Inspired by the iconic 1931 models, the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Geographic embodies the pinnacle of the Grande Maison's watchmaking mastery. The front features a lacquered blue Art Deco-style dial, with a patented Grande Date for exceptional legibility. On the reverse, the world time complication is both innovative and intuitive.
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Introducing: BYRNE Star Watch Complication. A Unique Worldtimer Like No Other.
The Byrne Star Watch complication is inspired by a historic timepiece from Vacheron Constantin pocket watch that John Byrne painstakingly restored over two decades ago. Originally purchased in India, this rare watch, believed to have belonged to a Pope, features a detailed map of Italy, making it an exceptional artifact.
Introducing: Laurent Ferrier Classic Traveller Globe Night Blue. The Brand Celebrates its 15th Anniversary.
In 2016, Laurent Ferrier showcased its mastery of artistic craftsmanship and visual harmony with the Galet Traveller Globe Night Blue—its first interpretation of Earth by night. Now, to mark the brand’s 15th anniversary, this iconic timepiece has been reimagined. Introducing the Classic Traveller Globe Night Blue, now featuring an exquisite new enamel dial.
Introducing: Hermès Arceau Le Temps Voyageur. Two New Models in 18K White and Rose Gold.
Created in 2022, the Hermès Arceau Le Temps Voyageur now appears in elegant 18K white gold and 18K rose gold. Its circular dial features a 24-timezone display, indicating home time at 12 o’clock, while a mobile counter presents local time.
Introducing: Frederique Constant 'Watch Angels' Worldtimer Manufacture 40 mm. A Smaller Size 718-piece Limited Edition.
Geneva-based watchmaker Frederique Constant along with watch collector community and habillage producer Watch Angels, proudly unveil their latest co-creation and co-production: the Worldtimer Manufacture in 40 mm. This unique timepiece, encasing the renowned in-house FC-718 world time movement, has been designed for early adopters and marks a design and dimensional evolution of the acclaimed 42 mm Classic Worldtimer Manufacture model which it comes to complement.
Insider: IWC Pilot's Watch Timezoner TOP GUN 'Woodland'. Hands-on with a Dark Green Stunner.
While the new IWC Pilot's Watch Timezoner TOP GUN ‘Woodland’ is not a limited edition with a specific production limitation, it is a special edition produced in short runs making it very hard to get. The Timezoner TOP GUN ‘Woodland’ is equipped with a dark green ceramic case measuring 46 mm in diameter and 15 mm in thickness, an olive green dial with Arabic numerals, an olive green ceramic bezel slightly lighter than the color of the case, and a green rubber strap with an olive green nylon insert.
Introducing: A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Time Zone in Platinum
A timepiece for globetrotters is the A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Time Zone that is now available in platinum with a rhodium colored dial. A watch that displays the time at home and in another time zone in one glance with ring-shaped day/night displays and the daylight-saving time indication for the second time zone expand the already high degree of functionality. This year, the monochrome color combination adds a timeless elegance to the technical sophistication.
Introducing: Montblanc Star Legacy Orbis Terrarum
First revealed in 2014, the Montblanc Star Legacy Orbis Terrarum watch has been crafted in three configurations with the first version coming in blue and stainless steel, the second in brown and rose gold, and the third in a green limited edition for the United Arab Emirates. This new Montblanc Star Legacy Orbis Terrarum watch, with its in-house world-time complication, attests to Montblanc’s expertise in creating practical and easy-to-use complications in a classical and contemporary fine watchmaking style.
Introducing: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Grande Tradition Calibre 948 Worldtimer Tourbillon
Since the 1930s, Jaeger-LeCoultre has been creating timepieces able to display several time zones simultaneously. From dual-time watches to the Géographique and the remarkable Calibre 948 world timer, Jaeger-LeCoultre La Grande Maison makes time truly universal. For 2022, Jaeger-LeCoultre presents a magnificent new artistic interpretation of the Universal Time, the Master Grande Tradition Calibre 948 in a limited edition of 20 pieces, embellished with great finesse by the artisans of the Manufacture’s Métiers Rares atelier.
Introducing: Breguet Marine Hora Mundi ref. 5557
Breguet presents a new iteration of the Hora Mundi, this time adding it to the Breguet Marine. The new Breguet Marine Hora Mundi ref. 5557 helps you travel at a click. The Hora Mundi became an instant hit at the time of its launch in the Classique collection. This mechanical watch, which had taken three years to develop and been awarded four patents, featured a critical asset in the shape of an instant-change dual-time display.
Insider: IWC Pilot’s Watch Timezoner TOP GUN Ceratanium. Hands-on Review with Our Live Pictures.
The Timezoner was first presented by IWC in 2016 as the Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph ref. IW395001 and is the first world timer in the world where the user can set a new time zone using just the bezel. The hour hand, 24-hour display, and the date also move automatically. No other watch manufacturer has ever succeeded in making a world-time watch that is so simple and practical. Then in 2019, the Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Spitfire Edition ‘The Longest Flight’ was released without the chronograph function. Earlier this year, IWC presented the Pilot’s Watch Timezoner ‘Le Petit Prince’ edition, and now right before the end of the year, the IWC Pilot’s Watch Timezoner returns in a ‘Top Gun’ edition cloaked in a full black ceratanium case.
News: Greubel Forsey First Ever Integrated Bracelet on the GMT Sport
Taking the center stage for the first time on the GMT Sport, the distinctive Greubel Forsey bezel now subtly relieved of the relief engraved key values, takes on a completely new profile to flow with a brand new integrated bracelet, a first ever for the brand. With hand-finished horizontal straight-graining on top and the hand-polished contour and flanks taking on a soft yet striking new form, the bezel is beautifully refined, opening up the dial to attract even greater focus to the essential: the Greubel Forsey movement and hand-finishing, a characteristic of every timepiece.
Insider: Greubel Forsey GMT Sport. The Brand's First Sports Watch Remarkably Executed.
Building on the foundation of the Greubel Forsey GMT Black released in 2015, the brand decided to explore uncharted territory with their first sports watch, the new GMT Sport. This lightweight and ultra-strong watch with a profiled titanium case with an ovoid bezel and integrated lugs showcase the Greubel Forsey DNA in a remarkable way to become one of the most amazing sports watches out there. Featuring a GMT complication paired with a 24-seconds tourbillon, the rotating globe with universal time and day-and-night indicator takes the center stage to provide the wearer with 24 time zones with summer and winter time indications on the back of the case.
News: Montblanc 1858 Geosphere Messner Limited Edition 262
In 2018, Montblanc launched the 1858 Geosphere, a manufacture timepiece with a new way of displaying the indication of the world time in a bold way with two recognizable turning discs representing the northern and southern hemispheres. Montblanc is now introducing an 1858 Geosphere Limited Edition entirely dedicated to Reinhold Messner, the legendary climber, and explorer. The new Montblanc 1858 Geosphere Messner Limited Edition 262 harmoniously combines bronze, blue, and rose gold-coated elements, giving it a true vintage aesthetic reminiscent of the mountaineering exploration tools from the past.
News: Phillips Watches To Sell Mythical Patek Philippe ref. 2523/1 in Rose Gold at Geneva Watch Auction TWELVE
Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is delighted to announce the sale of a Patek Philippe reference 2523/1 world time wristwatch in rose gold, to be auctioned during The Geneva Watch Auction Twelve on November 6th and 7th, 2020. The star lot of Phillips’ upcoming double-evening auction, this extremely rare double-crowned world time model with guilloché dial is one of only four known.
News: Greubel Forsey GMT Sport. Truly an Haute Horlogerie Sports Watch.
Already in 2015, the Greubel Forsey GMT Black paved the way for the new GMT Sport. Building on this foundation, Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey have invented and now present the result, a lightweight and ultra-strong, profiled titanium case with ovoid bezel and integrated lugs to showcase the new movement. Water-resistant to 100 meters, the new GMT Sport stands out as their most sport-oriented timepiece to date. The movement was constructed from scratch —from the suspended arched bridge for the hours and minutes display to the unique showcase of the Tourbillon 24 Secondes and the universal time display with the three-dimensional globe.
From the Archives: Vacheron Constantin Overseas World Time ref. 7700V
After presenting the new version of its iconic Overseas collection at the SIHH 2016 as we brought you all the new models here, today we bring you our hands-on review on the new Vacheron Constantin Overseas World Time ref. 7700V/110A-B129 we published a few years ago. This watch is available in three different dials and was created focused on those traveling around the world.
Watches & Wonders 2020: Montblanc 1858 Geosphere Blue
The Montblanc 1858 line features sporty vintage timepieces inspired by the trend for reconnecting to nature and the Montblanc heritage. Design and product codes take their inspiration from Minerva 1920s and 30s military chronographs. This year Montblanc is presenting a new blue theme, as a nod to glaciers and snowy mountain environments. Blue colors combined with icy white elements, creating a very cold and modern tool-watch look.
Baselworld 2019: Greubel Forsey GMT Quadruple Tourbillon. Live Pictures & Price.
When we thought we’ve seen it all when it comes to Greubel Forsey, then they keep rising the bar even higher. What we can only describe as the pinnacle of the art of watchmaking, brings the new Greubel Forsey GMT Quadruple Tourbillon. Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey have chosen to revisit their second invention and to take it even further by combining it with their legendary multiple time zone display GMT. Available in a total limited edition of 66 pieces with 11 in white gold —just released—, the new Greubel Forsey GMT Quadruple Tourbillon features a case measuring 46.5 mm by 17.45 mm in thickness.
Baselworld 2019: Patek Philippe World Time ref. 5231J Cloisonné Dial. Live Pictures & Price.
Joining three other World Time watches available from Patek Philippe comes the new ref. 5231J in yellow gold. in 2016, Patek Philippe presented the new World Time ref. 5230 replacing all previous models. The changes at the time included subtly reworking the case, the dial, and the hand designs. Two years ago, Patek Philippe released the World Time ref. 5131P in platinum with rice bead platinum bracelet and the watch was an absolute success. Now, this year at Baselworld 2019, the 5231J in 5N yellow gold joins its siblings the 5231G and 5231R in 5N white and rose gold respectively.
