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Up Close: The Nomos Glashütte Club Sport Neomatik

Is a 42mm dive watch on a funky bracelet what people come to Nomos Glashütte for" It is now. By Chris Hall For those of us that have followed the g ...

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Up Close: The Montblanc 1858 Monopusher Split-Seconds Chrono

At the very peak of Montblanc’s chronograph range sits a new monopusher split-seconds model, cased for the first time in bronze By Timothy Barb ...

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Record-breaker: the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT

Bulgari adds another ultra-thin watchmaking record to its growing list of achievements, as it creates the world’s thinnest automatic chronograp ...

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How did watches come to have jewels in their movements"

We all take it for granted that mechanical watches have jewels in them as part of the essential operation of the movements – as you’ll s ...

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Editors Picks: QP’s favourite watches of Baselworld 20

From unusual divers to new claims on the Royal Oak’s crown – and a very different Patek Philippe Calatrava – these are the QP edi ...

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Baselworld 2019: Chopard L.U.C XPS Twist QF

Chopard?s enigmatic XPS Twist comes in an entirely new flavour for 2019. by James Buttery Gone is the pepite-finish black dial and rose gold case of ...

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Baselworld 2019: The Patek Philippe 5172G Chronograph

Patek Philippe has released a new model based on the 5170 chronograph, with clear vintage stylings By Chris Hall New for 2019 from Patek Philippe ...

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A solid gold tribute – the Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11

The second big piece of Speedmaster-related news in 2019 is a limited edition recreation of the 18ct yellow gold Speedy presented to NASA Astronauts a ...

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Meet the MB&F LM FlyingT, Max Büsser’s first wat

Founder Maximilian Büsser discusses the difficulty in designing a watch with someone else in mind by Tracey Llewellyn In the watch world, Maximilia ...

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Is Baume the future of sustainable watchmaking" Intervi

Baume aspires to bring sustainability to the world of watchmaking. We spoke to its CEO Marie Chassot to find out just how far it has got to go By Chr ...

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Adventures in silicon with the Ulysse Nardin Freak neXt

Silicon pioneer Ulysse Nardin is still attempting to push the boundaries of what the material can achieve: behold the Freak neXt. by James Buttery U ...

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Meet the Ochs und Junior Two Time Zones + Date

If you think you know what a complication looks like, think again. Ochs und Junior do things a little differently. by James Buttery The man behind O ...

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SalonQP 2019 Dates Announced

The UK’s only dedicated luxury watch and jewellery exhibition SalonQP will return to the Saatchi Gallery from October 10th-12th 2019 We are d ...

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Urban Jurgensen reveals stainless steel luxury sports watch

Ahead of Baselworld, pictures have emerged of a model called the Jurgensen One, marking the historic brand’s first foray into the luxury sports ...

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Bremont launches official partnership with the MOD

The big announcement for Bremont’s 2019 collection is a triumvirate of watches linked to Britain’s armed forces, marking the start of an ...

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A very modern adventure: why Farer is more than a micro bran

Driven by a collector?s passion for detail and design, an accessible and honest pricing strategy and a talent for social media, Farer is launching its ...

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In the zone: the history of the Rolex GMT-Master II

One year on from the launch of Rolex’s stainless steel “Pepsi” bezel GMT-Master II, we take a look back at the history of the globe ...

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Bell & Ross launches the BR 03-92 Bi-Compass

Bell & Ross, the French watchmaker known for its aviation-inspired designs, has released a new model, the BR 03-92 Bi-Compass Ahead of this year?s B ...

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Oris debuts the new Aquis Date Relief

The latest addition to the Oris Aquis collection of dive watches is the Aquis Date Relief ...

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Christopher Ward Launches New C65 Trident Automatic

The latest addition to Christopher Ward?s Trident collection is the new C65 Trident Automatic British watch brand ...

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Supply and Demand: An exclusive visit to Sellita HQ

Big brands may be moving to take everything in-house, but many mid-tier (and some higher-end) companies still rely on Sellita to fill the gap left by ...

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Grand Seiko releases new hand-wound models ahead of Baselwor

With an all-new hand-wound movement and Urushi lacquer dials, these additions to the Elegance collection seem destined to be firm favourites By Chris ...

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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 yea ...

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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 ...

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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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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 e ...

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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 watches ...

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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 stance ...

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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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SIHH 2019: The Santos de Cartier Chronograph and Squelette N

Line extensions can feel a bit like placeholders while a brand is working on something else, but Cartier has upped the ante with its Santos additions ...

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SIHH 2019: The Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Tourbillon

For SIHH 2019, Jaeger-LeCoultre is introducing a more emphatic look for its Master Ultra-Thin collection By Chris Hall There are times as a watch jo ...

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SIHH 2019: A. Lange & Söhne?s salmon-dial Datograph Pe

Three years on, the German maestro?s bashful supercomplication is swimming upstream with a pink-gold facelift to die for  By Alex Doak At the time ...

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SIHH 2019: The TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer 02T Tourbillo

After Zenith?s high-tech redux, LVMH stablemate TAG Heuer is now tooling up with proprietary carbon-hairspring technology, beating at the heart of a n ...

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SIHH 2019: The Panerai Luminor Submersible Carbotech “

Prada?s Luna Rossa sailing team is returning to the historic America?s Cup, with every crew member sporting a Panerai in Carbotech with an unprecedent ...

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SIHH 2019: The A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Date

The watch that’s all windows gets a date ring. The Zeitwerk Date could just be A. Lange & Sohne’s star of SIHH 2019 by Chris Hall It ha ...

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SIHH 2019: The Hublot Classic Fusion Chronograph Orlinski Ce

Hublot has teamed up with famed French pop artist, Richard Orlinski for a second iteration of its Classic Fusion Chronograph  By Laura McCreddie-D ...

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SIHH 2019: The Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Twin Beat

Re-setting a perpetual calendar that has exhausted its power reserve has traditionally been a bit of a faff. Vacheron Constantin thinks it has the ans ...

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SIHH 2019: The Ulysse Nardin Freak X

For 2019, Ulysse Nardin has decided to make the Freak smaller and more affordable. But don?t worry, it?s still as bonkers as ever. By Laura McCreddie- ...

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SIHH 2019: A host of new IWC Pilots’ Watches

To kick off its SIHH, IWC has announced a number of new Pilots’ watches, including a bronze-cased Spitfire and a new take on the Timezoner By C ...

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SIHH 2019: The Panerai PAM982 Luminor Submersible Chrono

Panerai adds a new edition to its Luminor Submersible range, in partnership with a record-breaking freediver By Chris Hall This is the latest additio ...

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Omega brings back the Calibre 321

The original chronograph movement that powered Omega’s early Moonwatches has been out of production for half a century. Now, Omega is bringing ...

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The scientists building a clock so accurate it could redefin

The second – the modern world’s most fundamental unit of time – is up for a refresh. This opens up new technological possibilitie ...

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Blue Sky Thinking: Bucherer Launches Pop-Up in Zurich Airpor

Swiss watch retail giant Bucherer 1888 has revealed last week the latest in its ever-successful line of exclusive special edition collaborations, the ...

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Five Minute Fix: Christmas Gift Guide Special

As Christmas approaches, we break with the usual format of Five Minute Fix to bring you our editorially-selected recommendations for a horological Chr ...

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Gallery: Watch Spotting at SalonQP 2018

Every year we welcome dozens of watchmakers and thousands of passionate watch fans to a three-day exhibition in London, and every year without fail, t ...

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Gerry McGovern: ?We don?t need Zenith and Zenith don?t need

In an exclusive interview, Land Rover?s Chief Design Officer opens up as Zenith launches the Defy Classic Range Rover By Robin Swithinbank It can be ...

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Meet the Vertex MP45 monopusher at SalonQP

Resurrected British watch brand Vertex launches its latest model, a particularly poignant chronograph, at SalonQP this week. By James Buttery As rea ...

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Five Minute Fix: Your Weekly Dose of Watch News

If you only read one horological highlights compilation this week, make it this one. Featuring TAG Heuer, Hublot, Bamford Watch Dept and Habring2 By C ...

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What to see at SalonQP, Part 2

With just a week to go until we fling open the doors of London?s Saatchi Gallery for the 10th edition of SalonQP we take a look at the headline wat ...

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November Auction Report: Highlights from the Geneva sales

From the record-setting Patek Phillipe 2499 sold at Sotheby’s to a musical Girard-Perregaux and a colourful Rolex Daytona, we look at the key s ...

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Interview: Nomos comes of age

In an exclusive interview, Nomos Glashütte boss Uwe Arendt talks to QP about how the controversial Autobahn has surpassed all expectations, his watch ...

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Omega Speedmaster “125th Anniversary”

Antiquorum, Geneva, May 13 Sold for CHF 3,375 After years of being largely ignored by the majority of collectors, the best and rarest of Omega?s Spee ...

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Rolex GMT-Master

Antiquorum, Geneva, May 13 Sold for CHF 329,000 When I first spotted this Rolex GMT-Master in Antiquorum?s catalogue, I realised there was something ...

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso “Roland Garros”

Christie?s, Geneva, May 14 Sold for CHF 52,500 With the Wimbledon tournament fast approaching, tennis fever is running high ?  not least at Christ ...

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Patek Philippe ?Pearl of Bahrain?

Christie?s, Geneva, May 14 Sold for CHF 250,000 A unique Patek Philippe represents a Holy Grail to almost any serious watch collector, so it?s hardly ...

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Breguet Flyback Diver Chronograph

Phillips, Geneva, May 13 Sold for CHF 62,500 It is well known that when the French government set about procuring a batch of  ?Type 20? chronograp ...

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Joining the Big Time: George Bamford

Once the enfant terrible of the watch world, George Bamford is now basking in the status of official partner to TAG Heuer, Zenith and Bulgari. With mo ...

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Rolex Cosmograph Daytona “The Unicorn”

Phillips, Geneva, May 12 Sold for CHF 5,937,500   People have been saying for years that the Rolex sports watch ?thing? must soon come to an end ...

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Opinion: How watch brands should be approaching the pre-owne

Philipp Man, youthful co-founder of pre-owned reseller, Chronext, offers his own frank feelings on the future of what people used to call the grey mar ...

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What to watch out for at SalonQP – part 1.

In just two week’s time SalonQP will throw open its doors to once again reveal a wealth of horological mastery. We cast an eye over some of the ...

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Five Minute Fix – your regular round-up from the world

Everything you need to know about watches this week, from Omega and Nomos to MB&F By Chris Hall Something colourful: MB&F releases the LM2 Purple W ...

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SalonQP 2018 Exhibitors confirmed

This year’s exhibition will feature some of the world’s finest watchmakers, big and small, new and old SalonQP returns to London� ...

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Five things we learned from the Breitling Summit

Last week Breitling unveiled the Premier, a whole new collection of elegant, vintage-inspired watches, at an event in London. But it wasn’t the ...

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Bremont releases first hand-wound model, the Supersonic

The eighth special edition watch from Bremont pays tribute to Concorde’s upcoming 50th anniversary By Chris Hall This is the Bremont Superson ...

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Meet the A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Up/Down Lumen

Glashutte’s finest chronograph gets a ‘ghost-spec’ makeover By Chris Hall Typically so firmly tied to classical Saxon watchmakin ...

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Five Minute Fix: Your weekly update on the world of watches

This week’s Fix includes the latest industry figures, a heavyweight’s heavyweight at auction and quite possibly the bluest watch we†...

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True Colours: How the watch industry went technicolour

It was once the case that colour in watches went as far as dials and straps, but no more. QP discovers how watch designers are pushing the boundari ...

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SalonQP 2018 talks programme announced

SalonQP 2018 will feature a diverse schedule of lectures, panel discussions and collector debates The UK’s biggest horological event is nearly ...

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Videos

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My Most Treasured Watch: Jonathan Levine’s Patek Phili

Serial entrepreneur Jonathan Levine founded high-end headphone brand Master & Dynamic in New York in 2013. Here he tells QP about the one watch that m ...

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Bulgari reveals grande sonnerie perpetual calendar

On the quiet, Bulgari just put out one of the year’s most complicated watches By Chris Hall This is the Bulgari Octo Grande Sonnerie Perpetual ...

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New term report: the watch auction market in 2018 so far

As we head into the crowded autumn auction season, we take a look at the major vintage watch trends of 2018, and consider what lies ahead By Simon de ...

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Patek Philippe Reference 1518

Phillips, Geneva, November 12 2016 Sold for CHF11,002,000 Described by Phillips as ?one of the most legendary collector?s watches?, this example of ...

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Omega Speedmaster Professional ?Alaska II? Project Watch

Phillips Geneva, November 12 2016 Sold for CHF156,250 The collectability of Omega watches ? Speedmaster models in particular ? has soared during th ...

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Rolex Reference 6062

Phillips Hong Kong, November 28 2016 Sold for HK$5,120,000 Having only re-established its international watch sales department in 2014 after a 1 ...

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Robin Williams’ watch collection to go on sale at Soth

The actor’s watches were as wild and wonderful as everything else he did – and now you can own one, thanks to a charity auction taking p ...

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The Urwerk UR111-C: a hyper-futuristic special project fille

Urwerk polishes linear time concept with innovative new watch that introduces a host of new ideas by James Buttery Urwerk must be a fun place to wor ...

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Five Minute Fix: Your weekly round-up from the world of watc

Welcome to Five Minute Fix, your new weekly round-up of what?s going on in the world of watches. This week: Chanel buys a bit of F.P. Journe, Oris do ...

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What makes an expensive watch" Stephen Forsey sheds som

We sat down with the Greubel Forsey co-founder to better understand just how a watch can justify a price tag that stretches into the hundreds of thous ...

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Meet Grant, MB&F’s desktop road warrior

MB&F?s whimsical series of sci-fi desk clocks has a new, supremely mobile and tactile champion, Grant. by James Buttery A desktop off-roader prepare ...

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GPHG 2018: Who will win the year’s most prestigious wa

The shortlist for the 2018 GPHG awards has been announced – we pick our would-be winners and see what conclusions, if any, can be drawn from th ...

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Ball Watch Company releases the Fireman Night Train III

Ball Watch Company has launched its new watch, the Fireman Night Train III ...

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Exclusive: The Ulysse Nardin Executive Tourbillon “Fre

Ulysse Nardin gives its pioneering anchor tourbillon escapement a suitably futuristic home at last By Chris Hall This is the Ulysse Nardin Execut ...

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Panerai releases a trio of new watches including its most af

The maritime brand answers market conditions with two new watches breaching its previous entry level price. by James Buttery Panerai has plenty to t ...

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Up Close: The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Day Date S

Long name, simple watch: the Day Date Seventies is the best from Blancpain this year – but it’s not without its issues By Chris Hall T ...

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Montblanc debuts two new watches at the Goodwood Festival of

Montblanc launched two limited edition TimeWalker models at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex This year, Goodwood Festiva ...

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Crisp new enamel dial for A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Tourbi

Technical tourbillon gets a 100-piece limited run with flat enamel dial. by James Buttery How to make A. Lange & Söhne?s spectacular 1815 Tourbillon ...

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Pinion launches a new GMT model, the Pinion TT

British watch brand Pinion debuts its first dual time watch, the Pinion TT ...

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A legend returns: the DOXA Sub 300 Searambler “Silver

A big name from dive watch history, Doxa is reaping rewards from limited-edition online releases By Justin Mastine-Frost With last year?s Black Lung ...