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Drum Roll Please: Complete List And Photos Of All Shortlisted Watches In The 2018 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG)

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The 2018 edition of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) has just published the list of “pre-selected” (shortlisted) watches in the run-up to the eagerly anticipated red-carpet event in Geneva on November 9, 2018. You can check out the all the watches in the competition here.

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The Independent Watchmakers’ Struggle: Why It’s So Hard And What They Can Do To Better Survive (Archive)

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GaryG loves independent watchmaking and independent watchmakers; one of his great joys as a collector is having the feeling that, in a small way, he is supporting their efforts. So he put some thought into why independent watchmakers struggle in a business sense and how they can remain relevant in changing market situations.

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The Fusée And Chain: From Function To Fashion In 4 Wristwatches From A. Lange & Söhne, Breguet, Zenith, And Romain Gauthier

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Uneven power delivery is a dilemma that watchmakers have always faced, causing a continual challenge to find the perfect micro-mechanical solution. One of the solutions in the search for constant force in the seventeenth century was the chain and fusée. But what’s it doing in some modern watches?

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Wrist Watching: Mark Wahlberg’s Split-Second Patek Philippe Ref. 5370 and Iced-Out Rolex Submariner Ref. 116659

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Mark Wahlberg seems to be be wearing more and more Patek Philippe timepieces. And while promoting his latest film, ‘Instant Family,’ the Boston-born actor was wearing yet another chronograph from the Geneva maison. But not any old Patek Philippe wrist timer: the Reference 5370P split-seconds chronograph.

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Patek Philippe Minute Repeater References 5074P And 5078P: The Great Chime-Off! – Reprise

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GaryG had the pleasure to handle, listen to, photograph, and write about two truly splendid minute repeaters, both property of a good friend: Patek Philippe Reference 5074P and Reference 5078P. They both look great, but  you’re probably most interested in how they sound. Well, here’s your chance. Welcome to the great Patek Philippe chime-off!

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The Sense And Non-Sense Of Watches In Movies – Reprise

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There was a time when viewers didn’t consciously pay that much attention to what kind of wristwatches movie characters wore. This often meant that actors wore their personal watches on set, sometimes even when it didn’t suit the movie. Today placing a wristwatch in a big film is big business, which also changes the types of timepieces characters now wear.

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The First Wristwatches From Breguet, Hermès And Patek Philippe Were Made . . . For Women – Reprise

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Early American historian and Harvard professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich titled her 2008 book ‘Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History.’ Ulrich would probably be very interested to know about three famous Swiss and French brands whose very first wristwatches were made for – and in a way by – women. These watches by Breguet, Hermès, and Patek Philippe have made history.