Gaborone, Botswana Nako Timepieces marked its first anniversary on Oct.
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Objects Timepieces so good you'll want to sleep in them.
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These timepieces were most notable for their complex and bejeweled cases.
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We're bringing you a range of practical timepieces for any style.
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Collecting implies that there is common point between all your timepieces.
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Now, he has created Galop d'Hermès, a range of women's timepieces.
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Unauthorized, street-smart tweaks of luxury timepieces also are popping up.
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That is why his company tends to emphasize arty photos celebrating the lifestyle associated with fine timepieces (say, street shots of fashionably dressed New Yorkers), rather than catalog-style shots of specific timepieces for sale, he added.
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Here are 10 timepieces that have shaped what's on your wrist. 9.
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Such timepieces roughly range in price from $20,000 to more than $100,000.
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Watch fans aren't buying timepieces for function, they're buying them for form.
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French watchmaker MAD Paris creates customized versions of high-end luxury timepieces.
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Watch Report Timepieces with intricate faces, framed in rose or yellow gold.
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Watch Report The newest timepieces in red and black are muscularly sleek.
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At first, however, Ms. Thun fought the urge to shop for timepieces.
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There are still bargains to be had in collectible timepieces, dealers say.
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When he was 403, he would look for timepieces in store windows.
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It took an average of three timepieces to tell the actual time.
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Whether working on men's or women's timepieces however, he is a company man.
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And with all three looks, the Movado ambassador wore timepieces from the brand.
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To the untrained eye, though, these are just some chic and cool timepieces.
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For more luxury timepieces check out CNBC's "Secret Lives of the Super Rich. "
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Timepieces are not just about time in Shit-Town, but also about identity.
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But in November it opened up to collectors wanting to lease their timepieces.
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The future creator of the QVC collection "Melania Timepieces & Jewelry" made bracelets there.
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She also uses the straps on three other F.P. Journe timepieces she owns.
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As his taste matured, "I've always admired classic, simple, elegant timepieces," he said.
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More modern offerings include timepieces from Chanel, Bulgari, Audemars Piguet, Cartier and Rolex.
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Bell & Ross created only eight of these high-end timepieces in late 2017.
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But where has that left fashion watches, the timepieces created by luxury brands?
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TOM FORD In January the designer announced a forthcoming line of luxury timepieces.
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There is no money in churning out mechanical timepieces to an increasingly disinterested public.
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It's when the two settle on their respective pricey timepieces that things get weird.
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The timepieces on display can range from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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He sidelined in watch repair, despite knowing little about the actual mechanics of timepieces.
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Here are six women who love timepieces and aren't shy about letting you know.
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"I realized years later that I had broken some very valuable timepieces," he said.
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Lavish superyachts and flashy timepieces were once the bonafide status symbols of the wealthy.
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In April 2010, Melania Trump launched her own jewelry collection, 'Melania Timepieces & Jewelry,' on QVC.
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Some may prefer Hublot, while others think of the brand's timepieces as far too gaudy.
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Here, we look at some of the timepieces that were closest to Kobe Bryant's heart.
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Watch exports fell some 10 percent last year as sales of traditional Swiss timepieces slowed.
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No matter how elegant or wired the timepieces in question, it is a rebel move.
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Anthropologist Jim Mason lodged 200 timepieces inside a huge ball of ice, which swiftly melted.
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Here are the timepieces favored by prominent executives, organized from the least to most expensive.
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All your timepieces must be connected by age, material, complication, brand or any other specificity.
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For me, this process only adds to the pleasure of collecting and wearing your timepieces.
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I just wanted people to dive into the richness of what the timepieces look like.
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And skeletonized timepieces occupy Michal Molnar, 38, co-owner of the Slovakian company Molnar Fabry.
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Tom Ford Timepieces are produced in Switzerland by Bedrock Manufacturing, which owns brands like Shinola.
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For the longest time, I stuck to simple, minimalist timepieces like the one from Instrmnt.
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It's been called the most iconic watch on the planet, the ultimate in classic timepieces.
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Fifty 21987th and 19th century timepieces are scheduled to be auctioned next month in Paris.
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Among the timepieces, luggage, bubbly and luxury conveyances, however, there was an opening in footwear.
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Another beneficiary of the trend: TrueFacet, a five-year-old, New York-based marketplace that claims to have more than 40,000 watches and 55,000 pieces of pre-owned authenticated watches and jewelry for sale at its site, and that has more recently begun offering pre-owned timepieces directly through brands like Fendi Timepieces, Raymond Weil and Roberto Coin that now partner with TrueFacet to carry their pre-owned timepieces with a manufacture warranty.
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But head-turning takes on traditional timepieces still exist, including this men's watch from Patek Philippe.
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It also foreshadowed the hoopla over steel sport timepieces that dominate the luxury watch market today.
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Nearby, the Musee d'Horlogerie du Locle displays hundreds of other historic timepieces in a chateau setting.
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But before it was introduced, skeptics didn't think Apple could pull people away from traditional timepieces.
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The online store sells tons of name-brand timepieces for a fraction of their original MSRPs.
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The brand is a sensation on the secondary market, where its complicated timepieces regularly fetch millions.
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Prices paid at auction for the most highly prized timepieces run into the millions of dollars.
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Since then, Mr. Mille has produced some 23,2500 timepieces in his factory, in Les Breuleux, Switzerland.
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Among its quartz timepieces, the least expensive is an Adamavi steel model that sells for $21904,21001.
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Already known for its traditional timepieces, Kors launched its high-tech take on the item in September.
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In the vintage watch market, few timepieces are more coveted than a late-2000s gold Rolex Daytona.
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We're all curious about smartwatches, but we don't want to let go of our beloved analog timepieces.
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Timepieces may be a good idea for a gift in most parts, but not in Chinese custom.
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Scott has publicly bragged about the timepieces, which include a Rolex Yacht-Master II valued at $32,000.
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Here's a look at four of the priciest timepieces that were on display at WatchTime's annual event.
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Their father, a compositor at the Irish Times, had a gift for fixing timepieces and word spread.
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The company will unveil 42 new timepieces across its collections at Baselworld, including iterations of the Boy.
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The deal was brokered by Jeff Stein, moderator of OnTheDash, his forum devoted to vintage Heuer timepieces.
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The growth is especially noteworthy given that the global market for high-end timepieces continues to struggle.
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He produces about 100 complicated timepieces per year, considered some of the most complex of the industry.
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Even so, cheap chic exists in regards to timepieces, at least if you know where to dig.
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Watch Report The season's most stylish timepieces — whether refined or sporty — come in navy, midnight and sapphire.
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The industry relies heavily on human labor: successive generations of watchmakers trained to assemble and repair timepieces.
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Pulvirent suggests the people eyeing these devices are likely owners of luxury timepieces from the same brands.
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The sturdy-looking timepieces start at around $2,000, with a wide selection of interchangeable bands, sold separately.
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When Chanel released the J12 watch in 2000, it rocked the buttoned-up world of luxury timepieces.
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Some people may marvel at later sunsets; others will simply curse timepieces that are difficult to adjust.
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It already has an inventory of about 100 secondhand timepieces, 25 percent of which are pocket watches.
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Makers of fine Swiss timepieces have no choice but to connect with millennials or fade to irrelevance.
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It makes clear that all the timepieces are objects of desire, although all are not created equal.
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Richard Mille is famous for making some of the most technologically advanced and expensive timepieces on the planet.
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It's used to describe everything from full-blown touchscreen wearables, to analog timepieces that simply track your steps.
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In 2015, Switzerland exported $22.1 billion in timepieces globally, a decline of 3.3 percent from the previous year.
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As TC's resident watch hound I like to try to find you all a few interesting crowdfunded timepieces.
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Many innovations in timekeeping were disseminated through books, particularly since, until the 19th century, all timepieces were handmade.
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Barry enjoyed sharing his timepieces with Jeff Park, and the Patek 1518 in rose gold was indeed sumptuous.
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Not enough people want beautiful timepieces, but many more want to work out and get credit for it.
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We decided to dream up what a couple of staple timepieces would look like in Apple Watch form.
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Mr. Leissoo became acquainted with watchmaking as a child, carefully inspecting catalogs and his grandfather's Russian-made timepieces.
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In any case, some big names — including Tom Cruise, Ben Stiller and Yoko Ono — own its mechanical timepieces.
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"I always thought of myself as an independent tastemaker with a penchant for more exotic timepieces," he said.
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They talked timepieces, quizzed one another on Patek esoterica and traded tips on how to locate rare watches.
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There also was a product shot of six timepieces, with dials that appeared to be in different colors.
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The challenge is even greater for the makers of fine mechanical timepieces, which can cost $5,000 or more.
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Last year, that number increased to 3,500 timepieces, and the company expects to reach about 4,000 this year.
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One day, he said, he would like to add one to his own collection of men's and women's timepieces.
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Devotees of connected timepieces wear them as either a genuine devotion to fitness, or an unhealthy addiction to notifications.
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"In April 2010, Melania Trump launched her own jewelry collection, 'Melania™ Timepieces & Jewelry,' on QVC," the biography said.
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Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna clearly aren't sweating childcare expenses ... not based on the lavish timepieces they just purchased.
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Prawit has said that he borrowed the timepieces from friends, but would resign if that was the public's wish.
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The invention, in the 18th century, of the accurate, seaworthy timepieces needed to determine longitude is a famous story.
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The timepieces are actually part of a bigger collection of Bourdain's treasured possessions, which is being auctioned this month.
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CNBC watched as the ballroom quickly filled with collectors who brought their favorite timepieces to share with the group.
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The Breitling Avenger Hurricane was in development for around two years, but many timepieces take much longer to create.
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It's a publicity stunt for H. Moser's custom watch business that lets the ultra-rich develop one-off timepieces.
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The shops here sell and repair everything from cheap quartz watches and clocks to luxury timepieces and rare finds.
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While Ulysse Nardin's timepieces don't receive emails or track health data, they are, in their own way, highly innovative.
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And brands that do not probably can refer you to someone who has been trained to repair their timepieces.
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The shoppable exhibition "Les Collectionneurs" is a selection of 13 vintage timepieces that span the company's 10-year history.
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"We're basically saying we are going to value these timepieces and support the prices of them," Mr. Govberg said.
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In 1994, Omega bought exclusive rights to the movement, introducing its first timepieces with the feature five years later.
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Now, the brand's timepieces are even more appealing with up to 29.99% off watches during the End of Season Sale.
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But in 2013, he hooked up with Hublot to collaborate on the first of a series of high-end timepieces.
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More than 1,000 timepieces are on display at The Clockmakers' Museum, which recently relocated to the Science Museum in London.
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Fossil, a company that makes both analog timepieces and smartwatches, reported its earnings last night and the results weren't great.
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If the Connected cost $300, and you're already a fan of big and bulky timepieces, you should've bought one yesterday.
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That was reinforced by news that sales of timepieces priced at more than 3,000 Swiss francs fell by 16 percent.
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"In April 2010, Melania Trump launched her own jewelry collection, 'Melania™ Timepieces & Jewelry,' on QVC," the biography originally read.
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In an age of smartphones and Apple Watches, the mechanical timepieces Dr. Cheong collects are, practically speaking, no longer necessary.
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The company produces fewer than 900 timepieces a year at its headquarters in a converted gas lamp factory in Geneva.
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This positive word of mouth is helping fuel Apple Watch sales, likely at the expense of mid-range Swiss timepieces.
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As for outer packaging, a Japanese-made, stapled box in folded gray cardboard flouts the customary codes for better timepieces.
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The city is filled with secondhand shops and most of the pre-owned timepieces on sale are in pristine condition.
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Adrian Cozzani is a self-described "time artisan" who has dedicated his life to handcrafting hourglasses, sundials, and other timepieces.
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It was a period when the Swiss watch industry was threatened by the growing popularity of low-maintenance quartz timepieces.
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There is a lot of curiosity from the customers, to better understand the brands and what is behind the timepieces.
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And, while machines may be used to create the highly precise elements he requires, his timepieces are finished by hand.
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Longines has a long history of creating navigational timepieces, many of which were worn by aviation pioneers, including Charles Lindbergh.
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Timepieces exported for between 200 and 500 francs, which retail at a somewhat higher price point, grew more than 20 percent.
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But now Leica is getting into the watchmaking business, and it's doing so by actually designing and engineering its own timepieces.
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The portfolio of Swatch, based in Biel in western Switzerland, spans the expensive Breguet, more affordable Longines and plastic Swatch timepieces.
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And that's meant strong growth for a London-based company that's pioneered a new technology to black out the priciest timepieces.
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But according to Mayer, the hobby is about more than being able to throw down cash in exchange for fancy timepieces.
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Chinese demand for luxury timepieces boomed after the 2008/09 financial crisis, leading to a surge in production and retail prices.
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The Crewmaster, Gazer, Nate and Tailor all offer the same basic functionality, in addition to be pretty good-looking analog timepieces.
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Presidential timepieces tend to be most popular during an administration's early days, to the point that unofficial versions have been produced.
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These mechanical clocks were introduced in about 1601, when a Jesuit missionary, Matteo Ricci, gave two timepieces to the Emperor Wanli.
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During the 11-day event, approximately 27,000 visitors ogled more than 400 timepieces, historic models as well as new special editions.
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My watch has been a natural opener, and once that conversation starts, we usually discuss topics far beyond timepieces and disabilities.
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Mr. McLemore's passion for sundials and timepieces, and his staggering talent in building and repairing them, was central to the story.
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For watch collectors, the long-term investment value of such timepieces isn't as reliable as that of a more traditional design.
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Today, in his 218s, Mr. Fratini owns more than 271,220 exceptional timepieces, mostly by Rolex, Patek Philippe, Cartier and Audemars Piguet.
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Manchester Watch Works aka MWW makes small batch watches that are sometimes homages to historic timepieces and are sometimes entirely new design.
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A challenge smartwatch devices like the Apple Watch face is the love many analog watch fans still have for their traditional timepieces.
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It might also help them crack open the high-end watch market, where a startling majority of timepieces are, of course, round.
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That's enough to show that this isn't the anime fans are used to, which usually have more schoolgirl outfits than haute timepieces.
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The new face of Gucci's timepieces and jewelry, Hedren stars in a series of photographs and a video laced with Lynchian surrealism.
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Ten timepieces, listed here in order of their introduction, made the cut — a selection sure to intrigue, and perhaps provoke, watch fans.
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Smartwatch producers shipped out more of their devices than top-notch timepieces at the end of last year, according to new research.
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Madison Avenue Watch Week kicks off on April 290, promising a first look at timepieces that recently debuted at Baselworld in Switzerland.
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With that, there are legitimate resale platforms out there, making it easy to find and access a wide selection of luxury timepieces.
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An overseas dealer recently sold Mr. Yong his two favorite timepieces: a white-faced Rolex Daytona 6262, and a black-faced 6239.
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Featuring special dials imprinted in white or blue lacquer, the Jubilee timepieces were designed to reflect the brand's signature Bauhaus-inspired simplicity.
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And watch owners will be able to consign timepieces in exchange for payments or to defray the costs of their own subscriptions.
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Its top markets are the United States and Asia, and its most popular models are mechanical timepieces selling for $423 to $995.
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Set a course for this lifestyle boutique, which showcases independent Swiss labels and designers like Werenbach, a maker of sleek timepieces using
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Chrono2870, where (mostly) unauthorised dealers offer watches, has listings for more than 870,224 new and used timepieces with a value of €224bn.
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One brand that has decided to work with the grey market is Frederique Constant, whose "affordable luxury" timepieces start from around $870.
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WIRED's guide to the best smartwatches is full of great picks, and several of the featured timepieces are on sale right now.
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Some of the 36 $45,000 stainless steel timepieces, which Mr. Clymer described as his "dream watch," sold at invitation-only introduction parties.
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"I don't need to be careful," unlike when wearing timepieces costing hundreds of thousands, he told Bloomberg in an interview in 2016.
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MVMT 40 Series Watches are timepieces for modern men who want to convey success, simplicity, and sophistication, even in casual or formal settings.
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Independent watchmaker Defakto creates some stunning timepieces via its regular collection, but it has a new limited series that is particularly eye-catching.
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Such designs, along with others inspired by traditional African prints, symbols and landscapes, are often the most distinctive feature of these makers' timepieces.
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These timepieces – accurate, trustworthy, and most of all, cheap – became the world standard and, in the end, nearly gutted the mechanical watch industry.
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It's one of the most complicated timepieces ever made and one of the most expensive, too, with a price tag of $2.6 million.
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If you were to disconnect any of these devices, they become little more than standard timepieces with a little bit of activity tracking.
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More than just timepieces, luxury watches are viewed as symbols of status, and Rolex is often revered as the pinnacle of them all.
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Not far from the reception area, a museum, open to the public, houses timepieces and memorabilia that highlight 160 years of company history.
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I didn't expect those words to be spoken by the president of a more than hundred-year-old organization dedicated to traditional timepieces.
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He has been making timepieces for 30 years, and his shop in the trendy neighborhood of Trastevere, Rome, has become a tourist destination.
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"They're not always great investments, but there is a track record for them becoming great investments," he said of the Patek Philippe timepieces.
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Richemont and Swatch Group are among those sharply affected by continued protests in the city, the top global market for high-end timepieces.
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It showcases Mr. Scheufele's own collection of timepieces dating as far back as the Renaissance and as recently as Chopard's current L.U.C collection.
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Gone are the days when smartwatch makers tried to peddle them as timeless timepieces that you proudly wear with your three-piece suit.
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Over the years, Mr. Mille has produced six different timepieces for Mr. Nadal, continuously tweaking the design and experimenting with materials and techniques.
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MVMT 235 Series Watches are great timepieces for modern men who want to convey success, simplicity, and sophistication, in both casual or formal settings.
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"Since climbing up from Earth's centre would be a struggle against gravity, clocks down deep would run slow relative to surface timepieces," says Conover.
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The brand Breed is currently offering special discounts on their tasty timepieces — watches that can complete any outfit and make a great first impression.
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As with the company's other timepieces, the mVoice swaps the LCD for a standard watch face, while preserving a small crawl for receiving notifications.
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Following luxury watchmakers like TAG Heuer, Garmin's new MARQ line strives to finally bridge the gap between stylish analog timepieces and less stylish smartwatches.
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MVMT 40 Series Watches are great timepieces for modern men who want to convey success, simplicity, and sophistication, in both casual or formal settings.
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While men continued to keep their watches in their pockets, sporty 19th-century ladies wore timepieces with leather straps while on horseback and bicycles.
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Richard Mille, known for its ultra-expensive, sporty timepieces relying on Audemars Piguet technology, said it preferred dedicated mono-brand boutiques to multibrand retailers.
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Mr. Trump's wife, Melania, a former model who has posed nearly naked, markets a line of gold jewelry and timepieces branded with her name.
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A total of 37 brands were presenting their high-end timepieces at WatchTime New York 2019, an annual showing hosted by watch magazine WatchTime.
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Business Insider spoke to the horological experts at Crown & Caliber to identify the luxury timepieces worn by some of the world's most powerful CEOs.
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Today he counts approximately 20 timepieces in his personal collection, bearing in mind, he said, that his two sons have appropriated several of them.
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The former FIFA president has demanded the return of dozens of luxury timepieces, and says he is ready to sue to get them back.
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The Swiss private label watchmaker Roventa Henex produced the timepieces, which are powered by a Ronda 715 quartz movement and have a date display.
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"I wanted to showcase timepieces, brands and watchmakers that people had never heard of from different regions around the world," said Mr. Huyton, 51.
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Mr. Ford makes a full wardrobe: suits (business, swim), casual wear, jeans, glasses, boots, shoes, 39 fragrances, with timepieces to come in the fall.
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At Phillips and Christie's, "I specialized in vintage Patek Philippe and Rolex watches, some early 22010th-century pocket watches and modern timepieces," she said.
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Today, when Mr. Journe creates limited-edition timepieces, the Tokyo boutique receives the No. 1 model, "and that always creates a buzz," he said.
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The timepieces featured two dials — an outer decorative one and an inner functional one — both in a marquetry of white agate and black onyx.
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There is no release date yet, but the company said the timepieces will be produced in Switzerland and sold at a luxury price point.
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At Phillips and Christie's, "I specialized in vintage Patek Philippe and Rolex watches, some early 22010th-century pocket watches and modern timepieces," she said.
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Slim got all 'Mad Max' on his timepieces by combining them to make what we imagine is probably the first ever pair of watch-goggles.
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Swiss watchmakers are braced for another difficult year as economic woes in major markets curb consumers' appetite for pricey timepieces, industry executives said on Thursday.
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This unique automatic chronograph from a watchmaker most known for brightly luminous and rugged timepieces, is an homage to spaceflight and looks pretty darn cool.
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Sister brand Piaget, the timepieces of which generally start no lower than 2503,000 euros, re-launched a women's line starting at just over 7,000 euros.
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More so, Switzerland is mainly making money off of wristwatches, and the majority of profits come from their most expensive timepieces, which sell fewer units.
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We spoke to the horological experts at Crown & Caliber to identify the makes and models of timepieces worn by some of the world's top athletes.
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PLAN-LES-OUATES, Switzerland — Mechanical timepieces are a testament to endurance, so with longevity in the Swiss watch industry comes a great deal of prestige.
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Since then, they have made 40 watches: technically complicated mechanical timepieces that the brothers say represent fewer than one percent of the watches made worldwide.
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Others, however, are proud of them: "We use state-of-the-art technology to create timepieces in the tradition of Swiss watchmaking," Mr. Claret said.
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Although cleaning and maintenance isn't the most glamorous part of wearing a watch, it does keep timepieces looking their best as well as running efficiently.
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By World War I, soldiers were wearing makeshift versions on their arms — it wasn't until the doughboys came home that such timepieces became standard issue.
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Milanesi noted that Apple's emphasis on health and fitness positioned its watches differently from the Swiss timepieces that are marketed as jewelry and fashion accessories.
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"I look for something unusual," Dan Tanenbaum, a 45-year-old watch collector in Toronto said about his fondness for timepieces made by independent watchmakers.
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Lange's timepieces are beautiful in an eerie way that collapses the differences between centuries, speaking to a world interrupted and then, against all odds, resumed.
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The brainchild of Pierre Guerrier, a former Richemont executive, and his business partner, Thomas Noël, a serial entrepreneur, Riskers initially plans to introduce four timepieces.
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A few other processes are required to check, clean and finish the springs before they are sent off to the watchmaker for testing in prototype timepieces.
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MVMT 40 Series Watches MVMT watches are great timepieces for modern men who want to convey success, simplicity, and sophistication, in both casual or formal settings.
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The Montblanc Summit is the company's first venture into the digital timekeeping world, bringing with it some of the expertise Montblanc has for crafting mechanical timepieces.
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The company is raising $100,000 – far too much for a Kickstarter watch project – but if it gets funded you'll get a mechanical timepieces for about $400.
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Despite the many variations that the Lange 1 has spawned, including a 25th anniversary collection of 10 timepieces introduced this year, its look remains virtually unchanged.
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What's interesting about Strategy Analytics' findings is that they support — or at least don't undermine — the idea that today's watches should be more than mere timepieces.
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From the nine independent makers exhibiting at SIHH for the first time, expect to see a focus on the experimental timepieces that initially earned them acclaim.
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As a guy who has collected watches for more than 20 years, I was disappointed that wearing my Apple Watch meant not wearing my other timepieces.
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Even if a partnership wasn't in place, it's easy to assume The Bachelorette production budget is paying for the timepieces since it handles all other expenses.
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Few watchmakers express this intelligence site so wonderfully as Nomos Glashütte, the German manufactory that produces exquisite timepieces with house made movements in distinct, signature cases.
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We got a helping hand from the experts at Crown & Caliber to determine the makes and models of 21 timepieces worn by the world's top athletes.
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As detailed in John's excellent piece on the modern state of timepieces, traditional watches have survived the smartwatch onslaught and some brands are seeing sales increase.
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After years of getting beat up from the Apple Watch, it's finding its groove in producing both beautiful and affordable mechanical watches and wonderful unattainable timepieces.
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The mechanical clock and quartz crystal clark helped spur on the industrial revolution, for example, by creating a demand for timepieces that drove innovations in manufacturing.
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Its most popular video — with almost 1.4 million views — was published in 2013 and features an in-depth look at Jaeger-LeCoultre's Gyrotourbillon family of timepieces.
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Timepieces are examined as works of art as well as cultural barometers in the new book "The Beauty of Time," by Dominique Fléchon and François Chaille.
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Stolen off a wrist or taken in a smash-and-grab attack, high-end timepieces, easily transportable and often untraceable, could easily be turned into cash.
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The complicated case highlights the difficulty of adjudicating what is real and what is fake in this market for such elaborate — and ostensibly centuries-old — timepieces.
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The London-based company set itself apart from most other luxury brands when it entered the marketplace in 2009 with a selection of clean, minimalist timepieces.
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Business Insider spoke to the experts at Crown & Caliber to determine the make and models of seven timepieces worn by key members of the royal family.
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But there was one watch I came across at the mall the year I graduated from high school that would permanently change my relationship to timepieces.
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Although the last few years have been challenging for the watch industry, one sector actually has shown noteworthy growth: women's luxury timepieces in the Middle East.
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The site began selling timepieces by IWC, its first luxury watch brand, in November; the sleek East West watch by Tiffany & Company was added in December.
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A Bit of Australia in Every Watch: At Bausele, timepieces contain beach sand, red dirt from the outback, tile from the Sydney Opera House and more.
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There is an entire genre of watch aficionados who take photos of themselves wearing their timepieces in front of landmarks and post them on watch forums.
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Indeed, Cartier has been churning out timepieces since World War I, when it introduced the Tank, with its design cues borrowed from the Renault army tank.
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Backes & Strauss has a reputation for unapologetically bold diamond-set timepieces — and there is no plan to change course, the company's chief executive, Vartkess Knadjian, said.
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While Baselworld draws hundreds of brands, Claret timepieces will be shown among only 30 brands at SIHH this year — "it's great for our visibility," he said.
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AkriviA now employs six watchmakers, including Mr. Rexhepi's younger brother — who joined AkriviA after a stint at Patek Philippe — and produces about 30 timepieces a year.
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Watches Some of these timepieces are simply extensions of your phone, allowing you to chat or text with friends by speaking into the device on your wrist.
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He retained descriptions of suspected criminals, for instance, as well as a "watch book", which contained details of expensive timepieces to help prevent their resale if stolen.
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In this showcase of antique design and fine arts, meant mostly for clients' homes, this year Howard Walwyn Antique Clocks will bring some of England's earliest timepieces.
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Offset, the Migos rapper, often shows up at parties and fashion tents wearing, say, diamond-encrusted timepieces by Patek-Philippe and Audemars Piguet on each wrist. Why?
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In addition, the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie of Geneva will present "The Conquest of Time," featuring a selection of heritage timepieces tracing the history of watchmaking.
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At the top end of the market where timepieces sell for thousands of francs, a severe downturn in demand translated into sharply lower profits in recent years.
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For more news, click Swiss retailers expect a 40 percent increase in the sales of so-called smartwatches, with the number rising to 180,13 timepieces, SonntagsZeitung reported.
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As with all collectibles, rarity and market popularity are golden attributes when dealing with vintage timepieces — and the Paul Newman Daytona 6241 boasts a combination of both.
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A December study by San Francisco-based Blueshift Research found that luxury timepieces sold through unauthorized channels were subject to markdowns of as much as 50 percent.
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After his army service, the Israeli native got a job in a watch store, fell in love with timepieces and went to Bezalel himself to study design.
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It comes from the 16-axel robot, armed with a range of 144 tools, that is making the complex watch cases used for Mr. Claret's complicated timepieces.
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A legal dispute in New York is part of a broader questioning of the authenticity of some ornate timepieces that have come on the market from China.
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Sixty-two artisans whose timepieces feature everything from their own tourbillon designs to Greco-Roman themes are highlighted in "Independent Watchmakers," a new book by Steve Huyton.
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It also includes Antti Ronkko of Finland, 43, who turned his watchmaking hobby into a business — making Greco-Roman themed timepieces — after he left Nokia in 2012.
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Mr. Prost, the four-time world champion who retired from Formula One in 1993, had been asked over the years to collaborate on motor sport-related timepieces.
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Business Insider spoke with the horological experts at Crown & Caliber to determine the make and models of timepieces spotted on the wrists of royals over the years.
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The timepieces, more than two dozen by one count, were not declared as assets to the nation's anti-corruption commission, as is required for politicians in Thailand.
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Omega is offering a four-year warranty on timepieces equipped with coaxial movements, and Breitling has a five-year warranty on mechanical chronographs with a manufacture caliber.
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The groom, 41, is the senior valuation manager for watches at the RealReal, a luxury consignment company in New York, for which he authenticates and valuates timepieces.
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BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Swiss watchmakers are braced for another difficult year as economic woes in major markets curb consumers' appetite for pricey timepieces, industry executives said on Thursday.
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So to accessorize the intrepid city dweller, the French watch brand Bell & Ross, which specializes in timepieces for extreme environments, has introduced what it calls an "urban" collection.
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However, the latest data (and that specific 10 million figure) prompted speculation from many about how much Apple had disrupted those most elite makers of timepieces, the Swiss.
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And while the Moskito certainly looks nicer than those cheaper options, I'm not sure it's worth the price (which is on par with some hand-wound automatic timepieces).
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The Musée International d'Horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, features timepieces and wristwatches, including one that announces the time every 10 seconds in French, German and English.
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"Rolex timepieces and clocks will be visible throughout all SailGP events, and featured on each of the six supercharged F50 catamarans – the world's fastest race boat," SailGP said.
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Exports of timepieces fell 9.7 percent on a nominal basis to 1.55 billion Swiss francs ($1.61 billion), according to data released by the Swiss customs office on Tuesday.
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We spotted Pump at Avianne & Co jewelers Wednesday night in NYC, and he and his crew happily flashed us their shiny new timepieces -- even his lawyer got one!
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As a watch collector, and the founder and CEO of Bob's Watches, I often get inquiries from people stumbling upon timepieces that once belonged to a family member.
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In January, for example, the prestige watchmaker Greubel Forsey rolled out its first steel watch for about $170,000 — a third of the cost of most of its timepieces.
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Relying on an in-house video team, Watchonista specializes in behind-the-scenes films, documenting the making of rare timepieces, including the DR01 Twelve First by Dominique Renaud.
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The company also is gearing up to produce a WatchBox Live channel, where viewers can buy timepieces, as well as a dedicated IP channel for smart-TV viewers.
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At-home ultrasonic cleaners — the machines that clean dirt from items like jewelry with water or a liquid solvent and ultrasonic waves — typically aren't suitable for most timepieces.
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One good thing is the size of it," — 40 millimeters, or about 1.6 inches — "it's more wearable …" MR. HICKCOX "some of his timepieces …" MR. RAHMAN " … are out there.
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The Observatoire de Besançon, opened in 1880 to certify the accuracy of timepieces using the stars, has worked its way back to certifying about 100 watches a year.
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And, for everyone to see, the dials of both timepieces, as with all Breguet guilloché watches, are marked "Swiss Guilloché Main," or guilloché made by hand in Switzerland.
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High-ranking members of the imperial court or wealthy merchants commissioned clocks with ever more complicated movements, and the European timepieces became an important part of court life.
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"The goal is not to test over and over, but to make different tests and effective tests," said Shohei Ogawa, from the company's quality assurance department for timepieces.
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SINGAPORE — Has the failure of Eleven James, the American pioneer in renting luxury timepieces that suddenly closed last summer, dampened investors' or users' enthusiasm for luxury timepiece rentals?
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The relationship complements the brand's reputation as an industrial powerhouse, second only to Rolex in producing chronometer-certified timepieces (19203,861 in 2015, another number determined by COSC certificates).
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Mr. Hoadley is something of a clock aficionado, and he keeps his timepieces on daylight saving time, which in winter is an hour ahead of everyone else. Why?
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A digital certificate will help buyers get information about the piece they are about to buy, and sellers will be able to increase the value of their timepieces.
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The company has a museum of Chopard watches, including 19th-century pocket watches and glittering Happy Diamonds timepieces, open weekdays on a limited schedule at its Geneva headquarters.
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Expanding on Egyptian and Babylonian innovations, the great minds of the classical world became proficient at dividing the days into hours and providing timepieces to keep this order.
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Originally, Melania Trump's extensive bio on the White House website included the jewelry collection she launched on QVC in 2010 called Melania Timepieces and Jewelry, The Washington Post reports.
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But it doesn't look like a smartwatch, which is what many timepiece enthusiasts care about nowadays, even if it's secretly providing some of the conveniences that modern timepieces offer.
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One factor that might explain the finding is a preference among younger consumers for smartwatches instead of traditional Swiss timepieces from the likes of Tag Heuer, Swatch, and Tissot.
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Watchmaker Romain Jerome has created some truly unique timepieces over the years featuring actual pieces of the Titanic, authentic moon dust, and even steel from the Statue of Liberty.
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Higher levels of gold were found in the western Swiss region of Jura, believed to be linked to watchmakers that use the precious metal to decorate their expensive timepieces.
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The advantage of integrating the tech into the buckle or band is simple: it lets watchmakers focus on the part of watchmaking that they're best at — making great timepieces.
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More and more owners of shiny new Rolex watches – whether stainless steel, yellow gold or platinum – are paying thousands of dollars more to turn their luxury timepieces jet black.
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Take over half off one of our favorite watches under $239.99We sometimes write about watches without regard for their exorbitant price tags — some timepieces too cool not to share.
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When Breitling introduced the Navitimer in 1952, there was no way of knowing that the pilot's chronograph would set the pace for nearly seven decades of pioneering aviation timepieces.
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The UFC superstar hit up Weir & Sons in Dublin along with his sisters, Aoife and Erin ... and showered them in fancy timepieces ... just because he felt like it. #ItsGoodToBeRich
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This watchmaker started using the Apple Watch design in 2016 and now has a range of timepieces that mimic the rounded square look in its Swiss Alp Watch line.
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Military members aren't allowed to endorse products, but an informal review at MCAS Miramar, the installation where Top Gun was born, gives an indication of what timepieces aviators prefer.
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The son of Egyptian immigrants to New York, he was 10 years old when he became mesmerized by the timepieces in the windows of Wempe Jewelers, on Fifth Avenue.
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One third, according to Ms. Hill, are stolen or lost Rolexes and, while most of the timepieces are modern, there also are vintage ones as well as pocket watches.
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Demand for independently made timepieces has been rising in recent years, but Mr. Huyton estimated that 40 percent of the watchmaking businesses included in his book would not survive.
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But the museum isn't limited to vehicular artifacts, with rooms devoted to early telephones, centuries-old timepieces and a prototype of the architect R. Buckminster Fuller's aluminum Dymaxion House.
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"Once a combination is created, it is unique and not replicable by anyone else," said Domenico Oliveri, chief executive of Fendi Timepieces, a division of the Italian fashion house.
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In many ways, Mr. Halim's museum, which aspires to offer an encyclopedic display covering 763 years through 276,21962 timepieces and 255 pieces of stained glass, is a family affair.
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"But that is true for any of the timepieces made by independent watchmakers," Elizabeth Doerr, editor in chief of Quill & Pad, an online watch publication, wrote in an email.
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Hundreds of years ago, watchmakers devised a way for timepieces to sound the hour — a way for their wealthy owners to tell the time even during the darkest night.
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While the wild ride is anything but over, the titans of timepieces did their best to stave off motion sickness and enjoy the biggest, brassiest watch show on earth.
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"Some years ago, Art Nouveau or Art Deco were the rage, and no one was interested in 303s styles," said George Somlo, a London-based specialist in antique timepieces.
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On a typical weekday, Cameron Weiss spends as many as eight hours huddled over a weathered wooden bench, working with tiny tweezers and screwdrivers, methodically making timepieces by hand.
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It is the headquarters of Weiss Watch Company, the brand Mr. Weiss, now 31, founded in 2013 to offer the timepieces he had quietly been making for several years.
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And while sales in the traditional Swiss sector also have been growing, there are indications that the smartwatch expansion has come at the expense of its lower-price timepieces.
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So you paid $60,000 for your Patek Philippe watch, reminding yourself that you never actually own one of these timepieces; you merely look after it for the next generation.
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And even though the luxury watch industry is facing a tough economic environment this year, Mr. Mille does not appear concerned by the prospect of selling 30 million-dollar timepieces.
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In this magical place, people celebrate the contemplative beauty of a perpetual calendar complication, and happily pay five or six figures for mechanical timepieces that don't actually keep time accurately.
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In the first decade of the new millennium, long before today's mania for daintier vintage timepieces began, watchmakers routinely produced colossal styles approaching 50 millimeters, or 2 inches, in diameter.
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The Asian financial center that reverted from British to Chinese rule in 1997 is the biggest foreign market for Swiss timepieces, absorbing 13.5% of the exports by value in July.
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The region may maintain a well-documented preference for diamond-studded timepieces, but many buyers favor as well traditional themes such as horses and falconry, especially when depicted in enamel.
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The tennis legend collaborated with the watch brand to create two timepieces for the U.S. Open, both of which support the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative, an inclusive young leadership.
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French luxury group Hermes is exhibiting its timepieces in Geneva instead of at Baselworld next year, citing "the spirit of openness shown by the SIHH over the last two years".
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For many watch brands, the most pressing technological issue has nothing to do with the introduction of app-laden "smart" timepieces or the difficulties of creating a complex new movement.
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"It's not so simple to just flip the switch on a completely different business," said Steve Hallock, a Los Angeles-based dealer who specializes in secondhand timepieces by independent watchmakers.
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Here are some of the timepieces that they are to present, as well as some of the pieces introduced by brands hoping to make headway on their own this spring.
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The Italian Royal Navy charged the company with producing instruments and timepieces for its sailors; the company later adapted the technology to create the first professional underwater watch in 1936.
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Given their staggering net worth, one would expect the wrists of Britain&aposs monarchy to be glinting with the finest Swiss timepieces available, common accessories among the rich and famous.
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It is the highest-profile of the watch names there and is offering some of its timepieces at full price, alongside accessories, a company history and videos about its smartwatch.
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KR: I wanted Coleman's watch to be a nod to pro ballers wearing timepieces before and during games, but upon further inspection it was just a rinky-dink Apple watch.
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" In 2015, the independent watchmaker MB&F invited all its watch owners, regardless of how or when they had acquired their timepieces, to join an online club called "The Tribe.
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Take 10% off the most crowdfunded watch in Kickstarter history In 2015, Filippo Loreti launched a Kickstarter campaign with the goal of bringing luxury timepieces to men at affordable prices.
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Made of titanium with a carbon coating, there are only 20 of the timepieces available, so if you can even snag one, despite the price, you'll be among the lucky few.
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Ms. Djokoto, however, works alone at her home office in Oslo, creating timepieces that are assembled in China with parts made in that country, as well as in Switzerland and Japan.
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To celebrate 25 years of being the official timekeeper of the US Open and its recent partnership with tennis icon Billie Jean King, Citizen Watch just unveiled two special edition timepieces.
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With sales falling, more unsold timepieces are finding their way from the Swiss-dominated industry's carefully controlled official retail networks to online platforms where they are often offered at steep discounts.
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The Swiss watch industry has been hit particularly hard by a drop in sales in Hong Kong and the US, which are the two biggest markets for the high-quality timepieces.
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They cited the greater average markdowns on the price of timepieces compared to other items in the second-hand market, giving watchmakers an incentive to take more control over this business.
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Because people can't do anything productive or enjoyable while resetting their timepieces that do not adjust automatically, fiddling with watches and clocks twice a year is a complete waste of time.
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A collection of Bourdain's most cherished timepieces have just hit the auction block, with a generous portion of the sale being donated towards a scholarship at The Culinary Institute of America.
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Despite his own line of timepieces being on the lower end of the luxury watch bracket, it looks as though he has some special editions worth much more in his collection.
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The company's motto is "Invenit et fecit," or "He invented it and made it," and Mr. Journe is a prolific creator of innovative timepieces that have a sense of horological history.
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For a month, consumers could use the website to exchange any of their timepieces, regardless of brand, for cash or for a store credit at the Bremont boutique in New York.
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LONDON — Most fashion watches, the category of timepieces produced by high-end clothing brands as part of their accessory lines, used to look like rather bland reproductions of fine Swiss watches.
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It is the workshop of Lin Yong Hua, a Shenzhen-bred watchmaker who has been creating complicated timepieces like a tourbillon and a minute repeater under his own brand name, LYH.
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For 215 percent of Omega timepieces, that approval is the Master Chronometer certificate provided by the Federal Institute of Metrology, or Metas, an independent Swiss government laboratory that operates on-site.
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How else to explain their constant reference to a golden era of timekeeping, more than 200 years ago, when masters such as Abraham-Louis Breguet devised the world's first complicated timepieces?
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His Instagram feed showcases his best available timepieces along with selfies taken aboard his friends' private planes, in which he is wearing custom-made suits, six-figure watches and Tom Ford glasses.
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That space will be reserved for two other components of the plan — a craft distillery and a "Museum of Time," featuring a private collection of industrial timepieces mostly from the 22013th century.
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Pieces like this Grand Seiko remind us that, before Apple Watches and Fitbits, there was an entire universe of truly striking timepieces made for the absolutely sole purpose of telling the time.
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The idea of smart bands has intrigued several traditional watchmakers I've spoken with as a way to bring smartwatch features to traditional timepieces without having to alter the casing of the watch.
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In remembrance of NASA's historic feat on the eve of its 50th anniversary, watch brand Omega — which made the Speedmaster timepieces astronauts wore on the moon — spoke to Aldrin about his experiences.
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Thanks to the proliferation of trustworthy websites specializing in pre-owned merchandise — including "never worn" models that come directly from brands' overstock — people already have outlets to buy and sell used timepieces.
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"They made off with a couple of ruby- and sapphire-encrusted Rolex Daytonas, vintage complicated Pateks, Rolexes with Stella dials, a unique Audemars Piguet and other very rare timepieces," the dealer said.
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Highlights included secret timepieces: One had its feline head carved into a 37.41-carat yellow beryl, while another had the face mounted on a white gold bracelet with 541 brilliant-cut diamonds.
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HUBLOT CLASSIC FUSION CHRONOGRAPH ORLINSKI CERAMIC $24,100 It's been several years since LVMH's watch brands first began showing their timepieces in a kind of fringe attraction during the Richemont-heavy S.I.H.H. fair.
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BAUME X ZAG LIMITED EDITION $1,350 The Richemont Group's fledgling watch brand was introduced in May with the promise of its customizable, sustainable and genderless timepieces being sold direct to the consumer.
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The house's "Her Time" exhibition, a mix of women's timepieces and advertising campaigns that has been shown from Milan to Shanghai, will be opening in Paris in late September, during fashion week.
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Companies more present in the watch market, however, like Omega owner Swatch Group or Cartier-parent Richemont , are more exposed to the turmoil in Hong Kong, a major center for luxury timepieces.
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Delivery of the watches will be done trackside, with buyers of the tourbillons collecting their timepieces in October at a two-day event during the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
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Swiss luxury timepieces are just emerging from a downturn as Chinese demand picks up and the industry's biggest market, Hong Kong, is returning to growth, a trend confirmed by LVMH executives on Sunday.
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"We believe the future is vintage, where scholarship matters," Mr. Bacs continued, referring to the kind of knowledgeable approach to timepieces that many say he has helped to make part of Phillips's hallmark.
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Expensive Swiss mechanical watches don't have much practical use on the field, court, or track, though it's not uncommon to see the world's biggest athletes wearing high-end, luxury timepieces during their events.
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But among those timepieces are a few that give a little more, their brands pledging to donate a portion of sales to good causes, such as helping impoverished communities or protecting the environment.
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Including those on the bank of timepieces on the foreign desk that tick away time zones across the globe, from Paris to London, from Hong Kong to Kathmandu (a Felix the Cat clock).
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One man who has made a living doing so is Jason Heaton, a Minnesota-based journalist, who is known to watch geeks as a test pilot for the world's most illustrious undersea timepieces.
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Kim Kardashian has a little Jackie Kennedy in her -- or at least on her -- because we found out she secretly bid on and won one of the legendary First Lady's super-expensive timepieces.
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The 50 or so Kari Voutilainen timepieces produced each year are highly sought by the world's most serious horophiles, who pay from 72,000 Swiss francs to 500,000 Swiss francs (about $75,0003 to $526,400).
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That legacy is on display this week at the Geneva International Motor Show, where the brand has erected a 3,300-square-foot stand presenting historic and contemporary timepieces as well as several racecars.
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Why would an atelier that has earned critical acclaim for its mechanical timepieces, made of Swiss movements and German parts, have an ad campaign that is the equivalent of an exaggerated stage wink?
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These next-generation collectors see old timepieces not just as a subtly stylish way to dress up a T-shirt and jeans, but also as a hot new asset in their investment portfolios.
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Plutocrat-worthy timepieces have become such an inextricable part of tennis culture that Serena Williams rocked a rose-gold Royal Oak Offshore by Audemars Piguet for her recent debut on a Wheaties box.
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Two-tone timepieces have a rich history in watchmaking (Rolex has been stylishly combining the metal of kings with sporty steel since the 1930s), but it is a look that comes with baggage.
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Owner of Swiss Watch Repair in New York City and the only person authorized to service A. Lange & Söhne timepieces in North America What's the best way to care for a mechanical watch?
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Buyers in Asia are taking more of an interest in the technical aspects of watchmaking, in part because they are increasingly buying timepieces for personal use instead of as gifts, Mr. Chan said.
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As well as creating movements for some 212 companies, including Ulysse Nardin, Girard Perregaux and Harry Winston, he has made some of the world's most ambitious and complicated timepieces for his own brand.
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Watches inspired four volumes published in recent months: Two offer looks at real or ideal collections, one tells the story of a watchmaking legend and the fourth applies the illustrated genre to timepieces.
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For one week every March, the industry convenes on the small, Rhine-straddling town of Basel, Switzerland, to show off the new timepieces that'll be making their way onto wrists over the coming year.
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To that end, Garmin is releasing five smartwatches in the Marq line, each is meant to fill a different role where traditional timepieces would typically live, including driving, piloting a plane, boating, and hiking.
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But still, the Board of Longitude wasn't ready to call him a winner and ordered another test run — this time to Barbados, against two teams using methods that relied on astronomy rather than timepieces.
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Click here to view original GIFWatchmakers are always striving to add more features to their timepieces, but it's the most simple and obvious feature—accurately keeping the time—that's the holy grail of horology.
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Swiss watchmakers are grappling with weak demand as fewer Chinese tourists shop for timepieces in Hong Kong and Europe and as a strong Swiss franc pushes up the production cost for "Swiss made" watches.
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Instant delivery, of the kind that Burberry is promising its customers, could be much more complicated for watchmakers than fashion houses, as designing and making timepieces takes longer than, say, the average new dress.
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If you're otherwise unfamiliar with Jacob Arabo's work, his brand Jacob & Co. is known for selling timepieces that cost upwards of $250k and are worn by the likes of Christiano Ronaldo and Jay-Z.
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Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona may be one of the world's most coveted of timepieces, but a Timex Indiglo or a Sears Winnie the Pooh watch also can mean a great deal to their owners.
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Ulysse Nardin has a long tradition of creating risqué timepieces, such as the Erotica Jarretière, which depicts a couple making love in Venice, and the Classic Voyeur, a scene in a Louis XIV salon.
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Girard-Perregaux's response to the quartz crisis (the rise of electronic watches and corresponding decline in demand for traditional mechanical timepieces), it was one of the first quartz watches made by a Swiss watchmaker.
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He oversaw timepieces while he worked at Gucci, Boucheron and Yves Saint Laurent, where he created a trapezoid-shaped tank on a woven strap that seems like a direct precursor to his new offerings.
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But, he added — echoing some of Ms. Hou's comments — they are far more discerning than their parents about timepieces and their tastes increasingly resemble that of their peers in Europe and the United States.
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The museum is the culmination of Mr. Halim's lifelong fascination with time and a way for him to display the clocks, timepieces and stained glass he has bought over the course of three decades.
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With exports of Swiss timepieces having suffered in 2016 their steepest decline in seven years, all eyes are on China, where faltering demand has inspired no small amount of soul-searching among luxury executives.
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Its sales rose, he said, by 15 percent in 2016, growth he attributed to his four collections' appeal to sophisticated and savvy collectors looking beyond mainstream brands for more exclusive, more cutting-edge timepieces.
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He found deep satisfaction immersing himself in a storied company's heritage, and Dunhill's, which comprised everything from tobacco pipes, car horns and leather overcoats to sunglasses, suits and timepieces, offered both inspiration and flexibility.
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The federation's 2018 data shows a 5 percent decline in watches with export prices of less than 13 Swiss francs ( $511), so its growth is being achieved by a reliance on high-end timepieces.
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"Making my timepieces in America is important to me because I am very passionate about watchmaking, and I believe this is the best way to resurrect the industry in the US," Weiss told Business Insider.
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The watch fair is dominated by LVMH's rival Richemont, with Swiss-made luxury timepieces just emerging from a severe downturn as Chinese demand picks up and the industry's biggest market, Hong Kong, returns to growth.
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"(In Asia) a downturn in demand occurred in the last three months of the year, particularly in wholesale," the maker of Swatch watches, sporty Tissot and luxury Breguet timepieces said in a statement on Thursday.
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And though the company has recently marketed its smart watch as more of a health-oriented device than a fashion accessory, the company still clearly wants to appeal to people who appreciate high-end timepieces.
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His peers speculate that, in addition to whatever McLemore inherited from his own parents, he has made hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years as a world-class builder and fixer of antique timepieces.
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ZURICH, Aug 23 (Reuters) - The United States overtook Hong Kong as the No.1 market for Swiss watch exports in July as cash-strapped watch retailers in Hong Kong held back from ordering new timepieces.
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The company-based in Biel in western Switzerland whose portfolio spans expensive Breguet, more affordable Longines and plastic Swatch timepieces-said it had seen strong demand from younger "millennial" consumers across regions and price segments.
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Modern watches typically have a degree of water resistance but it's frequently only about 30 meters (98 feet); so, taking water pressure into account, that rules out wearing most timepieces in the bathtub or shower.
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More sneakers are to come, but watches (100-euro Casios, or $122, and five-figure timepieces customized by Bamford and Mad Paris) are already arrayed, near instant cameras, sunglasses and the odd pair of binoculars.
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The British horologist George Daniels is generally considered one of the most influential watchmakers of the last hundred years — even though he made fewer than 30 timepieces on his own before his death in 1.33.
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Mr. Bianchi also said that beginning this year, TAG Heuer will make new timepieces available immediately, following the see-now/buy-now concept that fashion brands have embraced in recent years, some with mixed results.
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In today's age of the selfie and self-care, it seems only fitting that the watch industry would do some reflecting of its own: Several fashion savvy watch brands are creating timepieces with mirror dials.
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Even with the supposed next-gen power efficiency of Qualcomm's new chip, an Android Wear watch will require regular, probably daily, recharging, whereas automatic timepieces can just tick along happily so long as they're regularly used.
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Johannesburg For Mr. Masha, 4003, creating his own timepieces was as natural as his middle name, Xesha, a word meaning time in the Xhosa language of South Africa (and pronounced CLE-sha, with a clicking sound).
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There's no denying that Breitling is using its new Breitlight material as a selling point for the Avenger Hurricane, since other timepieces in its collection with similar functionality, and metal housings, actually sell for less money.
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Specifically, earlier this month, it announced a partnership with Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry, which sells timepieces to many monied Bay Area VCs and other Silicon Valley bigs at stores in Redwood City and Menlo Park, Calif.
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The maker of Omega and Longines timepieces said sales fell 4.4% at current rates to 4.078 billion Swiss francs ($4.13 billion), while net profit fell to 415 million francs from 468 million francs a year earlier.
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That may explain why Adrian Broner, an American boxer who adopted the nickname About Billions, wore a pair of bejeweled timepieces at a news conference with Manny Pacquiao before their fight in Las Vegas last January.
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From a technical standpoint that means developmental work to ensure the timepieces are light enough to not obstruct Mr. Nadal on the court, and resistant enough for the G-force of Felipe Massa's Formula 1 car.
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In a separate but related skirmish, the Swiss defense department announced in February it had won a years-long battle against a small watchmaker over the right to use the "Swiss Military" moniker on its timepieces.
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Mr. Gerbi, a longtime watch aficionado, says he reads people by the timepieces they wear and how they wear them — pristine or well loved, expensive or affordable, left wrist or right, face in or face out.
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"Thirty-five years was a turning point for us and we wanted to show how we evolved after the big celebration," said Kazuto Ushiyama, 48, an engineer in the product planning department for timepieces at Casio.
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For example, only two women's watches were among the 157 timepieces auctioned in November by Phillips at its Geneva Watch Auction Six — although there were about a dozen gem-set models that could be considered unisex.
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Shipments of Swiss timepieces fell 9.2% to 1.6 billion Swiss francs ($1.65 billion) in February, with Hong Kong down 42.0% and mainland China 13% lower, the Swiss watch federation (FH)said in a statement on Thursday.
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But to the swelling legions of watch geeks worldwide who think of vintage timepieces as fine art, a so-called Paul Newman Daytona is the one watch that seemingly every self-respecting collector needs to own.
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Over the last decade, as luxury retailers large and small grew to accept — then embrace — e-commerce, most Swiss watchmakers struck a tone of defiance, vowing to protect their timepieces from the perils of the internet.
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After all, he is a former managing director of Harry Winston Rare Timepieces and for the past 14 years he has been shaping his company, MB&F, into a leading light of the independent watchmaking world.
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"You couldn't get them and if you did, they were immediately worth 20193 percent more than what you paid for them," said Steve Hallock, owner of Tick Tocking, a Los Angeles watch dealer specializing in contemporary timepieces.
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After buying back large amounts of excess watch stocks in recent years, Richemont, known for high-end IWC and Jaeger-LeCoultre luxury timepieces, has also been reducing wholesale distribution and keeping a tight leash on new inventory.
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Certain brands' authentic timepieces are quite valuable across the board: "If it says Rolex or Patek Philippe on the dial, and it's real, then chances are the watch in your hand could have significant value," Altieri said.
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Biver said younger Chinese were now taking an interest in Swiss timepieces, often preferring wacky and striking designs or sporty models, to the small, discreet watches their parents favored, and benefiting LVMH brands like Hublot for instance.
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Companies like Daniel Wellington and MVMT are selling millions of dollars worth of acceptable if poorly-constructed watches – thereby gutting the Swiss low-end – and with advanced manufacturing techniques we are seeing smaller brands produce mechanical timepieces.
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Richemont has undergone a period of recent and rapid change, from brand introductions, acquisitions and a management shake-up, to a revamped online strategy amid a flattened watch market (timepieces account for 37 percent of group sales).
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The Swiss watch company Rado has combined the color palettes developed by the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier with its own ceramic technology to create what its chief executive, Matthias Breschan, called "unisex and uni-age" timepieces.
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"These days, we mostly get collectors, people looking for vintage watches," like the hard-to-find Park Chung-hee presidential watch from the 230s, the first of the presentation timepieces that now are made for each administration.
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CreditCreditLam Yik Fei for The New York Times BEIJING — To stroll through the Hall for Ancestral Worship deep within the Forbidden City is to appreciate the fascination that ornate mechanical timepieces held for successive emperors of China.
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Prince Albert, who has been the event's patron since its start in 2005, held a party during the Monaco Yacht Show in September, a royal send-off for a 10-city promotional tour of the donated timepieces.
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While anti-trust agency WEKO stopped short of an outright sales ban, it said on Thursday it had barred deliveries of so-called movements, the components which keep expensive mechanical timepieces ticking, to Swatch customers from January.
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The Swiss watch industry, which includes Swatch and Richemont, may overall be selling fewer timepieces as exports decline 15 months in a row but it is not facing an existential crisis as in the 1970s, Biver said.
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With its 18 brands, Swatch is present across all price categories, from luxurious Breguet timepieces to colorful plastic Swatch watches, a strategy that has often helped it in the past when only some price segments were under pressure.
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Her red manicured hands rest on a crystal ball, displaying an eclectic mix of pieces including "Gucci Ouroboros, GG Running, and Le Marché des Merveilles fine [jewelry] collections, and the G-Frame and G-Timeless timepieces," WWD reports.
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"The Luxury of Time: European Clocks and Watches," an examination of the interior technology and exterior artistry of timepieces from the 16th through 19th centuries, continues at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until March 28.
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"Being heavily into watches and fascinated by free market dynamics in the trade of consumer products, we saw huge potential for creating a marketplace that allowed the secure and simple global trading of high quality timepieces," said Man.
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But in January, at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva, Mr. Calce introduced the first family of Laureato timepieces, 21966 references for both men and women, in four sizes from 20173 millimeters to 22017 millimeters.
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Even as luxury watch brands have battled retail challenges over the last few years, high-end vintage timepieces have been selling for record-setting prices, especially hard-to-find pieces by brands such as Rolex and Patek Philippe.
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His timepieces were made by tinkering with precise little tools and jewelry lathes in his bedroom, then, in the last few decades of his life, in a large, airy workshop at his property on the Isle of Man.
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In 2015 the brand produced, with a French agency, a two-and-a-half-minute virtual reality film to acquaint attendees at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva with its newest collection of skeleton timepieces.
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"In 2009 — one generation later — when gold hit $1,800, women stood in line to sell their gold jewelry, but men did not liquidate their timepieces because the knowledge of what to pay for them wasn't there," he said.
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And yet the watchmaker Richard Mille, whose Swiss brand is best known for fashioning avant-garde timepieces from space-age materials, found enough similarities between the two worlds to co-design a watch with Airbus Corporate Jets, or ACJ.
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BUERGENSTOCK, Switzerland, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Swatch Group saw strong sales in its Omega and Tissot brand watches during the Chinese New Year but demand was more sluggish for its higher-end timepieces, Chief Executive Nick Hayek said on Thursday.
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While the company specializes in customizing Rolexes, its artisans have also added bespoke features to other luxury timepieces – from Panerai to Audemars Piguet – including changing every single marker on a watch face to the color of a client's choice.
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Hyman's return to timepieces throughout— the day-by-day wall calendar, a windowsill alarm clock, a pocket watch, clocks in the bank and the diner — match well with the time-centric lines he chose to extract from the text.
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With about $2 million in mostly vintage and one-of-a-kind timepieces locked in his room safe, Mr. Harris went to dinner — and returned about an hour later to find the room door broken and the safe missing.
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The Musée du Temps reflects the city's role in timepieces "from sundials to atomic clocks," according to its director, Laurence Reibel (and plays host in June each year to the Les 4003H du Temps fair held in its courtyard).
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Independent Swiss watchmakers always have been responsible for many of the most unconventional timepieces seen at S.I.H.H. The squad of 17 independents, five of them new to the event this year, gather at the show's Carré des Horlogers area.
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The brand, now called IWC Schaffhausen and owned by Compagnie Financière Richemont, is marking the milestone with a global series of events, including an exhibition of contemporary and historic timepieces that will travel the world from May through November.
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Founded in 1839, and closely held by the Stern family since 1932, Patek Philippe does not disclose its annual production or revenue — but reports have estimated it produces 37003,000 timepieces annually and generates 1.5 billion Swiss francs in sales.
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Fine watches send a signal to fans that fans that today's multimillionaire athletes are not sweat-drenched gladiators, but men and women of taste and refinement, who appreciate exquisite timepieces just as they would fine wine or contemporary art.
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The fact that Hermès's new watch, the Slim d'Hermès L'heure Impatiente, suggests a reflection makes it one of the most notable, and certainly one of the most lyrical, of the timepieces introduced at the Baselworld watch fair this year.
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Aeschlimann, Urquhart's second-in-command, takes over at the maker of Speedmaster and Seamaster timepieces as the Swiss watch industry is being buffeted by twin forces: low oil prices, hurting Russian and Middle Eastern sales, and slowing Chinese economic growth.
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"Already the cuff and the beads and everything is too much, and too much is going on so I wanted something slim, something simple that would complement the straps," she said of the stainless steel timepieces, which are manufactured in China.
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And while the open bar was teeming, the watch brand Timex, which Mr. Snyder had teamed up with this season, vied for attention by offering free timepieces to partygoers, causing a bit of bottlenecking at the front of the room.
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As a whole, Defakto has long been one of my favourite smaller watchmakers, since it makes affordable (in watch world terms) timepieces with quality components, featuring case and face designs that are at once visually spare and yet also striking.
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The maker of Omega and Longines timepieces said on Wednesday its sales fell 4.4% at current exchange rates to 4.078 billion Swiss francs ($4.13 billion), while net profit fell to 415 million francs from 468 million francs a year earlier.
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From afar they're gorgeous timepieces, and the ability to customize the watch face (a huge bulk of the 10,000 apps available on the Gear's app store are for customization) means you can make it look like the $10,000 Brietling you covet.
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Here are some of the main factors that may affect Swiss stocks: The maker of Tissot, Longines and Swatch timepieces reported a 11.3% profit fall in first half of 2019 as the Swiss watch manufacturer's sales fell and profitability was squeezed.
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Pop into the West Village space to check out an array of minimalist timepieces, including a new Norse style with angular casing ($420), displayed on a cantilevered watch bar running the length of the store, and enjoy a Fika coffee.
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The timepieces are made daily and kept in a safe until next year, said Jean-Claude Biver, chief executive of the brand and president of the watch division at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the luxury conglomerate that owns it.
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Swiss watchmakers are grappling with weak demand for luxury timepieces as Chinese shoppers, their top customer, travel less to Europe for fear of attacks and, deterred by an anti-graft campaign, also buy fewer watches in Hong Kong and Macau.
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Beyond the solidarity they share with fellow collectors, their fondness for watch-spotting on Instagram and their love for the stories attached to their favorite mechanical timepieces, the women are united in their passion for models typically marketed to men.
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That same year, it created a team dedicated to producing movements within the Manufacture G&F Châtelain in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, a specialist in the machining, assembly and finishing of high-end timepieces that Chanel acquired in 1993.
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Spurred by growing competition from a new, more trusted breed of online retailer, however, the Swiss houses have reached an inflection point in their relationship with used timepieces: regulate their distribution and sale or lose out to third-party dealers.
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Olivia Burton was founded in 103 on contemporary, clean looking dials, but today timepieces produced by the London-based house — which is synonymous with flowers, femininity and the color pink — are a far cry from its early pared-back look.
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If you don't invest in preserving the heritage and legacy of the watch industry, how will future generations understand the desire to acquire brands and timepieces that have been created by craftsmen and women out of the pure passion to create?
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He also said he expected 2019 sales to have increased by 12 to 15 percent, and that a focus on sales to consumers rather than to retailers, who might or might not actually sell the timepieces, had helped stimulate performance.
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Industry figures say watches come from authorised dealers around the world who are struggling to sell timepieces — official sales in Hong Kong, for example, fell 25 per cent in 2016, according to the FHS, and left retailers with a glut.
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The Jade Grand Feu timepieces, for example, are offered with intensely colored enamel dials in deep red, sky blue or steel gray; the Marine Tourbillon Grand Feu has an understated face that showcases the soft white enamel on the dial.
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" Brian Duffy, chief executive of Aurum Holdings, which owns Watches of Switzerland, the British retailer that sells a wide selection of timepieces by luxury brands such as Rolex, A. Lange & Söhne and Audemars Piguet, said enameled watches "sell very, very well.
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Omega has been among bright spots for Swatch of late, posting strong sales during this year's Lunar New Year holiday - Hong Kong is the biggest market for timepieces - even as demand for the company's higher-end watches that include Breguet were sluggish.
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Swiss watchmakers are grappling with weak demand for pricey timepieces as Chinese shoppers, their biggest customer group, travel less to Europe's luxury capitals for fear of Islamist attacks and, deterred by an anti-graft campaign, also buy fewer watches in Hong Kong.
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After the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign crimped sales of Jaeger-LeCoultre's snazzy timepieces among its traditional older clientele, the Swiss watchmaker hired Ms Jiang for a video ad targeting young urbanites, including her 27m fans on Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like microblog.
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Exports of Swiss timepieces were down 16.4 percent in nominal terms in October, their steepest fall this year, dragged down by shipments of precious metal watches that have fallen out of favour with Chinese shoppers since the Chinese government took anti-graft measures.
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" Hunter S. Thompson, who was something of a fop himself with his safari jackets and cigarette holders, liked to double down on head-turning timepieces, including a so-called Rolex GMT-Master II with a red and black bezel known as the "Coke.
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Around this time every year all of your favorite brands – and brands you've never heard of – launch unique timepieces that cost more than a few dozen Honda Accords and look like something made by Doctor Manhattan during one of his less melancholy moments.
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Just about every guest is drawn to the 22019-foot-long table at the center of the room, where many of the collectors pulled timepieces from cases and piled them haphazardly onto the table until it was covered in hundreds of rare wristwatches.
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Not even the financial crisis of 2008 could dent the demand for Switzerland's high-end timepieces, exports of which peaked in 2014 at 22.3 billion Swiss francs, or $260 billion at the current exchange rate, on the strength of the Chinese market.
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This day, in his spacious office on the third floor of the company's main building, he is wearing the latest Bond watch, an Omega Seamaster 2137 Master Co-Axial "Spectre" Limited Edition, one of 20153,22015 timepieces produced to coincide with the 27 film.
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From Montblanc to Louis Vuitton, designers of all types made timepieces equipped with all the features you'd find on a standard smartwatch— from in-depth health and fitness tracking to app notifications—without sacrificing the most important thing of all: luxury, darling.
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Focusing on a watch at this juncture, when most people use their cellphones or computers as timepieces, "Substance" reminds you of how our lives and consciousness are structured and makes you wonder what the next deceptively simple object of this magnitude will be.
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It was March 2013 and I was in the midst of my annual pilgrimage to the Baselworld watch and jewelry fair, to meet with watchmakers, see hundreds of new timepieces and fill up on spargel, the seasonal white asparagus beloved by the Swiss.
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But as users begin to tire of the broken promises of most smartwatch companies, we're seeing an increasing number of hybrid watches — more mechanical timepieces that hew closer to a traditional watch, but also add in some extra smart features, like activity tracking or notifications.
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Proof that it succeeded came in 2199, when the house introduced its Octo Finissimo series of ultrathin timepieces, led by the hand-wound Octo Finissimo Tourbillon, a 443-millimeter-thick titanium watch whose round bezel and octagonal case recalled Mr. Genta's masterful use of shapes.
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"At the moment, in watches, we leave it to what I call the 'dark side' to deal with demand for pre-owned pieces," added Bennahmias, whose company is known for its octagonal Royal Oak timepieces that sell for 40,240 Swiss francs ($224,2950) on average.
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MB&F, which makes 250 of its futuristic timepieces a year, now reaps up to a quarter of sales through a handful of art gallery joint ventures, from Geneva to Dubai - providing it with another way of reaching customers, said communications head Charris Yadigaroglou.
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With their octagonal metal frames, bold hands and crisp white dials marked with dots and deltoids rather than numbers, the 78 electrically powered timepieces bore the cross from the city's coat of arms and the word Normalzeit, or standard time, which became their nickname.
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Then it decided to focus on inexpensive quartz models and stopped making mechanical timepieces entirely from 1973 to 4003, the period that the industry still calls the Quartz Crisis, resuming production only when mechanical watches began to regain public acclaim for their craftsmanship and style.
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"Because the Asian customers hadn't discovered us yet, we were not so affected," said Alexander Philipp, director of sales and marketing at Tutima, a watchmaker next door to Nomos that specializes in timepieces based on those used by pilots in the German air force.
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" The idea of making personalized fashion and accessories is not new, he wrote: "It was not rare for French aristocrats before the French Revolution to get customized jewelry or wigs (for example), and later also for the bourgeoisie (think for example of unique, personalized timepieces).
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Mr. Anthony specialized in this type of watch, which also is known as a Chinese caliber watch, and his timepieces are highly prized, as evidenced by the $266,433 price of an exceptional example that sold in December 2016 at a Sotheby's auction in London.
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In addition to popular brands, including Rolex and Patek Philippe, Mr. Khoori also collects customized watches, a passion that began about seven years ago when he came across one by Jochen Benzinger, the German watchmaker who creates his own elaborately decorated timepieces and will engrave other brands.
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Not every one wants email notifications or step-tracking on their timepieces, but Longines has created an analog watch that cleverly integrates one useful smartwatch feature: easy time zone adjustments, without requiring a wireless connection to your phone, or the watch to be charged every night.
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Inspired by feature-packed watches from company's like Breitling and Omega (and the big prices they command), the company's new MARQ smartwatch line isn't quite as subtle, but Garmin is hoping it will appeal to fans of traditional analog timepieces who want both fashion and functionality.
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Gucci apparently went directly to "international meme creators" to either riff off the label's hyper-stylized lookbook imagery and come up with their own memes, or collaborate with visual artists tapped by Michele to create what it deemed a "relatable" scenario, tied back to the timepieces.
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The maker of cheap plastic Swatch watches, sporty Tissot and luxury Breguet timepieces said in a statement on Thursday it had seen a downturn in demand in Asia in the final quarter of 2018, but hoped its strong position in China would become an opportunity this year.
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But its most popular video, with 212 million views, remains the first "Talking Watches" episode, a nine-minute clip from 212 featuring John Mayer riffing on his favorite timepieces, Rolex chief among them ("A GMT is one of the world's greatest apps," the singer-songwriter said).
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Together, they produced some of the watch world's most distinctive timepieces, recognizable by their signature oversized cases, transparent backs, imposing crowns, Roman numerals and Celtic cross-styled tourbillon carriages, all of which are certified for their provenance and quality with the Poinçon de Genève, or Geneva Seal.
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In addition to resetting timepieces to "spring forward" or "fall back" on those days, Mr. Schneider performs year-round maintenance that includes adjusting timing, oiling mechanisms, and repairing the gears, levers and chains behind the giant clock faces that stand as symbols of great American clock making.
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Swatch Group, with its cheap Swatch plastic watches, Tissot sports watches and high-end Omega timepieces, is doing less well than peer Richemont because of its higher exposure to entry-price pieces that are under pressure from smartwatches, and weaker position in the fast-growing jewelry segment.
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Swatch Group, with its cheap Swatch plastic watches, Tissot sports watches and high-end Omega timepieces, is doing less well than peer Richemont because of its higher exposure to entry-price pieces that are under pressure from smartwatches, and weaker position in the fast-growing jewellery segment.
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In this new incarnation by the Swiss company Vacheron Constantin, which has specialized in rarefied timepieces since its founding in 1755, you can stare at it all you want through the round porthole at the bottom of the blue lacquer dial or through its sapphire crystal back.
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He has expanded the company archive from a suitcase full of random watches in 1984 to a collection that includes 350 timepieces, 100 related machines and the original gold medal document presented to its Esmeralda pocket watch at the 1889 Exposition Universelle, the world's fair in Paris.
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The company's almost 6,500-square-foot museum is home to more than 10,000 timepieces – the oldest of which date back to the house's first pocket watches made between 1832 and 1866, as well as a selection of timekeeping and mechanical instruments and the brand's advertising archives.
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During most of its history, Ulysse Nardin was best known as an old-fashioned maker of nautically inspired timepieces (even after it was reinvigorated in the 1980s by the Swiss businessman Rolf Schnyder and the watchmaking wunderkind Ludwig Oechslin, who together created a trilogy of widely praised astronomical wristwatches).
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The Geneva-based watchmaker will showcase its new Velvet Blossom Trilogy of ladies' gem-set timepieces in Doha — not because the Middle East demands a disproportionate number of women's watches, but because Velvet is the brand's "big hero" collection of 2016, said its chief executive, Jean-Marc Pontroué.
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Read more: The incredible life of Roger Federer, the highest-paid tennis player in the worldWhile these players are always seen with one of their sponsor's timepieces on their wrists outside the tournaments, some like to take it a step further and keep their watches on while they play.
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"Customers buy in 240, 220 and sometimes 15 months on their Visa or Amex card," said David Zilberman, chief executive of one of Brazil's most prominent multibrand watch boutiques, Sara Joias, which sells timepieces including Audemars Piguet, Breitling and the exclusive Ballon Bleu de Cartier's vibrating diamond-set watch.
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Google operates a smartwatch software platform called Wear OS that firms like Fossil, Kate Spade, Misfit, and other watch makers have used to power their timepieces, but it doesn't have a flagship product of its own as it does with its line of Pixel smartphones and Pixelbook laptops.
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BENJAMIN CLYMER, founder and chief executive, the watch website Hodinkee, in New York When you have a real passion for watchmaking, for the beauty and complexity of mechanical objects, you will get to a point where you will have this strong feeling to own the timepieces you always desired.
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It was one of the motivations for Patek Philippe to stage a free exhibition in July near Grand Central Terminal of around 400 of its expensive timepieces, including current items and antiques such as a clock that sat on President John F. Kennedy's desk in the White House.
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In one case being litigated in New York, a dealer in timepieces based there is suing a California auction house, asserting that the pair of clocks he paid $607,000 for in 2016 had been misrepresented as being at least 203 years old, when they were actually modern reproductions.
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As he travels east and showcases Japanese devotion to craftsmanship, particularly highlighted in that country's manufacture of precise timepieces, he reminds us of the beauty of imperfections as seen in bamboo handicrafts and handmade lacquerware, the inexactness of nature adding subtle eccentricities to our creations and, with them, charm.
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So it is not surprising that Graff's watch division has produced special métiers d'art timepieces with Chinese themes, a decision reminiscent of the 203th-century period when watch manufacturers like Ilbery of London, Bovet and Vaucher created lavishly decorated custom-made pocket watches for members of the imperial court.
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The United States, where sales of new watches have been falling for years, is the number one market for pre-owned watches, followed by Britain and Japan, said U.S. retailer Danny Govberg, who sells new watches for Rolex and other brands, but also an increasing number of second-hand timepieces.
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Garmin's Todd Register, the creative lead and product manager of the new line, told Gizmodo the biggest challenge of designing and implementing the MARQ timepieces was simply fitting all of the additional functionality into a timepiece that, at least at a passing glance, doesn't look like a smartwatch bulging with features.
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A wall display of timepieces from Richard Mille, Audemars Piguet and Bamford Watch Department seems like a stylish backdrop to the main event: a loft space decorated with contemporary art and furnished with a Vladimir Kagen Serpentine sofa, a black walnut dining table that seats 14 and a fully equipped kitchen.
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SINGAPORE — As the print magazine industry continues its struggle to survive, the watch publisher Revolution is sprouting an e-commerce arm, partnering with the new e-commerce platform WatchBox to sell pre-owned timepieces and, separately, selling new limited-edition models by 10 brands, including Tag Heuer, IWC Schaffhausen and Hublot.
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"Kari himself got into his car and drove to Besançon to get my watch tested and get the certificate," Mr. Hickcox said, referring to the 1.5-hour drive from the watchmaker's home in Môtiers, Switzerland, to the observatory in France where Mr. Voutilainen has the accuracy of his timepieces certified.
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A few years ago, when the watch industry was enthralled with China and its seemingly limitless appetite for luxury timepieces, Cartier, flush with cash and perhaps some hubris, seized the opportunity to court men with the introduction of several inventive and highly complicated watches, each priced at more than $100,21.
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He also owns the Rolex Submariner of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, and all the watches worn by the six actors who have played James Bond in the film series, timepieces he recently lent to the "James Bond Time" exhibition at the Espace Horloger in Le Sentier, Switzerland.
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After endless chatter about his timepieces (and speculation on social media that his game-worn watch might be a fake), the star receiver seemed wearied by questions about watches — even with the announcement of a new endorsement deal with Daniel Wellington, a Sweden-based maker of watches in the $200 range.
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When I entered, the denim-clad chief executive, whom I'd never met, led me to a private room, where he spent nearly an hour walking me through Shinola's entire collection, including timepieces such as The Runwell and The Brakeman, names evoking a long tradition of American-made watches for railroad employees.
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"My Time," by Sandro Fratini, co-edited by Christie's FAM Publishing, 688 pages; there are four versions of the limited-edition book, priced from $750 to $1,600 "My Time" highlights 19533 timepieces from the collection of Sandro Fratini, an Italian watch fan whose family founded the Rifle jeans brand in 1958.
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Whether you're a young professional ready to graduate from an Apple Watch to an entry-level luxury watch, an illustrious businessperson shopping for the pinnacle of high-end timepieces, or a holiday shopper looking to surprise someone special with a truly unforgettable gift, Troverie is the latest and greatest way to buy watches.
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For Mr. Chatti, who arrived at Louis Vuitton in 2010 under strict orders to forge a world-class fine watchmaking operation for the luxury group LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the recognition is the perfect encapsulation of just how far the brand has come since it first started making timepieces in 2002.
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Given that the Fédération de l'industrie horlogère suisse (Federation of the Swiss watch industry) estimates that roughly 1.2 billion timepieces were sold last year (of which 25.4 million of which were Swiss watches) the potential market is far greater than the market for smartwatches, which sold roughly 21.1 million units in 2016.
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Funny, then, that a Los Angeles-based watch start-up founded by a couple of college dropouts in 2013 has become an industry player (the company says its revenues were $60 million last year) by selling old-school timepieces — dumb watches, if you will — to people too young to remember rotary phones.
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Breguet is the industry's recognized leader in guillochage; it was the first company to use the technique on timepieces and still showcases it today, with a workshop devoted to the technique at the company's factory in L'Orient, one of the Swiss watch villages in the Le Chenit district of the Vallée de Joux.
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The operation is a lean one, he said.. (Unlike most auctions, Only Watch features unique timepieces donated by their makers that are auctioned without commissions or reserve prices.) Mr. Pettavino is president of the Monaco-based charity, which he helped to found in 2001 after learning that his son, Paul, had the disease.
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It distinctly appeals to my sense of style and I know it will last generations, and that's more or less what it all boils down to: luxury timepieces are beautiful, complex pieces of machinery that look and feel good on wrists, and will keep ticking long after you and I are gone.
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The shrinking size of some of the more intriguing watches for men can, arguably, be traced back to Hodinkee and its assault on what some in the watch world call "penis-extenders"—those overwrought testosterone timepieces pumped out by newer brands like Hublot, but also by old stalwarts like Patek and Rolex.
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He had earned that reputation during his seven-year tenure as managing director of Harry Winston Timepieces, where he created the groundbreaking Opus concept, a series of annual collaborations with master watchmakers — including Mr. Journe, Mr. Halter and Mr. Baumgartner — that resulted in some of the wildest, wackiest models the world had ever seen.
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"Gilded New York," at the Museum of the City of New York, includes more than 100 exhibits — among them, timepieces such as a lady's platinum, gold and diamond pendant watch, a man's gold and sapphire pocket watch and fob, and a gilt bronze mantel clock — owned by the city's wealthiest residents during the late 1800s.
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To help shed light on what women want in a watch, The New York Times spoke to six female collectors — including Ms. McGivney — about the way they discovered their love of timepieces, which brands and styles are particularly appealing, and what it is like to be a woman in the traditionally masculine watch world.
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And the Newman bid might seem like small beer compared with Christie's $270 million sale of Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" in November in New York, but the Newman sale did cause a stir in the watch market and impress the value of vintage timepieces on a much broader audience, part of Phillips's overall vision.
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But the tables will be turned this month at the Le Temps est Féminin sale which, according to Geoffroy Ader, the former head of Sotheby's European watch department and now a consultant to Artcurial, will attract women eager for classic timepieces from top marques such as Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin and Patek Philippe.
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Like all of Mr. Büsser's timepieces, the titanium model was a nostalgic ode to his 21994s youth (in this case, his mania for assembling model aircraft) as well as a love letter to kinetic art, a category he champions at his four M.A.D. Gallery locations, in Geneva; Hong Kong; Taipei, Taiwan; and Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
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While Seiko's midmarket quartz watches are made at several locations, all the company's mechanical timepieces are made and assembled in Shizukuishi, from the tiny parts churned out in oil-filled baths (parts so minuscule their shape can be seen only through a microscope), through processing, assembly and adjustment, and on to testing (more than 400 hours for each timepiece).
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Known for its uninterrupted 21920-year history of producing mostly men's watches of extreme precision and style — from the coveted perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatches of the mid-133th century to its sporty 213 status symbol, the Nautilus — Patek Philippe tops the mechanical watchmaking pyramid with an annual production of 21969,276 timepieces and an estimated $1.3 billion in sales.
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His personal collection of watches is impressive—for example, a gold Patek Philippe with the Golden Rule inscribed on its dial, which Lyndon Johnson gave to his allies and underlings—and he has likely made a small fortune from buying and selling timepieces over the years, but he's also harnessed nostalgia in a way that feels real.
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Auction records abounded: five timepieces passed the $22000 million mark and world record prices were set for a Rolex GMT-Master ($19343 million; previously Marlon Brando's), a Rolex Day-Date ($24994 million; formerly golfer Jack Nicklaus'), a rare pink gold Patek Philippe Reference 218 ($22021 million), and a yellow gold second series Patek Philippe Reference 2499 ($2 million).
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The Hong Kong seller of luxury watches looked on in horror as masked men wielding the biggest sledgehammer he'd ever seen smashed through the door of a neighboring watch store, held a machete to the owner's throat, scooped up hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of timepieces, and then scattered into the city's maze of streets.
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Timepieces dominate the exhibition, whether clocks, like the "World Clock" (2012) that tracks global time zones with innocuous items like rotating pills in a bottle for Paris or nail clippers for Sydney, or devices to consider the passage of time, like "Signature" (1993) which endlessly scrawls Hawkinson's signature with a jerry-rigged turntable positioned on an old school desk.
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If athletes are talented enough to land a coveted spot in the Millrose Games, the elite annual indoor track meet taking place Saturday in Manhattan, they are participating in a relic from a golden era of track and field — one when top athletes were knighted, runners were timed by tuxedo-clad men with gold timepieces and thousands of spectators cheered them on.
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There's no telling how the demand for five- and six-figure timepieces will hold up should, say, a credit implosion in China, or a splintering of the eurozone, produce a sequel to the 2100 financial crisis, or should Democratic Socialists sweep to power in Washington on promises of a 70 percent tax rate on the target demographic for museum-worthy watches.
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Mr. Ader himself has brought the hammer down on a few historical timepieces, including the gold Rolex Datejust that Hans Wilsdorf, the founder of Rolex, gave to Konrad Adenauer, the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany after World War II. "It was only natural that I would want to tell the story of historical watches," Mr. Ader said.
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Wear OS gets a big update, and new watches to go with itThroughout the years, as Android Wear (now known as Wear OS) evolved, it started to stray further and further away from being the smartwatch platform it was supposed to be, and instead turned into a solution for fashion brands like Fossil, Luis Vuitton, and others to add very simple smartphone integration to their sorta-techy timepieces.
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But at the boutique, there was the Excalibur Spider Pirelli with the yellow Pirelli colors and a rubber strap made from tires on winning Formula One cars as well as timepieces inspired by Lamborghini's Aventador S. And more variations are to be introduced at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva this week, including a black rubber and pink gold Aventador S and a black and white titanium Excalibur Spider Pirelli.
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Examples included the Big Bang Tutti Frutti collection from LVMH-owned maximalist brand Hublot (with yet more examples of denim detailing); the magenta pink and deja blue of Louis Vuitton's Blossom timepieces (bright blues were everywhere this year, as well as in 2015); and the Chopard rainbow-hued Imperiale Joaillerie watch, a self-winding mechanical movement with a case, crown, dial and strap covered entirely with 581 baguette-cut sapphires, arranged in colors that melted gently from one to the next.
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The highest-profile timepieces to marry stylish form with digital function were the $395 Michael Kors Access watch, which uses the Google Android Wear platform and comes in either gold or a sporty black design, and Swatch-owned Tissot's futuristic-looking solar-powered Smart-Touch, which comes with an independent outdoor weather station unit, and can provide navigation by moving its hands and even trigger an alarm on a fob (with which it is sold) in order to find mislaid keys.
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But then he has been passionate about timepieces since he was about 6 years old, when he would scan store windows in Manhattan on weekend trips with his parents from the family home in suburban Tenafly, N.J. (The FlikFlak children's watch on his wrist at the time was considerably less expensive than the ones he was admiring.) His parents, both doctors, aren't really watch collectors, but the time-related keepsakes displayed in the family home, including an 18th-century sundial and a John Poole marine chronometer, also fascinated him.
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