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BOLD TYPE
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BOLD TYPE

Breguet celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Type XX flyback chronograph with two new models, and ushers in a new era for this iconic timepiece

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10+ mins  |
Legacy 2023
FINAL FATHOMS
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FINAL FATHOMS

Blancpain revealed the last tribute to its own achievement of creating the first true dive watch in 1953 with the Fifty Fathoms Act 3

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6 mins  |
Legacy 2023
TRUE ORIGINAL
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TRUE ORIGINAL

The story of how Glashütte Original earned its name and continues to present itself worthy of its grand name

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8 mins  |
Legacy 2023
PURSUING PRECISION
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PURSUING PRECISION

Rolex Founder Hans Wilsdorf once remarked, \"I was convinced that my life's success revolved around precision.\" The Swiss watch manufacture continues to pursue a perpetual quest for excellence and furtherance of that very same precision

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7 mins  |
Legacy 2023
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE
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A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

Breguet stuns with the new Type XX watches, and inspires us to venture an opinion...

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2 mins  |
Legacy 2023
Building Bridges
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Building Bridges

Bridges abound in mechanical watchmaking, but none are iconic in the way the Bridges collection from Girard-Perregaux is. We uncover why it is the oldest movement design still in production today

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6 mins  |
Issue 70
Life Aquatic
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Life Aquatic

Blancpain continues its support of this year's Only Watch charity auction with an exclusive edition of its Fifty Fathoms 70th Anniversary Act 1 - a piece of watch history dressed in blue

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2 mins  |
Issue 70
Go Time
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Go Time

On the occasion of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Centennial, Rolex is first off the line and first across it

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6 mins  |
Issue 70
Dizzying Heights
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Dizzying Heights

Montblanc debuts the Zero Oxygen 8000 Capsule Collection, with four new models that celebrate the exploits of mountaineers and Montblanc Mark Makers Nimsdai Purja and Reinhold Messner

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4 mins  |
Issue 70
Time Zoner
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Time Zoner

A. Lange & Söhne goes platinum with the signature Lange 1 Time Zone, while also introducing a new variant of the 1815 Rattrapante Perpetual Calendar

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2 mins  |
Issue 70
Soft Power
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Soft Power

We quiz Panerai CEO Jean-Marc Pontroué on why Panerai evokes strong feelings amongst collectors, and get his thoughts on new territory for the brand, and watch fairs

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8 mins  |
Issue 70
Concepts And Consequences
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Concepts And Consequences

What is the legacy of concept watches? What happens when the show is over and it is time to actually manufacture them? How do these ticking research labs translate into actual, wearable timepieces...if they ever do?

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8 mins  |
Issue 70
Faster Times
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Faster Times

The Tissot Sideral makes hearts race, and might just be the most interesting watch in its class

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1 min  |
Issue 70
Game Of Manufactures
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Game Of Manufactures

A season of manufacture visits has followed the debut of the 2023 novelties, leading the editors of WOW Singapore and Thailand to ponder the importance of such tours and debate their own role in revealing what happens in the temples of haute horlogerie

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6 mins  |
Issue 70
Get Your Freak On
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Get Your Freak On

The embodiment of 22 years of technological innovation, Ulysse Nardin's Freak One timepiece presents the very best of the collection's legacy in a 44mm titanium case

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4 mins  |
Issue 70
In Pursuit Of Creativity
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In Pursuit Of Creativity

Since the 1920s Maison Chanel has consistently created icons. From fashion to fragrance and more recently, timepieces. What is the secret to their success? We find out

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8 mins  |
Issue 70
What Price Authenticity
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What Price Authenticity

Even the experts can be fooled so what is the hapless collector to do? Perhaps nothing...

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4 mins  |
Issue 70
Style Is Forever
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Style Is Forever

Cartier Director of Image, Style, and Heritage Pierre Rainero waxes lyrical about his more than 30 years of history with the brand

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10 mins  |
Issue 70
COUNTING UP
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COUNTING UP

One particular chronograph brings to mind the entire traditional watchmaking trade, and we offer no prizes for guessing what it is. This year, it heralds a new age of the chronograph, even though it is not the first to sally forth in the post-pandemic era. We offer an extended exploration of the time-writer, which will continue in subsequent issues

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7 mins  |
Issue 70
Lightweight Durability
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Lightweight Durability

Rado presents a new take on the dive watch with the Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Skeleton

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2 mins  |
Issue 69
Fit For Purpose
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Fit For Purpose

Watches and Wonders Geneva 2023 has wrapped up, and presented the world with watchmaking's carefully curated talking points for the year. The editors of WOW Singapore and Thailand weigh in with their own thoughts

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10+ mins  |
Issue 69
Watchmaker's Market
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Watchmaker's Market

Watches and Wonders Geneva crowns itself as the world's preeminent global watch fair, with zealous security to match

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10+ mins  |
Issue 69
CONTEMPORARY ALCHEMY
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CONTEMPORARY ALCHEMY

At the very edge of watchmaking, we find the art of turning powdered oxides into synthetic crystals, and complicated marriages of two (or more) materials. This is the world of composites and sapphire crystal, and it is getting colourful

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10+ mins  |
Issue 69
FUNKY TRIO
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FUNKY TRIO

Tissot dares to be different with the new Sideral collection, which comes from the archives but is also strikingly contemporary

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2 mins  |
Issue 69
EXQUISITE DIALS
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EXQUISITE DIALS

Craftsmanship is key in fine watchmaking, with the Seiko Presage limited editions leading the way in extraordinary accessibility

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2 mins  |
Issue 69
MAGNETIC APPEAL
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MAGNETIC APPEAL

IWC positions Ingenieur 40 as the right watch for the right time, in more ways than one

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2 mins  |
Issue 69
BACK TO NORMALE
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BACK TO NORMALE

Cartier returns the original 1917 design of the Tank to the contemporary collection with the Privé Tank Normale

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2 mins  |
Issue 69
BLUE MONDAY
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BLUE MONDAY

The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona celebrates its 60th in ice blue form, with an exhibition caseback revealing a new calibre

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2 mins  |
Issue 69
HERITAGE TRAIL
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HERITAGE TRAIL

We get to the substance of the 2023 Carrera collection, on the occasion of its 60th birthday, with TAG Heuer Heritage Director Nicholas Biebuyck

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5 mins  |
Issue 69
ROAD MAP
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ROAD MAP

The TAG Heuer Carrera was born to race but its 60-year legacy of precision timing makes it fit for life far beyond the track too

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9 mins  |
Issue 69