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How Low Can You Glow? TAG Heuer Dives Deeper with Aquaracer Professional 300 Night Diver

Back in April, during Watches & Wonders, TAG Heuer announced the latest revamp of its well-established Aquaracer family of dive watches. The re-engineered Aquaracer Professional 300 kicked off with eight models, all featuring redesigned bezels with ceramic inserts, slimmer profiles, and several other upgrades. Now TAG Heuer expands the collection to 11 total references with...

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Sep 7, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

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

Showing at WatchTime New York 2021: Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar Red Gold Green Dial

WatchTime New York 2021 is less than two months away, returning for the sixth time to Midtown Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 22-24. Prestigious German watchmaker Glashütte Original is one of more than 25 participating watch brands set to showcase its latest timepieces there, including the new PanoMaticLunar in rose gold with a lush green...

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Sep 6, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

WatchTime Magazine Shortlisted for 2021 Eddie & Ozzie Awards

WatchTime magazine has been shortlisted in the category "Full Issue - Consumer" at the 2021 Eddie & Ozzie Awards.

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Sep 6, 2021 by WatchTime

Introducing the Newest Seiko U.S. Exclusives: the Prospex SLA053 and SLA059 “Seigaiha” Editions

Following on the heels of sister brand Grand Seiko’s own U.S.-exclusive announcement, Seiko has launched two new timepieces of its own that will be sold exclusively in the American market. Both hail from Seiko’s popular Prospex line of dive watches and feature a “Seigaiha” (or “blue ocean waves”) pattern on their dials, in either a...

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Sep 5, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Girard-Perregaux Celebrates its 230th Anniversary with a Revival of its Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges

In 1867, Girard-Perregaux launched the first Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges, a timepiece that has attained iconic status in the modern day and a longtime symbol of the venerable Swiss watch maison. What its inventor, brand founder Constant Girard, accomplished with that historic timepiece was to bring to the forefront three functional parts of the...

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Sep 4, 2021 by WatchTime

IWC Doubles Down on Blue for 2021 Pilot’s Watch Automatic Edition “Laureus Sport for Good”

In a tradition spanning back to 2006, IWC has announced its annual release of a special-edition timepiece to support the charitable efforts of Laureus Sport for Good in its stated mission of “using sport to transform the lives of children and young people and end violence, discrimination, and disadvantage.” This year’s model, the Pilot’s Watch...

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Sep 3, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

History Written in Time: Montblanc Star Legacy Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph Limited Edition

It was 200 years ago this week, on September 1, 1821, when French watchmaker Nicolas Rieussec attended a horse race at the Champs-de-Mars Arrondissement de la Seine in Paris intending to test his newest invention. The device, a chronometer clock with two rotating counters and a fixed nib that inscribed black ink marks on them...

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Sep 2, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

H. Moser & Cie. Brings Two of its Icons Together in the New Streamliner Perpetual Calendar

What happens when H. Moser & Cie. combines one of its flagship products, the Perpetual 1, with its recently launched Streamliner collection? We found out the answer this week at Geneva Watch Days: the contemporary and innovative Streamliner Perpetual Calendar. Read below to find out all about it. The year was 2005 when H. Moser...

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Sep 1, 2021 by WatchTime

Split Seconds on Display: The Czapek Antarctique Rattrapante

The Geneva Watch Days event is in full force, and avant-garde Swiss watchmaker Czapek is among the brands unveiling its newest timepieces there for Fall 2021. Headlining this year’s collection is the new Antarctique Rattrapante, notably Czapek’s first skeletonized split-seconds chronograph. The watch follows up the Antarctique Rattrapante “Sunrise” edition, introduced earlier this year as...

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Aug 31, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Bulgari Octo Roma Worldtimer Puts a Luxurious Spin on the Classic Global Travelers’ Watch

It’s not too difficult to detect a “world travel” theme running through many of Italian watchmaker-jeweler Bulgari’s recent additions to its men’s collection, starting with the sporty Aluminium GMT, rolled out just last week, and continuing with the first world-time watch to join its luxurious Octa Roma collection, a headliner of Bulgari’s lineup at this...

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Aug 31, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Oris Aquis Date Upcycle Offers Unique Dials in Recycled PET Plastic

Oris has demonstrated its organizational commitment to environmental initiatives, particularly those devoted to the world’s oceans, in various ways throughout its product line. (The Dat Watt and Okavango Limited Editions, both released in the past few months, are just the most recent examples.) The Swiss brand has dabbled in using recycled PET plastic from the...

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Aug 30, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Celebrating 175 Years, Ulysse Nardin Expands Marine Torpilleur Collection with Seven New Models

Swiss watchmaker Ulysse Nardin turns 175 years old this year, and the brand has used the milestone to great effect, launching numerous new timepieces in commemoration, including the Diver X Skeleton, Lemon Shark, and Blast Hourstriker, among many others. This week, at Geneva Watch Days, Ulysse Nardin marks its founding year with its largest set...

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Aug 30, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

The Horological Society of New York Introduces a New Chronometer Certification Program

In an unexpected development for American watchmaking community this past week, the Horological Society of New York (HSNY) announced the launch of its new chronometer certification program, a new testing and certification service for watchmakers and manufacturers that will be based in New York City. The HSNY was founded in 1866 in New York City,...

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Aug 28, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Master of Magnetism: Vintage-Inspired Eberhard & Co. Scientigraf Launches at Couture 2021

Eberhard & Co. is among the coterie of luxury watch brands that have taken the opportunity to unveil new timepieces at one of 2021’s few large in-person events, the annual Couture watch and jewelry fair at the Wynn in Las Vegas. Headlining the venerable Swiss maison’s latest offerings is a modern revival of the Scientigraf,...

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Aug 26, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Three Greens for the Red, White, and Blue: Grand Seiko’s New U.S.A.-Exclusive Editions Debut at Couture

In recent years, Japan’s Grand Seiko has used the annual Couture watch and jewelry fair in Las Vegas as a launchpad for several special editions, including the fondly remembered quartet of U.S.A.-exclusive “Four Seasons” models in 2019. This year, as the Couture show returns from its COVID-wrought hiatus in 2020, Grand Seiko has unveiled another...

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Aug 25, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

TimeOut With WatchTime Returns This Thursday, August 26!

This coming Thursday, August 26, at 12:00 PM EST, WatchTime hosts our next “TimeOut” virtual presentation, presented on Zoom, in which WatchTime editors and contributors discuss, debate, and shed light on all subjects related to watches and the watch industry. In the upcoming session, WatchTime Editor-in-Chief Roger Ruegger and Senior Editor Mark Bernardo will discuss a variety of...

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Aug 24, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Wild Blue Wanderer: Bulgari Ushers in a Return to Travel with New Aluminium GMT

Alongside the bevy of high-complication and high-jewelry timepieces it launched last year, Bulgari revived its 1990s sport-luxury watch, the Bulgari Aluminium. This year, ahead of the Italian jeweler-watchmaker’s participation in next week’s Geneva Watch Days event, it introduces a new version of the Aluminium targeted at those anxious to emerge from pandemic lockdowns and start...

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Aug 24, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

The Year of the QP? Five Perpetual Calendar Watches Introduced in 2021

If there has been one most notable complication among the many new watches introduced throughout 2021 thus far, it has clearly been the Perpetual Calendar. First introduced commercially in a wristwatch in 1925 by Patek Philippe, a perpetual calendar movement can display the date, day, month, and year with precise accuracy and even account for...

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Aug 24, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Showing at WatchTime Live 2021: Oris Aquis Date Caliber 400 41.5 mm

WatchTime New York, America’s largest luxury watch event, is returning for its sixth year at Midtown Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 22-24, with more than 25 participating watch brands displaying their latest and greatest timepieces. Among these brands is Oris, which is showcasing the new Aquis Date Caliber 400 41.5 mm, the latest model to contain the brand’s...

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Aug 23, 2021 by WatchTime

Showing at WatchTime New York 2021: Bell & Ross BR 03-93 GMT

WatchTime New York 2021 is fast approaching, returning for the sixth time to Midtown Manhattan’s Gotham Hall on October 22-24. Of the more than 25 participating watch brands set to display their latest timepieces, we are particularly excited to see Bell & Ross, which this year is presenting its latest distinctive take on a travel...

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Aug 22, 2021 by Caleb Anderson