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Breguet Classique Chronometrie 7727 - detailed Hands-on (live photos, specs and price) - Monochrome-Watches
Here is the winner of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve, the prestigious contest that awards each year the best watches made by the industry. This edition of the GPHG was truly interesting and so is the?winner. The Breguet?Classique Chronometrie 7727 does really deserve its title of Watch of the Year or ‘Aiguille d’Or‘. This is not only due to the superb design. What Breguet achieved is more complex and deep than just creating a beautiful watch. They achieved to mix the classical Breguet features to a truly innovative movement that includes new materials, magnetism and high-frequency.?An impressive watch detailed here.Magnetism… Yes, you’ve read correctly. Breguet is using magnetism, watches worst enemy, in a movement. When most of the brand had been?trying for years to beat?the issue of magnetic fields, such as with the Milgauss or Omega with its new and impressive Master Co-Axial, Breguet goes one step further. First, the R&D team managed
Introducing the Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Ultra Slim - Hands-on with an Attractive and Affordable Dress Watch (Photos, Specs and Price) - Monochrome Watches
When we think of a classic dress watch, the first brands that come to mind are Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and Jaeger-LeCoultre. There are of course more watch brands with classic dress watches in their collection, however not many of these watches share all the features of a classic dress watch: small, slim, two hands (hour and minute), manually wound movement, and preferably executed in a precious metal. Now there’s new one, that honours all codes of a classic dress watch, and that is also very affordable, and elegant. And it’s made by non-other than Montblanc; let’s have a closer look at the new Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Ultra Slim.Unofficially Montblanc’s new dress watch was already shown to the press during the SIHH, earlier this year, however the official launch is now. The observant Monochrome reader has probably already seen the Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Ultra Slim in the ‘expert talk’ video of Ben Clymer and I. Ben (execu
Montblanc The Beauty of a Second Contest - Monochrome Watches
Do you want to win a Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph? Sure you do! If you enter the Montblanc ‘The Beauty of a Second’ contest you can win that gorgeous watch and a trip to the Berlin.Your challenge is to create the most beautiful one-second video or create the winning playlist! You can upload up to 10 one-second videos before January 20th. The other option is to create the winning playlist, compiled of 2 to maximum 60 seconds. Film-maker Wim Wenders will pick the winners from the 80 most voted videos and playlists. Besides a trip to Berlin you can win this… Ad - Scroll to continue with article This contest is to celebrate the 190th anniversary of the chronograph’s invention by Nicolas Rieussec. The inventor of the chronograph’s name is also the name of the chronograph that features Montblanc’s first in-house designed a
Horage Tourbillon 1 Sub-10k Swiss In-House Tourbillon Explained
The tourbillon… You've no doubt heard of it (you are a MONOCHROME reader after all), and perhaps you own a few, but why is it such an expensive feature? French for whirlwind, it's actually among the oldest of technical innovations, patented by Breguet in 1801 – although developed several years earlier, around 1795. It's simple in concept, with the balance wheel and escapement mounted inside a rotating cage to counter the forces of gravity. If you're in the market for a Swiss tourbillon (or any outside of the Asian market), you're well into five figures until now. We introduced the accessible Horage Tourbillon 1 last year during development and now have one on the wrist for a proper review. And to understand how the brand managed to make this watch at that price.BackgroundHorage is a relative newcomer to Swiss watchmaking, originating in 2007 when husband and wife founders Andreas Felsl and Tzuyu Huang began discussing their future in Biel/Bienne. Horage (the H is silent) is
Introducing: The Cracked Texture Dials Of The Norqain Adventure Neverest Glacier
Norqain's highly successful Adventure Neverest line debuted in 2021 and kickstarted the independent Swiss brand's partnership with the Butterfly Help Project supporting schooling for the children of sherpas in Nepal. Two new models - a three-hand and a GMT - join the collection with bold black or grey and golden dials inspired by the jagged crevasses of the Khumbu Icefall. Fitted with manufacture Kenissi chronometer-rated movements, 10% of the sales generated will be donated to the Butterfly Help Project.Butterfly Help ProjectNorqain and mountain climbing adventures go hand in hand. Founded just five years ago, the logo of this successful independent Swiss brand is a mountain peak. More than 6,000km away, the Butterfly Help Project in Nepal – founded by Norbu Sherpa and his wife, Andrea Sherpa-Zimmermann – was born as a non-profit to help the widows and children of Sherpas who have lost their lives during expeditions to Mount Everest. When a Sherpa dies, his wife and childr
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