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The Unconventional Armando Legin Inveni¨
It’s not often that we get to introduce completely new brands that do things in a completely unique way. Sure, most watches we present, even the ones from breakout watchmakers, still rely on the same format of central hands making a rotation once every 12 hours. Watches that rewrite or even completely throw out the rulebook are far and few between. Brands like Urwerk and MB&F have redefined the concept of the passage of time with their hyper-creative philosophy on watchmaking. In the wake of such brands, plenty of brands have come and gone that tried to capture the imagination of the crowd with similar ‘out-there’ ideas. It’s extremely challenging to build a concept into a sustainable brand, but it’s not entirely impossible. This is exactly what a young man from Slovenia is attempting to achieve as he launches his eponymous brand with a very unconventional first watch. Named Armando Legin, he makes his debut with a watch called the Inveni¨, which rough
Hands-On - The The 2018 Ulysse Nardin Diver Chronometer Collection (Specs & Price)
Certainly, most of you probably have the Marine Chronometer in mind when the name Ulysse Nardin is mentioned?– and rightfully so, as this watch is the cornerstone of the brand. However, there’s more in the collection, including?the?Ulysse Nardin Diver, a watch that is still linked to the nautical world, but not perhaps the most discreet diver on the market.? Do you remember?this one?or this one, conceived as a more classic approach to the watch??The good news is that it has just been relaunched in a more contemporary, cleaner and tastier package – following the trend initiated?by the Torpilleur. Meet the 2018?Ulysse Nardin Diver Chronometer.For years, the Marine Chronometer watches, nautical timepieces with an overall elegant design, have had their sporty twins, the Ulysse Nardin Diver. To differentiate these two – don’t forget that both were inspired by the sea – UN gave the Diver a robust, masculine and bold style (to say the least, judging by some
Back To Basics With The TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 18 Chronograph - Monochrome-Watches
TAG Heuer is a sentimental favorite for me. The black and gold 1000 Professional Diver 980.029N was one of the first watches I can remember lusting after. A beat-up pre-owned Formula 1 watch was as close as I ever got to the 1000 Pro. Over the years I've watched the brand go through some funky gyrations as they experimented with smartphones (groan!) and leather goods (not such a groan) culminating in that famous period several years back when you needed to click through a ridiculous number of menu options before you could see a single watch on their website! Perhaps the identity crisis is coming to a close as we see the Heuer logo adorn a watch meant for racing.One of my friends from university and I have a plan: to make it to age 60 and begin racing classic cars. Frankly, we've both struggled to get to the point where buying, restoring and racing a car in a race like the Mille Miglia or Carrera Panamerica is not such crazy idea. We took our beatings when it was time to get beat-up. We
Introducing The Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Chronograph 5924G
Following the turbulence generated by Patek Philippe's Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Ref. 5524 of 2015 with its vintage pilot's watch flair, the model has settled down as a stable member of the Calatrava family. For 2023, Patek Philippe is introducing another version of its Calatrava Pilot Travel Time, combining its dual time functionality with a flyback chronograph. Two references in white gold with contemporary coloured dials and enhanced functionality wing their way into the more vintage section of the Calatrava collection.In just eight years, the Calatrava Pilot Travel Time has gone from being a misunderstood and controversial watch to becoming a highly desirable collectable. Relying on Patek's signature Travel Time indication, the first models featured a second time zone or GMT indication with two hour hands, a practical day/night indicator and a date on a sub-dial at 6 o'clock. Appearing in a smaller 37.5mm for women in 2018, the Travel Time took on board an alarm mechanism coupled
Oris Artelier Calibre 111 now with Blue Dial (Specs & Price)
When Oris launched its own in-house developed and produced movement, back in 2014 (at that time the Calibre 110, without date), this sounded like an impressive step for the brand, more used to creating accessible sports watches and outsourced automatic movements. Indeed, with no-less than 10 days of power-reserve and some technically advanced features, it was quite an achievement. This hand-wound in-house Calibre is now fully integrated into the collections, and has seen several evolutions (calibre 111, 112 and 113). Today, the?Oris Artelier Calibre 111 marks a change in style, by receiving a striking blue dial.The in-house Oris Calibre 11xBack in 2014, Oris launched its first modern in-house developed and produced movements… And modern is important here, as it has to be kept in mind that Oris had been, for a long period, one of the largest manufacturers of movements in Switzerland. Up until the end of the 1970s, Oris was producing its own calibres, however, when it was launched
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