdown to a Cure Timepiece. Designed exclusively for amfAR’s “Countdown to a Cure” campaign, this limited-edition watch (20 each of the men’s and ladies' models), is the first official product to benefit amfAR’s efforts to develop the scientific basis of a cure for HIV.

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Feb 16, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

CLOSE-UP:

Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot Celebrates the Brand’s 150th Anniversary

In 1865, 22-year-old Georges Favre-Jacot founded his watch manufacture in Le Locle, giving birth to the watch brand we know today as Zenith. To mark Zenith’s 150th anniversary in 2014, the brand launched the Academy Georges Favre-Jacot, a limited-edition timepiece featuring a rare and ancient complication.

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Feb 16, 2016 by WatchTime

WATCH TO WATCH

Breitling Avenger Bandit

The new Breitling Avenger Bandit, with its gray "stealth" look said to be inspired by naval aviation, is a new chronograph watch that would look right at home on the deck of an aircraft carrier as well as in the cockpit of a fighter jet. We provide details and prices.

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Feb 15, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2016 PREVIEW

Absolute Transparency: Hublot Big Bang Unico Sapphire

Hublot, long known for its bold use of non-conventional materials and combinations of materials in its watch cases, makes horological history with the first large-scale series of watches with cases cut from pure sapphire blocks: the Hublot Big Bang Unico Sapphire.

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Feb 12, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2016:

Baume & Mercier Capeland Shelby Cobra Limited Editions

Baume & Mercier, which began a partnership with Carroll Shelby, Inc. in 2015, expands its collection of limited-edition chronograph watches inspired by the famed Shelby Cobra race cars this year. The Baume & Mercier Capeland Shelby Cobra 1963 Limited Edition takes design codes from the Shelby Cobra CSX2128, one of the most successful Cobras in history.

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Feb 11, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

PROMOTION

Video: Zenith’s Assembly of the Academy Georges Favre-Jacot Movement

Zenith developed a special complicated watch, the Academy Georges Favre-Jacot, to celebrate its 150th Anniversary in 2014. This limited-edition Zenith timepiece is equipped with a fusee-and-chain constant force system. In this exclusive video, we explain how it works.

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Feb 11, 2016 by Advertising Department

New Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra Limited Edition Begins Countdown to 2018 Olympic Games

The next Winter Olympics, to be held in PyeongChang, South Korea, begin on February 9, 2018. Omega, official Olympic timekeeper since 1932, begins the two-year countdown with the launch of its Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra "PyeongChang 2018" Limited Edition timepiece.

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Feb 10, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2016 PREVIEW:

Ulysse Nardin Hourstriker “Horse” Limited Edition

Ulysse Nardin is one of the few high-watchmaking maisons in the modern era to produce watches with jaquemarts — tiny automatons mounted on a watch dial that strike the hours on a bell. The brand's latest, debuting at Baselworld 2016, is the Ulysse Nardin Hourstriker "Horse," a limited edition of 28 pieces.

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Feb 9, 2016 by Mark Bernardo

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