Insights
Stay informed with the latest horological news, new watch releases, and expert insights. Whether you’re a seasoned collector or a first-time buyer, Cortina Watch offers a curated experience that celebrates the timeless elegance and innovation of fine watches.
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- Watch Guide
A Guide to Choosing Your Perfect Watch Strap
Choosing the right watch strap is as easy as ABC once you have learned the advantages of various materials, styles and colours that cater to your preference and lifestyle needs.
21 Apr 2025
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- Novelties
- Watch Guide
Timeless Rivalry, Legendary Riders: Breitling’s Top Time Tribute to Cycling Greats Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali
Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali united a nation through their professional rivalry and extraordinary real-life friendship. Now, Breitling unveils two vibrant limited-edition chronographs dedicated to the Italian cyclists’ legacy of resilience and achievement.
14 Apr 2025
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- Brand Spotlight
- Watch Guide
The Resounding Beauty of Patek Philippe’s Minute Repeaters
Last year, Patek Philippe released a total of 10 minute repeater references, an incredible record for the watchmaker.
05 Apr 2024
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- Watch Guide
- Watch Trends
Tachymeter, Telemeter, Pulsometer and Slide Rule Explained
The numerical scale inscribed on a chronograph through a variety of means, such as printed on the dial or inserted into the bezel, offers a unique function.
23 Jan 2024
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- Watch Guide
Why The Power Reserve Indicator Is a Brilliant Complication
To fall in love with mechanical timepieces, you first need to understand what power reserve is and why the power reserve indicator matters.
02 Jan 2024
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- Watch Guide
5 Ways to Care for Your Patek Philippe Timepieces
Keep your Patek Philippe watches running smoothly and looking brand new with these simple care tips, so the next generation can continue to enjoy them in the future.
10 Oct 2021
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- Watch Guide
Minute Repeater
A repeater is a watch that provides an acoustic dimension in time-telling. This is achieved in mechanical timepieces with a striking mechanism using hammers that strike gongs to sound the time, typically indicating the hours and minutes.
11 Dec 2020
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- Watch Guide
Tourbillon
The tourbillon is one of the most fascinating horological complications with origins dating back to the late 16th century. It is basically a mechanism that improves the precision of a watch by having the escapement placed within a carriage that rotates completely on its own axis.
25 Nov 2020
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- Watch Guide
Diver Counter
The rotating bezel, commonly found on sports watches, is a utilitarian tool when used in conjuction with the time shown by the running movement.
29 Oct 2020
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- Watch Guide
Chronograph
A chronograph is a time-telling instrument such as a pocket watch or wristwatch equipped with a mechanism that can measure short intervals of time on demand.
21 Oct 2020
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- Watch Guide
Bezel
The bezel is the ring or frame that secures a transparent protective layer of material made of either sapphire crystal, mineral glass or plexiglass over the dial and to the watch case.
05 Oct 2020
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- Watch Guide
Automatic Movement (Self-winding)
Also known as a self-winding movement, an automatic movement of a mechanical watch has a mechanism that winds the mainspring by a rotor or oscillating weight. Most rotors pivot freely on their central axle.
17 Sep 2020
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