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The web encyclopedia Watch Wiki presents an abundance of information about top quality wristwatches and the most prestigious watch companies which produce them.
With emphasis on high class mechanical watches and covering the best timepieces and their manufacturers in the first place, this watch wiki suits as reading matter for the connoisseur of this fascinating species of watches. So one could call it a special “Wikipedia for Watches”.
Here you can find an abundance of details about the leading watch brands and the best timepieces of the world, but also background reports about watch history and about the famous watchmakers and their career.
This website is also very useful as a handy shopping guide, because it is very fast, neutral, independent and provides important background information.
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On this day
What happened on November 21:
Top 10: Most Popular Watch Brands and Models
Top 10 Brands
GPHG 2023
Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Ultra-Complication Universelle RD4
© Audemars Piguet
Simon Brette Chronomètre Artisans
© Simon Brette
Winners at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève 2023:
- Again Audemars Piguet won the prestigious Aiguille d'Or, this time with the Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Ultra-Complication Universelle RD#4.
- The “Petite Aiguille” Prize was won by Christopher Ward with the C1 Bel Canto.
- Raymond Weil received the Challenge Watch Prize for the Millésime automatic small seconds.
- Artistic Crafts Watch Prize: Piaget Altiplano Métiers d'Art - Undulata
- Iconic Watch Prize: Ulysse Nardin Freak One
- Jewellery Watch Prize: Bulgari Serpenti Cleopatra
- Ladies' Watch Prize: Piaget Hidden Treasures
- Calendar and Astronomy Watch Prize: Bovet 1822 Récital 20 Astérium
- Chronograph Watch Prize: Petermann Bédat Chronographe rattrapante
- Tourbillon Watch Prize: Laurent Ferrier Grand Sport Tourbillon Pursuit
- Ladies' Complication Watch Prize: Dior Grand Soir Automate Etoile de Monsieur Dior
- Men's Complication Watch Prize: Voutilainen World Timer
- Sports Watch Prize: Tudor Pelagos 39
- Horological Revelation Prize: Simon Brette Chronomètre Artisans
- Innovation Prize: Hautlence Sphere Series 1
- Chronometry Prize: Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 3SPC
- Special Jury Prize: Svend Andersen and Vincent Calabrese
New/modified articles
- 16.9.2024: Apple Watch Series 10
- 3.5.2024: Alto
- 16.4.2024: Watches & Wonders • Beauregard
- 12.4.2024: Greubel Forsey Balancier 3
- 4.4.2024: Rainer Brand
- 28.3.2024: S.U.F Helsinki
- 26.3.2024: Sphaera • Gérald Charles
- 9.12.2023: Breguet Reine de Naples 8925
- 17.11.2023: Christopher Ward C1 Bel Canto
- 15.11.2023: Tudor Pelagos 39
- 14.11.2023: Simon Brette • Petermann Bédat
- 12.11.2023: Greubel Forsey Tourbillon Cardan
- 18.10.2023: Breguet Marine Tourbillon 5577
- 17.10.2023: DuBois et fils • Archimede
- 7.10.2023: Timor
- 6.10.2023: Briston
- 2.7.2023: Squale
- 20.6.2023: Sherpa
- 19.6.2023: Robot
- 17.6.2023: Botta • Botta Mondo GMT Automatik
- 2.5.2023: Breguet Type XXI 3817 • Breguet Type XXII 3880
- 1.5.2023: Code41 T360 Tourbillon
- 25.4.2023: ArtyA
- 18.4.2023: Breguet Classique Quantième perpétuel 7327
- 7.2.2023: A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk (2022)
- 9.12.2022: Panzera
- 6.12.2022: Byrne
- 25.9.2022: Greubel Forsey GMT Balancier Convexe
- 14.8.2022: Hercules
- 23.7.2022: A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Rattrapante
- 9.6.2022: Maurice de Mauriac Rallymaster • Maurice de Mauriac
- 5.6.2022: Greubel Forsey QP à Équation • Greubel Forsey Quadruple Tourbillon Secret • Greubel Forsey Quadruple Tourbillon (update) • Greubel Forsey Signature 1 • Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes (update) • Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes Contemporain • Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes Edition Historique
- 3.6.2022: Cartier Pasha Moon Phases 41 mm • Cartier Pasha 42 mm • Cartier Pasha 42 mm Chronograph • Cartier Pasha 41 mm Chronograph • Cartier Pasha 41 mm Skeleton • Cartier Pasha 41 mm Tourbillon • Cartier Pasha 41 mm Tourbillon Skeleton • Cartier Pasha 41 mm Tourbillon Skeleton Diamonds • Cartier Pasha 41 mm Grid
- 22.5.2022: Cartier Drive Extra-Flat
- 21.5.2022: Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Calendar Aperture and Power Reserve • Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Large Date Retrograde Second Time Zone and Day Night Indicator • Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Chronograph • Cartier Ballon Bleu 36 mm • Cartier Ballon Bleu 40 mm • Cartier Ballon Bleu Moon Phase 37 mm
- 14.5.2022: Tudor Heritage Chrono • Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight
- 10.5.2022: Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Automatic • Angelus Chronodate
- 9.5.2022: Doppelgänger • Speake-Marin Openworked Tourbillon
- 8.5.2022: Ressence Type 8 C • Speake-Marin Ripples
- 7.5.2022: Laurent Ferrier Sport Auto
- 3.5.2022: Rudis Sylva • Rudis Sylva RS05 • Rudis Sylva RS10 • Rudis Sylva RS11 • Rudis Sylva RS16 • Rebellion
- 2.5.2022: Reservoir
- 27.4.2022: Patek Philippe Calatrava 5226
- 26.4.2022: A. Lange & Söhne Grand Lange 1 (2012) (updated) • A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus (updated) • A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Minute Repeater
- 24.4.2022: Patek Philippe Aquanaut Luce 5268
- 22.4.2022: Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon 6002 • Patek Philippe Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar 5374/300P • Patek Philippe Minute Repeater 5078 • Patek Philippe Minute Repeater Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar 5316 • Patek Philippe Minute Repeater Tourbillon 5303 • Patek Philippe Grande and Petite Sonnerie Minute Repeater 6301 • Patek Philippe Flyback Chronograph Annual Calendar 5905
- 21.4.2022: Patek Philippe Calatrava 6119
- 14.4.2022: PP R TO 27 • PP 36-750
- 9.4.2022: Patek Philippe Calatrava 5116
- 7.4.2022: Leonidas (update)
- 5.4.2022: Trilobe
- 2.4.2022: Rolex Yacht-Master 40 • Rolex Yacht-Master 42
- 1.4.2022: Rolex GMT-Master II 126720 • Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date GMT-Master (Update) • Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date GMT-Master II (Update)
- 30.3.2022: Chopard L.U.C Full Strike Sapphire • Grand Seiko Kodo Constant-force Tourbillon • Watches & Wonders 2022 (fair opened today) • Louis Moinet • Phillips, Édouard • Speake-Marin Dual Time
- 28.3.2022: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Gyrotourbillon (Update) • JLC 179 • Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Gran'Sport Duetto (Update)
- 26.3.2022: A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Date • Lange L043 (Update) • A. Lange & Söhne Langematik Perpetual Honeygold
- 24.3.2022: A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Honeygold “Lumen” • Lange L043.9 • Honeygold • Eza Watches • A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Chronograph “Best of Show 2021” Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este • A. Lange & Söhne Langematik Perpetual (Update) • A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Outsize Date • A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Moon Phase • Lange L086.5 • Lange L086.8
- 20.3.2022: Lange L133 • A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar • Lange L141 • A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Time Zone (Update)
- 19.3.2022: A. Lange & Söhne Odysseus • Lange L155
- 6.3.2022: A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Kalenderwoche • Calendar week • Lange L051 • Lange L072 • Lange L082
- 5.3.2022: A. Lange & Söhne calibres (Update) • A. Lange & Söhne (Update) • Lange L041 • Lange L031 • Lange L042 • Lange L045
- 4.3.2022: Lange L901 • Lange L902 • Lange L911 • Lange L001 • Lange L021 • Lange L033 • Lange L034 • Lange L922 • Lange L943
- 3.3.2022: Lange L952 • A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual • A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Moonphase (update) • Lange L121
- 1.3.2022: A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Triple Split
- 28.2.2022: A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Thin • Renan
- 27.2.2022: A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Striking Time • A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Automatic (update)
- 16.2.2022: Union Glashütte Noramis Datum
- 10.2.2022: Hand (updated)
- 10.2.2022: Ochs und Junior
- 3.2.2022: 1805 • Moser, Heinrich
- 29.1.2022: 1782
- 28.1.2022: Bulgari Octo Finissimo S • BVL 138
- 30.12.2021: Ferrari Engineered by Officine Panerai
- 23.12.2021: Greubel Forsey GMT Quadruple Tourbillon
- 21.12.2021: Raketa Classic Big Zero
- 18.12.2021: Jean Marcel
- 13.12.2021: Grand Seiko SBGW231 • Seiko 9S64 • Grand Seiko SBGZ007 • Grand Seiko SLGA007 • Seiko 9R02 • Seiko 9RA2 • Grand Seiko SBGW267 • Grand Seiko SBGW269
- 24.11.2021: Sinn 717 • German Design Award
- 12.11.2021: Rotating bezel (updated)
- 8.11.2021: Chronoswiss C.70
- 6.11.2021: RRM7309-C • RRM7309-CS
- 3.11.2021: Bauhaus
- 2.11.2021: Norqain • Jacob & Co
- 29.10.2021: Fabriques de Balanciers Réunies
- 28.10.2021: Grand Feu
- 27.10.2021: Timex
- 21.10.2021: Circula
Remarkable Models
Automatic
- Sinn 657
Top quality at a still unbeaten price/performance ratio - Temption CM-03 - Temption CM-06
Consistent and courageous realization of an independent and credible product philosophy - Bell & Ross BR 02 Pink Gold
Synthesis of instrument watch and style
Hand winding
- Audemars Piguet Millenary Deadbeat Seconds 26091
Attractive design meets watchmaking innovation
Hand winding ultra flat
- Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin
Watch aesthetics in pure culture, an authentic product of a manufacture - Piaget Altiplano 40 mm
The same, only from a competing provider
Chronographs - self-winding
- Sinn U1000 Diver's chronograph - Sinn 756 Diapal UTC - Sinn 757
Highest quality by Sinn to a still unbeaten price/performance ratio - TAG Heuer Grand Carrera Calibre 36 RS Caliper Concept watch
High-quality manufacture movement measures 1/10 sec mechanically, the whole thing with a striking exterior garnish - Rainer Brand Kerala Sport E
The insider tip manufacturer keeps delivering authentic quality - Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore "Safari"
Perhaps the most beautiful model in the successful series of the Royal Oak Offshore
Chronographs - manual winding
World Timers / Watches with Additional Time Zone
- Sinn 6000 Finanzplatzuhr - Sinn 6066
Successful model for stock market jobbers and other friends of complications
Watches with Repetition
- Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars Minutenrepetition Springende Stunde
Audemars Piguet keeps loyal to its long tradition of elaborate repetitions
Watches with Perpetual Calendar
- Audemars Piguet Millenary Tradition d'Excellence 5
Newly developed Escapement concept, attractively packaged - Girard-Perregaux Laureato Evo 3 Chronograph Ewiger Kalender
Sportiness meets haute horlogerie
Astronomical Watches - self-winding
- Vacheron Constantin Tour de L'Ile
Showpiece of the oldest manufacture, presented at the 250-year jubilee
Astronomical Watches - manual winding
- Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref. 5002
Invaluable — but we may all wonder - A. Lange & Söhne Große Lange 1 "Luna Mundi" 2 Uhren
Watch art at its absolute peak, but this time from Germany