By JESSICA MICHAULT

March 15, 2012
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Time Marches On, Chiming as It Goes

FOR most of the last decade, the watch industry has been entranced by the tourbillon's hypnotic revolutions, with brands spinning out the cagey little complication in ever-greater numbers and more ingenious ways. But watchmakers have recently broken fr...
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March 9, 2012
Published by By JESSICA MICHAULT at March 9, 2012
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Minute Repeater Watches Again Gain Favor

Minute repeater watches, invented to help people tell time after dark, are popular again.
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March 8, 2012
Published by By JESSICA MICHAULT at March 8, 2012
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A Watch ‘Detective’ Searches for Rare Timepieces

From his family store in northern Italy, Ennio Barozzii has developed a reputation for finding -- or making -- the right watch for his demanding customers.
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March 8, 2012
Published by By JESSICA MICHAULT at March 8, 2012
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A Study in Bringing Back a Brand

Omega embraced quartz watches, which never caught on in the luxury market, in the 1970s, losing some of its prestige. It began its return by marketing a timepiece with co-axial technology in 1999.
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February 21, 2012
Published by By JESSICA MICHAULT at February 21, 2012
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It’s the Face That Sells a Watch

Luxury brands, their marketers and designers know that it is first and foremost the dial that draws the buyer in. And the hour markers are the key style component.
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December 4, 2011
Published by By JESSICA MICHAULT at December 4, 2011
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The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Watch Turns 80

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso watch hasn’t changed much in 80 years, but its anniversary marketing has.
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November 26, 2011
Published by By JESSICA MICHAULT at November 26, 2011
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Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso Earns Place in the Hall of Fame

The elegant rectangular watch, with its unique swivel case, was originally conceived as a sports watch.
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March 25, 2011
Published by By JESSICA MICHAULT at March 25, 2011
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Luxury Watch Firms Catching Up to Generation X

Hysek hopes its new watch is the missing link for a tech-savvy demographic used to getting the time from a smartphone or tablet device.
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March 25, 2011
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At Cartier, Designer Promotes Philosophy of Sharing

Carole Forestier-Kasapi, one of the few female master watchmakers, has led the house into a new realm of imaginative and intuitive haute horlogerie.
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March 23, 2011
Published by By JESSICA MICHAULT at March 23, 2011
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In New Watch Line, Dior Returns to Its Fetish With Numbers

The designer's latest watches have been influenced by the founder's fondness for the lucky number 8 as well as his love of architecture and asymmetry.
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