N E W M o d e l - Parmigiani Fleurier Kalparisma

January 28, 2020, 7:55 am

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The case, in 18kt white gold, measures 42.5mm x 30.1mm x 15mm. It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back, and it is water resistant to 30 meters. It is set with 665 diamonds (2.98 carats). Crown set with a briolette cut diamond (0.17carats).





Movement is the Swiss automatic Parmigiani Fleurier in-house caliber PF342 with 28 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 55 hours. It is COSC-certified as a chronometer. It features beveled bridges, circular graining plate, and Côtes de Genève decoration. 22kt gold Grain d'Orge decorated rotor.





The dial is made of 714 diamonds (1.9 carats). Delta-shaped skeletonized hands.



It comes on a black Hermes alligator leather strap with an 18kt white gold pin buckle set with 112 diamonds.



MSR is $119,800.

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N E W M o d e l - Certina DS Super PH500M Orange

January 29, 2020, 5:41 am

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Special Edition



The case, in stainless steel, measures 43mm. It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal and it is water resistant to 500 meters. Aluminium turning bezel. Engraved caseback with the logo of the German diving association VDST.



Movement is the Swiss automatic ETA caliber Powermatic 80 with 25 jewels, 21,600 vph and a power reserve of 80 hours. It features a Nivachron balance spring.



The orange dial has SuperLuminova hands and markers.

It comes on a black rubber strap with quick release and a steel buckle. An additional NATO strap is included.

MSRP is 895 Swiss Francs. Available June 2020.

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N E W M o d e l - MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual

January 29, 2020, 6:22 am

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Limited Edition

First launched in 2015, the LM Perpetual has been crafted since in red gold, platinum, white gold and titanium. A new 18kt yellow gold case with blue face now joins the series: a limited edition of 25 pieces.



Beginning with a blank sheet of paper, MB&F and independent Irish watchmaker Stephen McDonnell have completely reinvented that most traditional of horological complications: the perpetual calendar. The result is Legacy Machine Perpetual, featuring a visually stunning in-house movement developed from the ground up to eliminate the drawbacks of conventional perpetual calendars.

LM Perpetual features a fully integrated 581-component caliber − no module, no base movement − with a revolutionary new system for calculating the number of days in each month. And it holistically reinterprets the aesthetics of the perpetual calendar by placing the full complication on dial-free display underneath a spectacular suspended balance.

The fully integrated, purpose-built movement of Legacy Machine Perpetual has been designed from scratch for trouble-free use: no more skipping dates or jamming gears, and the adjuster pushers automatically deactivate when the calendar changes.



Traditional perpetual calendar mechanisms use a 31-day month as the default and basically "delete" superfluous dates for the months with fewer days by fast-forwarding through the redundant dates during changeover. A traditional perpetual calendar changing from February 28 to March 1 scrolls quickly through the 29th, 30th and 31st to arrive at the 1st.

LM Perpetual turns the traditional perpetual calendar system on its head by using a "mechanical processor" instead of the conventional space-consuming grand levier (big lever) system architecture. The mechanical processor utilises a default 28-day month and adds extra days as required. This means that each month always has the exact number of days required; there is no fast-forwarding or skipping redundant days. And while the leap year can only be set on traditional perpetual calendars by scrolling through up to 47 months, LM Perpetual has a dedicated quickset pusher to adjust the year.



Using an innovative system developed especially for Legacy Machine Perpetual, the subdials appear to "float" above the movement with no visible attachments. The skeletonised subdials rest on hidden studs, which is technically impossible with traditional perpetual calendar mechanisms because they would block the movement of the grand levier.

"I call perpetual calendars boomerang watches because they come back for repair so often," says Maximilian Büsser. "The mechanisms jam, block, break, or jump days when they shouldn't."
 
Technical Specifications:
The case, in 18kt yellow gold, measures 44mm x 17.5mm. It has double AR-coated sapphire crystals and it is water resistant to 30 meters.



Movement is a Swiss manual-wind MB&F in-house caliber with 41 jewels, 18,000 vph and a power reserve of 3 days. Fully integrated perpetual calendar developed for MB&F by Stephen McDonnell, featuring dial-side complication and mechanical processor system architecture with inbuilt safety mechanism. Manual winding with double mainspring barrels. Bespoke 14mm balance wheel with traditional regulating screws visible on top of the movement. Superlative hand finishing throughout respecting 19th century style; internal bevel angles highlighting hand craft; polished bevels; Geneva waves; hand-made engravings. Functions are: hours, minutes, day, date, month, retrograde leap year and power reserve indicators.

Legacy Machine Perpetual uses a patent-pending "mechanical processor" consisting of a series of superimposed disks. This revolutionary processor takes the default number of days in the month at 28 because, logically, all months have at least 28 days and then adds the extra days as required by each individual month. This ensures that each month has exactly the right number of days. There is no "skipping over" redundant days, so there is no possibility of the date jumping incorrectly.

Using a planetary cam, the mechanical processor also enables quicksetting of the year so that it displays correctly in the four-year leap year cycle, whereas traditional perpetual calendar mechanisms require the user to scroll through up to 47 months to arrive at the right month and year.

Doing away with the calendar's big lever has allowed for completely new aesthetics not possible when conventional systems are in use. MB&F's mechanical processor enables the center of the complication to be used, thereby saving space and allowing design freedom as the full dial is no longer necessary.

Legacy Machine Perpetual takes advantage of its fully integrated movement to place the perpetual calendar mechanism on top of the movement main plate so that it can be appreciated from above. Legibility is often an issue with perpetual calendars due to the sheer number of indications, and LM Perpetual addresses this by using skeletonised subdials (except for the time indication) that appear to float above the complication with no apparent support from below.

It comes on a black hand-stitched alligator leather strap with a gold folding buckle.



Friends responsible for LM Perpetual
Concept: Maximilian Büsser / MB&F
Product design: Eric Giroud / Through the Looking Glass
Technical and production management: Serge Kriknoff / MB&F
Movement design and finish specifications: Stephen McDonnell and MB&F
Movement development: Stephen McDonnell and MB&F
R&D: Ruben Martinez, Simon Brette and Thomas Lorenzato / MB&F
Wheels, pinions, movement, axis component: Paul-André Tendon / Bandi, Daniel Gumy / Decobar, Le Temps Retrouvé and Swiss Manufacturing
Balance wheel bridge and plates: Benjamin Signoud / AMECAP
Balance wheel: Andréas Kurt / Precision Engineering
Balance spring: Stefan Schwab / Schwab-Feller
Bridges: Rodrigue Baume / HorloFab
Perpetual calendar parts: Alain Pellet / Elefil
Hand-engraving of movement: Glypto and Eddy Jaquet
Hand-finishing of movement: Jacques-Adrien Rochat and Denis Garcia / C-L Rochat
PVD-treatment: Pierre-Albert Steinmann / Positive Coating
Movement assemblage: Didier Dumas, Georges Veisy, Anne Guiter, Emmanuel Maitre, and Henri Porteboeuf / MB&F
After-Sales service: Thomas Imberti / MB&F
In-house machining: Alain Lemarchand and Jean-Baptiste Prétot / MB&F
Quality Control: Cyril Fallet / MB&F
Case: Alain Lemarchand and Jean-Baptiste Prétot / MB&F
Gold ingots CoC ( Chain of Custody) : Nathalie Guilbaud / Cendres et Métaux
Case decoration : Bripoli
Dial: Hassan Chaïba and Virginie Duval / Les Ateliers d'Hermès Horloger
Buckle: G&F Chatelain and Nathalie Guilbaud / Cendres et Métaux
Crown and correctors: Cheval Frères
Hands: Isabelle Chillier / Fiedler
Sapphire crystals: Martin Stettler / Stettler
Strap: Multicuirs
Presentation box: Olivier Berthon / SoixanteetOnze
Production logistics: David Lamy and Isabel Ortega / MB&F



Other versions of the Legacy Machine Perpetual are available in platinum, 18kt white or rose gold, or in titanium. All are limited editions.



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N E W M o d e l - Oris Carysfort Reef Gold

January 30, 2020, 5:27 am

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Limited Edition of 50 Pieces

Oris announces a new limited edition diver's watch and its first in solid gold, produced in support of Coral Restoration Foundation as it reaches a significant milestone.

Oris is delighted to announce the Carysfort Reef Limited Edition, the second limited edition diver's watch made in partnership with Coral Restoration Foundation, the world's leading coral restoration organisation. By the end of this year, the foundation will have outplanted over 30,000 corals on Florida's Carysfort Reef, a golden moment Oris is proud to join it in celebrating.



Technical Specifications:
The case, in 18kt yellow gold, measures 43.5mm. It has a domed AR-coated sapphire crystal, a diving bezel with black and blue ceramic insert and laser-engraved 24-hour scale. The solid gold caseback has a sapphire crystal inlay decorated with the limited edition number and a special motif. It is water resistant to 300 meters.



Movement is the Swiss automatic Oris caliber 798 (base Sellita SW 330-1) with 28 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours. Functions are: hours, minustes, seconds, date, and 24 hour GMT complication.

The gradient blue dial has SuperLuminova gilded hands and markers. 24-hour timezone central indicator.

It comes on a 24mm blue leather strap with rubber coating and 18kt yellow gold pin buckle.

MSRP is 17,900 Swiss Francs. Available April 2020. It comes in a special wooden presentation box.

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N E W M o d e l s - Grand Seiko 60th Anniversary Limited Editions

January 31, 2020, 5:06 am

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In the late 1950's, a small team of Seiko's finest watchmakers came together with a very simple yet ambitious aim. It was to create the very best watch of which they were capable, with the highest possible levels of precision, legibility, durability and ease of use. In December 1960, their first creation was born and, in keeping with the team's ambition and desire to create the "king" of watches, it was named Grand Seiko. It had a level of accuracy equivalent to the superior grade of the recognized chronometer standard at the time and it marked the first step on a sixty year journey towards the summit of the watchmaking art.

2020 marks the 60th anniversary of this achievement. Of course, the number sixty is one of the most fundamental numbers in horology, but, in Japan, it has an additional significance as a moment of new energy and re-birth. Today, to begin a full year of celebrations of this important landmark, four new timepieces are released that both celebrate the first sixty years of achievement and point the way forward to the next sixty year cycle of Grand Seiko's life.



Hi-Beat 36000 - Limited Edition of 1,500 Pieces - Ref. SBGH281
The case, in stainless steel, measures 40mm x 13.3mm. It has a dual-curved AR-coated sapphire crystal, a display back with Lion emblem, and it is water resistant to 100 meters.



Movement is the Japanese automatic Grand Seiko in-house caliber 9S85 with 37 jewels, 36,000 vph and a power reserve of 55 hours.





The blue dial has the Grand Seiko symbol in gold and the seconds hand in red. Silver hands.



It comes on a stainless steel bracelet with three-fold clasp with push button release.

MSRP is $6,300.



Heritage Quartz - Limited Edition of 2,500 Pieces - Ref. SBGP007
The case, in stainless steel, measures 40mm x 10.8mm. It has a dual-curved AR-coated sapphire crystal, a caseback with gold Lion emblem, and it is water resistant to 100 meters.



Movement is the Japanese quartz Grand Seiko in-house caliber 9F85. The caliber 9F85 has a time difference adjustment function that allows the hour hand to be adjusted without stopping the seconds hand and thus preserving its high precision when the wearer changes timezones. It is specially adjusted to a level of accuracy of ±5 seconds a year.



The blue dial has a five pointed star at the six o'clock position, and a new 2020 pattern. Silver hands. Red seconds hand.



It comes on a stainless steel bracelet with three-fold clasp with push button release.

MSRP is $3,800.



Sports Quartz - Limited Edition of 2,000 Pieces - Ref. SBGP015
The case, in stainless steel, measures 40mm x 12.4.mm. Blue ceramic bezel. It has a dual-curved AR-coated sapphire crystal, a caseback with Lion emblem, a screwed-down crown, and it is water resistant to 200 meters.



Movement is the Japanese quartz Grand Seiko in-house caliber 9F85. The caliber 9F85 has a time difference adjustment function that allows the hour hand to be adjusted without stopping the seconds hand and thus preserving its high precision when the wearer changes timezones. Level of accuracy of ±10 seconds a year. Magnetic resistance of 16,000 A/m.



The blue dial has LumiBrite hands and markers. Red seconds hand.

It comes on a stainless steel bracelet with three-fold clasp with push button release.

MSRP is $3,900.

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N E W M o d e l - Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Passion Chronograph

January 31, 2020, 7:06 am

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Girard-Perregaux is the official watchmaking partner of the Festival Automobile in Paris and has chosen this opportunity to launch the Laureato Absolute Passion chronograph. For those passionate about the world of sport and especially sport cars, red has long been a color that Girard-Perregaux has integrated into collections for decades.



Technical Specifications:
The case, in titanium with black PVD, measures 44mm x 14.6mm. It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal, an engraved caseback with the Laureato Absolute logo, and it is water resistant to 300 meters.

Movement is the Swiss automatic Girard-Perregaux caliber GP03300-1058 with 63 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 46 hours. The movement includes five finishings: engraving, Côtes de Genève, bevelling, mirror polishing and circular graining. Functions are: hours, minutes, small seconds, date, and chronograph.



Black dial with red cut out indeces with SuperLuminova and red counters. Baton-type hands with SuperLuminova.

It comes on a black rubber strap with red fabric effect and red stitches. Titanium folding buckle with micro adjustment system.

MSRP is $13,400.

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N E W M o d e l s - IWC Portugieser Chronograph In-House Caliber 69355

January 31, 2020, 10:59 am

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IWC Schaffhausen has unveiled a reworked version of the Portugieser Chronograph. The iconic design, with its clean, open dial, two recessed totalizers and flange with quarter-second scale, remains unchanged. Inside the case, IWC now uses a high quality in-house movement from the 69000-caliber family, which can be seen through the display back.



Six different versions are available in 18kt rose gold or in stainless steel.



The case remains the same at 41mm with an AR-coated sapphire crystal and a sapphire display back.



Movement is the Swiss automatic IWC in-house caliber 69355 with 27 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 46 hours. Column-wheel chronograph with pawl-winding system.



The dial has two recessed totalizers at "6 o'clock" and "12 o'clock", applied Arabic numerals and slim feuille hands, encircled by a filigree bezel. The flange is printed with a quarter-second scale. Dial options include:





Ref. IW371604 w/ silver-plated dial, gold-plated hands and appliqués.
Ref. IW371605 w/ silver-plated dial, blue hands and appliqués.
Ref. IW371606 w/ blue dial, rhodium-plated hands and appliqués.
Ref. IW371609 w/ black dial, rhodium-plated hands and appliqués.
Ref. IW371610 w/ slate-coloured dial, gold-plated hands, 18kt gold appliqués.
Ref. IW371611: silver-plated dial, gold-plated hands, 18kt gold appliqués.



The black alligator leather straps have a newly developed butterfly folding clasp (stainless steel only). Brown alligator leather strap by Santoni for the gold models.

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INDUSTRY NEWS - De Bethune Stands By Womanity

February 2, 2020, 8:35 am

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Girls' education and women's empowerment are at the beginning of any lasting and sustainable change. Only if we all make the effort and get involved do we stand a chance at eliminating the inequalities between men and women so that, together, we can build a better world.

If all the women of the world could learn to read and write, had the right to study and work, and knew their rights, then the social, economic and political development of the countries they live in would be that much faster. Around the world, girls and women are victims of gender stereotypes and discrimination that violate their human rights. In much of the world, gender stereotypes still shape everyday life and continue to prevent girls and women from becoming empowered.



When women can fully live out their role, the results are immediate. They are in better health, the economic situation of their families is improved, and their children lead more fulfilled, happier lives. If we want our efforts to succeed in building a better, more sustainable, more peaceful and equitable world, schools around the world must be filled with girls as well as boys. Women must be able to learn and be empowered.

Pierre Jacques, CEO de De Bethune comments: "We look at our own growth with measure and reason, we work at it little by little, through the confidence our customers place in us and though the way we care for them, with the aim of designing and producing the most beautiful timepieces. Authenticity and respect are at the heart of our DNA. Creativity, freedom and entrepreneurship are essential. By supporting Womanity, De Bethune wants to do its part in underscoring the importance of respect for these values, which are essential for keeping the promise of peace and human progress towards a better world".



These are the values that inspired the minds that created and the hands that crafted the famous De Bethune DB25 Starry Varius, a watch made of titanium with a dial that shows the stars on a given night on a given date, which the buyer may specify. The proceeds from the auction of this watch will be entirely donated to Womanity on the occasion of the grand gala celebrating the foundation's 15 years of global action to empower women and girls.

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INDUSTRY NEWS - DOXA: Watch & Act for Australia

February 2, 2020, 8:36 am

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DOXA is very pleased to have been able to do its part for the World Watch Auction in Aid of the Australian Wildfire Crisis.
 
Its SUB 200 "130th Anniversary" diver's watch achieved $5,000 USD at the auction, almost three times its suggested retail price. The proceeds went directly to Australian environmental organizations.



DOXA and its Australian distributor donated a SUB 200 "130th Anniversary" limited edition diver's watch for the special auction in aid of the Australian bushfire crisis. The online auction ended on Friday, January 31 and the entire proceeds from this auction will be disbursed to these environmental organizations in Australia: The Country Fire Authority; Wildlife Victoria; Gippsland Emergency Relief; New South Wales Rural Fire Service; and WWF-Australia.

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N E W M o d e l - Officine Panerai Luminor Marina Carbotech

February 3, 2020, 5:38 am

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Ref. PAM1661



The case, in Carbotech, measures 44mm x 14.5mm. It has a sapphire crystal and a black DLC titanium caseback. It is water resistant to 300 meters. Total weight is 96 grams.



Movement is the Swiss automatic Panerai in-house caliber P9010 with 31 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 3 days. It features a Glucydur balance and Incabloc shock protection. Functions are: hours, minutes, sub-seconds, and date.



The black dial, with sandwich constructions, features blue SuperLuminova Arabic numerals and hands.

It comes on a black with blue constrast stitching Sportech strap with a black DLC titanium buckle. An additional black rubber strap is included.

MSRP is $12,800,

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Pre-Basel 2020 - Bell & Ross Military Collections

February 3, 2020, 7:08 am

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Bell & Ross Revisits Military Style with Three Professional Inspired Watches for Modern Urban Explorers

Since it was founded, Bell & Ross has been passionate about military history and its functional and aesthetic archetypes. Flight instruments will always be a source of watchmaking inspiration for its designers. As such, military specifications provide Bell & Ross timepieces with rigorous and exacting standards in terms of legibility, functionality, precision and reliability. Modern-day codes also drive Bell & Ross to revisit historic pieces to create new models whose design and technology are in line with current trends.

It is in this spirit that, this year, Bell & Ross has unveiled three singular watches that evoke its three realms of expression: Sea, Air and Land. Both classic and modern, all three are driven by
a reliable Swiss automatic movement and are equipped with a "NATO tretch" strap with a practical closure system, created using parachute straps.


Limited Edition of 999 Pieces - BR V2-94 AÉRONAVALE BRONZE
The case, in stabilised CuAl7Si2 bronze (91% copper, 7% aluminium and 2% silicon) with a distinctive yellow gold color, measures 41mm. It has a glass-box AR-coated sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back, and it is water resistant to 100 meters. Bezel with anodized blue aluminum ring and 60-minute scale. Screw-down crown and push-buttons.



Movement is the Swiss automatic Bell & Ross caliber 301 (base ETA) with 37 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours. Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds at 3 o'clock. Date. Chronograph: 30-min timer at 9 o'clock, central chronograph seconds.

It has an ocean blue sunray dial with gilded and polished numerals and indices. SuperLuminova hands and markers.

It comes on a blue elastic canvas strap with a satin bronze buckle.

MSRP is $5,200.



BR V2-93 GMT BLUE
The case, in stainless steel, measures 41mm. It has a glass-box AR-coated sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back, and it is water resistant to 100 meters. Screw-down crown. Bi-directional rotating bezel in two-tone anodised aluminium (grey for daytime and blue for night-time).



Movement is the Swiss automatic Bell & Ross caliber 303 (base ETA or Sellita) with 21 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours. Functions are: hours, minutes, central seconds, date and GMT complication.



The dial has a galvanic blue sunray pattern. SuperLuminova hands and numerals. Seconds hand counterweight styled in the shape of an aircraft. GMT hand with red arrow. Silver hands.

It comes on a grey and blue elastic canvas strap or on a satin-polished steel bracelet.

MSRP is $3,200 to $3,500.



BR V2-92 MILITARY GREEN
The case, in stainless steel, measures 41mm. It has a glass-box AR-coated sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back, and it is water resistant to 100 meters. Screw-down crown. Bi-directional rotating bezel in black anodised aluminium.



Movement is the Swiss automatic Bell & Ross caliber 302 (base Sellita) with 25 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 38 hours. Functions are: hours, minutes, sub-seconds, and date.



It has an anti-reflective matte khaki dial with green-colored SuperLuminova. The date is displayed in a round window at 4.30 via a khaki disc, matching the dial. Black hands.

It comes on a khaki and black elastic canvas strap or a satin-polished stainless steel bracelet.

MSRP is $2,990 to $3,300.

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INDUSTRY NEWS - Swatch Group Cancels "Time to Move" Watch Novelties Event

February 4, 2020, 7:01 am

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A statement from the Swatch Group:

"Considering the uncertainty related to the Coronovirus outbreak, and in order to guarantee the welfare of our guests, partners, and colleagues, Swatch Group has decided not to hold the "Time to Move" event, which should have taken place in Zurich from March 4-6, 2020.

The Swatch Group Prestige brands will introduce their new products to the markets at a later stage during regional events, in order to prevent their partners from travelling internationally in an insecure climate."

Further details as they develop.

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N E W M o d e l - Timex M79 Automatic

February 4, 2020, 7:56 am

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Nearly a year after they first reintroduced the Q Timex collection with the Q Timex 1979 Reissue, Timex is presenting an automatic model variant: the Timex M79 Automatic. Where the "Q" in Q Timex indicates a quartz-powered watch, the "M" labeling signifies the use of a mechanical caliber.



The case, in stailess steel, measures 40mm. It has a mineral crystal and display back, and a rotating unidirectional bezel. It is water resistant to 50 meters.



Movement is the Japanese automatic Miyota caliber 8215 with 21 jewels, 21,600 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours.



The black dial has luminous hands and markers.

It comes on a steel bracelet.

This model will be available soon.

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N E W M o d e l - Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Light

February 5, 2020, 5:43 am

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Limited Edition of 88 Pieces

The Laureato Absolute was first revealed at the 2019 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH). This latest version, for the first time, features a mainplate that is screwed together with the bezel, case and caseback on the eight angles of the octagon, highlighting its iconic shape.



The octagonal case, in sapphire and titanium, measures 44mm x 11.5mm. It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal and display back, and it is water resistant to 30 meters.



Movement is the Swiss automatic Girard-Perregaux in-house caliber GP01800-1143 with 25 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 54 hours. It is a reworked interpretation of the skeletonized GP01800 caliber. The anthracite NAC-treated bridges and mainplate feature four different finishes. The rotor is done in hollowed-out gold. Functions are: hours, minutes, and small seconds.

The "dial" is a black NAC-treated ring with 12 curved sections between mirror-polished triangles that act as hour-markers. Skeletonized hands with SuperLuminova.

It comes on a black rubber strap with fabric effect, black stitching, and a titanium folding clasp with micro-adjustment system.

MSRP is $84,700.

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N E W M o d e l s - Girard-Perregaux 1966 Orion Trilogy

February 5, 2020, 5:46 am

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The new 1966 Orion Trilogy is a modern twist on the classic 1966 collection with three ultra-thin cases and two different aventurine dial colours (one blue and one black) that conjure up a sky full of stars.



The timepiece pays tribute to the great epic in Greek mythology where the god Zeus places a giant huntsman among the stars as the constellation Orion. The three interpretations in the collection are a poetic reference to the three bright stars alighting his belt. The aventurine dials recall the constellation, which include two of the ten brightest stars seen from Earth.



Chinese astronomers knew Orion as Shen, a great warrior doing battle in the sky with a belt of three stars. It is one of the rare cases where a constellation was visualised almost exactly the same way in China as Europe.



Technical Specifications:
The case, in 18kt rose gold, or in steel, or in steel DLC, measures 40mm x 9.4mm. It has a domed AR-coated sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back, and it is water resistant to 30 meters.



Movement is the Swiss automatic Girard-Perregaux in-house caliber GP03300-0132/0139 with 27 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 46 hours. Functions are: hours, minutes, central seconds, and date.



It has a domed dial, in blue aventurine (black aventurine for the steel DLC version) and leaf-shaped hands. Tapered hour-markers.

It comes on a hand-patinated blue or anthracite alligator leather strap with contrast stitching with a steel, steel DLC or 18kt rose gold buckle.

MSRP is $8,700 for the steel model, $9,400 for the DLC treated steel model, and $17,800 for the 18kt rose gold model.

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February 7, 2020, 5:41 am

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The case, in stainless steel, made in America, measures 40mm x 10.4mm. It has a sapphire crystal and it is water resistant to 50 meters. The caseback features an engraved version of the map that was used in the 1910-1913 expedition to Antarctica by Robert Falcon Scott aboard the Terra Nova sailing ship.



Movement is a Swiss automatic caliber with 23 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours. It features a rhodium finish, Geneva stripes, perlage, and an 18kt gold RGM rotor.



The mother-of-pearl dial features a painted miniature of the "Terra Nova" sailing ship. It has a silver frosted guilloché chapter ring with black printed Roman numeral hour markers and steel blued hands.



It comes on a 22mm blue alligator leather strap with a steel buckle. Other options are available.



MSRP is $13,900.

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N E W M o d e l - Longines HydroConquest Green Boutique Edition

February 7, 2020, 6:34 am

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The case, in stainless steel, measures 41mm. It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal and it is water resistant to 300 meters. Green ceramic bezel insert. Engraved caseback.



Movement is the Swiss automatic Longines caliber L888.5 (base ETA A31.L11) with 21 jewels, 25,200 vph and a power reserve of 64 hours. It features a silicon balance spring.



The vertical brushed green ceramic dial has SuperLuminova rhodium-plated hands and Arabics.



It comes on a steel bracelet with diving extension and an additional green rubber strap with steel folding clasp.



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N E W M o d e l - Subdelta Quattro

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Limited Edition of 50 Pieces

The Subdelta Quattro is a 12 hour single-hand mechanical watch which can be worn in crown left or crown right mode and with a unique revolving seconds disk to indicate the watch is running.



The case in sandblasted stainless steel, measures 40mm x 48.5mm x 9.8mm. It has a double-domed AR-coated sapphire crystal, and it is water resistant to 60 meters.



Movement is the Swiss manual-wind Sellita caliber SW210-1 with 19 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours.



The matte black dial is a sandwich construction, with a glossy black SuperLuminova hand. Revolving seconds cap in glossy black with SuperLuminova logo.



The strap is a 20mm black, khaki or army green Barton premium canvas strap with quick release push-pins and a tang buckle.



It comes in a handmade leather travel-pouch.

MSRP is 799 Euros.

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The case, in stainless steel, measures 41mm. It has a curved AR-coated sapphire crystal, a display back, and it is water resistant to 300 meters. It features a bi-directional rotating dial ring, screwed crowns, and a helium-escape valve.



Movement is the Swiss automatic ETA caliber 2892-A2 with 21 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours. It features snailed bridges, blued screws, and the rotor has an open-worked Milus logo.



The granulated black-blue or black-grey dial has white SuperLuminova indeces and rhodium-plated "Broadarrow" hands with beige or white SuperLuminova.



It comes on a brown leather strap or a blue textile strap with leather lining and a steel buckle.



MSRP is 1,919 Swiss Francs.

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INDUSTRY NEWS - An Updated Interface for the U.S. Atomic Clock

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology, part of the Department of Commerce, has updated the interface for the U.S. atomic clock.

This new style makes it easier to set your watch to the official time in the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. territories.

See it at the link below.

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