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At Watches & Wonders 2024, Trilobe Raises the Bar with the Les Matinaux L’Heure Exquise

At Watches & Wonders this year, Trilobe is expanding its unique way of telling time with a complication— and a poetic one, at that. With the Les Matinaux L’Heure Exquise, a moon phase is added to the brand’s signature moving rings that tell time. This is quite a technical feat, as the dial of a...

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Apr 9, 2024 by Martin Green

It’s Time – WatchTime New York 2024 Tickets On Sale Now!

After an incredible show in 2023, WatchTime New York, the premier collector’s event in North America, is set to return to Manhattan from October 18th to 20th, 2024. WatchTime New York 2024 promises to be even more spectacular, with the show marking the 25th anniversary of WatchTime and bringing together the world’s finest watchmakers, timepieces,...

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Jun 20, 2024 by WatchTime

Patek Philippe Endows the Golden Ellipse with a Chain Bracelet at Watches & Wonders 2024

At Watches and Wonders 2024, Patek Philippe presents its iconic Golden Ellipse wristwatch in a new pink gold execution, with the model featuring an ebony black sunburst dial fitted with a new pink gold mesh bracelet. Revisiting earlier bracelet styles, the model highlights the refined personality of this legendary dress watch. With its instantly recognizable...

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Apr 9, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

Watches & Wonders 2024: TAG Heuer Monaco Split-Seconds Chronograph (with Live Images)

From the Mikrograph used to time the Olympic Games in the 1920s and 1930s to the Heuer stopwatches used to time motorsports in the 1960s, there are few brands more closely associated with the chronograph than TAG Heuer. Recently the brand was able to add a serious watchmaking achievement to bolster their robust resumé with...

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Apr 9, 2024 by Bilal Khan

Watches and Wonders 2024: IWC Prepares the Portugieser Line for Eternity (With Live Photos and Video)

IWC Schaffhausen is relaunching its entire Portugieser collection and adds three new dial colors at Watches & Wonders 2024. Hit the play button for a quick introduction: The horological headliner is undoubtedly the new Portugieser Eternal Calendar (Ref. IW505701), a watch that can calculate leap years correctly until at least the year 3999 (sinceit has...

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Apr 9, 2024 by Roger Ruegger

Jaeger-LeCoultre Introduces Highly Complex Duomètre Chronograph Moon at Watches and Wonders 2024

With the new Duomètre Chronograph Moon, Jaeger-LeCoultre demonstrates once again its outstanding technical expertise in the field of complex chronographs at Watches and Wonders. In 2007, the manufacture developed the Duomètre system to address the problem of complications watches where the power supply from just one barrel mainspring might compromise the accuracy of timekeeping. This...

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Apr 9, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

Shining Bright: A. Lange & Söhne Unveils Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon Honeygold “Lumen” at Watches and Wonders 2024

Introduced in 2016 as a fine example of a contemporary haute-horlogerie timepiece, the Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon from A. Lange & Söhne boasts the three grand complications dubbed in the name: a chronograph, a perpetual calendar, and a tourbillon. While each complication is a technical feat in itself, the greatest challenge lies not only in achieving...

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Apr 9, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

Swatch Announces Omega x Swatch Bioceramic MoonSwatch Mission to the Moonphase in Black

It’s official: After a teaser campaign on Instagram featuring Snoopy, this time with a cake and candle motif, and only two weeks after the launch of the Bioceramic MoonSwatch Mission to the Moonphase in white, Swatch today announced the black version, which is scheduled to be in Swatch stores on April 8. Dubbed the “New...

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Apr 5, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

60 Seconds of Speed: Angelus Launches Instrument de Vitesse

A dial as beautiful as a vintage car dashboard: The Instrument de Vitesse from Angelus, which will be first on display at Watches and Wonders 2024, exudes an elegant yet instantly readable design that appeals to classic car and chronograph aficionados. With three hands in the center, it is not immediately recognizable as a stopwatch....

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Apr 5, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

Hands-On: Girard-Perregaux Debuts Laureato Chronograph Ti49

Girard-Perregaux is celebrating the 49th anniversary of the Laureato Chronograph with its first titanium version. Launched in 1975 as one of the great luxury sports watches with a bracelet, alongside the Audemars Piguets Royal Oak and the Patek Philippe Nautilus, to name a couple, the Laureato Chronograph has since become a permanent fixture in the...

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Apr 1, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

Steel with a Smoky Blue Dial: Meet the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding 43 MM

One of the greatest joys for watch enthusiasts is observing the evolution and reissues of iconic models. A striking example is Audemars Piguet’s latest execution of the Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding 43 mm. Premiered in 1993 as an offspring to the famous Royal Oak and nicknamed ‘The Beast’ due to its size and weight, the latest...

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Mar 29, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

The Spirit of Racing: Meet the Junghans 1972 Chronoscope Sports Edition 2024

Sports timekeeping has a long tradition at Junghans. It began in the 1920s with the first hand stopwatches and continued at many major sporting events in the 20th century, including car races, ski world cups, rowing and athletics competitions. Junghans even had its own department to develop sports timekeeping technology, which was then used at...

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Mar 28, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

Citizen Celebrates a Century of Watchmaking with a Limited Pocket Watch

In 1924, Citizen created its first-ever product: a pocket watch. It was given the name “Citizen” to express the idea of a watch that as many people as possible would be able to use and cherish for a long time. Inspired by that original philosophy and commemorating the anniversary, the Japanese watch manufacture now launches...

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Mar 27, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

WatchTime to Host Collectors’ Event with Moyer Fine Jewelers in Carmel, Indiana on May 16

WatchTime Magazine this spring will be coming to Indiana for its first collectors’ event in the state, partnering with Moyer Fine Jewelers for what is sure to be an incredible evening of horology celebrating watch collecting. Taking place on May 16, 2024 at Moyer’s flagship boutique in Carmel, Indiana from 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM...

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Mar 26, 2024 by WatchTime

Hands-on with the Äonic Automat, An Innovative Jump Hour Watch from Germany

German watchmaking has quite a reputation to uphold, a fact not lost on new brands entering the scene. Äonic is based in Berlin and founded by Jörg Wichmann, who spent most of his career in design. He launched the international fashion fair ‘Panorama Berlin’ in 2011, but was before already active with ‘Berlinomat,’ a presentation...

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Mar 26, 2024 by Martin Green

Introducing the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Sketch (With Live Photos and Video)

Since the collection’s inception, Bulgari’s Octo Finissimo has set plenty of records in contemporary watchmaking. The story began in 2014, with the world’s slimmest tourbillon watch. By advancing the art of miniaturization, combined with a design approach unique to the brand, most notably the complex case construction which is reminiscent of Italian architecture, the collection...

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Mar 25, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

Citizen Introduces Series 8 890 in Three Distinct Colorways

Citizen is expanding its Series 8 collection with a modern and compelling sporty aquatic watch. Crafted in stainless steel, the Series 8 890 is water resistant to 200 meters; its barrel-shaped case, enhanced by a mix of polished and brushed surfaces, measures 42.6mm by 11.7mm and is equipped with an octagonal bezel. Also polished, brushed,...

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Mar 22, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler

An Interview with Thomas Fleming on His New Brand, Fleming

Thomas Fleming recently launched his new brand, on which my esteemed collegue Bilal Khan wrote an excellent hands-on article, which you can find here. For me, it was also an opportunity to dig deeper in the background story behind these watches, talking with Thomas about what motivated him, and what he would like to achieve...

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Mar 21, 2024 by Martin Green

Blancpain: The Fifty Fathoms in 42 mm is Here

Blancpain finally unveiled the long-awaited 42 mm-diameter Fifty Fathoms powered by the 1315 inhouse caliber with 5-day power reserve. After having presented its first case of this size in stainless steel on last year’s Fifty Fathoms 70th Anniversary Act 1 limited edition (and the Scuba Fifty Fathoms in Bioceramic), the Swiss brand is now adding...

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Mar 21, 2024 by Roger Ruegger

Testing the Sinn 240 St GZ Against the Wempe Iron Walker Tide Automatic

This article was originally published in the May/June 2022 Issue of the WatchTime print magazine. Photos by Sinn, Wempe and Martina Richter. According to the tide calendar, high tide will reach its peak shortly before 10 o’clock this morning. That would be a good time for a swim. It’s late summer and the water in the...

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Mar 17, 2024 by Martina Richter

Audemars Piguet Clads Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Openworked 41 MM in New ‘Sand Gold’ Alloy

Continuing its quest for innovative and new materials, Swiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet unveils its latest inthe Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Openworked, its first-ever timepiece made from “sand gold,” an in-house created and produced 18-carat gold alloy that offers vibrant light reflections. Its color, combining gold with copper and palladium for a warm rendering,...

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Mar 15, 2024 by Sabine Zwettler