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2021 Excelsior Park Hand-Wound Chronograph Collection Review
As we’ve said already on many occasions, there are mainstream brands, and then there are so-called niche brands that are mostly known by seasoned collectors But don’t think this makes them less important. In fact, this might give these smaller, often undervalued historic names even more resonance and charm. One of them might ring a bell: Excelsior Park. A brand founded in 1866 and known as one of the pioneers of the chronograph, it fell into oblivion until this year. Thanks to Guillaume Laidet, the man behind the resurrection of Nivada, Excelsior Park presents its inaugural collection And yes, these are vintage-oriented, charm-packed, hand-wound, attractively priced chronographs that will certainly speak to a seasoned audience.Concise History of Excelsior ParkExcelsior was born in 1866 in the small but quite famous (at least if you’re into watches) town of St. Imier, Switzerland – also the hometown of Longines and the birthplace of Breitling. Founded as a watch
Review: Love at First Sight, The Chopard L.U.C XPS Forest Green
Most days, you’ll catch me wearing a dive watch or a classic chronograph. This is what I most enjoy as a watch collector (yes, we are first and foremost watch fans at MONO). I like to wear watches that I don’t have to worry about, and I love a timepiece with some heft. Not necessarily a large watch (41mm would usually be my maximum), but a watch with a feeling of robustness, most of the time on a metal bracelet. With this in mind, you can imagine that the classic, thin dress watch isn’t an object that I often strap around my wrist. I enjoy seeing them worn, but not on my wrist. Except that, I might just have found the one watch that changes everything.?When: Watches and Wonders 2024, 9 April 2024. Where: Chopard’s booth, press room. What: the freshly presented Chopard L.U.C XPS Forest Green. Reaction: wow, just wow. I know it sounds like one of those lines to generate enthusiasm. Well, it’s not. What I’m relating here is a genuine moment of excitemen
Hands-On - 2022 Longines Ultra-Chron Diver Re-Edition (Live Pics, Price)
It feels like repeating myself, but indeed, it’s hard not to say this, Longines is one of the brands with the richest history and an incredible collection of important watches. We’ve often covered the topic of historical pilot’s timepieces in our recent coverage, mostly due to the brand’s focus on the Spirit collection. Today, it’ll be rather different, and far more technically oriented. Today, we’ll be talking about high-frequency, chronometry competitions and, as a matter of fact, an emblematic model, the Ultra-Chron. Yes, this milestone of accuracy for the winged hourglass is back, as the brand reissues what used to be one of the first hi-beat watches available on the market, and coincidentally one of the first high-frequency dive watches. It’s time to discover the Longines Ultra-Chron Diver Re-Edition.?High-Frequency at Longines, and the Ultra-ChronThe frequency of a watch represents the number of oscillations performed by its regulating or
All You Need To Know: Polo, Clare Mountbatten and Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso - Monochrome Watches
Polo (on a horse that is), has a mysterious allure. One of exclusivity and physical bravery. The ultimate sporting expression of man and beast working in perfect synergy. For those who don't play (and I count myself in that group), the sport of kings is also devilishly difficult to understand. And when I say that, it's not just the game itself that's hard to grasp - it's the culture, the financing and playing calendar that baffles.When it comes to watches – a subject I am more comfortable with – the link between polo and the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is inextricable. But to fully appreciate the watch and its historical significance it almost seems wrong to not be able to really understand the sport. And for that reason, I sat down with a woman as qualified as any to take us through the basics: Clare Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven to give her full name. Clare is a Jaeger-LeCoultre ambassador and one of the most well-known faces in British polo. She took up the spor
Pre-Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Calendar and Reverso Tribute Duo - the 85th anniversary editions - Monochrome Watches
When talking about iconic watches, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso will always come into the conversation because frankly, this watch is a proper historical monument. This iconic watch?was created in 1931… Meaning that 2016 will be its 85th anniversary, a jubilee that Jaeger-LeCoultre will celebrate by introducing several new editions, including two “Tribute” ones. Here are the?Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Calendar and Reverso Tribute Duo (and the rest of the novelties to follow later this week).The first of the SIHH-2016 novelties is the Jaeger-LeCoultre?Reverso Tribute Duo. Behind the name “Tribute”, Jeager-Lecoultre intends to create watches faithful to the early editions manufactured?in?1931 and the following years. The best example of this sub-collection was the Reverso Ultra-Thin Tribute to 1931, an edition almost identical to the very first Reverso created and that even our own editor-in-chief owns for a few years now (just to say that, yes, itR
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