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Latest · Timex · Monday 21 September
Timex gives its Meridian 200 a helium escape valve
Two 44 mm Deepwater Meridian automatics pair a 200-metre rating with an automatic helium valve, one on steel and the other on HNBR rubber.
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SQUALE · 21 SEPTSquale's Galeazzi Artiglio brings a Wet Indicator to 600 metresA 500-piece diver marks a century since Roberto Galeazzi's patent, with a blue dial, crystal-printed DRASS emblem and a no-date ETA automatic.
TIMEX · 21 SEPTTimex and Jacquie Aiche put rose quartz in the ÉclatTwo 24 mm rectangular watches share a crystal-lined case and an eye motif, but choose different dial materials and very different colour schemes.
CITIZEN · 21 SEPTCitizen gives two high-accuracy watches handmade washi dialsA crimson upper plate over Tengujoshi and white, gold-flecked Unryushi paper distinguish two limited editions powered by Citizen's five-seconds-a-year Eco-Drive calibre.
RADO · 21 SEPTRado puts a gold dial and black diamonds in its anniversary IntegralThe 1,986-piece Integral keeps the ceramic bracelet and slim rectangular case, with a gold dial that gives the redesigned line a different centre of gravity.
SPINNAKER · 20 SEPTSpinnaker hands the Spence 300 dial to a painter for Underwater DancersA hand-painted manta ray scene from IFL Watches sits under sapphire in a 300-metre steel diver, with a no-date Miyota 9039 behind it and US$950 on the ticket.
RESSENCE · 19 SEPTRessence turns its rotating dial into a maze you can only solve at noonThe Type 9 JW puts two of Jules Wittock's hand-drawn labyrinths on a moving dial, and they line up twice a day. EUR 26,200.
UNIMATIC · 19 SEPTUnimatic takes the 36mm Cinque into the woods with Todd SnyderThe Modello Cinque U5S-TS dresses Unimatic's compact 36mm case in a matte Forest Floor green, limited to 200 pieces at US$1,150.
AUDEMARS PIGUET · 19 SEPTAudemars Piguet puts a decade with Serena Williams into white ceramicThe Royal Oak Selfwinding Chronograph "Serena Williams" is a 38mm limited edition in white ceramic with a pink mother-of-pearl dial.
CHRISTOPHER WARD · 19 SEPTChristopher Ward comes back to the mechanical chronographThe C63 Sealander Chronograph puts a 3-6-9 Sellita SW510 in a 13.9mm Light-catcher case, in five colours, from US$2,625.
BLANCPAIN · 19 SEPTBlancpain rebuilds the Ladybird as a 19mm sphereThe Lady B marks 70 years of the Ladybird with a lugless spherical case, an in-house automatic and an Australian price of A$17,400 in steel.
GRAND SEIKO · 19 SEPTGrand Seiko brings back the numerals from its first hand-wound 9SThe SBGW325 revives the Arabic numerals of the 2001 SBGW003 on an indigo-dyed dial, limited to 600 pieces and A$8,300 here.
JAEGER-LECOULTRE · 17 SEPTJaeger-LeCoultre puts conditions behind its precision sealThe High Precision Guarantee combines altitude, shock, positional and temperature testing with a defined minimum breadth of movement finishing.