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Hands-On - A. Lange & Sohne Little Lange 1 with Colorful Guilloche Dial (SIHH 2018, Specs & Price)
As journalists crowded around the viewing table to admire the technical fireworks of A. Lange & Sohne's Triple Split at the SIHH 2018, I made my way to a less congested table and was treated to a hands-on session with the new members of the Little Lange 1 family. Like its Moon Phase sibling introduced last year, the new Little Lange 1 trilogy flaunts an incredible guilloche dial (without a moon phase complication) and all the hallmark traits of its Lange 1 heritage. But what nobody expected was the surprising injection of colour.Colourful buzzAs a brand associated with contemporary classics and tasteful German sobriety, colour is used sparingly at the best of times at A. Lange & Sohne. Presented in three variations – pink gold with a brown dial and two white gold variations with grey and purple dials – the Little Lange 1 model with the purple dial and matching purple alligator strap became the talking piece of the day. As Anthony de Haa
Certina DS1 Big Date 60th Anniversary - Introducing (Specs & Price)
The DS Concept put Certina on the map and was a big step forward in making Swiss watches more reliable and water-resistant while maintaining affordable prices. Now that the system is celebrating its 60th birthday, a commemorative watch is launched. Meet the new Certina DS1 Big Date 60th Anniversary and its combination of style, good mechanics and affordability.BackgroundNowadays, a shock and water-resistant watch doesn't really sound like anything exceptional. In our age of high-tech hardened bezels, helium escape valves, thermo-compensated movements, 1000-hour-tests, anti-magnetic escape wheels, soft iron inner cases and 10,000 Vickers toughness, overengineering has become a rule rather than an exception.An early, pre-pending, Certina DS model, from the first production batch – image by wristchronology.comBut things were very different sixty years ago, when Incabloc was practically the only good shock absorber on the market, and still relatively scarce. Water-resistance was an e
2021 Tudor Black Bay Chrono Panda 79360N - Specs & Price
Anniversaries are worth celebrating, and for 2021 Tudor is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first chronograph watches. In honour of that occasion, Tudor is relaunching the Black Bay Chronograph with a panda or reverse panda dial and other discreet tweaks, mostly on the bezel. A total of six new references are launched, all with striking light/dark contrasting dials. Here's the new Tudor Black Bay Chrono.Ever since the Tudor Oysterdate chronograph was introduced in 1970, the sports chronograph has been important to the brand. It has been a predominant collection for Tudor, evidenced by the Oysterdate Chronograph 7031 and 7032 as well as the Montecarlo 7149, 7159 and 7169. Even after the company’s rebirth, the Chronograph complication has played a major part in its success. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The Black Bay collection is a very import
The Airain Type 20 Re-Edition (Specs & Price)
If the concept of pilot’s chronograph is well-established today, it owes its origins to a series of legendary watches. Think about the WWII Flieger Chronographs for the Luftwaffe, the 1953 Breitling Co-Pilot Avi 765 and, of course, the Type 20 Chronograph of the French Aeronavale. The latter has gained true cult status among military and pilot watch enthusiasts and has come to define an entire generation of aviation instrument watches. Many attempts have been made to resurrect the concept, among which are the famous watches by Breguet. Recently, we announced the comeback of one of the suppliers of Type 20, a brand named Airain. Today is the big day, as the brand presents its first model, which is a really cool re-edition of the original Airain Type 20.?The Type 20 WatchesThe original concept of pilot chronographs owes a lot to German Flieger watches. Produced during WWII by Hanhart or Tutima, these watches were commissioned by the Luftwaffe. On the contrary to the B-Uhr (short fo
Introducing the new Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT with Master Chronometer movement - Live photos, specs and price - Monochrome Watches
In 2013 Omega introduced the Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m GMT and that was the first Seamaster Planet Ocean with a second time zone. That’s eight years after the introduction of the Seamaster Planet Ocean collection. This could well be your perfect traveller watch as is has the additional function of the second time zone; something that comes in handy while travelling. Today Omega introduces the Master Co-Axial movement with is stellar anti-magnetic properties into this watch, and too highlight this the design got a nice “monochrome” touch! Here’s the new Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT.When we reviewed the Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT (back than named Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m GMT) we just loved it and considered it to be a?perfect travel / dive watch.?The Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT comes in a different size (43.5 mm) than the two ‘normal’ Planet Ocean models (42 mm or 45.5 mm) and this new edition with Co-Axial movement sports the same 43.5 mm case
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