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To celebrate both the 10th anniversary and the final timepiece of the much-coveted Histoires series, which was dedicated to creating tourbillon watches with unusual high complications, Harry Winston releases a world first. The watch is equipped with four individual tourbillons that are arranged symmetrically and are visible on the dial. They rotate once every 36... View Article

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Since its founding 15 years ago, Hautlence has become revered for its three-dimensional, avant-garde creations powered by top-quality, in-house movements. This year, the brand’s newest caliber, HTL 501-1, brought it to the next level. Specifically created for the television-screen-inspired HL Sphere, the hand-wound movement offers a jumping hour that spins on a round globe —... View Article

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A technical and aesthetic work of art, Arceau L’Heure de la Lune depicts the moonphases in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres at the same time. While most moonphase discs rotate, these remain stationary thanks to an innovative, patented system developed by master watchmaker Jean-François Mojon, founder and co-owner of Chronode SA. The module consists... View Article

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In a rare collaboration, Hublot and artist Richard Orlinski partnered to create a watch collection designed by Orlinski. He’s known for his Wild Kong gorilla and crocodile sculptures, crafted using geometric angles and futuristic styles. Their newest collaboration takes the Classic Fusion Tourbillon 5-Day Power Reserve watch to new artistic heights. In this version, the... View Article

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For the first time ever, HYT, the brand that uses liquid to indicate time, unveils a fully diamond-adorned version of its H0 watch. The H0 Diamond Red boasts a stunning snow setting that is designed to look like water droplets, a nod to its liquid time indication. Differently sized diamonds not only pave the dial... View Article

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For the first time in IWC Schaffhausen’s history, the brand has equipped a Spitfire watch with a perpetual calendar. A deft blend of sporty looks and elegance, the watch houses the manufacture-made, self-winding movement, caliber 52615. It consists of 386 components and displays hours and minutes; seconds on the day of week disc; and day,... View Article

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In typical Jacob & Co style, the brand masterfully brings together haute joaillerie with haute horlogerie in a mystery watch that shimmers from every angle. The new 50mm Mystery Twin Central Tourbillons watch is free from traditional hands. Instead, two rubies on the inner diamond rings act as the hour and minute hands, while sapphires... View Article

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Thanks to six years of research and development, the Master Grande Tradition Gyrotourbillon Westminster Perpétuel watch is one of the most complicated pieces ever produced by Jaeger-LeCoultre. It is the brand’s fifth Gyrotourbillon (an escapement with multiple-axis tourbillons rotating at different speeds). This model was particularly difficult for the brand to create because it is... View Article

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In the 18th century, Pierre Jaquet-Droz established himself as a master at creating life-size automatons. Today, the brand continues his tradition, but in miniature, regularly releasing automaton watches that surprise and delight even the most seasoned collectors. The Magic Lotus Automaton is no exception. The watch presents a garden that comes to life in all... View Article

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It was just three years ago that master watchmaker Karsten Fräßdorf created his own brand in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. Now, he reinterprets his first timepiece and brings revolutionary new technology to the forefront. The 45mm Spirograph Sport watch houses caliber 440, which has a one-minute tourbillon visible through an aperture at 6 o’clock. It is... View Article

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Ultravox represents the independent Swiss brand’s first hour-strike timepiece, a rare complication in watchmaking. Unlike a minute repeater that strikes the hours, quarter-hours and minutes past the hour, this unique mechanism strikes only the hours on the hour, emitting a melodic chiming sound. If desired, there is a silencer mechanism so the wearer can disengage... View Article

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Not surprisingly, La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton produces highly colorful, fashionable, eye-catching watches; it’s also at the forefront of high horology and complicated timepieces. This year, it got our attention with its Voyager Minute Repeater Flying Tourbillon. Housed in a 9.7mm case, it’s one of the world’s thinnest watches with both a minute repeater... View Article

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