A. Lange & Sohne Odysseus White Gold, Leather or Rubber Straps (Price)
Six months ago, in October 2019, A. Lange & Sohne unveiled the Odysseus, its first luxury steel sports watch. Unlike the icons that have dominated this segment for decades, the Odysseus struck out with its very own personality inciting mixed reactions. The Achilles’ heel of this watch, at least gauging by the comments of our readers, was the steel bracelet. Beautifully finished according to Lange's high standards and with an ingenious extension system, there was something about the bracelet that for many just didn't look quite right. Well, looks like the folks at Lange have been listening because today a new version of the Odysseus is launched in a white gold case with a grey dial and an integrated black rubber or leather strap. And what a difference it makes!The inaugural voyage of OdysseusIt shouldn't really come as a surprise; other luxury sports watches, like AP's Royal Oak of 1972, were originally met with conflicting responses. The Odysseus, launched on 24 October 2019

Review of the Nomos Lambda 39mm - The Luxurious Gold Nomos in a smaller size (live photos, specs & price) - Monochrome-Watches
When you think “Nomos Glashutte“, what you probably have in your mind are rather small, clean watches inspired by Bauhaus (a German school of art, mixing modernism and simplicity) like the Nomos Ahoi?and the Nomos Tangente. Recently, the brand gained even more affection from us with the introduction of both complicated watches (see the Nomos Zurich Weltzeit) and fully in-house movements (with the Minimatik and?the new Calibre DUW 3001). What was not really expected from the brand however was some luxurious, gold, dress watches – but they did it (and they did it well) with the Lux and the Lambda. The latter comes now in an?even more elegant edition: Review of the Nomos Lambda 39mm – The Luxurious Gold Nomos in a smaller size.BackgroundIn the recent years, Nomos have been quite active. First, they’ve been moving to (almost) fully-in-house movements – and frankly not the worst ones, like for instance this automatic world-timer calibre that can be found

Introducing The 2020 Bvlgari Aluminium Watch Collection (Review, Price)
Today Bvlgari is unveiling its new models during Geneva Watch Days, an event uniting several leading watch brands (16) and the only significant gathering for the Swiss watch community in 2020 that has not been cancelled due to the pandemic. Among the novelties is the 2020 Bvlgari Aluminium Watch collection, a contemporary sports watch with its unmistakable Bvlgari seal.? Back in black and white in a time-and-date format and a chronograph, the Aluminium looks as provocative as it did in 1998. Fitted with simple movements to keep prices down, the 2020 Bvlgari Aluminium Watch will be one of the brand’s (coolest) entry-level models.All roads lead to RomeWith the impressive amount of world firsts for ultra-thin watches secured in the last six years and the latest record-breaking Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Chronograph, Bvlgari is unquestionably one of the most innovative and exciting watchmakers on the scene today. And when we say exciting, we are not only referring to the brand's watch

Dietrich O.Time now in colored forged carbon (and even a luminescent carbon one...) - Monochrome Watches
In watchmaking, who thinks?innovative materials usually says high price. That’s somehow a rule. Look at recent watches with?sapphire crystal cases. Most of them are over half a million CHF – even the cheapest one isn’t cheap… Same goes for complex ceramics, or watches associating different kind of solid, ultra-light or ultra-resistant materials. Carbon fibre isn’t always ultra-high-end, however few are the watches with such material priced under 10k. Well, Dietrich watches, with their usual value for money rule, will bring you forged carbon cases, some with colored incrustations and even luminous cases (yes, for real) together with a mechanical movement for a price you don’t expect. Here are the?Dietrich O.Time now in colored forged carbon.The concept of?Dietrich watches: having a fun, highly designed watch, with mechanical movement, built with Swiss quality standards and for a reasonable price. As we’ve seen previously,?Emmanuel Dietrich?succe

Oris Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 114 GMT - Baselworld 2018 (Specs & Price)
True to its philosophy of producing real watches for real people', the new Oris Big Crown ProPilot Calibre 114 is a utilitarian travel companion with a second time-zone (aka GMT) and a host of practical functions. Propelled by the latest in-house movement with a beefy 10-day power reserve, the novelty of the 2018 Oris Big Crown ProPilot calibre 114 is the 24-hour second time-zone function with half-hour indications.Exceptions to the ruleThe local time in any of the world's 24 time zones is defined by its difference from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and is generally expressed in full hours. There are of course exceptions to the rule and the new Oris watch will prove an invaluable companion for those of you travelling to cities with half-hour derivations like New Delhi, Tehran, Pyongyang, Kabul or Adelaide. Ad - Scroll to continue with article From pilots to f