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CAST IN THE SAME MOULD
A look at how Chanel's capsule Couture O'Clock collection pays tribute to founder Coco Chanel's haute couture legacy
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Watches for Women 2024
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Tiny Triumph
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 101 is the smallest mechanical movement in the world, and it has revolutionised luxury watches for women
7 min |
Watches for Women 2024
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ROCKS OF AGES
Since it was launched in 1969, the diamond-studded L'Heure du Diamant line by Chopard has showcased the brand's extensive jewellery and watchmaking capabilities. The latest novelties in this line are only taking things further.
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Watches for Women 2024
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Titan Of The Depths
Rolex's first titanium the Deepsea watch Challenge-is water resistant to a record-setting depth of 11,000 metres. How does the 50mm model fit into everyday life?
7 min |
July - September 2024
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SMOOTH TURN
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Chronograph is based on a model from 1996. The mechanical watch renaissance at that time saw the launch of a newly developed integrated chronograph with a special series of hand-wound complications. Its successor is available in rose gold with a black dial or in stainless steel with a blue-grey dial, the version we examine in this story.
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July - September 2024
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"The combination of the playfulness of a story, high jewellery, and haute horology is a keystone element for the creation of our watches."
While it is natural for brands with expertise in jewellery making to extend design and gem-setting techniques to their timepieces, Van Cleef & Arpels has added an edge of story-telling to the mix. Over the past 18 years, the brand has established and builtits Poetic Complications line, which, as the name suggests, lends a playful, romantic edge to its complications with animation that brings alive every dial, so much so that timekeeping almost tends to take a step back in them. In 2022, this was personified by the Lady Arpels Heures Florales watch, where the hours were told by counting the number of opened flowers on the dial, while the minutes were indicated on the side of the case. Last year, the brand unveiled Lady Féerie, in which the hands of a fairy point to the (retrograde) minutes while jumping hours appears in a window at 6 o’clock.
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July - September 2024
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THE CITIZEN HAS ARRIVED
The Japanese giant is expanding its global footprint of higher end watches
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July - September 2024
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OLD FLAMES
In conversation with author, archivist, historian, and collector Aashdin Billimoria about his new book, A Comprehensive Guide to Vintage Swiss Watches, which features his personal collection
8 min |
July - September 2024
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The Master of Mechanical Magic
How Andreas Strehler's passion for a good challenge has led to the most ingenious watches
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July - September 2024
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FORWARD MARCH
Since it opened three years ago, the Tudor Manufacture and the Kenissi movementmaking facility next door have gone a long way to give Tudor independence and a stronger identity. WatchTime India visited the state-of-the-art facilities...
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July - September 2024
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REBEL WITH A CAUSE
'Vandalising' vintage watches and creating new ones with a quirky yet thoughtful narrative-meet Romaric André, the creative force behind seconde/seconde/
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July - September 2024
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Person of Interest
From picking watchmaking as a hobby to transitioning into a full-time watchmaker working on commissioned pieces, the self-taught Aditya Sambhare has come a long way
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July - September 2024
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Travelling the Horological Silk Road Between Switzerland And China
How outsourcing the production of components for Swiss watch brands has influenced China's own watch industry
7 min |
July - September 2024
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INTERVIEW WITH ALAIN VILLARD, CEO OF SWATCH
I believe the pressure on Swatch brand has always been there. Let’s not forget, the group is called ‘Swatch Group’, and that means people automatically have more expectations of a brand that saved the entire watch industry in the ‘80s.
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July - September 2024
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DEEP INSIDE THE CREATIVE SYSTEM OF SWATCH
In February, WatchTime got to see Swatch's ultra-modern Sistem51 production in Boncourt and talk with the brand's CEO about the power of ideas, collaborations, and sustainability, shortly before the launch of the Omega x Swatch ‘Mission to the Moonphase' MoonSwatch in March 2024
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July - September 2024
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Bright Idea
In a technological breakthrough, Panerai's new Submersible Elux Lab-ID combines electric fields with a mechanical movement for a powerful luminescence
5 min |
July - September 2024
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Pure and Simple
After reaching several milestones in its relatively young journey, Frederique Constant is now packing a punch with its newest entry-level offering, the updated Classic Date Manufacture
6 min |
July - September 2024
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In its Prime
As Breitling turns 140 this year, we speak to CEO Georges Kern on the brand’s legacy, and how it continues to cater to watch enthusiasts and collectors
6 min |
July - September 2024
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SAVING THE DAY
Bovet Fleurier SA has created a world timer that takes Daylight Saving Time into consideration, combined with a roller system display that allows travellers to calibrate their watch to any of the 24 global time zones. Meet the Récital 28 'Prowess 1'.
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July - September 2024
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HIGH TIME
All the conversation starters we loved at Watches and Wonders 2024
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July - September 2024
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Looking Back to Move Forward
Three neo-vintage Patek Philippe references that every watch collector should consider
4 min |
July - September 2024
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Bigger, Better
Watch Time India partnered with Ethos Limited for the launch of its biggest boutique in the country, in Kochi
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July - September 2024
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New in India
Swiss luxury multi-brand retailer TimeVallée has launched its physical boutiques in India
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July - September 2024
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Liftoff
With the Apogee Karman Line, Bangalore Watch Company has become the first Indian watch brand to test a wristwatch in space
2 min |
July - September 2024
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Creative Angle
The Long Island timepiece by Franck Muller was introduced in the year 2000 as a three-hand watch and featured a rounded rectangular case celebrating the Art Deco era.
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July - September 2024
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Iconic
Vacheron Constantin unveiled Les Cabinotiers - The Berkley Grand Complication, the most complicated watch ever created with 63 complications, surpassing their previous record of 57 in the Reference 57260 in 2015. Designed for billionaire William R. Berkley, this watch incorporates a Chinese calendar programmed until 2200.
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