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October, 2004

 
  • Rolex history from founding in 1905 to 1945
     
  • Svend Andersen. Mission Impossible
     
  • The Royal Oak. Debuted in 1972
     
  • Corum's perfect watch for the America's Cup
     
  • Men's watch trends for the fall.
     
  • Watches with a 1 week power reserve
     
  • Lange V.S. Glashütte Original
     
  • Maurice Lacroix. A new chronograph and alarm
     
  • 33 Timepieces from last Spring's watch shows
     
  • Face to Face with Mickey Spillane

    ...and lots more

August, 2004


 
  • Breitling and Omega Go Head to Head
     
  • Buying Tips: For Calendar Watches
     
  • Watch Test: The Longines Chrono Olympic
     
  • Cars, Wine and Watches
     
  • Basel/Geneva Highlights
     
  • A Look at Some Recent Patent Applications
     
  • Watches that Display a Full Calendar
     
  • Mühle Glashütte's Nautic Timer
     
  • How can a Watch Caliber be miniaturized without sacrifices?

...and lots more

June, 2004



 
  • Size Matters: Putting the Panerai Luminor to the Test
     
  • Basel/Geneva 2004 - 15 Pages of New Watches

    Love, Lust & Passion. 7 Young Watch Brands
     
  • Jacques Cousteau and IWC
     
  • Watch Test: Audemars Piguet
     
  • The Sonata by Ulysse Nardin
     
  • Some of the Greatest Brands encase Valjoux
     
  • Martin Sheen has an appreciation for luxury timepieces
     
  • Why do Designers Prefer the Number 8 to all others?

...and lots more

April, 2004

 
  • Fake Rolex: How to Spot a Counterfeit
     
  • A Few Industry Heavyweights are asked about their strategies
     
  • Blancpain's 50th Anniversary Fifty Fathoms Diver's Watch
     
  • The Art Deco Style
     
  • Old-Fashioned Retrograde Displays
     
  • The $14,000. Dressage by Hermès
     
  • Alpina, 103 year-old Swiss Brand re-launched last year
     
  • Hamilton: Lifespan of the Pulsar was brief
     
  • IWC Portugese compared to Zenith El Primero
     
  • JLC Master Compressor Géographique World Time Display

...and lots more

February, 2004

 
  • Do Wristwatches Belong in your Investment Portfolio?
     
  • Audmars Piguet is Riding High
     
  • Watch of the Year Design Award 2004
     
  • Butterflies for the Wrist - Pierre Kunz
     
  • Georges Kern is on a mission to make IWC a world brand
     
  • Watch Companies Scramble to replace ETA movements
     
  • The Growing Community of Jacques Etoile fans
     
  • Close-up of a Roger Dubuis and a Daniel Roth Chronograph
     
  • Tissot's Heritage Sovereign, a watch with a real history

...and lots more

December, 2003

 
  • Time Stoppers - some of the more important chronographs
     
  • The Rise and Fall and Rise of Tutima
     
  • Horological Florence. Italy is mad for watches
     
  • Watch of the Year - Technical Innovation Award 2004
     
  • Grandfather clocks. Bulova is now in the big clock business
     
  • Review of the Graham Chronofighter
     
  • The Black Diamond - the new Rado v10k superwatch
     
  • Holiday Gift Guide
     
  • Patek Philippe - Quality continues to set new standards
     
  • Test of the Rolex Submariner
     
  • Looking for a Watch for your Lady?

...and lots more


 

October, 2003

 
  • Cuban Revolutionary - Movado Group founder Gerry Grinberg
     
  • The Bentley Boy - traits of a Bentley automobile
     
  • The Hands of Time - Watch Hands
     
  • Clair De Lune - 6 Timepieces with moon phase displays
     
  • Sky Riders - Fortis: 90 years of history

     
  • Hand Jobs - 39 hand-wound timepieces
     
  • The Button Pusher - the Chronoswiss Chronoscope
     
  • Teutonic Treasure - the A. Lange & Söhne 1815
     
  • The Straight Edge - "Time is Not a Circle"

...and lots more

August, 2003

 
  • The Swiss Fairs - This year's Basel Fair and SIHH
     
  • A Man of Record - Creator of the Valjoux 7750
     
  • Keeping Clear - Sapphire Crystals
     
  • Patrician Diver - Chopard Diver Watches
     
  • Road Movie - Cartier launches the Roadster
     
  • Take Three - Heuer launches the 3rd Generation Carrera
     
  • Vintage - Jaeger-LeCoultre chronographs
     
  • 29 New Watches

and lots more....

June, 2003

 

  • The Ten-Day Whirlwind - Patek Philippes new 10 jours Tourbillon. One of the highlights of this year's new watches
  • Basel/Geneva - This year's models at the Basel Fair and SIHH
  • Rubber Soul - For 20 years Carlo Crocco of Hublot has been telling us that black rubber straps have panache. 
  • Digitime - Are digital dials the next wave?
  • The Sun Worshipper - Martin Braun's German-made 
    timepiece with displays for sunrise and sunset
  • Purist's Delight - The 12 most exquisite chronograph movements of all time
  • Speed Timing - When 1/1,000th of a second makes the difference between winning and losing in competitive sports
  • Character Studies - Girard-Perregaux manufactures it's amazing Caliber 3200 for only a very select list of clients
  • Vintage Redux - Jacques Etoile:  placing rare vintage 
    calibers inside of high-quality modern cases
  • Connoisseurs - a lawyer by day Michael Friedberg spends much of his free time preaching the values of fine watches

...and lots more

April, 2003

 

What is Nicolas G. Hayek up to?
 
Roger Dubuis - recently moved to a new building
 
 The Watch Yogi - has "flipped" over 70 timepieces
 
Master Craftsmen Part III - our era's great watchmakers
 
Ruby Bearings - minimize friction
 
The 12 most exquisite chronograph movements of all time
 
Bulgari - aims to revive the Daniel Roth and Gérald Genta brands
 
Comparative Test - Bell & Ross and Gérald Genta jump hours
 
Aerospace Baby - The Sinn 756

February, 2003

 

Watch of the Year Design Award - 16 most outstanding design watches shown at last year's Basel Fair and SIHH
 
How Panerai Got Hot - a watch produced for the Italian Navy
 
Living Legend - Tag Heuer a household name
 
The Breitling Squadrons - Breitling has an air force
 
Tonneau Time - watch companies are rolling out the barrel
 
Glashütte Original - current watches and plans for the future
 
The Reverso - Jaeger LeCoultre released an oversized version

...and lots more

December, 2002

 

Hip Hop Horology
Watch of the Year - 14 Most Mechanically Innovative watches
Master Craftsmen - 20 Most Significant Watchmakers
Mister ETA: Who is behind ETA's success
The Allure of the Tourbillon
Time in a Bottle: Erwin Sattler Clocks
Made by Hand - Part IV.  Survey of 17 Manufactures
An Interview with Rolf Schnyder
Montblanc's Move Into Watches
The Big Pilot's Watch From IWC
IWC Mark XV pitted against Chronoswiss Kairos 
and Longines Avigation
Why Patek Philippe is Patek Philippe
Looking for a Watch Under $3,000. ?
Holiday Gift Guide

 

October, 2002


 
Driving Design - Watches and cars. 
The connection between the 2 is an actual fact.
Time Collapsed - The Museum of Modern Art. 
What some contemporary artists say about horology
Made by Hand - Part 3 - "manufacture" can build 
a watch with few parts brought in from outside
Eye Candy - The Rado Carpe Diem. 
Every second brings a new color combination to the dial
The Circle in the Square - The new Elliptica by Movado. 
The past and a look into the future 
Ciao Italia - Paul Picot. one of the world's youngest 
makers of luxury watches
The President - The Day-Date has been fitted with 
a smooth bezel that gives the watch a sleeker look
Automatic Elegance - a comparison of four thin, 
round automatic watches by Patek Philippe, 
Audemars Piguet, Breguet and Vacheron Constantin
Blue Movie - Fortis combines chronograph and 
alarm functions in it's new B-42
Connoisseurs - collecting Patek Philippe pocket watches 
that were made between 1870 and 1915
Vintage Watches - Vintage Omega Constellations have benefited from the mechanical wristwatch renaissance

August, 2002


 
A Class Act - Pete Sampras -greatest tennis player in history.
 
Made by Hand Part 2 - 8 Swiss and German companies
 
Interview with the President and CEO of Zenith
 
Highlights 2002 - 30 watches at shows in Basel & Geneva
 
Deep Questions -  diver watches, water-resistant to  1,000
meters 
 
Connoisseurs - New York Giant's Tiki Barber has a taste for Piaget
 
Collectors' Corner - Interview with William Andrewes.
 
Face to Face - Scott Boras, Guess what kind of watch he wears
 
Naked Pleasure - Frédérique Constant's Heart Beat Day Date

June, 2002


 
Basel/Geneva 2002- 15 pages of new watches
 
Michel Parmigiani - an instinct for proportion
 
Girard-Perregaux - the brand has started to speed up
 
Ferrari - the rearing Stallion
 
Going Forward - IWC at a crossroads
 
Vacheron Constantin - countdown to the quarter-millenium
 
Manufacture - what is a manufacture and why is it so special
 
Hanhart - the world-renowned stopwatch manufacture

...and lots more...

April, 2002


 
Freak Show - the Ulysse Nardin Freak lives up to it's name
 
View From The Top - lunch with Nicolas G. Hayek 
in his private dining room
 
Time Travel - Switzerland's Jura Region
 
Vintage Patek - Patek Philippe's new museum in Geneva
 
Piaget - New watch called the Upstream with a 
deployant bezel
 
Gold Chronographs - Glashütte Original versus Zenith
 
TEST: Eberhard Chrono 4 - Four horizontal subdials
 
Lémania 5100 caliber - the movement was recently discontinued

...and lots more...

February, 2002


 
Geared For Eternity - The Rebirth of A. Lange & Söhne
 
The Matrix - Where does good design come from
 
Auto Passion - What do 6 watch brand presidents drive
 
Designer Times - The world of designer watches
 
Joint Effort - Harry Winston's Opus One wristwatches
 
The Standard Bearer - Audmars Piguet's latest tourbillon
 
Pocket to Wrist - the Unitas pocket watch caliber
 
Tactile Pleasures - Tissot T-Touch
 
The Grand Complication - 
         Allen Kurzweil's horological novel

...and lots more...


December, 2001


 
50 Wristwatch Legends - the 50 most important wristwatches
 
Watch of the Year 2002 - 14 of the most mechanically 
inventive watches shown at the Basel Fairs
 
Franck Muller - interview with one of the most innovative
 
Alain Silberstein - appreciation for the architecture of 
a movement
 
Comparative Test - between 3 sporty perpetual calendars
 
Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow - an updated version of the Moon Watch
 
Daniel JeanRichard Chronoscope Diver Watch
 
Seiko - has been making mechanical watches for 
over 100 years

...and lots more...


October, 2001


 
Terry Bradshaw - a few of his watch tales
 
The watch bug has hit quite a few baseball players
 
The Tourbillon - invented 200 years ago by 
Abraham-Louis Breguet
 
Bicentennial Celebration - 17 different tourbillon watches
 
The Eternal Return 2 - survey of 6 different retrograde watches
 
Trial by Design - Rado watches
 
Cult Classic - The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona
 
A Healthy Rivalry - Glashütte Original and Langematik
 
Tonneau Triad - 3 best-buy specimens
 

Watch Knowledge - Harwood

...and lots more...


August, 2001

 

The Avenger - Breitling's Chrono
 
Highlights - 8 Watches that wowed the public in 
Basel this year
 
The Eternal Return - 10 watches that boast retrograde dials
 
First Among Equals - The Parmigiani Fleurier Ionica, 
with an 8 day reserve
 

Vintage Watches

...and lots more...


June, 2001


 
Planet Rider - Peter Fonda's conversion to horology
 
Dreamworks - A Portrait of Jaeger LeCoultre
 
New Faces - 12 Pages of new watches from the Swiss shows
 
Coming Home - A Historical Portrait of Longines
 
Maltese Regulator - The Vacheron Constantin Malte Dual Time
 
Frédéric Piguet Caliber 1185
 
Maurice Lacroix's Croneo
 
Watch Knowledge - origin of the watch as 
a military timepiece
 

Vintage Watches - Collectibles
...and lots more...


April, 2001


 
A Watch is born - Development of the Blancpain 
Sport Moon Phase 
Restless Retiree - Kurt Klaus who reinvented IWC in 1985 
Staying Power - Zenith, Omega and Longines hand-wound
Bits and Bytes - The world of high-tech watches 
Mystery Devices - an 18th century Indian astronomical observatory 
The Sun Goddess - Audemars Piguet's Equation du Temps 
Clash of the Titaniums - Titanium chronographs.
Winds of Change - Ebel utilizes a Lemania with E Type Chronograph
Connoisseurs - One of the world's most active collectors
Watch Knowledge IV -the Glucydur balance and the 
Nivarox balance-spring

Vintage Watches - Movado Curviplan, Ulysse Nardin Calendar Chronograph and the pie-pan Omega ...

and lots more...

February, 2001

 
 
Open Secret - Rolex unveiled it's new Cosmograph Daytona
 
Ten Years After - A. Lange & Söhne
 
Zenith, maker of El Primero, is coming to the U.S.
  
The present and future of wristwatch design.
 
Watch of the Year Design Award - the 17 most innovative design watches at last year's Basel Fair.
 
Festina makes some nicely designed chronographs.
 
The Master Grande Memovox by Jaeger-LeCoultre.
 
Girard-Perregaux's Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges.
  
Watch Knowledge lll - The pulsing life of the escapement. 

December, 2000


 
George Foreman - A serious watch collector.
 
Ulysse Nardin - An interview with Ludwig Oechslin.
 
Gold - The 10 most beautiful gold watches on the market
 
Frank Müller - One of today's most substantial watch makers.
 
Watch of the Year - the 16 most technically inventive watches at last spring's Basel Fair and S.I.H.H.
 
Gevril watches - The story behind the brand
 
Jean Marcel - Best known for Mystery watches, that have 
been around for 77 years.
 
Gold is Back - Why gold has always been the precious metal.
 
Kobold Precision Chronographs -Can a brand that is sold exclusively on the Internet make it?
 
Watch Knowledge - How a mainspring is wound and 
hands set.

October, 2000

 


 

To Boldly Go - A visit to the manufacture Audemars Piguet.
Robert Dubuis. "Geneva School" .
Time Warp - Watch culture of Cuba 
Mergers, Millions, Acquisitions - Changing wristwatch landscape.
Quartz Clarity - René Quinting admits naiveté was 
greatest asset.
Quadra Reserve - Chopard Quattro results in a 
216-hour power reserve.
Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph - a luxury watch.
Maurice LaCroix -Flyback Annuaire 
Watch Knowledge - basic parts of a mechanical 
watch with diagrams.  
Collectors' Corner - A brief history of alarm watches.

 

August, 2000

 

Watch of the year 2000 - Omega De Ville Co-Axial.
Precision Timing Part 2 - The continuing portrait of chronometers 
40 Sporty Chronographs - wristwatches that are 
built for action.
Geneva - A walking Tour  .
Ulysse Nardin Perpetual Calendar GMT. 
- Space/Time Synergy  
Daniel JeanRichard  Chronograph.
The Big Five - the 5 most frequently used chronograph movements.  The Valjoux 7750, the Lémania 5100, the Zenith El Primero, the Piguet 1185 and the Lémania 1351
Collector's Corner - the Hamilton Electric Wristwatch
Vintage Watches 
Snapshots - A dozen new watches 

 

Summer Issue

 

My Favorite Things -  some stunners from Maurice LaCroix
 

The Here and Now of Milus - Interview with Paul Junot
 

Eternal Friend - Rolex: Some things never go out of style
 

The House of Chaumet - Jeweler for king, queens, and...you
 

Mademoiselle Chanel - The world of a legendary lady
 

For the Wish List - Women's must-have tour
 

The Cable Guy - Talk with designer David Yurman
 

What Makes them Tick - An insider look at exclusive mechanicals 

June, 2000


 
The TAG Heur Link
 
 Hollywood watch placement
 
 Breguet's Paris
 
 "Chronometers" - Precision Timing
 
 Basel/Geneva 2000 -  Patek Philippe with a 10-hour reserve and a Glasshütte Original flyback chronograph
 
Comparison Test - between Omega Seamaster Professional Diver and Rolex Submariner Date.
 
The Hublot Chronograph Elegant
 
 American Craftsman - How did Roland Murphy become perhaps the most sophisticated watchmaker in the country?

April, 2000

 
Parmigiani Wrist Watches
 
Alarm Watch Comparison Test
 
Movado An In-Depth Portrait
 
History of the Chronograph - Part 2
 
Xemex
 
World of Watchwinders
 
Panerai Luminor & Mare Nostrum
 
Ebel E-Type
 
Blancpain 2000 Hand-Wound
 
Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon
 
Alain Silberstein Krono B Bauhaus

February, 2000

 

Watch of the Year 2000
 
Jaeger-LeCoultre Gran'Sport
 
History of the Chronograph
 
Rolex's Yachtsman of the Year
 
Gerd-R. Lang - Historical Portrait
 
Pendulum Based clock good to last 10,000 years
 
Test of 4 Sport Chronos
 
Complicated Chronographs compared.
 
Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Grand Guichet
 
Walt Odet - a connoisseur's connoisseur

 

 

 

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