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It launched in 1996 with a US MSRP of €395, but most buyers paid closer to €185-250 for years. Discontinued in 2019, now the J-market version trades at €800+. The SKX007 is the mechanical watch a whole generation of collectors started with, and it deserves a proper look back.
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The Dial Artist brings hand-painted colour to Christopher Ward's The Twelve, and the result is one of the most visually striking affordable watches of the year
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Every serial-obsessed Rolex conversation starts here: the reference number tells you the era, and the era tells you the spec. Acrylic vs sapphire, aluminium vs Cerachrom, tritium vs Chromalight, and why the 5-digit refs are the sweet spot most collectors quietly agree on.
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500 pieces, a COSC-certified true GMT, and one very lucky buyer flying to Ayada Maldives Resort
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More colors, a reshaped case, and a movement upgrade, the 02Series Gen 2 fixes almost everything the original left on the table
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Datejust 36, Explorer 36, Black Bay 36, Tudor Royal 36, Constellation 36, Cartier Santos Medium, JLC Master Ultra Thin 36, Longines Conquest Heritage, NOMOS Tangente 35, Grand Seiko SBGW291.
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The iconic Opus gets a warm makeover with a two-tone steel and red gold case and a skeletonised dial inspired by desert dusk
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Swatch's plastic Royal Oak needs an actual strap the moment you get it home. Here are the four makers doing colour-matched integrated-lug Royal Pop straps in leather, rubber, canvas and everything else. Prices, colour ranges, quality, and which to buy per watch reference.
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IWC's compact 35mm Ingenieur gets a summer-ready Pool blue dial with the familiar grid pattern. Cal. 47110 automatic (Cartier 1847 MC base), 100m water-resistance, integrated steel bracelet. €11,100, part of the permanent collection.
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No press release, no lifestyle campaign, just a fresh reference on Omega's website. The new Speedmaster Moonshine gold with the green step dial gets Moonshine gold subdials with an azurage pattern and a slightly thinner case. Cal. 3861 Master Chronometer, ~€45,100.
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One Swiss surprise with a hand-painted island dial, one Seiko you can lose in a beach bag, one G-Shock for pool days, and eight more in between. Ten watches to actually enjoy on holiday, from €91 to €8,100.
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A softer, slightly retro personality for the 39mm Carrera Chronograph Glassbox. Warm sand dial, anthracite azuré counters, cal. TH20-00 with an 80-hour reserve, and only 500 pieces heading exclusively to European boutiques.
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Sister-brand divers, different price tiers, the same factory. BB58 at €3,910 vs the Submariner 124060 at ~€10,500.
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From a €120 flag-themed G-Shock all the way up to a €9k Omega Spectre, here are seven watches that hit the red-white-blue brief without looking like a costume. Steel Pepsi Rolexes, patriotic Hamilton chronographs and a Fossil that shows up to every cookout.
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Bell & Ross just dropped a helicopter-yellow ceramic BR-03, Breitling did a Tour de France Top Time in Merckx yellow, Tudor scaled the Bumblebee Chrono down to 39mm. Yellow dials, yellow bezels, yellow rubber. Here's why summer belongs to yellow watches this year.
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Why Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, and Vacheron Constantin sit alone at the top of the watch hierarchy, why Rolex isn't in the conversation, and which of the three is the right buy depending on what you actually care about.
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The Ultra-Cermet sports chronograph returns in a Mineral Blue colorway that's hard to ignore
Buying guide
Tissot PRX Powermatic 80, Hamilton Khaki Auto 38, G-Shock GMW-B5000, Tudor Black Bay 58, Citizen Tsuyosa, Seiko SPB143, Frederique Constant Hybrid HSW, Tissot T-Touch, Christopher Ward C63, Hamilton Khaki Aviation.
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The Balancier gets a serious upgrade, and a new designation that could define how Greubel Forsey talks about quality from here on out.
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Light blue and marigold on a full-titanium case, with carbon and a limited-edition badge. TAG Heuer's Gulf collab just got very serious.
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Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical, Tissot PRX Powermatic 80, Hamilton Intra-Matic, Seiko 5 GMT, CW C60 Trident, Orient Bambino, Baltic HMS, Mido Ocean Star, Tissot Visodate, Steinhart Ocean One.
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Genta-original IWC Ingenieur, VC Overseas, Lange Odysseus, Czapek Antarctique, down to the Tissot PRX. Integrated bracelets without the AP queue.
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Champagne, blue, and grey join an updated case, making the Scalegraph Baltic's most refined chronograph yet
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A quartet of new releases, one returning collector favorite, and a date that matters more than most anniversaries in watchmaking.
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Blancpain shrinks its ultra-thin dress watch to 38mm and debuts a first-ever sunburst salmon dial for the Villeret line
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Integrated-bracelet sport at €6,400 vs €725. Master Chronometer vs Powermatic 80; the budget-tier vs the standard-tier decision.
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Nine new references, a better bracelet, and the Spring Drive UFA making its way into classic Evo9 cases. Here's what actually changed.
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The prism-display jump-hour gets a blacked-out treatment and some much-needed low-light legibility
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California's most interesting independent brings its first complication to the open market, wrapped in tantalum
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A boutique-exclusive drop pairs Maen's slimmest integrated-bracelet watch with a blue fumé Côtes de Genève dial that punches well above its price.
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