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    In 2021, Watches and Wonders (previously known as SIHH) welcomed the watch industry’s foremost names at a major professional gathering in two parts. First, some 40 prestigious brands met on the new show’s new digital platform. Then, 19 brands went to the live Watches and Wonders Shanghai fair in April 2021. WatchTime covered both shows as media partner. We also recommend you sign up for the newsletter.

    Greubel Forsey Returns to the Sporting Life with Updated, Streamlined GMT Sport Model

    When it comes to luxury sports watches, several well-known brands and their iconic models instantly come to mind: Audemars Piguet and its Royal Oak, Patek Philippe and its Nautilus, Vacheron Constantin and its Overseas, to name just a few of the obvious contenders. Ultra-high-end Greubel Forsey was an unlikely entrant to this field, but it...

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    May 15, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    Piaget Adds Precious Heft to its Polo Skeleton Series With New Rose-Gold and Diamond-Set Timepieces

    Piaget’s 1970s-influenced, male-oriented sport-luxury Polo collection, whose most recent revamp had come in 2016, returned to the spotlight earlier this year with the release of the first Polo Skeleton models in stainless steel cases. Piaget had hinted at a renewed focus on the Polo collection in 2021 and the watch-and-jewelry house has delivered, by following...

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    May 10, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Corum Sails on Gilded Waves with New Admiral 45 Automatic Openworked Flying Tourbillon Carbon & Gold

    Since Corum’s original Admiral’s Cup debuted in the 1960s as the quintessential timepiece for avid regatta fans and sailors, the model has become both a flagship (pun intended) of that Swiss watch brand and the foundation of an extensive and versatile modern collection, dubbed simply Admiral. The latest and most avant-garde evolution arrived at Watches...

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    May 9, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Precision in Platinum: Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Split-Seconds Chronograph Ultra-Thin

    Vacheron Constantin led off its 2021 novelties this year with new versions of familiar faces: the renewed Historiques American 1921 in a white gold case, celebrating 100 years since the original’s release, along with a trio of Overseas models expanding the popular range with new materials and complications. Alongside these launches, the Swiss maison had...

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    May 8, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    Baume & Mercier Channels 1973 With its Fifth-Generation Revival of the Riviera Collection

    Baume & Mercier threw its hat into the ring of watch manufacturers offering an integrated-bracelet steel sports watch with its revival of a 1970s stalwart, the Riviera, at the recently wrapped Watches & Wonders virtual fair. The new series, encompassing 10 references, seven distinct colorways and two different sizes, is inspired by the 1973 original...

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    May 6, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    Behind Giants, Tudor Unveils a New Time-Only, Silver-Dial Black Bay in Three Sizes

    Tudor made major waves the past few weeks with the release of its precious-metal Black Bay 58 editions, as well as major updates to its Black Bay Chronograph series, at Watches & Wonders. But Tudor had one more release up its sleeve, perhaps a bit overshadowed behind those two giants. The non-diver, time-only Black Bay...

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    May 3, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    Panerai Explores New Reaches of Sustainability with 98.6%-Recycled Submersible eLAB-ID Concept Watch

    Like many other industries, the luxury watch world has embraced environmentally friendly manufacturing processes and sustainable materials in recent years, particularly brands strongly associated with diving and the sea — from Breitling’s use of ECONYL straps crafted from recycled fishing nets, to Oris’s recycled PET casebacks on its Clean Ocean Limited Edition, all the way...

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    May 2, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Perpetual Pilots: IWC Launches Perpetual Calendars in Big Pilot’s Watch and Top Gun “Mojave Desert” Collections

    As it does most years, IWC used its time in the watch trade-fair spotlight in 2021 to refresh one of its six major collections. At the recently concluded Watches & Wonders virtual event, the company expanded its ever-popular Big Pilot’s Watch series with the release of the first 43-mm, blue-dialed Big Pilot models as the...

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    Apr 28, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    Executive Style Meets Maritime Substance in Ulysse Nardin Diver X Skeleton (with Live Photos)

    Ulysse Nardin (the watch manufacturer, not its eponymous founder) turns 175 years old in 2021 and among the new timepieces it’s rolling out to mark the occasion is one that uniquely merges the two horological worlds it’s best known for in its modern incarnation: nautical design and seaworthy utility inspired by its marine-chronometer history, and...

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    Apr 28, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Black, Blue, and See-Through: Chronoswiss Introduces New SkelTec Azur and Pitch Black Editions

    Lucerne-based Chronoswiss has become well known for not only its distinctive regulator-style designs but also recently for its forays into skeletonization. At Watches & Wonders, Chronoswiss doubled down on the latter, expanding its SkelTec series (introduced in 2020) with two new colorways, SkelTec Azur (blue-and-black) and SkelTec Pitch Black (monochrome black). Both models continue the...

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    Apr 24, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    Rolex Adds Meteorite to the Daytona for a Truly Cosmic Cosmograph

    Among Rolex’s new releases at Watches & Wonders 2021, the vintage-look Explorer and updated Explorer II claimed most of the spotlight, but the Swiss mega-brand launched several other noteworthy timepieces alongside them. These include an all-new version of its iconic, motorsport-styled sport chronograph, the Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona, whose dial is literally out of this...

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    Apr 23, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Introducing the Refreshed Rolex Explorer II Ref. 226570

    If the two-tone Explorer I was one of the biggest surprises of Watches & Wonders 2021, then Rolex’s other major release, the new Explorer II Ref. 226570, may well have been one of the show’s most expected. This year, after all. marks the 50th anniversary of the original Explorer II Ref. 1655 from 1971, and...

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    Apr 20, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Nonantième: A New Complication Marks 90 Years of Innovation

    Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced its Reverso watch in 1931, meaning that the iconic dual-face timekeeper is celebrating 90 years in production in 2021. During the recent Watches & Wonders exhibitions in Geneva and Shanghai, and in keeping with tradition, the Swiss watchmaker has unveiled (and will likely to continue to unveil throughout the year) a number of...

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    Apr 18, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Nomos Makes Its W&W Debut With Updates to Neomatik, Club Campus, and Tangente Collections

    Nomos Glashütte has made its first appearance at the all-virtual Watches & Wonders watch salon, showcasing new timepieces in three of its Bauhaus-influenced collections. The releases — which include updated colorways and size expansions in Nomos’ Tangente, Metro, and Club Campus lines — come on the heels of a relatively quiet (for obvious reasons) 2020...

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    Apr 17, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    Travelers by Night: Chopard L.U.C GMT One and Time Traveler One Black Editions

    Whether or not you’ll be needing a “vaccine passport” for your next overseas trip, there is one accessory you’ll definitely not want to board your flight without: a really handsome luxury timepiece to keep track of time at your destination and back home. Fortunately, Chopard has at least two new models that will fit the...

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    Apr 16, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Hublot’s Newest Big Bang Integral Tourbillon is Sapphire from Stem to Stern

    Hublot’s expertise In making watch cases out of sapphire is, at this point, beyond reproach. The Nyon-based manufacture was the first watch manufacturer to produce such cases on an industrial scale, in 2016, and has remained a pioneer in that field during the five years since. “But what,” aficionados of such innovations might ask, “has...

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    Apr 15, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Panerai Upgrades its Stopwatch Style with New Luminor Chrono in Three References

    Few watch brands with military tool-watch roots have attained the iconic heights of Panerai, and yet the Florentine-Swiss maison has never really been known as a go-to maker of that most popular of horological “tools,” the chronograph. At Watches & Wonders this past week, Panerai aimed to change that perception with the release of an...

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    Apr 13, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Hermès Launches the Sports-Focused H08 Collection

    With most watches of the Watches & Wonders 2021 highlights now revealed, figuring out the top hits of the year is only a matter of comparison and personal taste. Of course, there are the Rolexes, Tudors, Patek Philippes, and Vacheron Constantins, which are always sure to catch lots of attention, but many intriguing models can...

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    Apr 13, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    Bulgari Sets its Seventh Horological Thinness Record with Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar

    When it comes to ultra-thin watchmaking, few brands have as much claim to the space these days as Bulgari, and in particular its Octo Finissimo collection. The collection launched in its current form in 2014 and has since blazed a trail of world-record-setting thin watches including the Octo Finissimo Automatic, Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic, Octo...

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    Apr 11, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    Pivot to Green: Jaeger-LeCoultre’s 90th Anniversary Celebration of the Reverso Begins with Green-Dial Tribute Edition

    Not many watch models endure for 90 years, but Jaeger-LeCoultre’s iconic Reverso, famously developed for polo players in 1931, is a significant exception. The model’s clean Art Deco lines and pivoting rectangular case — originally designed so the watch’s front side could be flipped over to protect the crystal from being shattered by an errant...

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    Apr 10, 2021 by Mark Bernardo
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