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Long Read: The full story of the Charles Frodsham Double Chr

The first new English watch in nearly half a century has been in development for 25 years. One man has been following the story since the early y ...

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Three Unusual Cartier Tank Watches from the Past 100-Plus Ye

To many people, the Cartier Tank is the Platonic ideal of a dress watch. I have a personal soft spot for the iconic model as well ? I fell in love wit ...

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Borrowed Time: A Week in Geneva with the IWC Portofino Hand

You?re spending a hectic week in Geneva covering the SIHH watch salon and jumping from presentations to meetings to dinners to après-dinner cocktails ...

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Carl F. Bucherer’s Retro-Style Manero Flyback Chronogr

Last year, Carl F. Bucherer introduced a new, retro-look version of its Manero Flyback Chronograph in a steel case, with design elements inspired by t ...

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Quest for a Coke at the Miami Beach Antique Show

After trying to clasp the watch around my ?gorilla wrist,? I realized it just wasn?t going to go. I told Ali, the person helping me, ?I need anothe ...

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Profoto A1 Flash Giveaway & Watch Photography Contest

In partnership with professional light-shaping and photography equipment maker Profoto, aBlogtoWatch is giving away one Profoto A1 Flash with wireless ...

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What?s New For Baselworld 2019: An Interview With The Organi

The watch world is following its trade show events these days, including Baselworld, which for decades has been the industry’s most important. A ...

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BEST FROM: aBlogtoWatch & Friends January 31, 2019

Welcome to the first round-up of 2019 and we kick off with a recap of SIHH 2019, a look back at the most read stories of aBlogtoWatch of 2018, an inte ...

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My Most Treasured Watch: Viscount Linley and his Parmigiani

David Linley, Earl of Snowdon and honorary Chairman of Christie’s talks to QP about the Parmigiani Toric Chronograph that’s at the heart o ...

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Roger Dubuis Excalibur Huracán Features a New Lamborghini-I

Roger Dubuis has entered another year of its high-profile partnerships with Italian automaker Lamborghini; its racing team, Lamborghini Squadra Corse; ...

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Examining the Nomos DUW 6101 Caliber

In 2018, Nomos introduced a number of intriguing novelties; however, the real story was not the timepieces themselves, but the new movement inside. Ca ...

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 84: SIHH 2019 with RedBar&

On this week’s episode of The Worn & Wound Podcast, Ilya and Zach sit down with RedBar’s Adam Craniotes to discuss the hits and mis ...

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In the Hangar with Tockr Watches and the Commemorative Air F

Tockr has partnered with the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) to offer the D-Day C-47, a watch with a dial made from aluminum originally found on the ...

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LAST CHANCE: Wenger Attitude Heritage Automatic Limited Edit

It’s nearly the end of January, which means our Wenger Attitude Heritage Automatic Limited Edition Watch Giveaway is almost over. Click here to ...

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Greubel Forsey Diamond Set Balancier Contemporain Watch Hand

At SIHH 2019, ultra-high-end Swiss watchmaker Greubel Forsey released a rare timepiece (for their brand) set with diamonds. Stephen Forsey tells aBlog ...

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Omega rebuilds historic calibres to celebrate birth of its b

Just 19 of the rebuilt movements will be finished and placed inside a series of commemorative pocket watches coming later this year by James Buttery ...

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Nomos Glashutte adds neomatik movements to Club Campus ̵

The trendy German manufacture has added in-house automatic calibres to its entry-level ‘graduate’ range, and embraced steel bracelets for ...

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Ligne-by-Ligne Revival: Omega Resurrects the Caliber That Ga

Many modern-day watch aficionados know that the Swiss watchmaker today known as Omega was founded in 1848 ? 171 years ago ? but fewer may realize that ...

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eBay Finds: Seiko Seikomatic Weekdater Ref. 6218-8950, Hosam

When it comes to shopping for vintage watches on eBay, it can be a gold mine, but it can also be a minefield. Our very own Christoph McNeill (you a ...

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AVI-8 AV-4065 Hawker Harrier Grande Date Chronograph ?Matado

Sponsored Post written for aBlogtoWatch by advertiser Avi-8 is proud to present their latest watch, the Hawker Harrier Grande Date Chronograph “ ...

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TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer-02T Tourbillon Nanograph Wat

Presenting in Switzerland during “Geneva Watch Week 2019,” TAG Heuer had just one new product to debut: the Carrera Calibre Heuer-02T Tour ...

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Molnar Fabry Corculum Watch With Customized Omega Co-Axial 8

There are some unique watch brands out there, but none perhaps as distinctive as Molnar Fabry. I’m not even sure if it’s accurate to call ...

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Here are the 11 best womens watches from SIHH 2019

A fine time of the year makes for finer timepieces. From January 14th ? January 17th 2019, the International High Watchmaking Salon (SIHH) was held i ...

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Ticking to perfection – Zaim Kamal, Creative director

The 112-year old German luxury brand, Montblanc, has been keeping up with the times while also redefining their rich heritage. A key force behind thi ...

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Five Minute Fix: This week’s watch news in brief

Now that we’re back from SIHH, normal service is resumed. Here’s your round-up of the week’s watch news, starting with the most enti ...

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Certina DS PH200M

Swatch Group-owned Certina is a Swiss watch brand that few American consumers are familiar with, but it is a company that has long specialized in spor ...

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Introducing the Guinand DuoIndikator Big Pilot Chronograph

Guinand is a brand that?s gotten its fair share of well-deserved coverage here on Worn & Wound. At one time, the German firm was under the tute ...

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Seiko Prospex SRPC93 ‘Save The Ocean’ Samurai Di

In the last several years, Seiko‘s Prospex line of rugged sport watches has blossomed into the global hit it deserves to be. At one time, enthus ...

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Montblanc – Reconnecting through nature with new Montb

Precise, legible and robust for use in extreme conditions, the legendary professional Minerva watches from the 1920s and 1930s were conceived for mili ...

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Now in the Shop: Three 39mm Watches from Archimede and Damas

Is 39mm the new 40mm" Well, no it?s 39mm, but when paired with a thin height, a 39mm diameter makes for one very comfortable, beautifully fitt ...

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Spending Time Podcast: Recapping SIHH 2019

Ariel Adams, David Bredan, and Zach Piña sit down and talk about their closing thoughts on SIHH 2019. Listen in for more fleshed-out analysis of ...

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Mountain Guide: Reviewing the Montblanc 1858 Geosphere

In January 2018, Montblanc set out to conquer new peaks: the revamped 1858 collection not only celebrates the spirit of mountain exploration, but also ...

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Borrowed Time: Frederique Constant Hybrid Manufacture

It?s hard to believe it?s been four years since Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the world to the Apple Watch. The new-age wearable promised to revolutio ...

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Watches, Stories, and Gear: Super-LumiNova and Patina, Googl

Watches, Stories, and Gear is a weekly roundup of some of our favorite watch content, great stories from around the web, and cool gear that we?ve g ...

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Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Chronograph Watch Hands-O

SIHH 2019 saw exhibitor brand Girard-Perregaux release a surprisingly nice collection of new products mostly focused on the Laureato collection. The n ...

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Breitling Navitimer 1 Airline Editions Celebrate the Golden

The first Breitling Navitimer, with its built-in chronograph, stylish design, and circular slide rule bezel, quickly became a favorite of airline pilo ...

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Introducing the Oris Aquis Date Relief

Oris is no stranger to supporting conservation efforts. Over the past few years, we’ve seen a number of the brand’s releases in the Aquis ...

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Hands-On: Autodromo Group B Series 2

Autodromo?s ?80s-inspired Group B has long been my favorite of the brand?s watches. Late last year, Autodromo announced the Series 2, which ushered ...

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Montblanc 1858 Geosphere Green & Bronze Watch Hands-On

Montblanc is following up last year’s launch of the Montblanc 1858 Geosphere with a green and bronze model this year in a limited edition of 1,8 ...

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Unimatic X MR PORTER Modello Uno U1-MP Limited Edition Watch

Unimatic is a brand that has conceived a formula they’re happy with and stuck pretty rigidly to it. The entire collection consists of just three ...

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Here are the 11 best men’s watches at SIHH 2019

From Audemar Piguet?s Code 11.59 to the Hermès Arceau L?Heure De La Lune, the annual Geneva fair saw an impressive range from the world?s best luxur ...

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SIHH 2019: What we’ve learned

With 2019’s first major watch fair out of the way, what can we expect for the rest of the year (and beyond)" By Chris Hall Complicated wat ...

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Cracking the Code: Inside the Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Col

Every year at SIHH, it seems the attending watch media comes in with the same two nagging questions about Audemars Piguet: Is the brand ever going to ...

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Nomos Unveils the Club Campus neomatik Collection and a New

Nomos is not a brand known for taking huge leaps. Instead, the Glashütte firm takes incremental steps to grow and improve its catalog. Take the Cl ...

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Vacheron Constantin Overseas Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin W

It’s the John Wick henchman watch. The Eastern European oligarch bath house special. It’s super thin, and super over-the-top, but the hear ...

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Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Watch In Black Ceramic And Titani

Sometimes it takes a while for classics to strike a chord with watch-lovers. Just because something is widely lauded as an archetype, or as so histori ...

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Introducing Pharos Watches, a New Lume-Focused Brand

The Pharos of Alexandria, more widely known as The Lighthouse of Alexandria, was one of the tallest man-made structures in the world for centuries. Co ...

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Nomos Introduces its First Bracelet in Update to Club Campus

Nomos has taken an incremental approach to expanding its various collections and lines over the past decade or so. Despite what its large ? and consta ...

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Modding Watches: Gutsy Engraving and Third-Party Cases

People modify nearly all aspects of watches, but those intrepid souls who dare to irrevocably modify the case fascinate me. Swapping out a dial, ha ...

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Introducing the Oris Aquis Date Relief, a Watch That Will Sw

Oris has a long history supporting ocean conservation efforts, and the storied Swiss brand often commemorates these efforts with limited edition wa ...

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Pharos Sentinel & Sentinel B Watches

The new American brand Pharos introduces the Sentinel and Sentinel B watches today via a Kickstarter campaign. The two models, the full lume dial Sent ...

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Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Twin Beat Perpetual Calen

The highlight product for Geneva-based Vacheron Constantin at SIHH 2019 was this impressive and technically novel Traditionnelle Twin Beat Perpetual C ...

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The 2019 Louis Vuitton Tambour Horizon is the digital watch

There are a very few digital watches that can lure someone who loves mechanical watches. Sure the electronic ones are getting smarter, attractive and ...

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A limited edition Aston Martin that is inspired by a Tag Heu

Performance automobiles and timepieces are a match made in heaven. And, why not, both are mechanical wonders and are designed to excite and push the ...

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Full Moon Fever: Hermès Arceau L’Heure de la Lune

To many, its name still conjures up handbags more than horology, but when La Montre Hermès introduces a new timepiece complication, it usually does s ...

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Vacheron Constantin – Les Cabinotiers Minute Repeater

The one-of-a-kind Les Cabinotiers minute repeater perpetual calendar is equipped with a revisited movement: Calibre 1731 QP, combining minute repeater ...

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Introducing the Seiko 5 Dual-Crown Diver Collection (Refs. S

Few watches can offer the same horological bang-for-the-buck-value that’s packed in a Seiko 5 watch. After all, the watches of the iconic SN ...

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Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Selfwinding Chronograph Watch Han

2019 represented the last year of Audemars Piguet‘s attendance at the annual SIHH high watch and jewelry show. The brand has expressed no specif ...

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Up Close Review: Omega Apollo 8 Speedmaster

Breakout Speedy: Does The Apollo 8 Have The Chops To Convert a Non Speedmaster Enthusiast" By Justin Mastine-Frost I keep saying this, and my s ...

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Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Glycine Airman Vintage

After writing about the Eberhard Contograf last month, I?ve been thinking more about historic brands with one or two trademark watches. Brands like Zo ...

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Now on Kickstarter: The Active Ingegnere Collection

Active, launched in January 2018, is is described by its founders as ?a group of watch addicts with the passion and constancy of traditional watch cr ...

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eBay Finds: 1960s Seamaster, Tradition Skin Diver, and More

When it comes to shopping for vintage watches on eBay, it can be a gold mine, but it can also be a minefield. Our very own Christoph McNeill (you a ...

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Natural Symmetry: Parmigiani Fleurier Toric Chronomètre Sla

Parmigiani Fleurier re-released the Toric Chronomètre, a modern revamp of the first watch designed by its eponymous founder, Michel Parmigiani, in 20 ...

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IWC Demonstrates Its Manufacturing Expertise With a New Spit

At the SIHH 2019, IWC presented a new Spitfire line in the Pilot’s Watches collection.  To celebrate the unique engineering expertise of the d ...

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Now in the Shop: Three Full-Lume Dialed Damaskos

Over the coming months, we?ll be adding the majority of the Damasko catalog to the Windup Watch Shop. Today, we?re starting the process with three ...

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Top 10 Watches Of SIHH 2019

It was nearly 10pm on the last day of SIHH 2019 that myself and the rest of the aBlogtoWatch team finally left the Palexpo convention center in Geneva ...

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SIHH 2019: Montblanc mines anthracite for its Star Legacy ti

The luxury brand also unveils two new TimeWalker automatic chronographs at this week?s Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie watch fair in Genev ...

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Cartier Grows the Santos Collection With Chronographs and a

Last year?s SIHH saw Cartier relaunch the famed Santos de Cartier, the gents? timepiece inspired by Alberto Santos-Dumont ? pioneering aviator, invent ...

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Watches, Stories, and Gear: Universal Genève Polerouter Sup

Watches, Stories, and Gear is a weekly roundup of some of our favorite watch content, great stories from around the web, and cool gear that we?ve g ...

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Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic Red Gold Watch For 201

Last year Baume & Mercier introduced the Clifton Baumatic, an island of relative value in the sea of high-end luxury known as SIHH. The ...

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SIHH 2019: Montblanc Heritage Pulsograph Limited Edition

Montblanc presented one of the most compelling 2019 collections at SIHH, including a whole new line of vintage-inspired models led by this blistering ...

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Precise Chiming: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Gy

Ahead of this week’s SIHH watch salon, insiders at Jaeger-LeCoultre teasingly promised us that this year’s new releases would feature some ...

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Worn & Wound’s SIHH 2019 Picks

SIHH 2019, one of the watch industry?s most grandiose trade shows, has come and gone, and though we didn?t partake in this year’s festivitie ...

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Girard-Perregaux Evolves the Laureato with the Absolute Coll

Three years after the Laureato first reappeared in Girard-Perregaux’s catalog, there is little doubt that it isn’t the headlining collecti ...

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SIHH 2019 Vlog #2: The Watch Hits, Misses, & Surprises

In our latest SIHH 2019 Vlog, David and Zach sit down and talk about the watches they liked, the watches they hated, and the watches they didn't see c ...

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H. Moser & Cie. Swiss Alp Watch Concept Black

There is minimalism, and then there is the H. Moser & Cie. Swiss Alp Watch Concept Black. There’s a prevailing feeling I get whenever H. Mos ...

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Greubel Forsey Balancier Contemporain Watch

The Greubel Forsey Balancier Contemporain is, in contrast to the majority of this brand’s output, a palatable 39.6mm. This is a smart move by a ...

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Bulgari Gérald Genta 50th Anniversary Watch

As a brand inextricably associated with legendary watch designer Gérald Genta, it makes perfect sense that Bulgari should look to honor the late ...

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IWC Pilot?s Watch Timezoner Spitfire Edition ‘The Long

One of the pre-SIHH releases that got my attention was the IWC Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Spitfire Edition “The Longest Flight,” a limi ...

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Montblanc’s 1858 watches now come in new khaki green a

After gaining much popularity over the years, Montblanc?s 1858 line is all to expand with three new bronze covered and Khaki green editions. Inspired ...

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Vacheron Constantin – Traditionnelle Twin Beat Perpetu

Defining the future of fine mechanical watchmaking, Vacheron Constantin presents the Traditionnelle Twin Beat Perpetual Calendar, a timepiece that can ...

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Girard Perregaux – Laureato Absolute Carbon Glass

A worldwide first. True to its tradition of innovation combining aesthetics and functionality, Girard-Perregaux introduces a Carbon of exceptionally r ...

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Review: Lorier Falcon

Though the brand is less than a year old at the time of writing this review, Lorier has made quite the name for themselves in the micro-brand watch ...

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Richard Mille Reveals His Sweet Tooth with the Bonbon Collec

Richard Mille creations have always been easy to spot in a crowd. Thanks to their avant-garde styling, generous use of color, and overall level of tec ...

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Panerai Luminor Submersible 42mm PAM00683, PAM00959 & P

Let’s get one thing straight: These are far from the most interesting Panerai watches we saw in their SIHH booth this year. On top of some ...

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Red-Lettered Days: A. Lange & Söhne Celebrates a Digit

Usually, if you’re looking for digital watches, at least as they’re commonly defined, you’d have been better off attending the Consu ...

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Romain Gauthier Updates the Insight Micro-Rotor with a New O

For the second year in a row, Romain Gauthier has used SIHH to update his ladies’ collection. Last year saw the introduction of the very first R ...

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Panerai Partners With Free Diving Champ Guillaume Néry to L

Despite offering a list of PAM-numbered references that could fill a phonebook, Panerai has long been defined by just two major families: the Radiomir ...

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Revolution Number Nine: Bovet Tourbillon Amadeo Fleurier Vir

For its first appearance as an exhibiting brand at the SIHH, Bovet Fleurier offers up as a highlight the ninth model in its high-complication Virtuoso ...

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The Worn & Wound Podcast Ep. 83: Mark Cho of The Armour

On this week?s episode of The Worn & Wound Podcast, we sit down with Mark Cho, one of the best-dressed gents around and co-founder of the men?s ...

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Around the Web: They Look Like the Emperors? Clocks. But Are

The Hall for Ancestral Worship is home to over one thousand historical clocks once owned by Chinese emperors, brought to the Qing and Ming courts b ...

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Montblanc Heritage Pulsograph & Heritage Automatic Watc

In the midst of a middling SIHH 2019, Montblanc released a handful of watches truly worth people’s attention. They’ve carefully rolled out ...

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Girard-Perregaux Bridges Cosmos Watch

No stranger to astrological-inspired timepieces Girard-Perregaux brought the fire to SIHH 2019 with the Girard-Perregaux Bridges Cosmos Watch. A ...

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Czapek & Cie Quai Des Bergues ‘Midnight In Geneva

It’s impossible to work in the watch industry for any length of time without becoming irrationally attached to certain brands. Sometimes it̵ ...

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This $122k watch is inspired by the candies from our childho

Over the years, we have seen watchmakers create new collections inspired by just about every appealing aspect from our lives. Yet, luxury Swiss watch ...

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The Hermès Arceau L?Heure De La Lune is the most unique moo

For 2019, Hermès has revealed a truly exceptional timepiece that?s not only stunning in terms of horological brilliance but also aesthetically simpl ...

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Ulysse Nardin?s new limited-edition watch collection plays w

Swiss watch brand Ulysse Nardin?s collection of watches has always been a favourite amongst us. Their new tag line pretty much sums up the Swiss bran ...

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Montblanc adds two new chronographs with ?Reverse Panda? dia

Since Davide Cerrato assumed the role of the Managing Director of Montblanc?s watch division, he has been steadily transforming the brand by giving a ...

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Sands of Time: IWC’s Ceramic-Cased “Movaje Deser

As we revealed back in December, IWC is shining the spotlight on its Pilots’ collection at this year’s SIHH ? specifically on a trio of su ...

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Military Watches of the World: Germany Part 2?Post World War

The end of World War II saw a shattered Germany divided into the Federal Republic of Germany (West) and the German Democratic Republic (East). In P ...