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TAG Heuer Marks Carrera’s 50th Anniversary
TAG Heuer marked the 50th anniversary of its flagship Carrera collection last week in Geneva as a number of premier watch brands presented their 2013 novelties at the annual Salon …
Black-Tie Time
’Tis the season when your social calendar fills with holiday festivities that demand dressing up. Such formal occasions call for refined watches with traditional flair that embody …
Hublot and Arturo Fuente Light Up a Limited Edition
Earlier this month in the Dominican Republic, Arturo Fuente and Hublot celebrated an unusual partnership to commemorate the premier cigarmaker's centennial this year. The …
Louis Vuitton's New Tambour Voyagez II Watch Evokes 1970s Racers
This year, Louis Vuitton marks its 10th anniversary in mechanical watchmaking with a number of special edition Tambour watches, the brand's flagship model. Following five regatta …
Harry Winston Opus 12
At a glance, you may see in the Harry Winston Opus 12 a conventional watch and wonder what you’re spending your $270,300 for, but a closer inspection reveals an ingenious time …
Boating Watches
When the English carpenter and clockmaker John Harrison invented the marine chronometer in 1735, the point was to solve the problem of calculating longitude at sea. A navigator …
Vintage Pilot Watches
The story goes that in 1904 the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont complained to his friend Louis Cartier about the inconvenience of using a pocket watch while …
The Mighty Oak of Watches
In 1972, moviegoers lined up to see The Godfather, Don McLean’s American Pie topped the song charts, and the late Gerald Genta designed the Royal Oak for Audemars Piguet. The …
Modern Skeletons
Skeleton watches—timepieces that reveal the intricate tangle of cocks, bridges and wheels of a mechanical movement—have been around for centuries. The difference today is that, …
