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Watches & Wonders 2023: Swisswatches’ Top Ten Watches for Chronograph Lovers

2023 is already proving to be a great year for chronographs. Whether technically revised, flaunting a new design, appearing as an anniversary model, or completely redeveloped, there really was something for everyone in the most popular category of mechanical wristwatches. This includes for the chronograph collectors among Swisswatches’ readers. Therefore, when our team came to…

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Watches & Wonders 2023: Swisswatches’ Top Ten Collector Watches

Honestly, we aren’t often ones for rankings, but after numerous questions from our fans online, on Instagram, alongside countless discussions during the fair, we can't seem to resist. We all want to know: what are the most important mechanical watch innovations to emerge from Watches and Wonders 2023? Sit back and enjoy a very personal…

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Oris ProPilot Altimeter – How an Altimeter Works in a Mechanical Watch

If you want to use an altimeter when mountaineering or hiking, you can of course do so with countless electronically operated gadgets. But it gets exciting when the display is built into a purely mechanical wristwatch. The watch manufacture Oris from Hölstein took on this challenge when it launched the ProPilot Altimeter, the world's first mechanical…

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Watches & Wonders 2023: Vacheron Constantin Celebrates The Retrograde Display

In a retrograde date display, the hand does not make a complete revolution of the dial, but passes through the measuring segment to then jump back to the starting point and begin again. Retrograde displays first appeared at Vacheron Constantin in the 1920s in pocket watches. It was not until 1940 that the manufacture produced…

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Watches & Wonders 2023: Tudor Novelties

This year, coinciding with the official press opening of the new Tudor manufacture, Tudor is introducing several new models to the following collections: the Black Bay, Black Bay 54 and Black Bay GMT, and Tudor Royal. As well as adding some new spins to the dials, Tudor is also treating us to new straps as…

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Watches & Wonders 2023: Rolex Highlights

Rolex's legendary Daytona celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. As a result, our anticipation was particularly high in the run-up to what the horology house would come up with to mark this important birthday. Now the secret is out. Rolex has fundamentally revised the model line, both visually and technically. Other highlights include the new…

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Watches & Wonders 2023: Cartier Tank Américaine and Tank Louis Cartier

In addition to the new Tank Normale introduced into Cartier's Privé series for collectors, the maison is also offering a number of new mechanical Tank watches for the general public. This includes the introduction of two Américaine models, alongside four Louis Cartier timepieces with distinctive and colourful dials. Tank Américaine Drawing inspiration from the original…

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Watches & Wonders 2023: Cartier Privé Tank Normale

Every year at Cartier, a rare new model joins the Privé collection – a line dedicated to the brand's watch collectors. Always special in terms of aesthetics and highly limited in its production numbers, the Privé watches are inevitably much-anticipated pieces. This year, the seventh special series is the Tank Normale. In a nod to…

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Watches & Wonders 2023: Cartier Santos de Cartier and Santos-Dumont Novelties

This year at Watches & Wonders, we are seeing a flurry of Santos-related action from Cartier. The maison is introducing no less than four new mechanical Santos de Cartier models and six new mechanical Santos Dumont models. One of these Santos de Cartier wristwatches is a stunning diamond-set skeletonised edition, while three of the Santos…

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