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Latest · Monday 2 November
Chrono24 ties watch insurance claims to current market value
The marketplace's one-year policy starts in six European markets and distinguishes accidental damage from optional theft cover.
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AUDEMARS PIGUET · 2 NOVAudemars Piguet puts its watchmakers behind Watch Keepers authenticationThe manufacture's certified pre-owned service combines its own watchmakers' checks with condition grading and a two-year warranty.
FRANCK MULLER · 26 OCTFranck Muller puts Amador Montes’ crane fly into the Vanguard Slim’s handsCamel-coloured illustrated dials and pink crowns connect four steel and rose-gold variants to the Mexican artist’s visual world.
NOMOS GLASHÜTTE · 26 OCTNOMOS gives the hand-wound Club more room, with the 38.5 mm Club 38 rutheniumA larger classic keeps its slim case, bold typography and 53-hour hand-wound movement, with sapphire-back pricing at A$3,530.
A. LANGE & SÖHNE · 26 OCTLange gives the Datograph Perpetual a platinum bracelet and eleven diamond markersA 50-piece edition puts the familiar chronograph and perpetual calendar into a more emphatically precious setting.
FAVRE LEUBA · 24 OCTFavre Leuba Gives the Chief Tourbillon a Hand-Cut Blue DialThe second Chief Tourbillon keeps its Chronode movement and 41 mm steel case, but puts five to six hours of rose-engine work on the dial.
MONDAINE · 23 OCTMondaine turns the Doppio dial into a mirrorA mirrored outer ring gives the Doppio a changing face while its black centre keeps the time clear. The edition is limited to 300 numbered watches.
HERMÈS · 23 OCTHermès grows in the third quarter, but its watch sales fallThe group's revenue rose while Watches fell 5.0 per cent as reported. Its own figures show why those two headlines must be read separately.
CERTINA · 23 OCTCertina gives the DS Action Diver 38 mm a green pulseA black coated 300 m automatic diver gains bright green timing details, a bracelet and rubber option, and a Swiss list price of CHF 865.
CASIO · 23 OCTCasio makes an analogue square with the G-SHOCK GAC-2500The original G-SHOCK outline gets hands, small seconds and a three-cell date. The unusual dial is the point, but the international price is unstated.
BREITLING · 23 OCTBreitling makes two hand-wound Navitimers permanentThe B09 Chronograph 41 and 24-hour B02 Cosmonaute return the Twin Jet to Breitling's standing collection, with Australian prices for both.
NEWS · 22 OCTChrono24’s rising watch index hides a sharply divided quarterVacheron Constantin gained 6.7 per cent in Q3 while Rolex edged back, making the brands beneath the 0.7 per cent headline the real story.
ORIS · 22 OCTOris gives the Kelp Forest Aquis a dial with depthThe 1,000-piece 41.5 mm diver uses a three-dimensional green dial to put its marine subject on the watch itself, at A$4,300.