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H.Moser & Cie Streamliner Flyback Chronograph Automatic / Review, Price
The luxury sports watch is hotter than ever: just try and get your hands on an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak or a?Patek Philippe Nautilus at a retailer and you’ll see what we mean. Numerous brands have responded to this unabating trend for luxury sports watches and 2020 kicks off with a novel steel watch with all the DNA of the genre, including an integrated bracelet and a shaped case. But once you’ve seen the watch, you’ll agree that this is definitely not a copy of the standard luxury sports watch fare we are accustomed to. This time, it's by an indie watchmaker, which starts the year with a bang, launching a watch with a distinct personality. Meet the H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Flyback Chronograph Automatic.STREAMLINE DESIGNAs its name suggests, this new Chronograph is inspired by streamline design. Breaking away from the countless Royal Oak-inspired integrated bracelet watches, the lineage of the Streamliner Flyback Chronograph might remind the fluid curves of so
First Look: The New Chopard L.U.C. Quattro
The ultra-thin, 3.7mm Calibre 98.01-L, certified by both the Poin?on de Geneve and COSC, was the second developed by the Chopard manufacture and followed the groundbreaking Calibre L.U.C 96.01-L, which was created in collaboration with Michel Parmigiani and laid the foundation for future movement development. The manually wound 98.01-L featured Chopard’s so-called Quattro technology: a four-barrel system (stacked in two pairs) that delivered an impressive 216-hour (nine-day) power reserve.Since its debut in a 38mm L.U.C. Quattro Ref. 16/1863, this mechanism has evolved to support numerous complications, and the most recent evolution, the L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25, with a jumping-hour movement. This year, Chopard is marking the 25th anniversary of the Quattro by unveiling a refined new edition of the watch. This latest L.U.C Quattro iteration features a compact case, reshaped to align with the contemporary aesthetic codes of the L.U.C collection, and a new dial configuration.
Weekly Watch photo - IWC Ingenieur ref. 3227 - Monochrome Watches
This week we have an excellent treat for you. Stunning photos of?one of the most beautiful models ever produced by IWC, the IWC Ingenieur reference 3227.?In 2005 IWC introduced a new Ingenieur collection and this comprised of the Ingenieur Automatic (ref. 3227), a mid-size model (ref. 4515) and, for the first time in the Ingenieur collection, a?mechanical?chronograph (ref. 3725). There where also two version in titanium?called AMG Edition. The photo is from Dimer, who also sent us a previous Weekly Watch Photo of the Ingenieur Laureus. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Dimer is eCommerce Manager at Ace Online Jewelers and also a crack with his camera. He put his Ingenieur in a box full of water, put that into the freezer and the next day he slowly defrosted the watch and made photos. A cool and daring experiment… Luckily it all worked out fine and the I
First Look: The Rado DiaStar Original x Tej Chauhan Special Edition
Rado watches stand out with their use of modern materials and the originality of their design. The brand collaborates on a regular basis with international designers. Among the countless initiatives in this field, in 2021, British industrial designer Tej Chauhan applied his creative vision to the True Square with a bold yellow take on the collection inspired by futuristic visions of pop culture. This first collaboration led to another opportunity as the designer was entrusted with reimagining another icon of Rado, the Diastar Original. While reinterpreting such a radical design is no simple task, the result is well worth a closer look.The Rado True Square reinterpreted by Tej Chauhan in 2021Presented in 1962, the intriguing Rado Diastar was marketed as the first scratchproof watch in the world’s history. Its retro-futuristic oval, oblong case was designed with the idea of crafting a robust, un-scratchable watch. Fitted with a sapphire crystal (the use of sapphire crystals only st
Introducing: No More Diamonds, Meet The Unisex Piaget Polo Date 36mm
Not everybody likes their watches served on the rocks, and it’s evident that Piaget has been listening closely to market trends. With the return to more compact case sizes that swing it both ways, the Piaget Polo Date 36mm sheds its diamond-set indices and returns with a deep midnight blue dial and the relaxed sporty-chic charm that has always characterised this model.Equestrian glamourYves G. Piaget, the fourth generation of the Piaget dynasty, was the brainchild of the Polo. Harnessing the brand’s expertise in watchmaking and jewellery, the Polo was a sleek bracelet watch with a contemporary sporty-chic vibe. Introduced in 1979, the watch’s design was a continuous stream of solid sculpted gold bars that wrapped around the wrist. Fitted with Piaget’s ultra-thin quartz calibre 7P - considered to represent the height of technology in its day - the Polo accounted for almost one-third of the brand’s sales. Endorsed by celebrities of the day like Ursula Andres