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A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon (hands-on, live photos & price) - Monochrome Watches
We all know the Datograph, THE most iconic chronograph?of?A. Lange & Sohne – and clearly, one of the most desirable chronographs of the actual production (if not one?most desirable watches?of the actual production). We also know the more complicated edition, the Datograph Perpetual, that the brand renewed last year, with its stunning grey dial and a QP. For the 2016 edition of the SIHH, it’s a pure horological marvel that the Saxonian manufacture will reveal, as not only you’ll find the hyper-nice chronograph movement, with the extra-perpetual calendar AND now with a tourbillon, discreetly located on the movement side. Here is the uber-Datograph, you name it: the?A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon.This new?A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon combines the best of Lange in a single watch: a Datograph with a perpetual calendar and a Tourbillon regulator that is, in order to respect the purity of the dial, located on the movement side
Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Automatic Tadao Ando Black Ceramic hands-on
Time has many faces. Acclaimed Japanese architect Tadao Ando envisions time as a spiral that winds in a continuous and gradually widening curve around a central point. In his first collaboration with Bvlgari in 2019, Ando represented the inexorable passing of time with a mesmerising spiral engraved on the dial of the Octo Finissimo Automatic emanating from the off-centred seconds hand. In line with the dial’s stark minimalism, there were no hour markers, numerals or logos on the first Octo Finissimo collaboration piece.? Bearing the same technical specifications and case design of the record-breaking Octo Finissimo Automatic, this year, Ando has created a dial inspired by Mikazuki, the Japanese term for a crescent moon, or the moon on the third day of the lunar month'.Tadao AndoJapanese architect Tadao Ando (Osaka, 1941) is revered as a national treasure in Japan. Renowned for his minimalist concrete structures, Ando infuses his architecture with Japanese cultural and religious i
2022 Editions Omega Constellation 41mm (Specs & Price)
A watch born in the early 1950s as?a precision chronometer wristwatch, the Omega Constellation is one of the most long-lasting collections of the brand, only surpassed by the Seamaster. After three decades as a classic, elegant watch, it drastically changed in the early 1980s to become the model with integrated bracelet and signature claws we know today. Since then, this bold and recognizable design has been part of the collection under the name Manhattan. Among the wide range of models, we’ve always a certain love for the modern, sporty 41mm edition, which we extensively reviewed here. Part of the 2022 collection, Omega brings new colours and two-tone options to this watch, in the same vein as they did with the Globemaster Annual Calendar.?The Omega Constellation 41mm is a rather unique model in the collection, and also next to the competition. While sharing some elements with the classic luxury sports watches with integrated bracelet, it’s not entirely in line with this s
Parmigiani Fleurier Toric Heritage for Michel Parmigiani 70th Anniversary
On December 2, 1950 at 7:08 am, Michel Parmigiani was born. Seventy years later, this man, founder of a watch manufacture named Parmigiani Fleurier (among other companies) is still regarded as one of the most influential contemporary watchmakers. When the watch industry was suffering from the quartz crisis, in 1976, Parmigiani decided to establish his first workshop, specialised in the restoration of antique pocket watches. A risk for some, it ended up becoming the foundation for his eponymous brand 20 years later. As this man celebrates his 70th birthday today, the brand has decided to launch a special watch, actually a recreation of Michel’s first wristwatch. Meet the Parmigiani Fleurier Toric Heritage.Michel Parmigiani, watchmaker and founder of Parmigiani FleurierMichel Parmigiani, a lifetime dedicated to beautiful horologyBorn in 1950 in the Swiss canton of Neuchatel, Michel Parmigiani grew up with an avid devotion to both watchmaking and architecture. Two disciplines that c
MCT Sequential One - Review of one of the most impressive timepieces in the market - Monochrome Watches
I know, that’s quite a title to start with, and of course I will explain why I make?such a bold statement. I’m curious to find out if you agree – that is, after reading my review. Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps, or short MCT, introduced the Sequential One in 2009 and it is still in the collection. In the world of high-end watchmaking this is a rather odd duck, because you can also look at the Sequential One as a sort of automaton. An automaton that indicates time! It indicates the hours with?4 modules composed of 5 triangular prisms each, and the minutes are indicated by a central minute hand on a 270 degree jumping minute-sector. Today we’re reviewing the MCT Sequential One s110 EVO, after wearing it for more than a month (which was a sheer pleasure.)?Shortly before the start of the new millennium, several young watchmakers started highly innovative watch brands. In this new wave of high-end independent watchmakers (think: Vianney Halter, URWERK, MB&F,
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