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IWC: Portugieser Perpetual Calendar

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Omega: Speedmaster Dark Side of Moon Apollo 8

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Tudor: The New Pelagos FXD

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Breguet: The New Type XX Chronographe

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Pacific Ocean Edition from Blancpain and Swatch

Blancpain X Swatch: Everything About the Collab

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IWC Schaffhausen: Ingenieur Automatic 40

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Blancpain: Fifty Fathoms “70th Anniversary Act 3” in Bronze Gold

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Citizen: A Deep Dive Into the Challenge Divers

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Sponsored: HODINKEE Launches Revolutionary New Digital Insurance Platform for Timepieces

Ever wish that insuring your high-end timepieces was less of a hassle, without all the appraisals, receipts, and conversations with an agent who might not know a Rolex from a Timex? Thanks to the enterprising watch experts at horological media and retail platform HODINKEE, that wish is now reality. To reimagine the watch insurance experience,...

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Sep 17, 2020 by WatchTime

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

Appealing Newcomer: Testing the Norqain Freedom 60 Chrono

Fans of retro styling will like the Freedom 60 Chrono. This chronograph from the young Swiss brand Norqain certainly looks attractive, but what else does it do? We find out in this test feature from our August 2020 issue.

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Sep 17, 2020 by Alexander Krupp

PORTFOLIO

Open-Dial Season: 5 Watches With Skeleton Dials

Skeletonization, in which the dial and all non-essential materials are removed from the movement construction, is one of modern watchmaking’s most enduring trends, with roots dating back to the mid-20th century. Each year, dozens of brands unveil skeletonized timepieces that range from over-the-top and garish to pleasantly subtle. Here, we’ve gathered five noteworthy timepieces that have embraced skeletonization to great effect.

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Sep 17, 2020 by WatchTime

TAG Heuer Motors Back to 1963 with New Historically Inspired Carrera Chronographs

In its 160th anniversary year, TAG Heuer has placed its focus, as one might expect, on its most iconic watch model, the motorsport-inspired Carrera. Thus far, we have seen two retro-look special editions and a new collection outfitted with the in-house Caliber Heuer 02. The Swiss brand’s latest Carrera family, launched this week, adopts the...

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Sep 16, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

The Shortlisted Watches in This Year’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève

The 2020 edition of the Grand Prix d'Horologerie de Geneve (GPHG) has announced the shortlisted (pre-selected) watches that will be competing for an award. Click here to see the full list.

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Sep 16, 2020 by WatchTime

Fighting for Time: The Seiko 5 Sports Street Fighter Limited Edition

After the re-introduction of the Seiko 5 sports series last year, Seiko has introduced a series of automatic wristwatches inspired by the Player VS Player fighting game, Street Fighter V.

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Sep 15, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

New Heights: Frederique Constant Re-Introduces the Highlife Collection

Twenty years ago, Frederique Constant introduced its original Highlife collection, which featured an integrated strap built into a distinctive case. Now the Geneva-based brand introduces a modern update to the collection, applying the concept to three new models: the Highlife Perpetual Calendar Manufacture, Highlife Heart Beat, and Highlife Automatic COSC. Each model features a strap-and-bracelet...

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Sep 13, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Whirlwind from Japan: Up Close with Grand Seiko’s T0 Constant Force Tourbillon Concept

In many cultures in East Asia the 60th birthday signifies new beginnings and a moment of rebirth. The Japanese embrace the tradition of Kanreki, which literally means your years completed in a circle and symbolizes a return to the time you were born. Grand Seiko turns 60 this year and boy, its watchmakers have taken...

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Sep 12, 2020 by WatchTime

Parmigiani Extends its Newest, Sportiest Collection with New Tondagraph GT Rose Gold Blue

Parmigiani Fleurier launched its Tonda GT collection this summer, with a pair of time-and-date-only models and a complicated piece integrating both a chronograph and an annual calendar. Earlier this week at Watches & Wonders Shanghai, Parmigiani added another member to the family, this one featuring an all-new integrated chronograph caliber, based on the one that...

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Sep 11, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Traveler’s Upgrade: Ulysse Nardin Introduces Reworked Dual Time Models

Ulysse Nardin has been making watches specially suited for world travelers since at least 1994, when it introduced its patented, user-friendly second-time-zone function in the original Dual Time models. The watches have undergone some evolution since then, the most recent and most striking of them coming just this year, with three new editions incorporating the...

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Sep 10, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Maltese Cross of Gold: Vacheron Constantin Overseas Self-Winding in Rose-Gold and Blue

Back in April, during the virtual Watches & Wonders exhibition, Vacheron Constantin ushered in 2020 with an array of complications, including a version of its Overseas Ultra-Thin Perpetual Calendar in a rose-gold case and a blue lacquered dial. Now the venerable maison applies the same gold-and-blue combo to the collection’s flagship three-hand-date model, the Overseas...

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Sep 8, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Highlights from WatchTime’s September-October 2020 Issue, On Sale Now

The September-October issue of WatchTime is available at retailers and in our online shop) today. Among the highlights of the issue are a showcase of the new Omega Constellation Gents collection; tests and reviews of new watches from Breitling, Seiko, A. Lange & Söhne, Oris, and more; an in-depth exploration of the new, independent Accutron...

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Sep 8, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Colorful Pearls: Rolex Offers New Size, New Caliber, and Vibrant Dials in 2020 Oyster Perpetual Collection

Rolex has extended its Oyster Perpetual series introducing a new model in a larger case diameter, as well as refreshing its 36 mm model displaying dials in vivid colorways, housed in cases made from Oystersteel. The new references are direct descendants of Rolex’s first waterproof wristwatch, the 1926 Oyster.

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Sep 7, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

A Blast of Diamonds: Ulysse Nardin Introduces an Exclusive Blast Edition That Sparkles

At the Geneva Watch Days event in late August, Ulysse Nardin unveiled a new collection called Blast. A week later, Ulysse Nardin has introduced another Blast reference, positioned as a high-end jewelry timepiece, whose openworked, automatic tourbillon movement, as well as its case, are embellished with geometrically-cut diamonds in a motif reminiscent of a mosaic.

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Sep 6, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

A French Navy Design Resurfaces: Introducing the Longines Heritage Military Marine Nationale

Longines has dipped into its archives to revive a watch design, once exclusive to the French Royal Navy crews, borrowing the warm colors, subdued subdial, and counterweight second hands from a vintage classic. The Longines Heritage Military Marine Nationale is the latest edition to join the brand's Heritage collection, following an array of updates to its aviation and military-inspired references.

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Sep 5, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Bulgari Aluminium Watch Updates a 1990s Jet-Set Classic

Of the new timepieces it unveiled at Geneva Watch Days earlier this month, Bulgari's record-breaking Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Chronograph Skeleton Automatic received the lion's share of accolades and coverage. Not to be lost in the shuffle, however, is the new Bulgari Aluminium Watch, a modern re-interpretation of a groundbreaking model the Roman jeweler-watchmaker introduced in 1998.

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Sep 4, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

New Dial Dawning: Grand Seiko Limited Edition Celebrates Morning Sky Over Japan’s Mount Iwate

When the watchmakers and technicians at Grand Seiko‘s Studio Shizukuishi in northern Japan begin their workday, they are greeted by a brilliant blue sky over nearby Mount Iwate, tinged with the reddish glow of the morning sun. Grand Seiko has striven to re-create those spectacular dawn colors on the dial of the latest limited-edition timepiece...

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Sep 3, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH REVIEW

Under the (Magnetic) Waves: Hands On With the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Master Chronometer

The Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Co-Axial Master Chronometer represents Omega’s maritime heritage, but instead of a dive test, we expose this watch to the continuous magnetic force inside an MRT.

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Sep 3, 2020 by Martina Richter

Piaget “Infinitely Personal” Concept Reimagines a Personalized Timepiece Program for the 21st Century

Personalized and custom-made timepieces are not a new concept for luxury watchmaker and jeweler Piaget. Years after its first "Style Selector" first debuted in 1960, the brand has now reintroduced the concept, renaming it Piaget Infinitely Personal, applying it to its recently introduced ultra-complicated timepiece, the Altiplano Tourbillon.

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Sep 2, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Sub-Revision: Rolex Dives Into 2020 with Revamped Submariner and Submariner Date

When the pandemic hit, and the year’s international watch trade fairs, already in a state of upheaval, were cancelled, industry giant Rolex was cagey about when, or even if, it would release new models to the market in turbulent 2020. Well, it turns out that today is that day, with the lion’s share of buzz...

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Sep 1, 2020 by Mark Bernardo