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Max Büsser and the Motivation Behind Melchior
MB&F celebrated its tenth anniversary this year in true MB&F fashion: with its friends. As you’ve likely seen in earlier reports, Maximilian Büsser’s firm created a mechanical robot named...
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Inside Chopard’s Elaborate Manufactures
Discover the world of Chopard by exploring this interactive post. Take a behind the scenes tour of the Chopard Manufacture and Gold Foundry. Learn about Fleurier Ebauches and Chopard’s outstanding...
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Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Dual Time Vasco da Gama 238
Not too long ago, we brought you a video of our interview with Montblanc CEO Jerome Lambert, who spoke about the importance of design, aesthetic and craftsmanship. You can view that video here....
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This Week in Watches
This Week in Watches featuring timepieces from Ferdinand Berthoud, Bovet, Alpina and Ulysse Nardin. Ferdinand Berthoud FB 1: The new brand was developed by Chopard co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele...
View ArticleDiamond Timepieces Highlight Antiquorum’s NYC Auction
Antiquorum Auctioneers is offering an unusually wide-ranging selection of modern and vintage diamond-set timepieces in its September 30 auction in New York City. In addition to the traditional...
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Pre-Owned Spotlight With Govberg Jewelers
Govberg Jewelers is back for iW’s weekly Pre-Owned Spotlight series. This week has a focus on watches with a GMT function or second timezone. Check out 10 more pre-owned timepieces from the Leading...
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5 Mother-of-Pearl Dials
Mother-of-pearl has long been revered for its luminescent beauty, and it has been used virtually throughout history for decorative purposes. The tomb of Egypt’s King Tutankhamen (ruled ca. 1332 BC –...
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Grand Prix View: GPHG 2015 Ladies High-Mech Watches
With the pre-selected Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève watches now visible on the organization’s own site, enthusiasts can see all the nominees for the annual ‘Oscars of the watchmaking industry’ on...
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Top Travel Watches
Watch companies have long recognized the plight of frequent business travelers, whose daily lives necessitate juggling the prevailing time in numerous parts of the world. Notably, Louis Cottier, a...
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Introduces New Geophysic Models
Jaeger-LeCoultre’s latest Geophysic models add dead-beat seconds, a new balance wheel and a new rotor. Ever since the first pendulum clocks began to tick once per second in the 17th century, the sound...
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NOMOS Presents a New Movement
NOMOS Glashütte, a modern German watchmaker, broke ground in the USA with retail distribution last year and has not looked back since. To learn about the success of the NOMOS Glashütte launch in the...
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Grand Prix View: GPHG 2015 Artistic Crafts Watches
With the pre-selected Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève watches now visible on the organization’s own site, enthusiasts can see all the nominees for the annual ‘Oscars of the watchmaking industry’ on...
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New Materials, New Models: Panerai Debuts New Collections
Panerai’s long history as a maker of nautical instruments means that it likes to be sure its case materials can survive at sea. Just as critically, Panerai has long ensured that its dials were equally...
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Hublot Inaugurates a New Manufacture
Hublot this week opened its new manufacturing facility, called Hublot 2, with a star-studded celebration that included many Swiss traditions. Cows, cheese and the melodies of alpenhorns mingled with...
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This Week in Watches
This Week in Watches features Breitling for Bentley, Bell & Ross, Harry Winston and Franck Muller. Enjoy! Breitling for Bentley GT3 Part of a 500-piece limited edition, this new Breitling for...
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Introducing the William L Project: New Watches, Vintage Look
A few months ago an enterprising young man named Guillaume Laidet visited iW’s New York office with a few watches. One was a handsome unbranded vintage chronograph from the 1950s he had inherited a few...
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New Timepieces from Watches & Wonders 2015: Part 1
New timepieces from thirteen top watch brands are being debuted all this week at the third annual Watches & Wonders timepiece show in Hong Kong. Below we’ve selected just a few of the latest, most...
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Pre-Owned Spotlight With Govberg Jewelers
Govberg Jewelers is back for iW’s weekly Pre-Owned Spotlight series. This week has a focus on watches with a chronograph complication. Check out 10 more pre-owned timepieces from the Leading Watch...
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Fighting the Pull: A Brief History of the Anti-Magnetic Watch
In an interview last year, Omega president Stephen Urquhart told me that his company had researched the primary reasons why people bring their watches in for service. The number one reason by a huge...
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Dassault Flies High: The New Bell & Ross BR-03 Chronograph
Just before the famed Paris Air Show’s opening in June, Bell & Ross invited Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier and French Air Force Rafale Display pilot Capitaine Benoit “Tao” Planche to its Paris...
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