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Introducing: Frederique Constant Highlife Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar in Steel
This year marks the 35th anniversary of Frederique Constant, and there is plenty to celebrate. With 31 in-house calibres under its belt, including complications like the tourbillon, perpetual calendar, flyback chronograph or the advanced Monolithic Oscillator, the brand founded by Dutch couple Aletta and Peter Stas and now in the hands of Citizen Group has stuck to its philosophy of accessible luxury. To celebrate the opening of the Citizen multi-brand store on New York’s prestigious Fifth Avenue, Frederique Constant launches a limited edition of its Highlife Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar Manufacture in steel with a closed dial and a competitive price tag.Frederique Constant closes the year in style with a stainless steel, closed dial edition of its tourbillon and perpetual calendar complication in a Highlife case with a price tag of EUR 26,995. Fair enough, when this movement was launched in 2018, the steel watch housing it was priced at EUR 19,495, but that was five years ago a
Hands-On URWERK UR-210 CP with Clou de Paris engraved case (live pics, specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
For those who vist Monochrome-Watches regularly, you probably know that we have soft spot for independent watchmakers and timepieces?that display the time in a different way, meaning without traditional hands and dials. One of our top favorite watches?is, without any possible discussion, the URWERK UR-210, a piece?that we extensively reviewed and filmed in a rather personal column, written by our editor in chief – for the full steel edition. It was certainly enthusiastic – and for very good reasons. This year, at Baselworld, the brand comes back with a new iteration, with a pattern that is usually reserved to highly classical watchmaking, the “Clou de Paris”… And believe or not, in the context of the?URWERK UR-210 CP, it becomes very unusual and highly modern.That’s the kind of watchmaker’s bench you’d like to see more often… Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Case study about the Chronometer - the Zenith Calibre 135 - Monochrome Watches
In a previous article, we explained you a bit more about what is a chronometer, why they were so important and why the chronometry contests had been so crucial for the evolution of the industry, for the innovation. A chronometer (in the noble way, meaning a watch created with?one single goal, being as precise as possible) is certainly one of the most complicated type of movement to create for a watchmaker, certainly more complicated than a tourbillon or a perpetual calendar – and precision is difficult path to achieve. In order to illustrate our words, and after the first explaining article, here is a case study, applied on the Zenith Calibre 135.The Zenith Calibre 135Ephrem Jobin was the brains and hands behind the Zenith Calibre 135. Introduced in 1948 at the height of a battle to achieve increased precision fought among several watch manufacturers in the Observatory competitions, Caliber 135 included several innovative technical features that enabled it to win numerous prestig
TAG Heuer Monaco Titan Special Edition CAW218B - Hands-On, Price
Few watches in the world can compete with Jack Heuer's brilliant branding coup of his 1969 square-shaped Monaco chronograph with the world's most glamorous F1 race. There was a time in the watchmaking world when innovation' and imagination' were the keywords. Today, they have been replaced with special/limited edition' and titanium'. However, when it comes to golden oldies like the Monaco, the new buzzwords are a real treat for fans. Designed to mark the return of the Monaco Grand Prix in 2021 after a one-year hiatus provoked by the pandemic, here is the new TAG Heuer Monaco Titan Special Edition, that you can discover live!This special edition of 500 pieces of TAG's iconic Monaco is sheathed in sandblasted titanium and fitted with a modern version of the famous Calibre 11 automatic chronograph that made its debut inside the first Monaco. After the suspension of the Monaco GP last year, the F1 cars competing in the 2021 edition will undergo the qualifying rounds on Saturday, May 22. On
Panerai Luminor Marina Luminous Trilogy PAM1117, PAM1118 & PAM1119
In a recent interview with MONOCHROME, Panerai's CEO, Jean-Marc Pontroue, gave us a foretaste of what to expect in 2020. The main theme for the brand would be the 70th anniversary of Luminor. To celebrate this anniversary, the Italian brand releases three boutique-exclusive limited edition watches, which make an impact with their potent visibility in the dark: meet the PAM1117, PAM1118 & PAM1119.The Luminor trademark was registered some 70 years ago by Panerai. Luminor was the name chosen by the brand to describe the tritium-based luminous compound applied to the brands’ dials (to replace Radium as it is significantly less radioactive). Over time the word Luminor would come to describe the iconic cushion-shaped case of the dive watch. Although radioactive substances are no longer used on their watches, Panerai releases three new Luminor references that pay tribute to the original luminescence by glowing in the most unusual places. Ad - Scroll to continue with artic
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