The July-August issue of WatchTime is available at retailers (and in our online store) today. Among the highlights of the issue are our cover feature delving into the new Carl F. Bucherer Manero Minute Repeater Symphony, a comprehensive roundup of highlight timepieces from Watches & Wonders 2021; tests and reviews of new watches from Tudor, IWC, and A. Lange & Söhne; and more. Read on for details.

? With close to 110,000 unique users on watchesandwonders.com, more than 12,000 visitors at the West Bund Art Center in Shanghai, an estimated reach of 500 million people to date and close to 360,000 posts featuring the hashtag #watchesandwonders2021 across social media, blogs, and other online platforms, Watches & Wonders 2021 reached a record audience. Our editors compiled the highlights from 25 participating watch brands.
? The new Manero Minute repeater Symphony is Carl F.Bucherer’s most complicated watch to date. For the cover story, “The Sound of Lucerne,” Roger Ruegger and Mark Bernardo conducted a verbal sound check with No. 18 of the 88-piece limited edition.

? A faithful revival of its Art Deco masterpiece, the American 1921, and the opening of a new and ambitious flagship boutique in New York are just the latest overtures in Vacheron Constantin’s 190-year relationship with the American watch market. Mark Bernardo chronicles this shared history in “Vacheron Constantin’s American Century.”

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