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Watch Spotting: Custom Omega Speedmasters Head To Space On The Wrists of Barrier-Breaking Space-Travel Pioneer Wally Funk And Jeff Bezos
The Speedies were velcroed to the custom flight suits for a historic ten minutes.
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The Speedies were velcroed to the custom flight suits for a historic ten minutes.
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Laurent Lecamp is presiding over a period of innovation for the storied brand.
A toast to the weird and wonderful.
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After launching an instant classic in the Octo Finissimo, Guido Terreni walked away to take the reins of an independent marque. In his first interview atop his new brand, he explains the thinking that led him to Parmigiani Fleurier.
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A conversation with Chronoswiss founder Gerd-Rüdiger Lang.
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He's got a red-carpet-ready timepiece collection. And the perfect truck to drive them all around.
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In this week's column, we will be taking a look at some cool watches that we reckon are hihgky suitable for the summer season.
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The Habring2 Jumping Second combines myriad details to make a very elegant watch with a utilitarian touch that is both practical and minimalistic. And as Martin Green notes here, a new strap can make a big difference.
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The IWC Big Pilot’s Watch Constant-Force Tourbillon “IWC Racing” edition piques Joshua Munchow's interest thanks to its connection between time, flight, and mechanics. This latest iteration of the Big Pilot’s Watch Constant-Force Tourbillon is new for 2021 and provides an extremely attractive proposition for the historically minded pilot’s watch fan. Here Joshua explains why.
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Nestled in among the mountainous green forest overlooking the valley’s larger towns of Fleurier and Môtiers is one of the area’s historical attractions: a stone castle whose earliest sections were built in the early fourteenth century. Since its purchase in 2006, the Château de Môtiers has been fully renovated by Bovet owner Pascal Raffy and now serves as the brand's headquarters and assembly workshop.
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Breguet writing instruments round out the Swiss brand's elegant offerings with a style and grace similar to its timepieces, with many of the pens unabashedly borrowing stylistic attributes from the watch iconography. These writing instruments nestle into three collections: Tradition, Classique, and Reine de Naples, all in parallel with the watch collections of the same names. And they are a win in Nancy Olson's book!
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Gérald Genta’s spirit and legacy live on at Bulgari.
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Get excited: It's auction season.
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Talk about a double-header...
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It's a new role that will report directly to the CEO.
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With no travel for GaryG over the last COVID-19-restricted months, he has been grateful for opportunities to add variety by handling some of this year’s new watches. And recently Breitling lent Gary three of its new re-edition watches. He shares his thoughts and stunning photos of these new Breitling models here.
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An inside look at how this watch came to be.
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Strong stories and captivating histories constantly seduce watchmakers to create various special editions, and ballooning is one of those adventurous feats that has captured some horological imaginations. Here Jan Lidmaňský highlights a few watch brands that have floated through the sky, both literally and figuratively.
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Heads up, eyes out.
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With the Audemars Piguet 20th Century Complicated Wristwatches book as our map, Michael Friedman brings us through maison’s rich perpetual calendar lineage
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3 of these new models are cool... 1 is interesting. Orient is continuing to try and establish itself as an horological force post-2018 Epson acquisition and in light of their 70th Anniversary.
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In just a matter of weeks, nay, days, the Baselworld Group faces another shock exit by the brands under the LVMH Group - TAG Heuer, Hublot, Zenith and the House of Bvlgari.
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Ross Povey takes a look at the first results to be released during the COVID-19 shut down. And it’s not as depressed as you might expect.
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These new Orient Star references represent something totally new. What strikes me off the bat is that these are actually quite dressy divers in comparison to other Orient divers out there. There are no sharp edges - lots of curved angles with virtually no points. The aesthetics really are quite smooth.
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