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The Best of Independent Watchmaking 2018 - Part 2 - Monochrome Watches
Yesterday, we started to look at the best watches created by independent watchmakers in 2018, with more “classical” watches (if ever the indie scene could be labelled classical). Today, in the second part of this guide, we move to the most creative, daring, highly technical of them all. Sci-fi designs, unusual displays of the time, ultra-complex movements. The boldest and the craziest models in the watch industry are right here.?The ingenuity, vision, diversity – or simply the smaller size – of indie watchmakers give watchmaking fans a wealth of unique creations in 2018.Andreas Strehler Transaxle TourbillonThis highly-engineered creation by Andreas Strehler combines a tourbillon with a 1-second remontoir d'egalite constructed around the same axle. The remontoir allows the transfer of constant energy to the regulator and to drive a dead-beat second. The twin-barrel movement also displays the remaining power reserve using a small differential gear. Overall, the sk
IWC Pilots Watch Chronograph Spitfire Steel 41mm IW387901 - SIHH 2019 (Specs & Price)
As part of its pre-SIHH 2019 novelties, IWC presented a pilot’s chronograph –?the?Pilot's Watch Chronograph Spitfire Bronze?– with plenty of reasons to love. “Vintaged”, smaller than the previous Pilot’s Chrono, equipped with a new manufacture movement and with a cool green dial and bronze case combination, it made quite an impression on us. However, bronze isn’t for everyone… And the good thing is that the SIHH 2019 brings this same watch in a more classical material. Meet the?IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Spitfire 41mm Steel IW387901.?IWC started working on the Pilot’s Chronograph earlier this year, with?the?Pilot's Watch Chronograph IW377724, a slightly vintage-inspired piece reintroducing some of the design elements found on the Mark XI and the 1990s ref. 3706 - the simple Flieger Chronograph, without the rattrapante function. Basically, this watch was the modern iteration of the model that relaunched pilot's watches at IWC. Yet
Introducing The 2021 Omega Constellation Small Seconds Collection
Omega unveils new models in its Constellation family with a small seconds sub-dial, captivating dial colours and diamonds, a new 34mm case size, and, more importantly, all powered by the brand’s superior Co-Axial Master Chronometer calibre. The hallmark claws and half-moon facets that have distinguished the Constellation since 1982 are immediately recognisable, as are the bezels engraved with classic Roman numerals or the brilliant light of 38 diamonds.BackgroundOmega's Constellation started life as a men's chronometer in 1952. By 1982, the Constellation had expanded to include women's watches. Designed by Carol Didisheim and known as the Constellation Manhattan family, one of the distinctive features of the new collection was the four screwed “griffes” or claws extending from the case over the dial. An arresting visual effect, the claws also held the sapphire crystal and gasket firmly against the case to ensure water-resistance. Another feature was the scalloped half
Seiko Marinemaster 1000m Emperor Tuna Rose Gold SBDX014 - The 50th Anniversary Celebration Watch - Specs & Price - Monochrome-Watches
50 years… 50 years of innovation, 50 years creating professionally oriented watches, 50 years of immersion in the cold seas all around the world – or just simply being strapped on the wrist of watch enthusiasts.?From the first use of a titanium case for a diver's watch to the invention of the accordion-style strap and the two-layer case to the design of dial markers and hands of unparalleled legibility, Seiko had been involved in improving tool watches made to dive for 50 years. To celebrate this anniversary, Seiko is coming with two special watches. One of them is a great tribute to the MarineMaster series. Here is the?Seiko Marinemaster 1000m a.k.a Emperor Tuna Rose Gold ref. SBDX014.A quick?view on 50 years of dive watches by SeikoBack in 1965, Seiko introduced their first professional dive watch, the renown 6217, with a rotating bezel and a 150m water-resistance (more to read about it?here,?here?and?here). From now on, a part of the collection was build with the only in
Oris Divers Sixty-Five Glow (Specs & Price)
Oris is, without doubt, a highly productive brand with many models in collection focussed on aquatic activities. From the classic Aquis watches in multiple sizes and colours, and even with an in-house movement, to the ultra-robust Prodive, there’s basically a watch for everyone. And if you’re looking for a cool, vintage-oriented sports watch with casual flair, there’s of course the Divers Sixty-Five, a watch that has become a cornerstone model in the collection since its introduction in 2015. Today, the brand adds a new and quite enigmatic colour, with the Oris Divers Sixty-Five Glow.?The Divers Sixty-Five is a watch that pays tribute to a 1965 model with a highly original design, specifically its dial with trapezoidal indexes. While this bold and not so consensual design has been replaced by a more classic set of applied indexes, what remains is the overall fun and cool design, that of a sporty, casual watch with diving credentials – but not the kind of instrum
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