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The A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar (Price)
A Lange & Sohne writes a new chapter in the fascinating life of its iconic Lange 1 with the release of the Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar. Although many of you will recall the Lange 1 Tourbillon Perpetual Calendar, this model is devoted entirely to the perpetual calendar. Fitted with a Lange's 67th manufacture calibre with automatic winding, the Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar makes its debut in pink gold with a grey solid silver dial and in a limited edition white gold model with a solid pink gold dial.BackgroundLange's first perpetual calendar appeared in 2001 on the Langematik Perpetual, the first model to combine a perpetual calendar with an outsize date. Its tight symmetrical layout, with the outsize date at noon, large applied Roman numerals and three sub-dials for the calendar indications, gave the Langematik a more classic' air. Fitting the Lange 1 with a perpetual calendar in 2012 posed an entirely different design challenge. Not only was it to receive a perpetual calendar, but the
Buying Guide: 6 Unconventional Mechanical Watches
Even though the watch industry is often regarded as quite conventional, and focused on tradition and history, there is a far more forward-thinking side to it as well. People and brands that are not afraid of experimenting to bring never-before-seen stuff genuinely excites us. The resulting watches might not be to everyone’s liking, but you have to admire the audacity of some of these watches! With that in mind, this week’s Buying Guide is all about breaking with conformity and doing something others might have never thought possible!SpaceOne TelluriumSpaceOne is a fledgeling brand by Guillaume Laidet (Nivada, Excelsior Park, Vulcain) and independent watchmaker Theo Auffret. The Tellurium brings the cosmos to your wrist, as it accurately shows the relative positions of the sun, earth and moon in orbit. In addition, central hands tell time, and there’s a date and month indication. The movement uses a Soprod P024 as its base, with a patented module for the tellurium on t
Hands-On With The Brand-New Take on The Longines Pilot Majetek
For some time now, Longines has skillfully mastered the art of reissues, paying tribute to historical models, all to the great satisfaction of collectors and those with a good eye for classic timepieces. One of the vintage-inspired watches that caught our attention a few years back was the Longines Heritage 1935, a modern interpretation of the Longines Czech Pilot watch developed in the 1920s and supplied to the Czechoslovakian Air Force in the 1930s. The watches were marked as “Majetek Vojenske Spravy”, meaning “property of military administration”, earning the Longines Majetek nickname among collectors. (I believe Longines Vojenske would be a better name, translating into Longines Military and not Longines Property, but it is too late for that). This week, the manufacturer presented a new take on the historical Czech Pilot watch, the Longines Pilot Majetek. The new timepiece is an improvement compared to the Longines Heritage 1935, released in 2014. Let us see
Habring2 comes with Doppel 3.0 in 2013 - Monochrome Watches
When Habring2 introduced the Doppel 2.0 they could not have imagined the immense success they had with this model. It sold out in a blink of an eye and on top of that?they?won the Sports Watch Prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve 2012. 20 Years ago Richard Habring was responsible for developing the doppelchrono for IWC and now it is patent-free, wife and?business partner?Maria and he released an improved rattrapante or split-seconds mechanism in the Doppel 2.0. Because the limited edition of 20 pieces sold out (way too fast), Habring2 will come with a Doppel 3.0 next year.I just wished I had jumped to the occassion when the limited Doppel 2.0 was released, however I was too late. So the news of the Doppel 3.0 sounds good to me and I’m?looking forward to getting some hands-on time with it! Ad - Scroll to continue with article The successor o
Book Time For A Change, Discovering Vintage Enicar
Last December, Martijn van der Ven published the book Time For A Change, Discovering Vintage Enicar. Although he launched his book without the help of a publisher, it has turned out to be a beautiful and well-researched endeavour. Not only does it describe the rise and fall of this remarkable watch company, but it also features great adverts of the time, the people behind the brand and the difficult times the watch industry had to endure during the quartz crisis. It is, therefore, more than a watch book. We spoke to Van der Ven to find out just what sort of book is this?Flipping through the pages of Time For A Change, Discovering Vintage Enicar is indeed a journey through time. Enicar was founded by Ariste Racine in 1913 in the famous watchmaker’s town La Chaux-de-Fonds. Like most watch brands from that time and place, growth was assured in the first decade. At its heyday, it owned two factories, in Lengnau and Oensingen. Together, they produced some 800,000 wristwatches per year
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