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New Release: Grand Seiko Blue Ceramic Hi-beat GMT “Special” Limited Edition
This new SBGJ229G Ceramic Hi-Beat limited edition speaks of both the past and the future and does so in the spirit of the 9S caliber that it celebrates.
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Basel 2018: Oris - The Fourth Iteration
Oris’ manual-winding 10-day power-reserve movement now comes with a universally appealing GMT function in the Caliber 114.
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INTRODUCING: The Ulysse Nardin Marine Grand Deck Tourbillon in rose gold
Just one look at their anchor-shaped logo should be a clue to the centuries old maritime heritage of Ulysse Nardin. Their Marine collection, which has hoisted the sails for more than 20 years, was last year celebrated with the release of the mesmerisingly complicated Ulysse Nardin Marine Grand Deck Tourbillon. After all, UN aren’t only … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Ulysse Nardin Marine Grand Deck Tourbillon in rose gold appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Review: Lang & Heyne Johann
Today, we look at the Lang and Heyne Johann. This is one of Marco Lang’s earlier works with a simple three handed movement. The Johann uses Caliber I, which is the first caliber created by this brand. The Johann is available in six variants, and the one we had our extended hands-on session and whichRead More
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Future Classic: The 2017 Tudor Collection
Tudor embarks on a new phase of development by launching a trio of elegant Black Bay watches, one of which houses its first manufacture automatic chronograph caliber.
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LIST: 5 incredible skills mastered in Cartier’s Maison des Métiers d’Arts
Editor’s Note: Few brands can match the scope and scale of Cartier. The Parisian jewellery house offers everything from the popular and modern Juste un Clou collection through to some of the finest bespoke jewellery made. The same is true for their watch collections. Tanks and Ballon Bleus might be the order of the day, but … ContinuedThe post LIST: 5 incredible skills mastered in Cartier’s Maison des Métiers d’Arts appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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VIDEO: Ulysse Nardin 2017 collection overview and their impressive SIHH debut
Le Locle-based Ulysse Nardin made their debut showing at SIHH this year, and we have to say, they brought the heat. We’re used to brands showing us one or two major novelties, but it’s safe to say UN went far beyond that. From technical tourbillons and regatta timers through to stunning dress pieces, vintage reissues … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Ulysse Nardin 2017 collection overview and their impressive SIHH debut appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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HANDS-ON: 6 decades on and still going strong - the Piaget Altiplano 60th anniversary
Though Piaget has made a lot of noise in the past 12 months with the sporty steel Polo S, the undeniable heart of the collection is the ultra-slim and ultra-sexy Altiplano. Born in 1957 and named for the flat South American high plains, the Altiplano and the legendary caliber 9P that powered it, have become … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: 6 decades on and still going strong – the Piaget Altiplano 60th anniversary appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Review: The amazing Ulysse Nardin Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon
Full hands-on review of the UN Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon with in-depth analysis, high magnification and high resolution photographs.
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In conversation: Dieter Pachner, VP Sales of Glashütte Original
In conversation with Dieter Pachner VP Sales Glashütte Original chronographs caliber 37 GO watches
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Baselworld 2015: Zenith El Primero Sport
Zenith launches a new range of eye-catching models known as the El Primero Sport. They feature 45mm steel cases housing the famous El Primero 400 B high-speed automatic chronograph caliber. Let’s take a look. The case offers front and back sapphire crystals and 200-meter water resistance. The transparent caseback provides a view of the El […]
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Pre-Basel 2015: Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Deadbeat
Deadbeat seconds are popular this year, and the Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Deadbeat is an especially compelling example. Behind that beautiful dial, there’ s a new, patented caliber. The new Grande Seconde Deadbeat incorporates several subtle design elements. The Grande Seconde timepieces already featured, well, Grande Secondes. To place even greater emphasis on the seconds […]
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Pre-Basel 2015: Bulgari’s Sapphire Anniversary
Bulgari marks its 40th anniversary this year, and the celebration will kick off at Baselworld with the addition of sapphire blue dials for two of the brand’s signature pieces, the Bulgari Bulgari and Octo, each of which is powered by the in-house caliber BVL 191 Solotempo. The Bulgari Bulgari watch dates to 1977, and it […]
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TAG Heuer Announces “Postponement” Of CH 80 Carrera Movement Production
Above, TAG Heuer Carrera CH 80 as introduced at BaselWorld TAG Heuer has announced today that it will “postpone” production of its latest chronograph movement, the caliber CH 80, in order to “focus on” production of its cal. 1887, which is now referred to as the CH1887. “La Chaux-de-Fonds, June 5, 2014 – In order […]
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Piaget 900P: Cutting Edge
Basel Fair, 1957; Piaget stunned the world with the introduction of Caliber 9P. The importance of this movement for Piaget cannot be stressed enough. With a diameter of 20.5mm and a thickness of just 2mm it is not only one of the “founding fathers” of Piaget’s ultra-thin tradition, but it also provided Piaget’s designers the […]
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Piaget Upstream; The Almost Forgotten Steel Icon
Audemars Piguet has its Gerald Genta designed Royal Oak. A steel watch/steel bracelet model with automatic caliber which is highly praised by the watch incrowd. Patek Philippe has its counterpart, the Nautilus, also designed by Gerald Genta and sharing that same concept of a steel case / steel bracelet and automatic movement. Similarly, since 1978, […]
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New Piaget Exhibition In Geneva; Gold & Color
Gold & Color is the title of Piaget’s new exhibition in their Time Gallery. Two words that summarize a large portion of Piaget’s rich history. When Piaget wrote watchmaking history by introducing the 2mm thin manual wind caliber 9P in 1957, it was not about technical prowess, but much more about opening up a world […]
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Vincent Calabrese, Initiator of Golden Bridge Movement Signs With Corum
The “baguette” isn’t some fancy way of calling french bread loaves, to the mechanically inclined, it is the namesake of the oblong shape of baguette movements. Though the concept was first introduced in 1929 care of Jaeger-LeCoulture caliber 101, it was Corum who recently brought the movement back into popular consciousness thanks to a patent […]
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A closer look at Leica S2 with Summarit-S Makro: photographing the stunningly beautiful Debethune DB25T
Following up on my walkabout impressions of the quite remarkable Leica S2, here are some photographs I made in L’Atelier by The Hour Glass using my usual set-up. I have featured the Db25T before, it is a remarkable watch. I particularly love the jumping seconds hand, and the beautiful Caliber 2109 with the magnificent bridgeRead More
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Hands-on - The Superb Inverted Movement of the 39mm Minerva Unveiled Secret Limited Editions
Earlier this year, Minerva stepped out from the shadow of Montblanc to reclaim its independent, stand-alone branding and celebrated the occasion by releasing two limited editions of the Unveiled Secret. Presented in compact 39mm cases with wine-red accents and a new, inverted in-house monopusher chronograph calibre exposed in all its magnificence on the dial, rest […]
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Ressence: the belgian independent rewriting what a watch looks like
No crown, no hands, an oil-filled dial and a founder from industrial design. Ressence started in Antwerp in 2010 and just released its first fully in-house calibre. The whole story.
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Introducing - American Indie Watchmaker RGM Launches the Model 151 Snoopy Flying Ace
RGM Watch Company has never been a brand to chase trends or pop culture. Founded in 1992 by Roland G. Murphy in Pennsylvania, the brand has built its reputation on traditional watchmaking, producing around 400 watches annually while preserving crafts such as engine turning, movement decoration, and even in-house calibre production. Its latest release, however, […]
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Universal Genève is back, and the real headline is the Compax
Six new Compax references, a proper in-house Calibre UG-200 chronograph, and the panda + reverse-panda "Nina / Evil Nina" pairing everyone actually wanted. 39.5mm, column wheel, vertical clutch, 72-hour reserve. From CHF 15,500.
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In-Depth - The Urban Jürgensen UJ-1 Tourbillon, a Pocket Watch Masterpiece Reborn for the Wrist
When Urban Jürgensen returned in 2025 under the co-direction of Kari Voutilainen and Alex Rosenfield, three watches formed the inaugural collection. The UJ-2 introduced a time-only calibre with a double-wheel natural escapement; the UJ-3, an integrated perpetual calendar; while the UJ-1 Tourbillon 250th Anniversary Watch was meant to be the technical masterpiece for the return […]
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First Look - The New Czapek Antarctique with a Frozen Meteor Dial in Two Case Sizes
Launched in 2020, the Antarctique is Czapek’s distinctive take on the integrated luxury sports watch powered by the brand’s first in-house calibre. Although the Antarctique has embraced complications, the go-to model is the more straightforward time-only reference, often featuring textured dials, like the successful Passage de Drake editions. Following the Antarctique Green Meteor, Czapek proposes […]
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Hands On: Sylvain Pinaud Tourbillon
Independent watchmaker Sylvain Pinaud has introduced the Tourbillon, a watch that looks a lot like the brand’s sophomore Origine, but is in fact entirely different. The apparent similarity conceals an all-new calibre, which features a lively 30-second tourbillon front and centre. Mr Pinaud’s most ambitious project yet will be made in three 10-piece limited editions: one in titanium, and two in platinum. Initial thoughts Sylvain Pinaud is one of the few contemporary independent watchmakers who launched his eponymous brand with a complication before going back to basics with a time-only model. Launched in 2022, the Origine was well-suited to the prevailing taste for well-finished time-only watches. With Origine production in the rearview, Mr Pinaud has moved back in the direction of additional complexity with his first tourbillon. For fans of Sylvain Pinaud — and artisanal watchmaking in general — the well-executed Tourbillon leaves little room for complaint. That said, it’s liable to be criticised for the simple fast that it looks a lot like the Origine. Indeed, the two watches could hardly look more similar — a fact that limits the Tourbillon’s ‘shock and awe’ factor. At launch, I noted that the Tourbillon costs more than double that of the time-only Origine. That’s arguably a big ask relative to the additional complexity of the tourbillon regulator, but the cost basis is probably a moot point given collector appetite for independent watchmaking and the...
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First Look - The New 37mm Grand Seiko Spring Drive UFA Lake Suwa SLGB015
Back in April 2025, as the highlight of Watches and Wonders, Grand Seiko unveiled an important new duo of models for its Evolution 9 collection: the titanium SLGB003 and the platinum SLGB001. A new 37mm case, an unprecedented and appealing new dial texture, finally a micro-adjustment on the clasp and, most importantly, the launch of the new calibre 9RB2, also known […]
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Hands On: Christiaan van der Klaauw Venus Annual Calendar
Twenty years since the original Venus’s debut, Dutch independent Christiaan van der Klaauw (CVDK) upgrades the concept with the Venus Annual Calendar featuring a stellar automatic movement and an austere new “astronomical” dial. The Annual Calendar supplements the more traditional Venus Zodiac, which shares the same 38 mm case and upgraded base calibre. Initial thoughts The next generation of CVDK’s Venus comes in two flavours that act as foils to each other, pitched by the brand as representing astronomy and astrology. While the Zodiac variant is a familiar blue aventurine glass affair, much like the original Venus launched back in 2006, the instrument-like white Annual Calendar version is new to the Venus family. Western sun-sign astrology divides the sky into 30° slices, each named after a constellation such as Virgo or Scorpio, with whichever slice the sun occupies being the current sign. CVDK’s planetariums normally include both an annual calendar and the 12 signs of the zodiac, so dropping the latter might seem like a loss for an astronomical watch. The duo would make an ideal set, but are currently only solid individually. However, these popular sun-signs do not match the actual locations nor sizes of the constellations. For example, the slice marked ︎ for Cancer actually contains the Gemini constellation, while Sagittarius (︎) accommodates Sagittarius and Scorpio. In some ways, the zodiacs were just bloat, and separating the two makes both watches st...
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California Chronograph: J.N. Shapiro Unveils Infinity Series Radiant
California-based independent watchmaker J.N. Shapiro has unveiled the Infinity Series Radiant chronograph, the brand’s first complicated model available to the general public. Like the special order series released last year, the Radiant is built around a well-known La Joux-Perret monopusher calibre, but this time the watch features a tantalum case and choice of two dial configurations. Initial thoughts The Infinity Series is how it all started for J.N. Shapiro, and while the southern California-based watchmaker subsequently introduced the Resurgence — taking ‘made in America’ to the extreme — the Infinity Series makes use of third-party movements to make the brand’s inventive hand-turned guilloche dials more accessible. The Radiant chronograph takes after the 14-piece limited edition unveiled last year for the Boston-based ‘Escapement’ collector group. The Radiant is functionally identical, using the same La Joux-Perret cal. 5000 monopusher chronograph movement. But while the Escapement chronograph featured a movement that had been customised for fellow Alternative Horological Alliance (AHA) member Ming, the Radiant gets its own anthracite-coated livery complete with the brand’s ‘infinity weave’ logo. The movement itself has its own interesting backstory, but the handmade dials and weighty tantalum case do more to help justify the pricing of US$35,900. By the standards of mass market watchmaking this is a steep ask for a straightforward complication,...
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New: Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Tech
Blancpain releases the new Fifty Fathoms Tech (Ref. 5019A 12B30 94A), featuring the world-first 3-hour bezel complication now in a non-limited production model. It adds a date function and new tool-free interchangeable strap system to the patented 3-hour bezel first introduced on the 2023 Gombessa limited edition, powered by the in-house Calibre 13P5A with 120-hourRead More