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A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon (hands-on, live photos & price) - Monochrome Watches
We all know the Datograph, THE most iconic chronograph?of?A. Lange & Sohne – and clearly, one of the most desirable chronographs of the actual production (if not one?most desirable watches?of the actual production). We also know the more complicated edition, the Datograph Perpetual, that the brand renewed last year, with its stunning grey dial and a QP. For the 2016 edition of the SIHH, it’s a pure horological marvel that the Saxonian manufacture will reveal, as not only you’ll find the hyper-nice chronograph movement, with the extra-perpetual calendar AND now with a tourbillon, discreetly located on the movement side. Here is the uber-Datograph, you name it: the?A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon.This new?A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon combines the best of Lange in a single watch: a Datograph with a perpetual calendar and a Tourbillon regulator that is, in order to respect the purity of the dial, located on the movement side
Hands-On - Code 11.59 By Audemars Piguet Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon
The end of 2020 has been extremely rich in Haute Horlogerie creations for Audemars Piguet. In only a few months, the brand introduced the Code 11.59 Flying Tourbillon Chronograph, the Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon, the full ceramic Royal Oak Double Balance Wheel Openworked and, on top of these already impressive watches, the ultra-complex Code 11.59 Grande Sonnerie Carillon Supersonnerie. And there was more as the brand also produced new models of the Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon watch with refined, original dials in the “Aventurine Enamel” sub-collection.?Without reviewing the full story on the introduction of the Code 11.59 By Audemars Piguet collection again, and although there was much to love in the watches, one could, however, point to a certain lack of originality in the inaugural blue, white or black dials found in the time-and-date or chronograph models. Maybe too shy, too conservative from a brand that is used to being disruptive and to “breaking
Norqain Freedom 60 GMT 40mm Bronze Midnight Blue
In just over a couple of years, Norqain has demonstrated a rather impressive coherence in its collections and also quite a rapid expansion. Right from the beginning, the brand even announced partnering with Kenissi, a renowned Swiss movement manufacturer (also working for Tudor, Chanel or Breitling), propelling them straight in a more high-end league. From all the models we’ve seen recently, the Freedom 60 GMT, a vintage-inspired watch with practical complication, has certainly been amongst our favourites and it returns this year with a cool combination of colours and a compact case. Here’s the new Norqain Freedom 60 GMT 40mm Bronze with Midnight Blue dial.?The Freedom 60 GMT, a watch presented in late 2020, was the first important evolution of the collection – the most classic collection of the brand, with the least rugged appeal. As explained by the brand's CEO, Ben Kuffer: When we began designing these new Freedom watches, we listened closely to what customers and
Our recap of the Geneva Watch Days through 5 watches
We’ve just finished bombarding you with news coming from Switzerland’s capital of watchmaking, Geneva, for the entire week as the 2022 edition of Geneva Watch Days returned to the shores of Lac Leman. And it’s perfectly understandable if, at some point, you felt overwhelmed by it all as there were more than 20 brands participating in this year’s celebration of watchmaking. All this meant more watches, appointments and moments of sheer joy seeing and handling novelties. So with that in mind, here’s a retrospective of the event through five watches we feel really stood out!BUlgari Octo FInissimo Skeleton 8 DaysWe’ve said it in the hands-on article we published early this week, and we’ll happily repeat it: the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Skeleton 8 Days might not be a record-breaking entry in the Octo Finissimo saga, but it is a very imposing watch nonetheless. The signature square case, this time around constructed in rose gold with a 40mm diameter an
Travel Watches - World Timer, GMT and Multiple Time Zones - Monochrome Watches
The vast majority of people are comfortable with watches simply displaying hours and minutes but for globetrotters, frequent travellers and those doing business around the world, multiple time-zone watches are highly practical and purposeful for their daily travelling needs. Here is an in-depth look at an important category, the Travel Watches.Back in 1732-1733, William Hogarth depicted the rise and fall of fictional character Thomas Rakewell through 8 paintings leading him from riches to Bedlam, London's notorious mental hospital, the last painting of the series features lunatics trying to solve the longitude problem with a telescope or scratching on the walls. At the time, determining longitude was one of the major scientific endeavours, to the point of which drove some people insane. Ad - Scroll to continue with article William Hogarth, A Rake's Progress, Pla
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