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Perpetual calendars, as a mechanism, are a natural extension of a watch’s function. A simple time-only watch will give you hours and minutes, maybe seconds too, every 24 hours (one single rotation of ...

Audemars Piguet’s first crop of newness this year celebrates the brand’s status as one of Switzerland’s oldest brands. This year marks the company’s 150th anniversary, and it is marking the occasion ...

The perpetual calendar, prized for its convenience and praised for its complexity, has become a hallmark of watchmaking proficiency. But even among the brands that are good enough to make them, there ...

As we observe the leap year on Feb. 29, it’s a fitting time to explore five unconventional perpetual calendar watches that put a fresh twist on one of watchmaking’s oldest complications, which ...

They call functions on mechanical watches "complications" for a reason, but sometimes things get so complicated that it's time to start over. That's the reasoning that led MB&F and Irish watchmaker ...

At last year’s Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) watch fair in Geneva, Baume & Mercier staged a silent coup. It introduced its first proprietary automatic movement, the Baumatic ...

Leap Year, a unique occurrence that graces our calendars every four years, has been a source of fascination for centuries. Today, the 29th of February, is more than just a curiosity. It plays a ...

This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter about the best of the watch world. Sign up here. Inside the carpeted confines of the Palexpo convention center in ...