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: Is Purple The Hottest New Colour For Watches?
Like seasons throughout the year, there’s a constant ebb and flow in terms of design, shapes, colours, sizes and materials in watchmaking. Colour is perhaps the easiest to change for brands, but also the one that’s the most susceptible to the public’s opinion and demands. With green being “the hottest thing since sliced bread” over the past years, it now seems there’s a very strong and definitive shift to another striking tone of colour; Purple! In the past, we would see purple watches every now and then, but recently more and more have been rearing their seductive heads, and here are seven of the coolest ones!Baltic PrismicInspired by geometric shapes and luminous refractions, the Baltic Prismic is a surprisingly fun take on a “cocktail watch”. The charmingly compact watch has a purple dial with a guilloche-like centre pattern, a circular brushed ring, a grooved outer flange and a grained small seconds subdial with crosshair. The pyramid

IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days Edition 150 Years (SIHH 2018) - Monochrome Watches
IWC is celebrating a major milestone this year and has been previewing pieces from the epic 150 Years collection that are?now presented in full at SIHH 2018. So far, we've seen some exceptionally complicated pieces, like the Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon Edition 150 Years and the Portugieser Constant Force Tourbillon Edition 150 years, which highlight the company's technical prowess. Today, however, we're looking at something a little more modest, the Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days Edition 150 Years (Ref. 5102).As you may know already, I have something of a soft spot when it comes to the IWC Portugeiser, particularly hand-wound versions. I myself often wear a hand-wound Ref. 5454 in my regular rotation. There's just something about that clean dial layout and the large(ish) but relatively thin case that really works in my opinion. Thankfully, IWC has not tried to do anything too clever with this special 150 Years edition of its iconic hand-wound Portugieser, but has inste

Buying Guide: 5 Recently-Launched Sports GMT Watches to Travel This Summer
Summer is a time for adventures. For many of us, summer is synonymous with holidays, travels and sunshine. While basically every watch enthusiast will have his definition of the perfect summer watch, one style in particular makes a lot of sense; the functional, water-resistant sports watch with GMT function. Ready to cross borders, capable of a recreational dive, robust enough and good-looking for these relaxed moments. Here are 5 of the best recently-introduced GMT watches, ready for your summer trips.Certina DS Action GMTPresented earlier this year, the Certina DS Action GMT surely packed a punch. It has everything you need, and then some. A classic but always pleasant combination of a dive watch with a GMT function, it comes in 3 different tastes, but we chose this one with the black and green bezel. With its colourful, two-tone sapphire crystal bezel, the travel function is predominant, yet the 200m water-resistance confirms its diving credentials. Alongside being stylish and acces

Introducing: The New Tudor Pelagos Ultra 1,000m
The Tudor Pelagos was released 13 years ago, under the reference 25500TN. A highly capable diver made of titanium, it was the brand’s answer to the Sea-Dweller, a true tool for diving, with a proper instrument-like design. This 500m dive watch has evolved over the years, receiving a manufacture movement and a blue dial in 2015, a lefty version (LHD) in 2016, and a 39mm no-date version in 2022. And that’s without counting the FXD editions for the Marine Nationale?or the Cycling Edition chronograph. This year, Tudor releases the top-of-the-range version, a titanium 1,000m model that benefits from the streamlined look of the Pelagos 39 and a METAS-certified movement. Meet the Tudor Pelagos Ultra.The Pelagos Ultra, as you’ve guessed from its name, is nothing more than a beefed up version of the traditional Pelagos dive watch, capable of resisting to greater depths. As such, the basics are still present and the Pelagos Ultra is still made out of titanium, with a full satin