The Grande Heure is one of the most stylish collections in JD’s product line up. Their Petite Heure Minute is nice and the Grande Seconde is plain gorgeous, but the Grande Heure is truly a work of art in Hans Hofmann’s meaning of the word: by removing all the unnecessary, JD’s designers allowed the necessary to speak. The Swiss brand has updated their single-hander a year ago by presenting a beautiful Grande Heure Onyx (Ref. J025030270) at Baselworld 2012 show. This spring, the watchmaker expands the line with a more versatile Jaquet Droz Grande Heure GMT model.

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The new Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde Off-Centered Ivory Enamel (Ref. J006033200) automatic wrist watch is delivered in a finely crafted, albeit slightly oversized red gold body and features the most elegant hand-made dial that features rare (and very expensive, since the process cannot be automated) Grande Feu enameling, off-centered sub-dials forming figure eight and a nice mix of Roman and Arabic numerals.

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The Swiss watchmaker Corum has finally added a chronograph model to its Legend 42 line of compact sporty watches. Called Corum Admiral’s Cup Legend 42 Chrono, the new chronograph is equipped with a COSC-certified chronometer movement and, as you have probably already guessed, comes in a mid-sized body only 42 millimeters in diameter. The watch was revealed last weekend during the Baselworld 2012 trade show in Switzerland.

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The new Breitling Transocean Chronograph Unitime “world time” automatic watch brings you a still quite rare complication that allows you to constantly be aware of current time in any of the 24 main time zones. Although from the point of view of functionality and design the new timepiece strongly reminds me the gorgeous Girard-Perregaux WW.TC family, the movement that powers the new Breitling is completely in-house, being developed, assembled and finished at their own production facilities.

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Around two years ago, almost immediately after its official introduction, the gorgeous in its understatement Laurent Ferrier Galet Classic watch won the Best Men’s Watch award at the 2010 Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix. For this year, the young Swiss brand expands the line with this elegant Laurent Ferrier Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral (Ref. LCF001-R) hand-wound wrist watch. Sporting the same caliber and dimensions, the watch will soon be released featuring even more impressive combination of colors and materials.

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The dressy Omega Constellation 27 mm line of wristwatches has fairly recently been updated with models that are equipped with high-grade Omega Co-Axial Calibre 8521 automatic movement.

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Remember the brilliant Jaquet Droz Petite Heure Minute Art Deco in Rose Gold (Ref. J005013570) timekeeper that was released earlier this year? Well, the famous Swiss watch manufacture has recently introduced a number of new watches from the family, including the elegant Jaquet Droz Petite Heure Minute Ivory Enamel (Ref. J005003200.)

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The refreshed Glashutte Original Senator Perpetual Calendar automatic watch offers one of the most legible mechanical calendar timekeepers money can buy. You will need a lot of money to get one, though.

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The new Hysek Furtif Skeleton Tourbillon hand-wound watch is offered in a mesmerizing blend of feather-light titanium, stodgy rose gold, and uncompromising skeletonization techniques that leave nothing for imagination.

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For this year, the Swiss watchmaker will update its Richard Mille RM 017 Tourbillon ultra-thin hand-wound watch with a new, Extra Flat version.

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