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Weekly Watch Photo - IWC Ingenieur AMG - Monochrome Watches
Tomorrow, at the start of the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, short SIHH, IWC will launch their newest models of the Ingenieur collection. Today we’ll have a look at the previous love-baby of IWC and AMG. Indeed AMG, the the guys that make every Mercedez-Benz roar like no other sports car! In 2004 they joined forces, which led to the Ingenieur AMG that IWC introduced in 2005 together with an entirely new ‘Ingenieur family’. This Weekly Watch Photo is dedicated to a remarkable collaboration that gets a follow-up at the SIHH2013?this week.?As we already showed you here and here and here, IWC is going to launch an entirely new Ingenieur collection. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Originally introduced in 1954, the Ingenieur was a no-nonsense, highly technical and sturdy timepiece. It was intended for the use in the most demanding
Hands-On IWC Big Pilots Watch 43 TOP GUN Ceramic IW329801
The Big Pilot is, without a doubt, one of the most emblematic watches of the entire history of IWC. An oversized watch, almost provocative in its proportions and design, it made an incredible impact on the industry and watch community when first released in 2002. For almost 20 years, it was meant to be BIG, until 2021 and the introduction of a smaller BP, the Big Pilot’s Watch 43. A slightly less striking and even more focused take on the concept, it has since been released in Spitfire models. And for 2022, it’s time for it to go modern and technical, with the new IWC Big Pilot's Watch 43 TOP GUN IW329801 in Black Ceramic.When released in 2021, the Big Pilot's Watch 43 somehow generated quite some comments. While a wider audience certainly appreciated its more restrained looks, its more compact case (thus far more easy to wear), its simpler movement making it more accessible, its ultra-focused display and clever strap/bracelet quick-change system, there were mixed feelings
Technical Perspective: A Comprehensive History of the Automatic Watch
Eliminating the need for regular hand-winding, the automatic watch harnesses the energy from the natural motion of the wearer’s wrist to wind the mainspring that powers the watch. In general, it contains a rotor, a semi-circular piece of heavy metal that rotates with the motion of the wrist. As the rotor spins, it winds the mainspring. Automatic watches are appreciated for their practicality and functionality. Today, most mechanical watches are equipped with a self-winding mechanism. Over the years, these have become more and more elaborate. Like many breakthroughs that are taken for granted in watchmaking tradition, the automatic watch results from a long and complex history, which is not always clearly documented, and dozens of incremental steps that have made the self-winding mechanism what it is today. Here are some of the milestones in its development with our latest instalment of A Technical Perspective.?Late 18th century – The fathers of the first automatic watchesIt
Hands-On - the Archimedes by Milus Silver Storm (Specs & Price)
The concept of the compressor or super-compressor watch, due to its cool and technical design, is certainly very appealing, even though relatively rare nowadays in the Swiss watch industry. Only a few brands continue to manufacture such water-tight watches. Among them is a brand that has recently resurfaced with a collection of modernized watches inspired by glorious past timepieces, Milus and its Archimedes watch. Following gradient grey or blue inaugural editions, followed by a cool green model, the brand is now returning with a technical and cool silver version. Meet the new Archimedes by Milus “Silver Storm” edition.?As already explained in previous articles, “the fluid-tight compressor or super-compressor technology was patented during the 1950s, by Ervin Piquerez SA, a famous watch case manufacturer from Bassecourt, in the Swiss Jura. Cases equipped with this technology have given birth to iconic dive watches across many brands, including Jaeger-LeCoultre, Hamil
Introducing the Ulysse Nardin FreakLab Boutique Edition, black titanium & carbon fiber (specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
14 years ago, Ulysse Nardin launched a watch that was, at that time, a proper blast, an ultra-innovative timepiece, both for its technology and its design. The Ulysse Nardin Freak was and still is unique in many ways and even after all these years, it remains a watch?extremely bold and recognizable among every other. This year, at Baselworld 2015, UN came up with the newest version of this groundbreaking watch, the FreakLab, cased in white gold. The first evolution of this model?is now on the rails, with a?black titanium case and a carbon fiber bezel. Here is the?Ulysse Nardin FreakLab Boutique Edition.The Ulysse Nardin Freak shouldn’t be regarded for its design only. Of course, its?specific shape and the integration of the balance wheel and of the gear train on the top of the dial was clearly unusual, back in 2001. The design of the Freak was made to be shocking (and in the good way), just to enlighten the real innovation, that was on the?mechanical side. As some of you may know
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