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RADO True Round Open Heart

Since the launch of the Diastar, the world’s first scratchproof watch made from ultra-resilient tungsten carbide in 1962, Rado has become a byword for high-tech materials, especially high-tech ceramic. In tune with the latest trend for skeletonisation, Rado has issued a host of openworked models, ranging from golden oldies like the Captain Cook and Diastar

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Longines Hydroconquest GMT 43 Stainless Steel

Next to the vintage-inspired Legend Diver collection, the Longines HydroConquest GMT 43 is a more utilitarian, robust, classic diver, with water-resistance up to 300 metres, a unidirectional, external rotating bezel, a screw-in crown and a screw-down caseback. Following the introduction of the practical, versatile and mostly visually appealing Longines HydroConquest GMT 43 last year in

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Longines Mini Dolcevita 21.5

Today, a few rectangular watches seem to get all the attention. It’s fair enough, especially when the Cartier Tank and Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso are legitimate icons. But before the circular shape gained a chokehold on the modern wristwatch thanks to soldiers during the World Wars, rectangles were popular ’round the world. Ask old dealers, and they’ll

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GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL Serenade Luna

In honor of International Women’s Day 2024, Glashütte Original has unveiled a new women’s watch collection featuring an in-house movement and a moonphase on the dial. The brand new Glashütte Original Serenade Luna watch is available in four variations (but if you consider strap and bracelet options, there are actually seven references to choose from)

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The Rolex ‘Hulk’ Submariner Ref. 116610LV

For every watch enthusiast or watch lover, there are always two points in time worth remembering. The first point is when you were a normal functioning human being who just so happened to have an intellectual or emotional curiosity in watches. Maybe you wore the same Timex or G-Shock every day, maybe there was an

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The Reverso That Revived The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso

Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso didn’t make a Reverso from the 1940s until the early 1970s. It’s hard to imagine now, with JLC recently celebrating the Reverso’s 90th anniversary and even hosting an entire exhibit dedicated to its unique reversing watch in New York last year. But for decades, it sat as a mostly forgotten footnote in the

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Hermès Watches

HERMÈS Arceau Mon Premier Galop

The French house of Hermès began creating watches as early as 1912, but it was only in 1978 that the house would launch a signature design of its own. That design is the Arceau, created by the brand’s prolific artistic director Henri d’Origny. A round watch in a sense, but with a witty twist: the

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A Beginner’s Guide To The GMT Bezel

As something of a nerd for travel watches, I can’t help but obsess over the myriad permutations that exist within the basic concept of a watch that shows the time in two (or more) places. I am also routinely surprised by how often I cross paths with someone who doesn’t know how to get the

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The Longines Master Collection Small Seconds

As a general rule, if you engrave Breguet numerals in a dial, it’s probably going to grab my attention. Longines introduced the Master Collection Small Seconds in 2023 after the beautiful and well-received Master Collection 190th Anniversary. The Small Seconds is smaller and thicker than the anniversary collection, measuring 38.5mm and 10.2mm thick (20mm lug

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Hermès Watches

HERMÈS Slim d’Hermès Le Sacre des Saisons

Regarded as one of the most refined luxury retailers, Hermès is renowned for its exquisite artisanal craftsmanship and intrepid artistic flair. The Maison’s unique style, safeguarded by current creative director Philippe Delhotal, is often transversal, taking design cues from one product line and incorporating them into another. Recently, Hermès watchmaking sector has turned to the

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