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Collector's Series - @khemkakunal and his Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Manual-Winding
If you look at Kunal's account on Instagram (@khemkakunal), the word “seasoned collector” immediately comes to mind. Indeed, Kunal P. Khemka, a real watch enthusiast from India and a 44-year-old businessman, has the knowledge and the taste when it comes to choosing what to strap around his wrist – with a clear bias on elegant and refined pieces. Today, we discuss his Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Manual-Winding reference 82172.? However, when he bought it in 2011, it was still called the Patrimony Traditionnelle Manual-Winding. We found out why this is his favourite watch.Kunal grew up in a typical Indian extended family, which included his grandparents, uncle and aunt, their kids, in addition to his parents and sister. Kunal's uncle (his father's younger brother, to be precise) was (and still is) crazy about watches, especially Vacheron Constantin. Through him, Kunal had his first introduction to watches, and to Vacheron Constantin.?Frank Geelen, MONOCHROME R
First Look: The Bulgari Aluminium GMT x Fender Limited Edition
Bulgari's novelties for Geneva Watch Days are grouped around the theme of sound. Among the more classical notes of its new chiming watches, Bulgari is also introducing a special version of its Aluminium GMT inspired by the famous Stratocaster guitar made by Fender in 1954. Donning the livery of the original Stratocaster, the new Bulgari Aluminium GMT is a limited edition of 1,200 pieces. In light of the Stratocaster’s 70th anniversary, Bulgari takes the collaboration one step further, offering 140 exclusive anniversary sets and 70 custom Fender Stratocaster guitars for collectors.?In 2020, Bulgari staged the much-anticipated comeback of its famous Bvlgari Bvlgari Aluminio watch during Geneva Watch Days. This provocative, sporty model, initially released in 1998, featured an unconventional, vanguard combination of black rubber and lightweight aluminium with the double Bvlgari Bvlgari logo embossed on the rubber bezel. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Five Seamaster models to Celebrate the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games - Monochrome Watches
What would the Olympic Games timed by Omega be without a release of thematic Olympic watches? As the Official Timekeeper of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – an honour the brand has enjoyed 29 times since 1932 – Omega has released five Seamasters to celebrate the games. However, some of you might remember that in 2018, well before the arrival of the dreaded coronavirus and everything on track for 2020, Omega released a quintet of Speedmasters that were only available in Japan. Fast-forward three years and countless obstacles, Tokyo is finally celebrating the 2020 version of the Olympics. The family chosen to represent the Swiss brand's Olympic presence is the Seamaster.Omega Seamaster Diver 300M and the first generation Seamaster Professional (SMP)Brief history of the versatile SeamasterThe Seamaster was the outcome of Omega's experience supplying watches to the Royal Air Force during WWII. Using the technology developed during extreme wartime, Omega created a robust waterproo
Introducing: The SpaceOne Tellurium now in black or blue titanium cases
Young collaborative project/brand SpaceOne continues its exploration of watchmaking through a parallel galaxy… Last year, the bold and modern SpaceOne Jumping Hour emerged from the visionary mind of Theo Auffret, a Parisian independent watchmaker crafting intricate timepieces like the Tourbillon Grand Sport?and Guillaume Laidet, the man spearheading the revival of Nivada, Excelsior Park and Vulcain. The second step was even more unusual and was a neo-futuristic, audacious sci-fi watch with a rare complication, a wrist-sized Tellurium. It’s now back in two new and even more coherent versions, with black or blue titanium cases for the SpaceOne Tellurium.?A futuristic take on watchmaking, SpaceOne started with a spacecraft-shaped jumping hour watch imagined by Paris-based independent watchmaker Theo Auffret and young entrepreneur Guillaume Laidet, behind the return of Nivada Grenchen and Excelsior Park. The idea behind SpaceOne was to create “the first watchmaking worksh
Introducing The Ochs und Junior Ochs Line Day/Night
When you think about astronomical watches, timekeepers that are capable of displaying complex indications related to the position of the moon, the sun, the length of days or the equation of time, you might have in mind watches with fairly loaded dials and an array of star-inspired textures. There’s surely nothing wrong with that, but it is far from being Ludwig Oechslin's approach to watchmaking. The pope of simplification does things in a fairly different way and the Ochs und Junior Ochs Line Day/Night, a complex astronomical timepiece that’s now available from the standard collection, boasts more complexity than you’d imagine. A true watchmaking sleeper!Like with almost all watches produced by indie watchmaker Ochs und Junior, this new Ochs Line Day/Night is the best definition of deceptively simple. At first, it might appear as just a time-only watch with a date and a set of additional complications, maybe a moon phase display. Not a big deal, you might think? But
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