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Faces Of Time: An Introduction To Materials Used In The Art Of The Dial

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Faces Of Time: An Introduction To Materials Used In The Art Of The Dia...

Beauty is more than skin deep, but it’s not a bad place to start. It is a truism in the watch business that to sell a watch, all yo...

The Hermès Arceau L’Heure De La Lune With ‘Black Sahara’ Meteorite Dial

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The Hermès Arceau L’Heure De La Lune With ‘Black Sahara...

An astronomically beautiful take on the moonphase complication. Generally speaking the moonphase complication is relatively straightforwa...

Timepiece Revolution: Thomas Fleming’s Series 1 Ushers in a New Era for Independent Watchmaking

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Timepiece Revolution: Thomas Fleming’s Series 1 Ushers in a New ...

Thomas Fleming is forging a new path for anyone who ever dreamed of starting their own watch company with the release of his highly antic...

The Hermès Arceau L’Heure De La Lune With Lunar Meteorite Dial

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The Hermès Arceau L’Heure De La Lune With Lunar Meteorite Dial

A moonphase in the spotlight. For most of the history of the moonphase as a complication, it has had what is essentially a supporting rol...

Variations On The Moonphase

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Variations On The Moonphase

One of watchmaking’s oldest complications is still evolving. The moonphase complication is as old as watchmaking itself. In fact, i...

Starry Skies: How Aventurine Dials are Reshaping the Blue Dial

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Starry Skies: How Aventurine Dials are Reshaping the Blue Dial

Also known as goldstone, aventurine has had a resurgence as a dial material in the watch industry over the last two decades. Its unique c...

Hermès Thins Out: A Lean Typeface Graces A Slender Watch Collection

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Hermès Thins Out: A Lean Typeface Graces A Slender Watch Collection

With this collection Hermès adds its own distinctive mark in the slim-watch sweepstakes. Among the thinnest of its type, measuring 9.04mm...

Watch Dials Today Encompass Everything From Minimalist to Masterpiece to the Conjuring of A Dial Where None Exists

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Watch Dials Today Encompass Everything From Minimalist to Masterpiece ...

A Watch Dial’s primary purpose is to mark time. At its most basic, the watch dial—or face—is a slim disk that holds numerals or indexes o...

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Limited Addiction: The Best of Limited Editions

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Limited Addiction: The Best of Limited Editions

Let’s face it, acquiring a watch that only a select few others will own is always an appealing proposition. We live in an industry satura...

8 Things to Know About IWC

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8 Things to Know About IWC

There’s a lot we all know about the beloved International Watch Company. Famed for their iconic pilot’s watch collection, the longstandin...

The Power of Necessity | Innovation in Watchmaking

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The Power of Necessity | Innovation in Watchmaking

As the world remains at home, we are forced to come together—remotely, of course—to find a new way to work and solve novel problems. The ...