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Buying Guide - Alternatives to These Hyped Watches You Actually Can't Find (Or Only At Premium)
As you’ve probably seen already, our three previous buying guides focused on a highly discussed topic; the most sought-after watches produced by , Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet – which basically boils down to talking about the Daytona, the GMT-Master, the Nautilus and the Royal Oak. Our goal was never to promote this speculative market and to encourage you to buy these watches at a premium, but to warn our readers and to give them an objective, realistic view of the situation of today’s market. Now, it’s time to look at great alternatives to these hyped watches – because, indeed, the watch industry has many great timepieces to offer. Before even considering to go to a watch dealer (official boutique, authorized retailer or second-hand seller) to check about availability and prices – as you might very well be aware of the shortage, market prices and premiums – you have to ask yourself why you are even considering add
Chopard L.U.C Flying T Twin - Monochrome Watches
Countdown mode for Baselworld 2019 has commenced and Chopard presents its first flying tourbillon combined with an automatic movement on board the elegant rose gold L.U.C. Flying T Twin. The ultra-thin case is made from Fairmined gold and houses an even thinner automatic movement based on Chopard's very first manufacture movement. Decorated with a sophisticated hand-guilloche dial, the watch is chronometer-certified and bears the Poin?on de Geneve seal of quality. Collectors be warned, this is a limited edition of just 50 pieces.Ultra-thin Fairmined Gold CaseFor many gentlemen, the case of the L.U.C Flying T Twin flaunts perfect proportions. Crafted from 18k rose gold, the case measures 40mm in diameter and has an ultra-thin profile of just 7.2mm.? That is actually 0.4mm thinner than the pre-Baselworld 2019 L.U.C XPS Twist watch we reviewed recently, and exactly the same height as the L.U.C XPS 1860, but with a flying tourbillon to boot. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Speedmaster Gathering Commemorating the 44th Anniversary of Neil Armstrong's First Step on the Moon - Monochrome Watches
Our friends over at Fratellowatches celebrate their affection for Omega’s Speedmaster every Tuesday with ‘Speedy Tuesday’. It’s their homage of one of their favorite watches and they come up with another rare limited edition every week. To celebrate the 44th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon – on 21 July 1969 at 2:56 UTC time – they organized a lunch for Speedmaster enthusiasts.The amount of Speedmaster brought to the lunch event, was simply impressive. Fratellowatches shares a load of photos of boxes full of Speedmasters and some closeups of for instance this gold Speedmaster Professional – ref. BA145.022 – from 1969 to commemorate the NASA Moonlanding. This is one of only 1014 pieces ever made, of which the first 39 went to astronauts and members of the White House. According to Fratellowatches, number 1 was intended for Richard Nixon but he refused the watch that is now in the Omega museum in Biel.
Hands-On - Trilobe Les Matinaux Sunray Grey (Specs & Price)
The circular motion of hands has been widely adopted for multiple centuries now, in order to display the time. But if you are ready to look at things differently and twist conventions, there is latitude for creativity and a multitude of other ways to tell the time. When faced with buying his first serious mechanical watch, Gautier Massonneau could not find his heart desire among the current range of watches. The son of an architect and interior designer, with a background in banking/finance, the young French man soon embarked on the creation of his own watch and his own independent brand. The project was started in 2013 and the first watch was presented in 2018. Trilobe timepieces eschew traditional codes and instead provide their own offbeat take on mechanical watchmaking. The Dubai Watch Week was a perfect opportunity to go hands-on with the?Trilobe Les Matinaux Sunray Grey, the brand’s first creation.The first thing to catch your eye with the Trilobe Les Matinaux?(The Morning
Ulysse Nardin Hannibal Minute Repeater Tourbillon - Hands-on review of a 725.000 CHF watch (live photos, specs & price) - Monochrome-Watches
What a complicated piece of haute horlogerie… This?Ulysse Nardin Hannibal combines no less than a tourbillon, a very complicated minute repeater, automatons, a distinctive dial material, superb finishes and the use of Metiers d’Arts techniques. With this timepiece, Ulysse Nardin achieved quite a prowess: combining a?Westminster Repeater (meaning certainly the most complicated type of chiming mechanism) with?jaquemarts (a sort of automatons). Clearly, this?Ulysse Nardin Hannibal Minute Repeater is far from being a daily beater. Let’s have a look.We'll get directly to the main disadvantage of this sort of ultra-complicated watches. It will cost you an arm, leg, two kidneys and your house. As you can expect, the?Ulysse Nardin Hannibal Minute Repeater Tourbillon is an extremely exclusive watch and with that exclusivity comes a price of 725.000 Swiss Francs and limited to 30 pieces. However, there are good reasons to this price, including a very complicated movement and th
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