WatchTime Aug 2011

COVER STORY

• UPDATING THE CALENDAR Patek Philippe’s Reference 5270, which has a perpetual calendar and chronograph, was among the most talked-about new watches at the Baselworld watch fair.

BASELWORLD 2011 SHOWCASE

• FORECAST: SUNNY, SOME CLOUDS Business at Baselworld was very good. So why didn’t more people feel very good about it?
• THE NEW WATCHES Part Two of our annual roundup of news and new watches from Baselworld

TESTS & REVIEWS

• MOON EXPLORATION Zenith’s Captain Grande Date Moonphase offers two complications in its manufacture movement. We go past the elegant exterior to see how well it works.
• HOME BASE The Cartier Calibre de Cartier contains Cartier’s new base movement, Caliber 1904-PS MC, the brand’s first homemade automatic.

FEATURES

• BOYZ TOYZ Shawn Stockman and Nathan Morris of Boyz II Men have been collecting Grammys, gold records and luxury watches since 1990.
• MEETING MR. WIZARD WatchTime talks to the famously brainy Ludwig Oechslin: professor, historian, mathematician, philosopher and — oh, yes — watchmaker.
• ROLF SCHNYDER, WATCH PIONEER Ulysse Nardin’s longtime owner, Rolf Schnyder, who died in April, spent his career blazing trails.

DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS

• EDITOR’S LETTER
• READERS’ FORUM
• WATCHTALK Richemont sales and earnings, what watch brands spend to woo you, Harry Winston’s Opus XI WATCH QUIZ Match the famous watch with the phrase that describes it.
• FINE CARS Chrysler brings one of Europe’s favorite small cars, the Fiat 500, to the U.S.
• FINE PENS The TWSBI Diamond 530 is functional, affordable and downright fun.
• FINE SPIRITS Sake, Japan’s traditional drink, is catching the eye of American cocktail lovers.
• FINE CIGARS How different types of aging affect your cigar’s strength and flavor
• FACE TIME A photo mélange of readers and their watches
• LAST MINUTE Fallout from our Nick Hayek, Jr. interview