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Hands-On: The Omega Speedmaster X-33 'Skywalker'

Let's take a look at what happens when form really does follow function.

Seiko Digital Tuna Review (SBEP003): Field Testing the Fieldmaster

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The Spirit of Motor Racing: BR V2-94 Bellytanker Bronze

Nodus Announces the ‘Duality’ – a 40mm Dual-Crown 300M Diver

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Introducing the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Openworked Black Ceramic

Introducing: The Richard Mille RM 62-01 Tourbillon Vibrating Alarm

Forget Odell Beckham Jr. and camouflage compass watches with hydration tables, it is all about this wild new RM.

Hands-On: The Carl F. Bucherer Heritage Bicompax Annual

Two useful complications in a classically handsome package.

Happenings: The Horological Society Of New York To Hold Weekend Classes In San Francisco & Washington, D.C.

This next round will be hosted by Shreve & Co. and District Time.

Introducing: The Grand Seiko SBGA405 Godzilla 65th Anniversary Limited Edition

Godzilla meets fine watchmaking.

The Best Watch Winders You Can Buy

Hands-On: The Rado True Thinline Les Couleurs Le Corbusier

Rado's Thinline watches in a color palette by one of architecture's modern masters.

Ep. #143 Breaking The Bank and When To Do It…

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Ep. #141 Hangin’ On The Scottish Watches Podcast

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Watch Spotting: The Watches Of English Premier League Managers

Eight managers, eight watches, all fun and games.

Introducing: The TAG Heuer Monaco 1999-2009 Limited Edition

Tag Heuer's fourth installment in a five-part Monaco series.

Grand Seiko Expands its Ladies Collection with the STGK011/13

Grand Seiko has expanded its mechanical collection for ladies with two models in a distinctive new case.

Introducing the RM 62-01 Tourbillon Vibrating Alarm Airbus Corporate Jets

Introducing the Lange 1 Tourbillon “25th Anniversary”

Breaking News: The Henry Graves Jr. Patek Philippe Minute Repeater Is Up For Sale Again At Christie's Geneva

Some watches mean a lot more than others.

Introducing: The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M For The 50th Anniversary Of 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'

A dark horse Bond film gets a long overdue celebration.

Watches That Got The Most Wrist Time This Summer

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Introducing: The Richard Mille RM 50-04 Tourbillon Split-Seconds Chronograph Kimi Räikkönen Limited Editon

Formula One's Iceman gets an equally cool and complicated RM to call his own.

Photo Report: The Watches And Wheels Of The 2019 Goodwood Revival Meeting

No modern vehicles allowed.

Introducing the G-Shock Full Titanium GMW-B5000TB

Inside the Jean-Pierre Hagmann-Akrivia Case Workshop

A master case maker who retired in 2017, Jean-Pierre Hagmann is back in action, as a partner in Akrivia’s case-making workshop in Geneva. Now 78 years old, Mr Hagmann struck out on his own in 1984, starting a stellar career that would see him become a case maker for most of Switzerland’s best watchmakers. (For a detailed profile of Mr Hagmann, see my 2016 story.) His client list included establishment names like Audemars Piguet, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin, and of course, Patek Philippe, where he produced highly-regarded cases for its minute repeaters. In fact, Mr Hagmann was also responsible for the impressively complex case of the Star Calibre 2000, the uber-pocket watch Patek Philippe introduced to mark the new millennium. Mr Hagmann at work in the 1980s The Patek Philippe ref. 5029 minute repeater, which had a Hagmann case In the first half of his career, Mr Hagmann also worked with many of the up-and-coming stars of independent watchmaking of the 1980s and 1990s, including Franck Muller and Roger Dubuis. He produced the very first Cintree Curvex cases for Franck Muller, as well as the early cases for Roger Dubuis. Another of Mr Hagmann’s cases: the Franck Muller Cintree Curvex minute repeater with perpetual calendar, circa 1991 Three decades later, Mr Hagmann is back where he began. He’s joined forces with a rising star of independent watchmaking, Akrivia, whose founder, Rexhep Rexhepi, is just 32 years old. Though young, Rexhep grasps the impo...