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Buying Guide - 5 Best Perpetual Calendars of Watches & Wonders 2021
Whatever the style or the range in which you’re looking, a perpetual calendar remains one of the most fascinating types of mechanical watch. There is something truly intriguing in this small device capable of calculating multiple indications, and being correctly adjusted for no fewer than 100 years. It stands right there, at the end of the watchmaking?food chain. Despite the rather complex situation for the industry in 2020 (which will also have effects in 2021), brands didn’t overlook this beautiful mechanism and Watches & Wonders 2021 offered its dosage of perpetual calendars. Here are 5 that caught our attention.?Short reminder about the perpetual calendar: as explained in our technical guide on calendar watches, a perpetual calendar is one of the most complex types of mechanism found in watchmaking, due to the complexity of our calendar. It is a watch that can automatically?calculate the right number of days in a month, whether it is composed of 30 or 31 days, but a
Guide - Our Favourite Models of Watches & Wonders Below €10K
The largest watch fair of the year is just over, so it’s time for us to sit down and to look back in details at what exactly happened during this very intense week. Watches & Wonders, previously named SIHH, is the initiative of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie… and as expected with such a name, the focus isn’t really on accessible watches. Still, there was a substantial number of newcomers for the 2021 edition, many of them playing in a more reasonable side of the market. And all in all, there have been numerous new watches launched in a price range that a larger portion of watch enthusiasts can actually consider. So here are most of the new models launched at Watches & Wonders 2021 priced below EUR 10,000, as well as our 6 favourite watches.?Carl F. Bucherer Heritage Bicompax Annual “Orca”Not per se an entirely new watch, but a very handsome evolution of an already attractive watch. The Heritage Bicompax Annual was introduced in 2019, with a s
Hands-On Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m GMT Master Chronometer
While the Speedmaster remains Omega’s most successful watch, specifically since the renewal of the collection recently, the other important pillar in the collection if, of course, the Seamaster. Past years have seen the brand focusing mostly on the Diver 300M. Yet, there’s another dive watch that deserves some attention, an even more powerful model with proper diving credentials, the Planet Ocean 600m. Recently, we got our hands on a model that we consider to be sort of a hidden gem in the collection… This is the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m GMT Master Chronometer and we give a closer look at it.?Neither the concept of an Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m GMT nor this actual watch is new. In fact, the concept came on the market in 2013 and the watch we’ll be looking at today has been launched in 2016. Still, it is part of these watches that somehow didn’t get the recognition it truly deserves. This traveller’s PO 600M is a watch that has A LOT t
The Lederer Central Impulse Chronometer (Specs & Price)
The Lederer Central Impulse Chronometer is one of the most interesting technical concepts presented recently. Inspired by the George Daniels' Independent Double Wheel Escapement, revered watchmaker Bernhard Lederer developed a high-performance double-wheel escapement driven by two independent gear trains, each with its own barrel and constant force remontoir d'egalite. Following the presentation of first prototypes about a year ago, the Lederer Central Impulse Chronometer now comes in its final version. If virtually nothing has changed from a technical perspective, its new dial bringing an elegant new look and an interesting perspective on the movement and its concept.? Technical ReminderThe basic operating principle of a mechanical movement is the following. Energy is stored by the mainspring inside the barrel. The energy is released via the gear train that drives the hands. The speed at which the gears rotate is controlled by the regulator that comprises the es
First Look: The New Norqain Neverest GMT Glacier 41mm and Glacier 40mm
Norqain has consolidated a repertoire of watches to tackle the great outdoors. Robust, well-designed, contemporary models that can take their fair share of adversity and still look good, Norqain is back this summer with a versatile GMT travel companion and a rugged three-hander, both from the brand's Neverest collection, fitted with high-performance, chronometer-rated Kenissi manufacture automatic movements.Launched in 2021 as a sub-collection of the Adventure family, 10% of proceeds from the two Neverest models support the Butterfly Help Project. This partnership provides schooling for the children of Nepalese Sherpas who have lost their lives in the Himalayas. As a brand that fosters connections to the world of mountaineering, the crackled texture of the icy blue Glacier dial and the black dial is meant to evoke the jagged crevasses of the treacherous Khumbu Icefall located at the head of the highest glacier on Earth on the Nepali slopes of Mount Everest. In 20
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