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Highlights from Bremont’s 2018 Collection

Starting in 2017, Bremont began skipping Baselworld to introduce its annual novelties on its own turf. After another successful year for the independent British brand, Bremont founders Nick and Giles English plus the rest of the team met in the heart of London last night to introduce the 2018 collection. Alongside additions to the Supermarine...

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Feb 26, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

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

SIHH 2018 REVISITED

Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Les Aérostiers: Celebrating the History of Ballooning

The French called them aérostiers — those early aviation pioneers who piloted the first hot air balloons into the sky during the late 18th century, paving the way for the advent of powered flight. This year, Vacheron Constantin pays tribute to these balloonists with five new timepieces in its Métiers d'Art collection, called Les Aérostiers, which showcase on their breathtakingly detailed and colorful dials a combination of artistic techniques.

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Feb 26, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018 PREVIEW:

Bell & Ross Introduces the Horoblack and Brings Back the Horolum

One of last year’s many highlights for us from Bell & Ross was the Horolum BR03-92. It seemed to combine the best of the brand’s unique design history. The Horolum amped up the luminosity to recall the blinking lights of a landing strip as well as its shape which was highly reminiscent of clocks found in...

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Feb 23, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

BASELWORLD 2018 PREVIEW:

Blancpain Updates the Villeret Quantième Complet GMT

With the opening of Baselworld, the world's biggest watch fair, less than a month away, more watch brands are offering up appetizers to the smorgasbord of new product introductions in March. The latest is Blancpain, with a preview of the revamped version of its Villeret Quantième Complet GMT watch.

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Feb 23, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Frederique Constant Hybrid Manufacture: Classical Horology Meets Smart Technology

Since it released the first Horological Smartwatch in 2015, Frédérique Constant has striven to remain on the cutting edge of the connected-watch category. The latest evidence of this mission statement came this week, with the launch of the new Hybrid Manufacture, the first timepiece with an in-house-made mechanical movement with smartwatch functionality.

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Feb 22, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Glashütte Original Senator Chronograph Capital Edition Debuts at Berlinale

As it has since 2011, Germany's Glashütte Original served as a partner to this year's 68th Berlin International Film Festival, or Berlinale. During this year's festival, it launched a new, limited-edition timepiece: the Glashütte Original Senator Chronograph - The Capital Edition.

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Feb 16, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2018 REVISITED:

Panerai’s Entry-Level Luminor Base and Marina Logo Collections Get an Upgrade

Panerai has received justified accolades for the two high-complication models it introduced at SIHH 2018, the L'Astronomo and the Lo Scienziato. However, another significant release has been more under the radar: the Luminor Base Logo and Luminor Marina Logo, the Florentine brand's entry-level models, have become the latest in the collection to be equipped with in-house movements.

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Feb 14, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

Ming Watches Introduces the 17.03 GMT

Ming Thien is a writer, a photographer, a physicist (he graduated from Oxford at age 16!), and currently the Chief of Strategy for Hasselblad. He’s also the namesake and face of a microbrand that began to make waves across the horological blogosphere late last year. Back in the fall, Ming Watches released its first limited edition...

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Feb 13, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2018

Rare Breeds: Five Limited-Edition Timepieces Celebrating the Year of the Dog

February 16, 2018, marks the start of the Year of the Dog on the traditional Chinese calendar. As in past years, a handful of luxury watch companies are celebrating — and reaching out to affluent Asian collectors — with limited-edition timepieces prominently featuring this year's animal on their artistically ambitious dials. Here are five we discovered.

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Feb 7, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2018:

Arachnophilia: Romain Jerome Swings Into Action With RJ x Spider-Man Limited Edition

Iconoclastic indie brand Romain Jerome teamed up with DC Comics in 2014 to produce the Batman-DNA timepiece, a limited edition inspired by Gotham City’s Dark Knight. In its first outing as part of the SIHH’s Carré de Horlogers, the brand crossed over to the Marvel Comics Universe of costumed super-characters, launching the new RJ x...

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Feb 5, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS

Zenith Launches New Pilot Cronometro Tipo CP-2 Flyback

Back in 2016, Zenith caught the eye of vintage-military-watch aficionados with its release of the Pilot Cronometro Tipo CP-2, an aviators' chronograph that paid tribute to the now-legendary "Cairelli" watch the brand made for Italian Navy and Air Force pilots in the 1960s. This year Zenith followed it up with a new version incorporating a flyback function and available in two vintage-look cases.

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Feb 3, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018 PREVIEW:

Rado Combines Bronze and Ceramic in a New Watch

Bronze has enjoyed a horological renaissance over the past few years so it’s no surprise to see Rado jumping into the mix with the new HyperChrome Automatic Chronograph Limited Edition. What’s different about this watch is that rather than focusing on a solid bronze case, the brand combines bronze plating with the brand’s customary use...

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Feb 2, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

BASELWORLD 2018 PREVIEW:

New Color from Frédérique Constant, New Quartz Chronograph from Alpina

Affordably luxurious Frédérique Constant and its sportier sister brand, Alpina, are among the latest watch manufacturers to offer a glimpse of their upcoming new collections debuting at Baselworld in March. Frédérique Constant is launching a version of its Worldtimer model with a new green color scheme, while Alpina is introducing a quartz chronograph to its Startimer Pilot series. Here's the lowdown on both.

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Jan 31, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018 PREVIEW:

The Hamilton Khaki X-Wind Auto Chrono Limited Edition

As one of the more accessible watch brands within the Swatch Group, Hamilton always tries to balance innovation with affordability in its new pieces, while maintaining the hybrid tool watch aesthetic that its fans have come to love. The first new watch from Hamilton that we'd like to show you manages to do all of that, while still looking fresh. Here is the Khaki X-Wind Auto Chrono Limited Edition.

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Jan 31, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

BEHIND THE SCENES

The Perfect Face: Dial Making at Patek Philippe

Patek Philippe employs artisans who have mastered every specialty in the art of watchmaking, including dial making, at the brand’s subsidiary, Cadrans Flückiger in Saint-Imier. Here's a closer look.

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Jan 30, 2018 by Alexander Krupp

A Comprehensive Look at Georges Kern’s First Collection with Breitling

It’s been a little over six months since we heard the news that longtime Richemont executive Georges Kern was leaving the confines of the luxury conglomerate to join Breitling. Today, after months of teasing his work on his personal social media account, we received word on what Kern’s first collection will look like and it’s...

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Jan 29, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

SIHH 2018:

Doubled Time: Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight Heure d’Ici & Heure d’Ailleurs

As per its usual SIHH tradition, Van Cleef & Arpels rolled out an array of notable timepieces for ladies this year, including an amazing astronomical complication that we will explore in depth in the coming weeks. Not to be overlooked, however, was the one new gentlemen's watch that the master jeweler unveiled — the Midnight Heure d'Ici & Heure d'Ailleurs, a clever new take on the classical GMT watch.

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Jan 25, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2018:

Time Squared: Hermès Re-Introduces the Carré H Timepiece

One of the most high-profile luxury maisons to join the SIHH for the first time in 2018, Hermès chose to highlight a revamped version of a modernist design-oriented piece first unveiled in 2010, the square-cased Hermès Carré H.

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Jan 24, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

BASELWORLD 2018 PREVIEW:

Introducing the Omega Seamaster Olympic Games Collection

With SIHH 2018 barely in our rearview mirror (with additional coverage still to come), we have already begun receiving sneak peeks of new watches to be launched at the next big watch fair, Baselworld, in March. Here's one we couldn't wait to share with you: the new Omega Seamaster Olympic Games Collection, five limited editions commemorating Omega's 86 years as official Olympic timekeeper.

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Jan 22, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

SIHH 2018:

Roger Dubuis Revs Up New Pirelli and Lamborghini Limited Editions

Roger Dubuis announced two big motorsports partnerships in 2017, both with iconic Italian brands — one with Pirelli, renowned manufacturer of racecar tires; the other with racing team Lamborghini Squadra Corse. This week at SIHH 2018, the Geneva-based brand revealed the latest new timepieces springing from these automotive alliances: the Excalibur Spider Skeleton Automatic Pirelli and two new executions of the Excalibur Aventador S.

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Jan 19, 2018 by Mark Bernardo