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Brice Goulard's Top 10 of the SIHH 2017
First one to pull the trigger was Xavier, with his Top 10 watches of the SIHH 2017. It was not fair to leave that task to him only, so I had to do the job too. Still, picking up my 10 favorite pieces of the Geneva-based fair was not easy. Not that there was not enough material this year – we’ve seen many interesting propositions, both dream-watches or more commercial offers – but it’s always difficult to set barriers. Whatever, here they are, my 10 favorite watches of the SIHH 2017 (plus a few special mentions, some watches or policies dear to my heat…)A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Decimal StrikeOne thing to know about me: I’m a fan of A. Lange & Sohne and inside their collection, I love the Zeitwerk Striking Time, as you can see in the review I did. I love this watch for being at the same time faithful to Lange’s codes and totally out of this world (display, complications, way it strikes the time…) Nothing is usual and surprisingly,
SIHH 2017 - Meet The Ultra-Innovative Ulysse Nardin InnoVision 2
SIHH 2017 - Ulysse Nardin is about to make some noise at?its first SIHH, showing off?some seriously cutting-edge technology. The watch you're about to see is nothing like anything you've seen before. Every part of this watch boasts an innovation, whether we’re talking about the escapement, the display, the winding system or even the hands. Meet InnoVision 2, a concept watch featuring avant-garde innovations that will?make us rethink the future of mechanical watchmaking. Founded in 1846, Ulysse Nardin has a long tradition in the field of chronometry and is well known for manufacturing accurate marine chronometers. In the early 1980s, an?encounter between Rolf W. Schnyder, a businessman and visionary, and Ludwig Oechslin, a brilliant horologist, turned this traditional manufacturer into one of the most innovative watch brands around. This partnership?would yield?several milestones in mechanical watchmaking history. Among these, the legendary Freak housing the innovative dual direct
Recap: The Best High-Complication Watches of 2024
This is it… Here’s the last retrospective article of the year, retracing 2024 through the best watches per category. Following the best chronographs, the best dive watches or the best dress watches, we’re now unleashing the beasts. What if money was not an issue? What if there was no limit to either watchmakers’ creativity or your purchasing power? Think about this article as our own Oscars of watchmaking, the best the industry can produce in terms of pure horology. Let’s have a closer look at the best high-complication watches of 2024, ranging from an incredibly thin watch to one of the most impressive traveller’s watches or a spectacular calendar timepiece.?Armin Strom Dual Time GMT ResonanceThis year, to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the manufacture, Armin Strom has released a new evolution of their resonance concept - a groundbreaking development that has truly set the brand apart. A fascinating concept that has long been explored but har
Interview - The Online Watch Market - Philipp Man from Chronext
Today marks the fifth instalment in our series of interviews focusing on deciphering the world of online watch marketplaces. Today, we look at Chronext and talk to someone we’ve know for some years already, CEO?Philipp Man (who was featured in our “Collector’s Series” here). As he likes to say, “the new luxury buyer is online” confirming how important this specific angle of the market is. What makes Chronext different? Own stock, verified watches, authenticity guaranteed, security in buying watches online… all explained in the following interview.?Can you give us a quick history of Chronext?My co-founder Ludwig Wurlitzer and I developed our business idea during our university studies and founded CHRONEXT directly afterwards, in February 2013. We were both 22 years old. We now employ around 130 people and ship luxury watches to 130 countries. Our platform lists 31,000 watches from renowned retailers and brands directly including new, pre-owned a
Ulysse Nardin FreakLab, the modern version of the mother of concept watches and silicon - Monochrome Watches
In the small but fascinating world of watchmaking, some timepieces?deeply influenced the whole industry. The Submariner almost defined what a dive watch should be. The story behind the Speedmaster is still an immense source of fascination. The Royal Oak created his own and so-respected category, the luxury sports watch. In a much more discreet way, Ulysse Nardin, in 2001, introduced a watch that deeply changed the face of modern watchmaking: the Freak, a watch that can be considered as the mother of concept watches and of silicon. Its time for us to review its successor, the?Ulysse Nardin FreakLab.The Ulysse Nardin Freak, a 15 years historyIn a time not that far away, watches were made with metals, entirely with metals. Their escapements and balance springs where made in the most advanced alloys possible, but still, this was metal. Then, before the madness of the 2000s came, watches were small, round, classical – even sports watches were in fact quite understated. Well, in 2001,
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