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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Five Perpetual Calendars that Celebrate the Human Civilisation’s Ingenuity
While we commemorate the cultural significance of Mid-Autumn festival, let us not forget how important the moon once was to our ancestors, and how it enabled them to develop the modern calendar system.
24 Sep 2023
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- Brand Spotlight
Glashütte Original: 20 Years of PanoMaticLunar
In 2003, a watch was born that would come to shape the identity of Glashütte Original like no other model before it. With the design of the PanoMaticLunar, the team at the tradition-rich Saxon manufactory aspired to create a watch that was completely new and yet beautiful beyond time.
22 Sep 2023
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Patek Philippe Combines Jewellery and Artistry into Its Timepieces with Style
Over the centuries, Patek Philippe has constantly refined its designs to find the perfect balance between classic and contemporary. With each generation of collectors, and as new trends take shape in watchmaking, the watchmaker has carefully added new and often unexpected design innovations to its collections while maintaining the traditional crafts that Genevan watchmaking holds dear.
20 Sep 2023
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Diminutive Delights: The Small Watch Trend Makes a Big Comeback
Watchmakers are streamlining some of their timepieces. Smaller models, like those popular in the 1920s to the 60s, are fast becoming a trend.
16 Sep 2023
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OMEGA’s Seamaster Summer Blue Collection Is A Nod To Iconic Designs
2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Seamaster, a quintessential dive watch in watchmaking history. Although the first-ever Seamaster debuted in 1948, as OMEGA pivoted to making contemporary watches suitable for civilians post-World War II, the watchmaker’s ocean-going endeavours date back much further.
30 Aug 2023
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- Watch Knowledge
Discovering Watch Complications: Part 2
In the second of our two-part series, we look at some of the most technically sophisticated complications that money can buy.
29 Aug 2023
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Celebrating A Milestone: Watches That Mark Significant Time
In the horological world, where craftsmanship intertwines with artistry, the release of timepieces to commemorate significant milestones or anniversaries is nothing short of a grand celebration.
14 Aug 2023
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Patek Philippe’s New Watches Combine Timeless Aesthetics with Innovation
The annual calendar is one of the most underappreciated complications in watchmaking, and one of the most practical. Developed and patented by Patek Philippe in 1996, it sits above the simple and grand date calendars. Those indicators require adjustment on months which have fewer than 31 days, while the annual calendar requires adjustment only once a year, at the end of February to 1st March.
08 Aug 2023
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- Watch Knowledge
Discovering Watch Complications: Part 1
The first of a two-part series exploring mechanical watches that do more than tell the time.
28 Jul 2023
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Colourful, Classic, Compact and Cool: 2023 Horological Trends
13 Jul 2023
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- Brand Spotlight
OMEGA Celebrates The 75th Anniversary of The Seamaster
07 Jul 2023
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Dial It In: The Unique Savoire Faire Behind a Watch’s Face
The movement may be the heart of a watch but the dial is its face and sometimes, first impressions count.
30 Jun 2023
