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Panerai Radiomir 1936

Panerai Radiomir 1936

You aren't a Navy frogman—and you don't play one on TV—but when you're deep-sea fishing off Nantucket Island, reef diving in the Caribbean or attempting to ice bodacious waves on …

April 1, 2007
Parmigiani Fleurier

Parmigiani Fleurier

Michel Parmigiani has been making watches for 30 years. To celebrate the anniversary, Parmigiani is releasing two extraordinary skeletonized watches: the Kalpa XL Hebdomadaire …

February 1, 2007
Audemars Piguet Millenary

Audemars Piguet Millenary

If you were to group Audemars Piguet with brands like Rolex and Paneria that have built their reputation on sports watches, you wouldn't be far off. Signature Audemars Piguet …

December 1, 2006
Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Collection Cinq&Cinq

Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Collection Cinq&Cinq

How does a watchmaker improve on one of its best-selling watch models? If you're Maurice Lacroix, you give it more "cinq." Or, as the Cinq&Cinq name suggests, you take five and …

October 1, 2006
Hublot Big Bang

Hublot Big Bang

Since introducing its classic porthole design in 1980, Hublot has earned the reputation for turning understated rubber-strapped watches from cheap to chic. Its latest, the Big …

August 1, 2006
IWC Portuguese F.A. Jones

IWC Portuguese F.A. Jones

It isn't very often you find a major Swiss watch-making company paying tribute to its American roots. That's because none of them have American roots. None, that is, except IWC, …

June 1, 2006
Carl F. Bucherer Patravi Travel Tec CMT

Carl F. Bucherer Patravi Travel Tec CMT

Carl F. Bucherer's first influx of watches into the United States came in 1945-on the wrists of American GIs returning from the Second World War with the Swiss timepieces-but it …

April 1, 2006
TCM Air First 55 H.H. Pelican

TCM Air First 55 H.H. Pelican

It takes a big man to wear a monster watch. But it takes a bigger man, with a bigger monster watch, to laugh at that man. So what happens when the one you're wearing can't make …

February 1, 2006
Patek Philippe Calatrava

Patek Philippe Calatrava

It's hard to think of another watchmaker with a finer pedigree for craftsmanship than the Geneva-based Patek Philippe. With an annual production of about 30,000 watches, the …

December 1, 2005

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