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SIHH 2017 - Meet The Ultra-Innovative Ulysse Nardin InnoVision 2
SIHH 2017 - Ulysse Nardin is about to make some noise at?its first SIHH, showing off?some seriously cutting-edge technology. The watch you're about to see is nothing like anything you've seen before. Every part of this watch boasts an innovation, whether we’re talking about the escapement, the display, the winding system or even the hands. Meet InnoVision 2, a concept watch featuring avant-garde innovations that will?make us rethink the future of mechanical watchmaking. Founded in 1846, Ulysse Nardin has a long tradition in the field of chronometry and is well known for manufacturing accurate marine chronometers. In the early 1980s, an?encounter between Rolf W. Schnyder, a businessman and visionary, and Ludwig Oechslin, a brilliant horologist, turned this traditional manufacturer into one of the most innovative watch brands around. This partnership?would yield?several milestones in mechanical watchmaking history. Among these, the legendary Freak housing the innovative dual direct
Longines Skin Diver Watch - Vintage and New Face-to-Face
Not many people know that Longines does not consider itself a manufacture but a factory, and encourages everybody to call it a factory. It is surprising, but it perfectly matches the spirit that commands the Maison these days: high-quality mass production. Despite having a vast collection of movements, Longines only uses ETA calibres (often adjusted to their own specifications), which makes producing tens of thousands of watches a far easier task. That is the reason why the watches most celebrated by aficionados are those in which historic references are reinterpreted. Such is the case of the Longines Skin Diver Watch, a perfect recreation of the factory's first diver watch, born in 1959 - in the days when the company was still a manufacture.When reinterpretations such as this one appear on the market, there are always complaints.Why did they have to use fauxtina??is the classic comment. But in the case of the Longines Skin Diver Watch, the house of the winged hourglass has not actuall
Record half-year sales for Swatch Group - Monochrome Watches
Echoing the positive industry trend and in line with expectations, Swatch group, the largest watchmaking consortium just announced record half-year sales for 2018.?The group’s net sales increased by 14.7% to CHF 4,266 million at current exchange rates, respectively by 12.6% at constant rates reflecting the improvement of the business environment after a prolonged downturn (Swatch group sales were up 5.8% in 2017 and down 10.6% in 2016). Growth is reported for all regions and is led by Asia and America.As a comparison, Swiss watch exports have increased by 9.9% over the first five months of 2018. LVMH and Kering will communicate their first semester results next week. Richemont will announce interim results in November. Ad - Scroll to continue with article As a result, the group's operating result has soared by 69.5% to CHF 629 million with an operating mar
The Omega Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer (Specs & Price)
The Speedmaster has long been associated with Space exploration, specifically since 1969 when the watch made it to the surface of the Moon, after NASA qualified it for all manned space missions. Yet, the Moonwatch, also known as the classic Speedmaster Profesional with its hand-wound mechanical movement, isn’t the only watch produced by Omega to have been in Space. Indeed, ESA (the European Space Agency) has long been involved with the Biel-based brand in the development of an advanced tool for its pilots and crewmembers, the so-called Skywalker or X-33. Still partnering with ESA, here’s the watch that is ready for the next giant leap, the watch designed to measure every moment on planet Earth, and Mars! Meet the Omega Speedmaster X-33 Marstimer.Quick recap about the Speedmaster X-33If the original Speedmaster Moonwatch surely is the most famous of all space-related watches, it's also somehow a bit outdated regarding its specifications – at least when it comes to true
Hands-On - Montblanc Star Legacy Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph Pre-SIHH 2018 (Specs & Price)
With the SIHH 2018 only a few weeks away, brands are pre-releasing selected models to whet our appetite. Among them is Montblanc, which has unveiled a new version of their iconic Nicolas Rieussec Monopusher Chronograph. Meet the Montblanc Star Legacy Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph, bringing a classic and elegant take on this watch that has always been a favourite here, at MONOCHROME.BackgroundIn 2008, Montblanc introduced its first Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph, a tribute to the French watchmaker, the first to have made a timepiece called a chronograph (in Greek chronos=time, graphein=to write) in 1821 – an invention actually writing time, as it?inks measured times intervals with a drop of ink squirted on a rotating dial at the push of a button. Like the invention of Rieussec, Montblanc's chronograph featured rotating discs for the elapsed seconds and minutes, read under fixed hands. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
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