Weekly Watch Photo - Lange und Sohne Zeitwerk Striking Time - Monochrome Watches
The Weekly Watch Photo of this weeks shows an extraoridnary beautiful striking watch, the Lange und Sohne Zeitwerk Striking Time. Photographed by Peter Chong.Many watch aficionados where shocked, amazed, exilirated when the Lange und Sohne Zeitwerk was announced in May of 2009. The new Zeitwerk Striking Time has the same (for Lange und Sohne) unorthodox looks and features maybe the most beautiful way to incorporate a striking mechanism. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The Zeitwerk Striking Time is a so-called striking watch, which chimes every hour and quarter, unless turned off. The button at the 4 position enables the owner to select between strike or silent mode. When the strike mode is selected, the hammers and gongs will produce low notes on every hour and a high pitch notes on every quarter.Again my sincere thanks go out to Peter Chong for the excelle

Introducing The Audemars Piguet Millenary Quadriennium - Monochrome Watches
Audemars Piguet improves the annual calendar, so it almost becomes a perpetual calendar. That might sound strange, but we’ll explain. This new calendar is now introduced in the?Audemars Piguet Millenary Quadriennium. Its name is latin for a quadrennium, which?is a four-year period. The watch also features the infamous AP escapement, so all-together a mighty interesting timepiece!?The Millenary has always been a bit of a an odd-shaped timepiece, often chosen by collector who’re perse drawn to a round case, and like the elegant oval shape, with beautiful alternating satin brushed and polished finishing, and stepped lugs. The Millenary always features an off centre dial, which was probably most notable on the magnificent Millenary Star Wheel that we reviewed extensively. The new Audemars Piguet Millenary Quadriennium has an off-centre dial for the hours, minutes, date, month and day of the week, and a small subsidiary dial for the running seconds. Ad - Scroll to con

Independent Watchmaking - Introducing Alchemists Cu29 Creative Act II
Bordering on the obscure line between science and occult, alchemy has at least sparked imagination throughout centuries. While sometimes disregarded as folklore, medieval magic or deceptive in nature, its intent is to always do better, strive for perfection. In a sense, the same thing can be said about watchmaking, haute-horlogerie in particular. Manufactures try to (re)invent and develop new techniques and adaptations of materials in order to create a better, more perfect watch. In essence, that is what Alchemists Watches aims to do while embracing alchemy as a philosophy. This is the Alchemists Cu29 Creative Act II.The documented history of alchemy can be traced back to Chinese and Greco-Roman times, about 2,000 years ago. Most people might think of alchemy as medieval wizardry trying to make gold out of common metals or find a way to extend life into immortality. While it is much more than that, we're somewhat sceptical when a watch manufacture embraces this as a concept for their w

First Look: Bovet Recital 28, A Worlds First Reconciling World-Timer and DST
In 2001, Pascal Raffy, a passionate collector of haute horlogerie, acquired the prestigious name Bovet and embarked on a remarkable journey to revive the brand to its former glory. Mr. Raffy spared no effort in establishing a manufacture characterized by an exceptional level of integration. Among its various achievements, Bovet introduced a series of exquisitely crafted and complex watches. Notable among these are numerous astronomical watches, including the Shooting Star, the Asterium, and the Recital 22 Grand Recital, as well as the Recital 26 Chapter Two. Bovet now unveils the Recital 28 Prowess 1, a world premiere that addresses one of the major challenges faced by traditional world-timers: Daylight Saving Time (DST). In addition to this remarkable feat, the Bovet Recital 28 features a flying tourbillon, a perpetual calendar with roller-based indications, and an impressive 10-day power reserve.Traveller’s Watches and the DST ProblemBefore the invention of unified time systems

New editions for the Ulysse Nardin Dual Time Manufacture - Monochrome-Watches
Ulysse Nardin is a productive and innovative manufacture, able to create incredible watches such as the newly introduced Ulysse Nardin FreakLab or the Anchor Escapement. Both are however expensive watches totally?focused on R&D. On the other side of the range, there are watches that might show a (visually) simpler technical content but that are however also full of interest. One of them is the?Ulysse Nardin Dual Time Manufacture that was introduced last year at Baselworld and that comes with an in-house movement. This year, the collection is updated with two fresh editions.The?Ulysse Nardin Dual Time Manufacture was previously available in 4 editions – stainless steel case with silver dial,?stainless steel case with black dial (both also available on a metallic bracelet), 18k rose gold case with a silver dial and 18k rose gold case with a black dial. For 2015, we have 2 new editions. The first one is an ultra-classic and elegant 18k rose gold case with a warm ivory dial, some