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A watchmaker's paradise
In the Joux Valley, in the south-west corner of Switzerland, the traditional craft of watchmaking is flourishing, as John Laurenson discovers.
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Why a $15,950 Tourbillon Watch Is Considered a Steal
With a price tag of $15,950, the new Carrera Heuer-02T wristwatch from TAG Heuer — a brand often associated with “starter” Swiss luxury watches under $3,000 — may strike budget-minded consumers as “mind boggling,” as one watch site, Monochrome, put it; perhaps even “incredible,” in the words of another, Hodinkee. An entry-level timepiece for the price of a factory-fresh Japanese subcompact? I’ll take the Honda.
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Pebble's New Smartwatches Have a Fitness Obsession
Smartwatches leave a lot to be desired, but Pebble usually brings refreshingly different ideas to the wearable conversation. It’s one of the reasons why we’ve always been such big fans. Pebble continually done wrist notifications and battery life very well. Now, it’s adding a third: fitness.
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Patek Philippe 5175R Grandmaster Chime Watch
The ultimate in precision engineering.
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Apple Watch sales are down 55%
A new report from market intelligence firm IDC shows Apple Watch sales have dropped 55% since the product was launched in early 2015. The watch debuted to a backlog of orders and 3.6 million units were shipped in its first three months on the market. But sales plummeted to just 1.6 million in the latest quarter, according to IDC. That's in spite of a price discount. Apple it set to deliver an updated operating system for its smartwatch this fall -- called watchOS 3 -- which promises new features and improved performance. It's widely expected to also introduce a redesigned "Apple Watch 2" in the autumn.
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Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business | Simon Garfield
In 17 March 2016, the watch manufacturer Breitling opened a lavish new stall at Baselworld, the world’s biggest watch fair, to show off its latest marvels. There was the Avenger Hurricane, a beefy black and yellow extravaganza in a special polymer case made specifically to survive all extremes of superhuman adventure (£6,500). There was the Superocean Chronograph M2000 Blacksteel, with full functionality at a depth of 2,000 metres (£3,850). And there were at least 60 other items, each out-glistening the other in an attempt to demonstrate a new and expensive way to tell the time.
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Mechanical Movements of the Cold War
How the Soviets Revolutionized Wristwatches. By Hunter Oatman-Stanford.
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The smartest watches are still mechanical
There was a little moment during this month’s Consumer Electronics Show where I discovered that I was surrounded by colleagues wearing regular, old school mechanical watches. Dan Seifert, Mark Linsangan, and I each had on a watch that knew only the time and date. It wasn’t a coordinated thing, and it wasn’t some hipster rejection of modernity — we all just felt the same need for a reliable way to keep time and nothing more.
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The watch you’ll have for the rest of your life
Every gentleman should have at least one really great watch. One that they can wear with a suit, on the beach and anywhere else they might be. A great watch is one you’ll have forever, look great and of course keep accurate time. This watch will be a piece of history and craftsmanship on your wrist. I’m not going to tell you what to get. Instead I am going to go over what to look for and what you should know when making this decision.
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Confessions of a Watch Geek
My year of getting deep into perlage, three-quarter plates, and micro-rotors.
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This is one of the most complex wristwatches ever made
The Celestia was inspired by astronomy, took five years to develop and will cost you a cool $1 million
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The $17,000 Apple Watch is already obsolete
The gold smartwatches caused controversy and confusion when they were first released.
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A deadly illness left Reuben with time on his hands, and made him one of the world's few solo watchmakers
Reuben Schoots is building a mechanical watch entirely by hand — a feat accomplished only by a handful of people in the past century. But he is learning more than just a lost craft.
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Casio announces first Wear OS smartwatch in iconic G-Shock lineup
Casio has announced the first Wear OS smartwatch in its long-running G-Shock lineup: the GSW-H1000. The watch will retail for $699 in the US or £599 in the UK, and it will be available in red, blue, or black. With shock resistance and water resistance up to a depth of 200 meters, Casio says the GSW-H1000 is a fitness-focused wearable designed for everything from surfing to snowboarding.
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Swiss watchmakers go digital to show off new products, revive sales
Luxury Swiss watchmakers, usually not big fans of online retailing, are launching a new all-digital Watches & Wonders event on Wednesday to display their latest products, hoping to revive sales hit by the coronavirus crisis.
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Inside the Frenzied World of Rare Watches and the Rich People Who Love Them
Paul Newman’s $17 million Rolex was just the beginning. Now, celebrities, style icons, dealers, auctioneers, and regular Joes do battle for vintage Patek Philippes, Audemars Piguets, and Richard Milles.
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