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The 4 New Patek Philippe Minute Repeaters of the Rare Handcrafts 2020-2021 Collection - Monochrome Watches
During the Rare Handcrafts 2020-2021 exhibition held at its headquarters on Rue du Rh?ne from 16 – 26 June, Patek Philippe offers visitors a chance to admire its latest collection of one-of-a-kind watches, pocket watches and clocks decorated with rare handcrafts. Ranging from miniature enamel painting to wood micro-marquetry and from Grand Feu cloisonne enamel to manual engraving, Patek showcases the Maison's consummate artistic craftsmanship. Marking the occasion, four minute repeaters in the current collection have been given the rare handcrafts treatment. Ref. 6002R-001 Sky Moon Tourbillon Haut ArtisanatPatek's second most complicated wristwatch, the Sky Moon Tourbillon, gets a makeover and now appears in a rose gold case with a brown Grand Feu enamel dial. Making its debut in 2001 with Ref. 5002, the 12 complications spread across the two dials of the Sun Moon Tourbillon were surpassed with the Grandmaster Chime of 2014 and its s
The Compact Habring2 Doppel38 Split-Seconds
Austrian independent watchmaker created by couple Maria and Richard Habring, also known as Habring2, has been building a variety of watches/movements, most of them with a little twist for the display – such as a deadbeat seconds or a foudroyante seconds. Yet, their most emblematic model is, without a doubt, the so-called Doppel, or split-seconds chronograph. Offered in various generations, the latest being the Doppel-Felix, it has always been a rather large model. But, after finding out the “small is beautiful”, the watchmaking couple has decided to come back more compact, following the current trend for downsizing. And the result is this appealing new Habring2 Doppel38.BackgroundThe story of the Habring2 Doppel starts in 2012, with the Doppel 2.0 watch… the concept; using a well-known mechanical base (a 7750) and modifying it with a rattrapante (or split-seconds, or doppelchronograph) function, yet with a price that was closer to a standard chronograph. A year
First Look: The Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra with new Glossy Black Dial
The Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra has carved out a unique spot in the Seamaster family as a stylish, versatile, and durable everyday watch, perfect for both land and sea. While not classified as a professional dive watch, it offers a comfortable 150m water resistance (aqua), classic aesthetics, and a precise movement that seamlessly transitions from the office to any adventure (terra). This Seamaster is designed by Omega to be an all-rounder, suitable for everyday wear, in any setting, and for virtually any occasion. The model is available in an array of colours and materials with 3 main sizes: 41mm, 38mm and 34mm. Over 100 different references are listed on the brand’s website, including the recent Mondo Duplantis edition. But as more options are surely not a bad thing, we are getting a new, stark black dial bringing a modern edge to the classic design, enhancing its elegance and versatility.?The Seamaster Aqua Terra is now rounded out with a new black dial available in all three s
The legendary Omega Seamaster Ploprof - The Kraken of Diving Watches - Monochrome-Watches
The world of diving watches has a very unique place in the industry. There are very cheap divers and very expensive ones, there are watches that can be used as a backup for the dive computers, because they calculate the depth as well other parameters as ascend/descend rate, water temperature etc, and there are watches that are very minimal. There are automatic, quartz, kinetic or solar driven. There are tools and there are jewels or as we call them the desk divers. Some of them though are so important because upon their inception they transformed the way the industry perceived the construction of the proper divers watch. One such icon we are going to examine today because in truth few examples possess the presence and the mystic that surrounds the Omega Seamaster Ploprof.*?Kraken is a legendary sea monster of large proportions. The sheer size and fearsome appearance attributed to the kraken have made it a recurring ocean-dwelling monster in various fictional works and movies.Elements o
TAG Heuer Appoints Alec Monopoly As Art Provocateur & J.C. Biver explains us why
A few days ago, right from the Miami Contemporary Art week, TAG Heuer and its CEO, Jean-Claude Biver (also President of the LVMH Watch Division), announced the appointment of American street-artist Alec Monopoly as Art Provocateur for the Avant-Garde brand. Well, as you may have seen already (it was all over social medial feeds), some reacted quite?fiercely to this announcement, judging the collaboration rather irrelevant. However, we were there and we took the time to sit down with Mister Biver and Alec Monopoly, to understand what was behind this appointment. And we can tell you that first, it’s far from being a stupid idea, then it’s a real first in the industry and finally, it’s a great idea for an industry that faces a lack of creativity.Who’s Alec Monopoly? Alec is a famous street-artist (while usually a rather underground field of art, he is well-known, at least in this sector), born in New-York, now based in California and in his thirties – ps. don
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