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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Choosing the Right Couple Watch for Your Valentine
Love is a many-splendored thing. A relationship takes time to foster and a lasting relationship is one that has endured the test of time. It takes plenty of unconditional giving, mutual encouragement, open communication, empathy, and it is about having the best interest of your loved one at heart. There will be times, just like life itself, that doubts creep in or unforeseen circumstances arise to impair this special bond, but you will always emerge stronger together.
05 Feb 2021
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Work of Art: Exclusive Timepieces to Ring in the Year of the Ox
Melding Swiss watchmaking finesse with an homage to Chinese culture, these Year of the Ox timepieces are not only special because they appear once every 12 years by virtue of the order of the Chinese zodiac, but also because they are a celebration of craftsmanship.
22 Jan 2021
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Why the Nautilus Truly Represents Patek Philippe’s Ideals Today
Ask any Patek Philippe collector, even the ones who may not love the Nautilus, for a model that they would love to own, and it will probably still be a Nautilus.
08 Jan 2021
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Everything Patek Philippe Released in 2020, in One Article
Like every other industry, the watch industry has had to adapt quickly to global changes, more so this year than ever. Despite that, it’s been an incredible year of great releases by Patek Philippe.
21 Dec 2020
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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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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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The Cult Classic Black Bay Fifty-Eight Now Available in Navy Blue
It is a rare occurrence that you get watch enthusiasts all around the world so excited about the launch of a new colour in an existing collection.
05 Nov 2020
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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. The dive counter on the rotating bezel is one such example where there is typically a track in one-minute increments up to the first 15 or 20 minutes while the other reference markers are in five-minute intervals.
29 Oct 2020
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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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Diving Deep into the TUDOR Naval Heritage
Taking a closer look at the long history of TUDOR divers’ watches. The history of wristwatches dates back all the way to the 1800s.
16 Oct 2020
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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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Rhapsody in a Patek Philippe Ref. 5370P-011 Blue
If Patek Philippe’s manual-wind chronographs are said to be in demand by watch lovers, then their rattrapantes, or split-seconds chronographs, are worth entering a Hunger Games battle for.
22 Sep 2020
