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:'''1967''' — Test pilot Pete Knight reaches Mach 6.7, a speed record that would last 30 years, wearing a [[Rolex GMT-Master]] ...

:'''1933''' — Malcolm Campbell sets a world record of 300 mph wearing a [[Rolex Oyster]] ...

...d this goal notably: It retained the record for 21 years. Even without the record, this 90 year old movement design continues to be produced. * [[Audemars Piguet 2003]], which took the record for thinnest movement at 1.64 mm ...

...Repeater]] is sold at an Antiquorum Auction for US$1.7 million, setting a record for the most expensive auction sale at that time. ...

...ion, the most expensive sale to date. It was re-sold in [[2014]] for a new record, US$24 million. ...

...C]], and [[Jaeger-LeCoultre]]) from Vodafone and [[Audemars Piguet]] for a record CHF 2.8 billion. ...

=== The record jump === ...d in freefall without stabilization parachute (1342.87 km/h). The previous record of 864 km/h was set by Baumgartner in July 2012. ...

...[[Patek Philippe]] [[rattrapante]] watch from [[1922]] is auctioned for a record price, nearly US$2 million. ...

Introduced in [[1982]], Calibre 608 set a new record as Jaeger-LeCoultre's thinnest watch movement at just 1.6 mm. ...

Introduced in [[1982]], Calibre 601 set a new record as Jaeger-LeCoultre's thinnest watch movement at just 1.8 mm, though the 1. ...

...S$24 million, the most expensive sale to date. It had previously held that record after a [[1999]] sale. ...

* The [[Piaget Altiplano 900P]] takes the record for the world’s thinnest mechanical watch. The movement 900P is just 2.0 mm ...

...young professor from Zurich, on 28 June 1961 dives in Bressago to a world-record depth of 222 meters with a [[Vulcain Nautical|Vulcain Cricket Nautical]]. ...

...cored a price of more than 6.5 million CHF in [[Geneva]] and thus took the record for the most expensive wristwatch sold in an auction. ...

...is]], and [[Technos]]. Later that year, [[Longines]] is added, including [[Record]] and [[Rotary]]. ...

...epths. Maximum [[waterproof]] is up to 3,900 meters deep, which sets a new record. ...

...ch. Likewise, the world's first [[dive watch]] Hydromax, which set a world record with a [[water resistance]] of up to the maximum possible depth of 11,110 m ...ax with a water resistance of up to 11,100 meters in depth holds the world record, the collection of [[Bell & Ross BR 02 1000M|BR 02 Instrument]] is the more ...

...H]], purchasing the company, including [[Audemars Piguet]]'s shares, for a record CHF 2.8 billion on July 21. This brings the companies together with [[Carti ...

...in [[Geneva]] a price of approximately CHF 6.5 million and thus holds the record for the most expensive wristwatch so far sold in the context of an auction. ...

...[Châtelain]], [[Corona]], [[Loyal]], [[Hoga]], [[Nicolet]], [[Nitella]], [[Record]], [[Silvana]], and [[Spera]]. Tramelan-Dessous included [[Béguelin]], [[Fl ...

* [[Piguet 21]], which had the record before ...

...Ocean''', equipped with a helium valve) and in [[2002]] even established a record for serial mechanical [[dive watch]]es with a water resistance up to 3,000 ...

** [[Tramelan]] - [[Armand Nicolet]], [[Auguste Reymond]], [[Record]], [[Horia]], [[Progress Watch]]/[[STT]]/[[Dimier 1738]] ([[Bovet]]) ...

...from extreme situations, [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apnoetauchen apnea-record diving], solo crossings of the Atlantic and other solo extreme sports, whic ...

...and together with the LIFE journalist Kenneth MacLeisch reached the world record depth of 222 meters. Even at this depth he praises the readability of Nauti ...

...h the known [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freediving free-diver] and world record holder [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Mayol Jacques Mayol]. (The lif ...

...anufacturers: [[Audemars Piguet]], [[Gallet & Co|Gallet]], [[Longines]], [[Record Watch]], [[Vacheron Constantin]]. ...

* Jules Russbach, [[Record Dreadnought Watch Co]], [[Tramelan]] (new member) ...

...xamples has usually faded to an orange color as well. Although there is no record of him wearing this reference, the watch is also sometimes called a "Steve ...

...cturing their own watch movements completely. However, Tissot continued to record losses, so that in [[1983]] a collapse of the company seemed imminent. Even ...

...naux 11 in [[1924]] along with [[Blum-Schwob|J. Blum-Schwob & Cie.]] and [[Record|Z. Perrenoud & Co.]] In [[1927]], famed watchmaker [[Girard-Perregaux|Girar ...

...of the watches see: [http://www.worldtempus.com/pit/wt/2/358 Worldtempus: Record auction sales])). ...

...F 400 million (including the European Company Watch and Pierre Kunz) was a record so far.<ref>[http://www.handelszeitung.ch/artikel/Unternehmen-Vartan-Sirmak ...atch collector from the U.S., the "Master of Complications" again breaks a record: The model has 36 [[complication]]s (25 of it visible), a [[secular perpetu ...

...tory [[chronometer]] contests by [[1903]]. Ditisheim set a new chronometry record at Royal Key Observatory in [[1912]], and he worked closely with Nobel Priz ...

...0th anniversary in [[1950]], suggesting this earlier date. But there is no record of this in primary sources, nor any evidence of the Consul brand until the ...

...erna]], [[Mido]], [[Oris]], and [[Technos]], with [[Longines]] (owner of [[Record]] and [[Rotary]]) added later that year. ...[Technos]]. Later in 1971, General Watch Co. adds [[Longines]], owner of [[Record]] and [[Rotary]]. ...

...timekeeping. Since then, Omega has been awarded this privilege 21 times, a record among all watch manufacturers. ...

...ontblanc products, the original chronograph (or "time writer") used ink to record the time. In [[1821]], Nicolas Rieussec presented his chronograph construct ...

...y Frieda Kurth, with Erwin and Adolf Kurth remaining the administrators of record. Alfred Kurth died in February of [[1937]] at the age of 71. He had managed ...

...ishing the start date for the A. Michel company, but there is not official record of this. The factory was located at what is known as Kändlenstrasse 15 toda ...

...es a sale price of 2.206 million francs and thereby registeres a new world record in her class. ...

...[Technos]]. Later in 1971, General Watch Co. adds [[Longines]], owner of [[Record]] and [[Rotary]] ...

...out of 19,835 watches from all over the world a watch by Zenith set a new record with a daily deviation of only 0.6 seconds. ...

...h]], [[Maurice Lacroix]], [[Bovet 1822]], and [[Chopard]] have the poorest record of wins per nominated watches. ...