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Introducing: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Mokarran Limited Edition

Blancpain’s latest version of the Bathyscaphe adds a new color and a no-date option to the brand’s popular range of dive watches. Additionally, the 50-piece limited edition supports conservation efforts to protect the critically endangered great hammerhead shark. Follow this link for WatchTime’s cover story >>>

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Jul 7, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

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

Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda GT: Casual Luxury Reimagined

Among all its distinctive watch families, Parmigiani’s Tonda models are most renowned for their understated elegance and most firmly ensconced in the “dress watch” rather than the “sport watch” category. This year, the Fleurier-based manufacture introduces a new evolution of the Tonda designed to tread the mythical line between special-occasion luxury and sporty, everyday active...

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Jul 7, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Blancpain: Stay Tuned For A Big Announcement Surfacing Tomorrow

Make sure to return here tomorrow morning: the team at Blancpain has been working on something truly special for the U.S. market, and we cannot wait to also share with our online readers the latest watch and ocean coonservation project from the creator of the modern dive watch.

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Jul 6, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

Heritage Revisited: Breguet Tradition Automatique Seconde Retrograde 7097 and Tradition 7038

Established in 2005, Breguet’s Tradition collection pays tribute to the one-handed “subscription” pocketwatches invented by founder Abraham-Louis Breguet in 1796, and their successors, the so-called “tact” watches, by placing major movement components on top of the mainplate alongside an off-centered subdial. As part of its new offerings for 2020, Breguet has unveiled two new timepieces...

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Jul 6, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Jaquet Droz Plunges Into Darkness With Grande Seconde Off-Centred Chronograph Black Onyx

Last year, Jaquet Droz introduced its Grande Seconde Chronograph series; launching four timepieces featuring the brand's renowned figure-eight dial display – a design with a small subdial for the hours and minutes atop a larger subdial for the seconds – which has become one of the brand's most used dial configurations thus far. This month, the brand has unveiled a new novelty with an onyx dial following its long tradition of incorporating minerals into its timepieces.

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Jul 4, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Hublot and Watches of Switzerland Group Team Up for Classic Fusion Aerofusion Special Edition

Hublot first teamed with UK-based watch retailer The Watches of Switzerland Group on an exclusive, special edition of its Classic Fusion timepiece in 2018. This week, the second collaboration between those partners made its debut, this one designed in Hublot's skeletonized "Aerofusion" style.

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Jul 3, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Panerai Continues its Luminor Marina 70th Anniversary Releases with the PAM01313

The year 2020 marks 70 years since the original release of the Luminor collection by Panerai and, continuing the stream of fresh watches commemorating that anniversary this year, the brand has unveiled the Luminor Marina Ref. PAM01313. The new model comes on the heels of the unveiling of three ultra-luminous Luminor Marina models, along with...

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Jul 2, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

The WatchTime Q&A: Elizabeth Smith, Aspen Boutique Director, Oliver Smith Jeweler

Located on the second floor of the historic Tom Thumb building with sweeping views of Aspen Mountain, Oliver Smith Jeweler is opening its new boutique specializing in vintage timepieces from the world's most sought-after watch brands, estate jewelry, and the company's in-house-designed jewelry. We took the opportunity to talk to Oliver's eldest daughter Elizabeth Smith, Boutique Director of the Panerai Aspen Boutique and the new pre-owned boutique...

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Jul 2, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Tudor Dips Its Toe Into 2020’s Choppy Waters with Black Bay Fifty-Eight Navy Blue Dive Watch

Tudor, along with its corporate "big brother," Rolex, had been holding back indefinitely on releasing new products to the market in pandemic-challenged 2020. But this week, Tudor finally took the plunge, so to speak, launching a new version of its vintage-influenced divers' watch, the Black Bay Fifty-Eight, in Navy blue livery.

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Jul 1, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Sports Cars for the Wrist: Porsche Design Launches Custom-Built Timepieces Program

Professor F.A. Porsche, originator of the iconic Porsche 911, founded the Porsche Design Studio in 1972, intending to apply the principles of luxury automobile design to other accessories such as watches. With the launch of Porsche Design's new Custom-Built Timepiece program, the worlds of car and watch design have connected so seamlessly.

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Jul 1, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Numbers Up: Audemars Piguet Launches Three Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronographs with Arabic Numerals

Audemars Piguet has added a full palette of colors to its most sporty and robust model, the Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Chronograph, over the last few years. This year, the manufacture introduces a trio of new colorful references, in black ceramic cases, whose "Mega Tapisserie" dials feature a subtle variation from previous versions: new Arabic hour numerals in place of the traditional baton indexes.

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Jun 30, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

A Punch of Light: Bell & Ross Unveils BR 03-92 Full Lum Limited Edition

Ever since the introduction of the BR 03-92 Diver in 2017, its first dive watch in the iconic square case shape, French watchmaker Bell & Ross has gone on to expand this popular model into an entire collection. This month, the brand announced the debut of the BR 03-92 Full Lum Limited Edition, the seventh reference added to this "Instrument" collection, here with a dial coated entirely in Super-LumiNova.

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Jun 30, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Back to the Reef with the Oris Carysfort Reef Limited Edition

Swiss watchmaker Oris in recent years has become almost as well known for its charitable partnerships as for for its dive watches, and today the brand returns to both themes with the new Carysfort Reef Limited Edition, a new, special variation on the Aquis GMT Date model. The limited-edition watch is being produced in partnership...

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Jun 29, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

The WatchTime Q&A: Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Catherine Rénier

Jaeger-LeCoultre, like most every luxury watch brand, has faced unprecedented challenges in 2020, but the Le Sentier-based manufacture has managed to capture accolades for the new models released under its “Sound Makers” theme, launched on the Watches & Wonders digital platform in April. As she enters her third year at the helm, Jaeger-LeCoultre CEO Catherine...

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Jun 26, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Sixties, Meet Seventies: The TAG Heuer Carrera 160 Years Montreal Limited Edition (With Live Photos)

Following up the launch of its Carrera 160 Years Silver Dial Limited Edition earlier this year, TAG Heuer has introduced a second collector’s edition to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the brand. The TAG Heuer Carrera 160 Years Montreal Limited Edition combines elements of the Carrera with those of another cult classic timepiece from the 1970s. The...

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Jun 25, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

A Timely Update: A. Lange & Söhne’s Lange 1 Time Zone Gets a New Manufacture Movement

Fifteen years ago, Germany’s A. Lange & Söhne released its first Lange 1 Time Zone, one of many variations on the classic Lange 1, which led the Saxon manufacture’s inaugural collection in 1994. The watch, containing the in-house Caliber L901, was Lange’s first with a dual time-zone indication. For the model’s newest incarnation this year,...

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Jun 25, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

A Song of Ice and Fire: Ulysse Nardin Freak X Magma and Ice Editions (New Live Photos)

Ulysse Nardin presented its Freak X model, a more traditional (relatively) and accessible (ditto) evolution of the avant-garde, original 2001 Freak in 2019. This year, the brand — renowned these days for both its historical connection to marine chronometry and its bravura technical innovations — unveils two new versions of the Freak X: a polar-white...

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Jun 25, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Montblanc Unveils Two New Models in Star Legacy Orbis Terrarum World-Timer Collection

Montblanc introduced its first Orbis Terrarum models in 2014 as members of its Heritage Spirit collection, originally called “Meisterstück Heritage” after Montblanc’s signature line of luxury pens. This year, having further streamlined and revamped its collections, Montblanc now brings these attractively designed world-time watches to its “Formal Elegance” family, the Star Legacy collection. The Star...

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Jun 24, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

GPHG 2020: Open for Entries

In the last few weeks, the newly founded GPHG Academy has kicked off the 20th edition of the industry’s leading award show with several hundred pre-selected models for the competition. Now the time has come for the brands to do the same: As of today, watch brands can officially enter the 2020 edition of the...

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Jun 24, 2020 by WatchTime

Citizen Releases Four New Super Titanium Watches to Celebrate Its Partnership with ispace

In honor of its fifty years in titanium history, and to celebrate its new future in space, Citizen has announced the launch of, not just one, but four new timepieces.

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Jun 23, 2020 by Corey Vlahos