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Titanium Treasures: Corum’s contemporary Ti-Bridge underlines the firm’s five-decade influence on Swiss watch design…. High Fives: Our editors show you five of their favorite watches as seen at the recent BaselWorld…. Basel Review: Complications A look at new complicated timepieces as seen in Basel…. Faces Revealed: Vacheron Constantin unveils its final set of primitive masks…. Racing Rotor: Carl F. Bucherer finally makes a case for its innovative in-house movement that features a patented peripheral oscillating weight…. Pierre Kunz Gets Vertigo: Long known for his facility with hands that snap back to zero, Pierre Kunz unveils the first-ever linear retrograde hour display….
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Beating Hearts: Frédérique Constant’s “accessible luxury” expands in the United States at just the right time…. Power Play A look at classic and contemporary power reserve displays. …Under the Loupe: An Afternoon with George Daniels: The famed watchmaker looks back on some of the momentous points of his career…. Dutch Instruments: Van der Gang Watches machines all its cases and soon will produce an in-house perpetual calendar…. Skeleton Crew: Armin Strom, known for creating stunning skeleton movements, is now a board member for the brand that bears his name.
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The Non-Stop Maverick: Richard Mille’s new round dive tourbillon is anything but conventional… Marktplatz: In Basel, the square in the center of town is called the Marktplatz. We’ve renamed our usual Market feature this month to make way for this extended showcase of early BaselWorld 2009 debuts. …Barack Obama’s Watches: Many watch brands enter into contracts with well-known ambassadors. Far fewer watches have been chosen by U.S. Presidents. This is a tale of two such watches….The iW Guide: Moonphase Watches: Do you wax and wane when considering lunar dials? Here’s a selection that will brighten all your horizons, day or night…. Wrist Racing: With personalized chronographs and a love of motor sports, BRM captures the spirit of the road—and the atelier….Redesigning Time: Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps (MCT) meshes digital displays with mechanical ingenuity…. Frenchmen and the Moon: If Louis Moinet ever met Jules Verne in nineteenth-century Paris, they might have together come up with these two new models.
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CleanAir: Florida-based AirNautic focuses on clean 24-hour dials and easy-to-read day/night displays… Marktplatz: We offer you an extra day at the market with an expanded preview of watches debuting at BaselWorld…. 125 Years of Breitling: This independent Swiss brand has forged a close connection with chronograph enthusiasts, pilots, and fans of aviation. Those bonds will grow stronger this year as the firm unveils a new in-house chronograph caliber…. Big & Limited: IWC honors the man who wrote “The Little Prince” with a Big Pilot’s Watch…. Aeronautic Adventures: Strap Up and Take Off Here are five ways to fly and indulge the bond between aviation and timepieces.
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Ahead of the Curve: Mechanical renaissance pioneer Gerd-R Lang revs the engines at Chronoswiss as it relaunches in the U.S. with new products, new headquarters and a new director in North America…. Bone Doctors: Engravers and movement designers create skeletonized art that also keeps time….iW Guide: Skeleton Watches… Wrist Spacecraft: At URWERK Felix Baumgartner tweaks timekeeping’s traditions, rearranging long-held knowledge into high-tech horology…. Silicon Specialties: With its pioneering research into silicon, Ulysse Nardin is clearing a path to the future of movement technology…. Eastern Artistry: With its own style of haute horlogerie, Seiko may be the most diverse watch manufacturer on the planet…. Art Gallery: Young designer Rubin Douglas treats his dials like a canvas on loan to local talent.
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Polo Position: Celebrating three decades of Polo, Piaget creafts the iconic case design in titanium... Technical Tradition: With its own foundry, Rolex creates alloys for superiour cases and hairsprings... Time for Bond: Part 1 (1962-1979) A look at the early James Bond Films and the wrist wear that helped save the world—several times
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Swiss Custom: Vacheron Constantine's Quai de I'lle is the first highly secure luxury timepiece. And it's made to order... Triggering a New Tourbillon: From La Chaux-de-Fonds, an exclusive look at the new Graham Chronofighter Trigger Tourbillograph... Gong Show:
An in-depth look how chiming timers work—and why
making a minute repeater is like climbing Mt. Everest.
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Time Writers: Montblanc’s premiere in-house movement
is a chronograph that recalls the very first elapsed time recorder—which required ink... Charted Territory: Vacheron Constantin’s latest Explorer editions commemorate Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus... The iW Guide: Square Watches: Put four corners on your wrist to round off your collection...
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Oceans Seven: Parmigiani Fleurier sails the seas with
yacht-maker Pershing. The result: Sporty models and two new calibers... The Legend of Valjoux: A look at the birth, near death, and subsequent demand for the calibers made by this storied movement maker... The Office: Take a presidential journey through time at a special election-year exhibit at the National Watch and Clock Museum. But hurry—it’s gone on January 1st...
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Full Speed Ahead: From its early success with the TV Screen to today’s racing partners and in-house focus, JeanRichard accelerates on its own terms... Guardian Of Time: Besançon Observatory, an integral atomic timekeeper, re-establishes watch testing. Leveraging the New Escapements: An in-depth look at what makes a watch tick and what a few watchmakers are devising to make this heart of the timepiece more efficient.
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