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Hands-On AP Royal Oak Jumbo 16202 Tuscan Dial White Gold
Last week, Audemars Piguet released an array of new watches, ranging from steel Code 11.59 to an astonishing Grande Complication watch – to be precise, the most complicated wristwatch ever created by the brand – as part of its first semester 2023 collection. In the middle of that, as a slightly more discreet release, was a model that clearly raises the cool factor to a higher level. Royal Oak Jumbo? Check! White metal with blue dial? Check! White gold and low availability? Unfortunately, check! But more importantly, there’s the dial. Because the new Royal Oak Jumbo 16202BC brings back one of the rarest but also most desirable dial styles used by AP in the past, the so-called Tuscan dial. And here’s an early hands-on session with this Jumbo Grained Blue dial.?The return of the rare Tuscan dialAs with many of the nicknames given to Audemars Piguet’s rare and collectable watches (well, they became collectables recently…), the so-called Tuscan dial is as
In-depth - The GMT Collection by Bell & Ross
Since its very creation, Bell & Ross has focused on military forces and, as its preferred theme, pilots. From the earliest days, when the watches were manufactured by Sinn to the present collections, pilots have been the central focus of the brand’s core collection. But “pilot” is a wide definition. The needs of a jet fighter officer aren’t the same as an airline captain or the needs of a frequent traveller. In this context, there’s one definitive function, the GMT complication, the one that helps you track time-zones. And Bell & Ross is no stranger to the GMT watch. Today, we’ll try to understand how it works by looking at three watches from the Paris-based brand.The days of military watches at Bell & Ross are far from over; however, the brand had to adapt to the real world and, without losing its origins of military-inspired and pilot’s watches, it started to offer watches for the urban gentleman. The pinnacle of this vision was l
Hands-On - Hamilton Khaki Aviation Converter Automatic Chronograph
Flying still generates emotions and provokes a unique feeling of freedom and pilot’s watches that evoke this high-altitude world are always on the radar. However, “pilot’s watch” is a broad definition that covers many styles. Even at Hamilton, the Khaki Aviation collection comprises military-inspired models, modern technical pieces and vintage-oriented watches. The brand’s latest addition is a proper flying instrument; it can perform technical calculations in conjunction with cockpit instruments. Its name is the Hamilton Khaki Aviation Converter collection and as the watches are now available, we take a closer look at the Automatic Chronograph Black & Gold model.Hamilton is no stranger to the pilot’s watch. In fact, the brand has great legitimacy in this field – as well as other military fields. The brand, for instance, provided the first U.S. Airmail service with watches in 1918. Today, Hamilton still produces pilot's watches with the Khak
The Collector's Series - Lukasz Doskocz Omega Speedy Tuesday Ultraman
I've known ?ukasz (@lukaszdoskocz on Instagram) for many years, and he is what you can call a friend. He's also a true watch buddy, passionate, opinionated too, and a very cool man with whom I have shared a beer (or more) on many occasions after a long, exhausting day running around Baselworld (writing this makes me think how much I miss those days) Aged 37, ?ukasz is Editor in Chief at CH24.PL in Warsaw, Poland, and he knows his watches. Today, following a look at his Tudor Heritage Chrono some years ago, he's adding his Omega Speedmaster “Speedy Tuesday Ultraman” to our ever-growing collection of personal reports in this instalment of the Collector's Series.Frank Geelen, MONOCHROME – Do you remember your first encounter with Omega?? Ad - Scroll to continue with article ?ukasz Doskocz: It must have been a long time ago, quite some time before
Hands-On - Fortis Aeromaster Old Radium Chronograph (Specs & Price)
Swiss brand Fortis is mostly known for its space-related chronographs, with the Official Cosmonauts range, instrumental, ultra-robust and purpose-built watches supplied to the Russian cosmonaut agency Roscosmos. In addition to watches certified for space travel, Fortis has supplied military squadrons around the world and is still specialized today in pilot’s watches. As a testimony of this, we’ll take a closer look at the Fortis Aeromaster Old Radium Chronograph, a slightly more civilian, less tool-ish take on the pilot’s chronograph.Fortis was founded in 1912 by Walter Vogt. Vogt's idea was to design watches of outstanding qualities that would deserve the name Fortis or strong in Latin. Since then, the brand is known for its rugged, functional watches and for its long-lasting connection with aviation and space exploration. In particular, Fortis watches became part of the standard equipment for cosmonauts cooperating with Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency (Editor's
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