breitling navitimer ref 806 from 1959 reedition

Baselworld 2019: Breitling Navitimer Ref. 806 1959 Re-Edition

After the recently launched Premier, Georges Kern continues to hold on to the rich heritage of BREITLING strongly. So strong, that now a 60-year-old watch was re-editioned almost unchanged. You don’t get to see that very often in the watch industry, in which brands indeed regularly introduce new interpretations of older models, but rarely present…

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longines heritage watches

A short journey back in time with Longines Heritage Collection

Charles A. Lindberg might have been the most prominent pilot, who trusted the know-how of watch brand Longines in the 1930s, which earned reputation in the field of aviation already from the very start. Their pilot watches distinguished themselves due to the rotating inner disc, which enabled the pilots to synchronize their watch with the…

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breguet tourbillon messidor ref 5335

Breguet – Master of Tourbillons

While visiting the Breguet manufacture in Vallée de Joux some weeks ago, we certainly didn’t want to miss the movement assembly Atelier where the Maison’s tourbillon complications come alive. It was Abraham-Louis Breguet who invented this regulator over 200 years ago and the manufacture today is the world’s biggest producer. They have seven tourbillon families…

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patek philippe nautilus ref 5726 1a 014

Baselworld 2019: The most important Patek Philippe Novelties

According to company documents, Thierry Stern, Patek Philippe president still today tests all minute repeaters himself before they leave the manufacture. And to Stern, it’s not work but pure passion and pleasure. Patek Philippe has gained a special reputation in this field, not least by showing their savoir-faire with the ‘Grandmaster Chime’ from 2014 with…

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rolex gmt master ll 126710 BLNR

Baselworld 2019: The Three Most Important Rolex Novelties

GMT-Master II Ref. 126710BLNR Last year, Rolex caused a small sensation with the return of the GMT-Master II ‘Pepsi’ (Ref. 126710 BLRO) and its long-awaited steel version. Will the brand score another coup with an unexpected novelty this year? There is no need – why should they not built upon a reliable product and instead…

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audemars piguet royal oak jumbo extra thin 15202BC sihh 2019

Our Top 12 Watches of SIHH 2019

An exciting and inspiring week comes to an end. We saw double moons, a candy-shop full of colourful timepieces and a Lamborghini for the wrist. We found out, that you can practice sustainable watchmaking with recycled PET bottles, that a power reserve of 65 days (world record) is possible and that a new trend colour…

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jaquet droz loving butterfly automaton

Blinded By Love – Jaquet Droz Loving Butterfly Automaton

At the time when Pierre Jaquet-Droz was born in 1721, the golden age for automatons just started. The engineer Jacques de Vaucanson enchanted the people with his ‘mechanical duck’, made of more than 400 moving components and able to move its wings, chatter and sip water. The young watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz was fascinated by this…

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breguet marine equation marchante 5887

Keeping The Sun In Sight – Breguet Marine Équation Marchante 5887

At a time when the battleship Royal Louis of the French Royal Navy had to fight for its nation’s defence in the 18th century, its crew had to rely on precise navigation tools to calculate their position. They used marine chronometers – also called longitudinal clocks – because the determination of the longitude on the sea…

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roger dubuis excalibur huracan performante

SIHH 2019: Roger Dubuis and Lamborghini Present New Excalibur Models

It is pitch dark, suddenly two burning tyres start spinning whilst spraying sparks as if the rubber would have burned down to the rim. A signal-red needle accelerates over and over and provokes the howling of an engine. When it turns light, it’s not the animation of a sportscar as you would have expected, but…

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vacheron constantin traditionnelle twin beat perpetual calendar

SIHH 2019: Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Twin Beat Perpetual Calendar

Sometimes the most simple ideas eventually lead to the greatest changes. At this years watch fair SIHH 2019, the oldest watch manufacture in the world, Vacheron Constantin surprises with a new power reserve technique that appears to be fairly simple, but is extremely complicated in its mechanical implementation. Neat crafting – the 480 components fit into…

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