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Discovering The Work Of Rune Bakkendorff, A Young And Upcoming Danish Watchmaker
In our exploratory trip around the world to uncover some of the most interesting independent watchmaking stories, we make a stop in Denmark this time around. The work of Rune Bakkendorff, a young and upcoming watchmaker from Denmark has recently been brought to our attention through our friends of The Limited Edition. Curious to learn what Rune has been doing so far, and is going to do into the future, we reached out to him and asked him a series of questions. As it turns out, we get some insight into Danish watchmaking history, as well as the very interesting ideas Rune has when it comes to the craft.Danish independent watchmaker Rune Bakkendorff.Robin, MONOCHROME Watches - Rune, you're a new name to our readers, can you briefly introduce yourself?My name is Rune Hjorth Bakkendorff, and I am a watch- and clockmaker from Denmark. I do a lot of conservation and restoration of historical and important timepieces, for both private and public collections, and for a while now I have been ma
Comparative 3 Modern Worldtimer Watches from Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Montblanc - Monochrome Watches
In this day and age the worldtimer is likely to be one of the most useful complications to be found in a mechanical timepiece. When?Marshall McLuhan, a Canadian professor and philosopher of?communication theory,?wrote ‘The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man’ in 1962, not many could have foreseen how McLuhan’s description of the “Global Village” would became reality. Yet, today we live in that reality as McLuhan described, ‘the globe has been contracted into a village by electronic technology’. Hence the need to know the time in various time zones of our world, at a?glance. Of course we could focus on a pluralism of devices that indicate time in more time zones, however here on Monochrome we focus on the most beautiful mechanical timepieces, and thus we have a closer look at three recent worldtimers, from three brands, which all share a design feat, namely a world map on the dial. Here are the Vacheron Constantin Traditionnelle Worl
Hands-On With The Hublot Big Bang Unico Sorai Limited Edition
A couple of weeks ago, as part of the LVMH Watch Week 2023, Hublot presented an array of new models, including a modernized take on the emblematic 1980?luxury sports watch called the Hublot, with the new?Hublot Classic Fusion Original. There was another model that stroke my attention… A watch that, at first, I shouldn’t really liked. Big and bold, colourful and highly present, the new Hublot Big Bang Unico Sorai Limited Edition has something quite cool. Something that I can hardly explain, which might have to do with the contrast between its sleek, monochromatic case and the use of sunset-like colours on its dial. And the fact that it helps a good cause doesn’t hurt either.This Big Bang Unico is made to save rhinos. It helps Sorai?buy time for endangered rhinos, allowing them to live longer, and not to be the prey of their only predator, humans. Sorai is?not a charity. It is a socially conscious enterprise that brings people and businesses together to build a more sus
News: H. Moser & Cie Announces An Unexpected Partnership with Alpine Motorsports
The connection between watches and motorsport has been around for decades, specifically in Formula 1 where almost every team has signed a partnership with a prestigious watch brand. IWC and Mercedes AMG, Ferrari and Richard Mille, Aston Martin and Girard-Perregaux… And all of them bringing to the table dedicated timepieces. As the 2024 Formula 1 season will kick off soon and cars are set to be presented in the coming weeks, it’s time for new announcements to surface. And this one was clearly not expected, as H. Moser & Cie. becomes the Timekeeping Partner of Alpine Motorsports across all disciplines.Up until now and for many years, Alpine F1 Team had been teaming up with Bell & Ross, a partnership that has produced an array of special edition watches (also under the team’s previous name, Renault F1). These days are over and Alpine F1 Team as well as all motorsport activities of the French manufacturer, property of Renault, will now be partnering with independe
Roger Dubuis adds colored stones to the Excalibur Spider Skeleton Flying Tourbillon - Monochrome Watches
What do we know about Roger Dubuis? Well, to make it short, Roger Dubuis is a proper?manufacture of Haute Horlogerie, creating extremely refined skeleton movements, and being the only brand to have its entire production stamped with the Hallmark of Geneva (and that alone must already give an indication of the beauty of the production…). Roger Dubuis is also a combination of complex mechanisms with a unique design, bold, sporty and clearly recognizable. Well, all of that can be seen in the latest addition to the catalogue, the?Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Skeleton Flying Tourbillon, which now receive colored stones incrusted in its rubber bezel.The Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Skeleton Flying Tourbillon is not?a new watch and its movement (by the way a properly magnificent movement, as we’ve seen here) has been seen already in several watches. That must not prevent us to take a look back at it. Roger Dubuis is first of all a great manufacture, producing superb movements, m
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