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History of Watchmaking
Patek Philippe made the most complicated pocket watch of its time to commemorate its 150th anniversary.
World history
Solidarnosc was legalised.Protests in Beijing were violently crushed.
Fall of the Berlin Wall (November 9th) and with it Communism in Eastern Europe.
Art and Culture
Fatwa on Salman Rushdie.The dramatist Vaclav Havel was elected president of the Czech Republic.
HH Magazine News
A new record for Rolex at auction
17 May 2013
While Patek Philippe again claimed the most valuable lot at the spring auction session in Geneva, Rolex confirmed its as…
Swatch Sistem51: Just How Far will the Revolution Go?
16 May 2013
Sistem51, the new Swatch self-winding mechanical movement, is to be assembled and adjusted entirely by machine. This gro…