{"id":1049,"date":"2016-08-03T11:51:59","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T16:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bernardwatch.com\/blog\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2016-12-16T11:28:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T17:28:10","slug":"watch-news-roundup-for-july-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bernardwatch.com\/blog\/watch-news-roundup-for-july-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch News Roundup For July 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

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At Bernard Watch, we always have our finger on the pulse of the Swiss watch industry.  Here are the articles and posts from July 2016 that we found most interesting and relevant to our readers.<\/div>\n
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A True Story about Omega Speedmaster and NASA Space Program<\/a><\/div>\n
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History Of Zenith\u2019s Fuse And Chain<\/a><\/div>\n
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A Rolex Milgauss, An Omega >15,000 Gauss, And A 4,000 Gauss Neodymium Magnet<\/a><\/div>\n

New Models<\/b><\/h2>\n
IWC Big Pilot\u2019s Heritage Watch 55<\/a><\/div>\n
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Omega Rio 2016 Collection<\/a><\/div>\n
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Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze 79250BM<\/a><\/div>\n
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Girard-Perregaux Competizione Chronograph Line<\/a><\/div>\n
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New Rolex Cellini 2016 editions, including the brown Dual Time and the Blue Date<\/a><\/div>\n
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Longines Heritage 1969 Cushion Case<\/a><\/div>\n
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Rolex Day-Date 60th Anniversary Edition with Green Dial<\/a><\/div>\n
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Piaget Polo S & Polo S Chronograph<\/a><\/div>\n
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Inside TAG Heuer\u2019s $16,000 Tourbillon Chronograph, the Carrera Heuer-02 T<\/a><\/div>\n
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MB&F LM1 \u201cAlain Silberstein\u201d Edition<\/a><\/div>\n
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Porsche Design – 1919 Datetimer Eternity Black Edition<\/a><\/div>\n
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Audemars Piguet Diamond Fury<\/a><\/div>\n

News and Opinions<\/b><\/h2>\n
It\u2019s All Rosy \u2013 PJ\u2019s Watch Notes of the Moment<\/a><\/div>\n
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Swatch backpaddles on phasing out watch movement deliveries<\/a><\/div>\n
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Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. Acquires Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Constant, Alpina, Ateliers DeMonaco<\/a><\/div>\n
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Switzerland Bans Exports Of Watches To North Korea Much To Kim Jong-un\u2019s Chagrin<\/a><\/div>\n
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The Problem With Watch Payola (for watch reviews)<\/a><\/div>\n
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Haute<\/b> and Vintage<\/b><\/h2>\n
First Generation Heuer Autavia Sells For Over $57,000 <\/a><\/div>\n
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Loupe System iPhone Mountable Macro Lens Review<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Swiss watch models and interesting articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-watch-knowledge","category-watch-news-media","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.bernardwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/news-roundup-2016-july-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1115,"url":"https:\/\/www.bernardwatch.com\/blog\/watch-news-roundup-for-december-2016\/","url_meta":{"origin":1049,"position":0},"title":"Watch News Roundup for December 2016","date":"December 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Woah! 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