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Dialed In HOROLOGICAL NEWS JAEGER-LECOULTRE TO OFFER EIGHT-YEAR WARRANTY Jaeger-LeCoultre is now offering an eight-year International Limited Warranty for all its clocks and watches. Jaeger-LeCoultre customers can register their Jaeger-LeCoultre clocks and watches on a dedicated online platform that will enable them to manage their personal collection and to benefit from the new Jaeger- LeCoultre Care program. Timepieces under the original International limited warranty today will be eligible for the warranty extension upon online registration and can receive advice and support related to the online platform across all of Jaeger- LeCoultre’s official partners globally, regardless of whether they have made their purchase in store or online.  WATCHBOX ACQUIRES THE URBAN GENTRY Online pre-owned watch retailer WatchBox has acquired The Urban Gentry YouTube channel. WatchBox Studios’ and The Urban Gentry’s original video content is accessible on YouTube and through the WatchBox mobile app. The weekly show The Trading Desk, hosted by Josh Thanos and Jason Mane, is also available as a podcast. New videos will drop on The Urban Gentry channel two to three times a week, and its inaugural video under the WatchBox Studios umbrella was released last week. See: https://youtu.be/ dEiqx6jmmbM. 28 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | SUMMER 2019 ULYSSE NARDIN OPENS POP The Ulysse Nardin Pop Up at Watches of Switzerland Soho is open through September. Visitors to the Ulysse Nardin pop up can explore the technology behind the watches using a virtual reality device. Photos by Watchonista, Liam O’Donnell