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• Christie’s to Auction Historic Patek Philippe Grand Complication May 24, 2013
  At the Important Watches auction on June 11, Christie’s will be auctioning the historically significant Stephen S. Palmer Patek Philippe Grand Complication No. 97912. The watch, estimated at $1,000,000 – 1,500,000, is a grand complication featuring a minute repeater, perpetual calendar, split-seconds chronograph, grande and petite sonnerie, and moon phases, […]
  Jason Francisco
• Blancpain’s Bathyscaphe Celebrates 60 Years of Fifty Fathoms May 24, 2013
  At Baselworld 2013, two iconic sport watches — the Rolex Daytona and TAG Heuer Carrera — celebrated their 50th birthdays with new models, while another historic watch brand, one with “50″ in its name, celebrated its 60th. Blancpain’s influential Fifty Fathoms divers’ watch, now an entire collection, went back to the basics of its 1953 […]
  Mark Bernardo
• Breguet Type XXII 3880 in Rose Gold May 23, 2013
  Among Breguet’s offerings at Baselworld 2013 — and perhaps overlooked in the wake of such haute horlogerie pieces as the Classic Chronométrie and Classique La Musicale, was a new version of its luxuriously styled Type XXII pilots’ watch with a handsome brown dial and 18k rose gold case. The Breguet Type XXII 3880, which was […]
  Mark Bernardo
• Watch Insider Looks at Blancpain L-Evolution-R Chronographe Flyback Rattrapante Grande Date May 23, 2013
  WatchTime’s “Watch Insider” Alexander Linz visited the Hungaroring race track near Budapest for the launch of the Blancpain L-Evolution-R Chronographe Flyback Rattrapante Grande Date, which features a 24-hour counter shaped like the Lamborghini logo. While at the track, Linz test-drove a Lamborghini and interviewed Blancpain CEO Mark Hayek. Linz has provided […]
  Jason Francisco
• For Desperate Hours: Breitling’s New Emergency II May 22, 2013
  Breitling introduced its Breitling Emergency watch — the first wristwatch with a built-in emergency microtransmitter — in 1995. Since then, the watch has been worn and used by many professional pilots and has played a role in numerous search-and-rescue missions. At Baselworld 2013, Breitling introduced another world-first with its Emergency II, the first wat […]
  Mark Bernardo
• Longines Official Timekeeper at Preakness Stakes May 22, 2013
  At the conclusion of Oxbow’s upset victory at last weekend’s Preakness Stakes, Longines, the race’s official timekeeper and watch, ceremoniously awarded Oxbow’s owner, trainer and jockey with watches from the Longines Saint-Imier Collection in the winner’s circle at Maryland’s Pimlico Race Course. Juan-Carlos Capelli, vice president and head of international […]
  Jason Francisco