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Nomos CEO Uwe Ahrendt On The Significance Of The Brand's Glashutte Origins
For more than 30 years, Nomos has been part of the monumental effort to resurrect the German watchmaking tradition that once thrived in the Glashutte region in the easternmost part of the country. The region is home to a dozen or so brands, from relatively affordable names like Union Glashutte and Nomos?to ultra-high-end like A. Lange & Sohne and Moritz Grossmann, all honouring the Glashutte watchmaking heritage. Nomos is known for its lighthearted yet sobre Bauhaus-inspired design ethos and has amassed a strong community following over the years. Located in the town’s old train station, we recently visited the brand to check out some novelties and interview the brand’s CEO, Uwe Ahrendt, about the importance of this heritage.Robin Nooij, MONOCHROME Watches – The fall of the Berlin Wall was a pivotal movement for the Glashutte region. Can you explain what this meant for the people and how it created the foundations for a brand like Nomos to build on? Ad
First Look: The Return of the Glorious Cartier Tortue Monopoussoir Chronograph
Cartier has staged a strong comeback amongst collectors in recent years thanks to its ever-growing Cartier Prive collection and other historic recreations such as the Pebble, Crash and Tank Cintree. A range of high-end, mechanically advanced and visually appealing watches, it can be seen as the resurgence of the all-time favourite Collection Privee Cartier Paris, also known as the CPCP collection. And since this topic is now on the table, we can’t skip the most popular model in this range, the refined Tortue Monopoussoir Chronograph and its movement. So, without further ado, I’ll drop the big news… It is back! Meet the new 2024 Cartier Tortue Monopoussoir Chronograph. And yes, it is as good as it gets.?Historical ReminderCartier is all about shapes. We’ve covered this topic in a dedicated article, looking at some of the most emblematic designs ever created by the Parisian brand. While the Tank collection is the most famous of them all – whether it is Cintr
Montblanc TimeWalker Cappuccino Limited Editions for Goodwood (Specs & Price)
A few days ago,?the?Goodwood Festival of Speed (GFOS) took place in the UK for the 25th time in its history. As the official timekeeper of the (superb) event for the second year, Montblanc was, of course, present to celebrate the world of cars. However, that’s not all, as a pair of vintage-oriented, cappuccino-coloured Limited Editions of MB’s racing-oriented watch was also introduced. Meet the new?Montblanc TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph and Date Automatic Cappuccino Limited Editions.?Goodwood Festival of Speed x MontblancThe Goodwood Festival of Speed (GFOS) x Montblanc link was born just after the creation of the brand’s new sports watch, the revised TimeWalker, a watch with true racing/motorsport inspiration. Since 2017, Montblanc is the official timekeeper of the event – as reported in our article here (with tons of nice cars to see too). But what is GFOS exactly? Back in the early 1980s, Charles Gordon-Lennox, known in the automotive world as Lord Marc
MCT Sequential One - Review of one of the most impressive timepieces in the market - Monochrome Watches
I know, that’s quite a title to start with, and of course I will explain why I make?such a bold statement. I’m curious to find out if you agree – that is, after reading my review. Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps, or short MCT, introduced the Sequential One in 2009 and it is still in the collection. In the world of high-end watchmaking this is a rather odd duck, because you can also look at the Sequential One as a sort of automaton. An automaton that indicates time! It indicates the hours with?4 modules composed of 5 triangular prisms each, and the minutes are indicated by a central minute hand on a 270 degree jumping minute-sector. Today we’re reviewing the MCT Sequential One s110 EVO, after wearing it for more than a month (which was a sheer pleasure.)?Shortly before the start of the new millennium, several young watchmakers started highly innovative watch brands. In this new wave of high-end independent watchmakers (think: Vianney Halter, URWERK, MB&F,
Glashutte-Original Senator Chronometer - Reviewed with Photos, Specs and Price - Monochrome Watches
It was actually because of one specific timepiece, that I got to know about the German high-end watch brand Glashutte Original. That specific watch was the Senator Sixties, which was introduced in 2007. It triggered me because I had just bought an old watch that was the spitting image of exactly that new watch, although mine was not labeled Glashutte-Original, but only Glashutte as ‘brand’ name. Since that time I’ve been watching the brand closely and when they introduced the Senator Chronometer I was (again) very impressed. I had the chance to wear, what I?consider to be the very finest from this high-end German watch brand, the Glashutte-Original Senator Chronometer.Of course, Glashutte-Original makes more complicated, and more eye-catching, timepieces. Take for instance the Senator Tourbillon, or the PanoLunar Tourbillon, that both feature a flying tourbillon. The flying tourbillon was invented by one of the brands’s forefathers, Alfred Helwig. Of course ther
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