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A. Lange & Sohne Odysseus Steel Sports Watch - Review, Live Pics, Video, Price
Here’s the brand new A. Lange & Sohne Odysseus, the brand’s first stainless steel watch that can easily be worn during sports and that isn’t scared of a bit of water. Is this the luxury sports watch that you were expecting? Well, better forget everything you know about luxury sports watches and anything you could have imagined beforehand. The Odysseus from Lange looks… like a Lange. But now in a stainless steel case and on an integrated steel bracelet. Two shaped pushers allow you to switch the day of the week and date indications, which adds a bit of a Zeitwerk-spirit to the new steel Lange. Let’s welcome the first Lange that you can wear in the board room AND when diving off the board into a swimming pool.Introductory note…Odysseus might just be the most polarizing watch in A. Lange and Sohne’s history. The Lange 31 was already polarizing and when the first Zeitwerk was introduced, I can assure you that not every Lange collector immediate
Review of The New AP Royal Oak Concept Split-Seconds Chronograph GMT
The Royal Oak Concept Split-Seconds Chronograph GMT was just presented by Audemars Piguet in the pool of other new Royal Oaks, distinguished by an even more aggressive design than its Concept predecessors and an exceptional automatic rattrapante chronograph calibre 4407 with the date and 24-hour GMT functions. This watch is a rightful heir to the Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher and an important addition, not just to the Concept series. It is here to make history as it will lead the new generation of split-seconds chrono movements used outside the Grand Complications family. Let’s take a closer look.The Royal Oak Concept SeriesAudemars Piguet presented the first-ever watch in the Royal Oak Concept series in 2002 while celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Royal Oak. The high-tech looking 44mm watch in a cobalt-based super-alloy Alacrite 602 case housed the manually wound calibre 2896 with a one-minute tourbillon. Among other functions, it featured a dynamographe di
Omega Grabs the Sailing Spotlight - The Louis Vuitton Cup - Monochrome Watches
The stage is set. The players are in place, and the quest for the America's Cup trophy is set to begin. The conclusion of the Louis Vuitton Cup saw Omega's Emirates Team New Zealand win and earn the right to challenge Team Oracle USA for the America's Cup trophy. We previewed the America's Cup season and the new AC72 yachts here; now we are ready for the dramatic denouement. In a prescient move, Omega made ready with its Omega ETNZ Seamaster Diver Special Edition. The Race is on, and Omega is there!The Louis Vuitton Cup is the penultimate competition to determine the challenger who will race against last year's winner for the America's Cup trophy. On Sunday, August 25th, Omega's Emirates Team New Zealand dealt Luna Rossa a 7-1 defeat in a foggy, capricious San Francisco Bay. This year catapulted the longest sailing competition from the bemused interest of the topsider-clad elite into a world more nearly resembling Extreme Sports or Formula One. This year witnessed carbon fiber wings, r
Cvstos Metropolitan PS Skeleton Sapphire (Specs & Price)
Cvstos might not ring a bell with many of our readers but it is a niche watch brand founded in 2005 by Sassoun Sirmakes, son of Vartan Sirmakes of the Franck Muller Watchland Group. Based in Geneva with workshops in Meyrin, Cvstos is renowned for its upmarket watch portfolio built almost entirely around tonneau-shaped cases, a feature that often is compared to Richard Mille watches. Not surprising then to discover that co-founder and designer Antonio Terranova worked at Richard Mille long before joining Sirmakes. The recently introduced Metropolitan collection is one of the most straightforward collections at Cvstos, comprised of time-and-date models with interchangeable bracelets and straps. The skeletonised version of the Metropolitan, introduced earlier this year in a titanium case, is now accompanied by a spectacular model in a sapphire crystal case.See-through caseGiven the hardness of sapphire crystal, the third hardest mineral after diamonds and moissanite on the Mohs scale of h
Introducing All Panerai Submersible QuarantaQuattro of Watches and Wonders 2022
On the occasion of Watches & Wonders 2022, Panerai introduces a new case size to its Submersible collection. As its name suggests, the Submersible QuarantaQuattro will now be available in a 44mm diameter that joins the existing 47mm and 42mm sizes. The new Submersible model retains all the characteristics of the collection, which is based on the emblematic Luminor case with its distinctive shape and patented crown lock device. What sets it apart is its unidirectional rotating bezel. Concealed behind the solid caseback is the automatic P.900 calibre (ValFleurier based) with hours, minutes, small seconds, date indication and three days of power reserve. The brand also introduces a new Goldtech version of the original, streamlined Luminor Calendario Perpetuo.Submersible QuarantaQuattro PAM01229, PAM01226 & PAM01232Three interpretations of the Submersible QuarantaQuattro (forty-four) debut in the collection. Two steel models in a white dial/green rubber strap or black dial/black ru