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A. Lange & Sohne Odysseus Steel Sports Watch - Review, Live Pics, Video, Price
Here’s the brand new A. Lange & Sohne Odysseus, the brand’s first stainless steel watch that can easily be worn during sports and that isn’t scared of a bit of water. Is this the luxury sports watch that you were expecting? Well, better forget everything you know about luxury sports watches and anything you could have imagined beforehand. The Odysseus from Lange looks… like a Lange. But now in a stainless steel case and on an integrated steel bracelet. Two shaped pushers allow you to switch the day of the week and date indications, which adds a bit of a Zeitwerk-spirit to the new steel Lange. Let’s welcome the first Lange that you can wear in the board room AND when diving off the board into a swimming pool.Introductory note…Odysseus might just be the most polarizing watch in A. Lange and Sohne’s history. The Lange 31 was already polarizing and when the first Zeitwerk was introduced, I can assure you that not every Lange collector immediate
First Look: The Chopard L.U.C Heritage EHG Moon 122
While Chopard's high-end L.U.C watches are built to outlast generations, the watchmakers and artisans who make the watches are not. Foresight is not a common virtue, but co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele is determined to pass the baton and prepare future generations of watchmakers. The watch unveiled today is a testament to his commitment. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Geneva School of Watchmaking (EHG), Chopard releases the L.U.C Heritage EHG Moon 122, powered by a base movement co-developed with apprentices from the prestigious school. Presented in a 44mm rose gold case, aficionados will have a hard time deciding which view they prefer: the hypnotic aventurine dial with an astronomical moon phase display or the gorgeous 38mm manual-winding movement on the reverse. ?Co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele's dream of mechanical independence materialised with the presentation of Chopard's first in-house movement in 1996. Known as the calibre 1.96 and fitted inside the first
Announcement - "Patek Philippe: The Authorized Biography" by Nicholas Foulkes - Available now via Patek.com - Monochrome Watches
Over the centuries some watch manufactures have grown to an almost mythical status, becoming legends, and not only among watch collectors. Their fame has transcended the circle of initiates to gain worldwide recognition. As always with legends however, there remains gray areas. One such example is Patek Philippe. Many have tried to shed light on the history of this Old Maison, inlcuding the Mono team (cf. Nautilus History) but the picture was always somehow incomplete. Now however you have the opportunity to know everything you ever wanted about Patek, with the launch of an official book characterised as the definitive history of the legendary Swiss manufacture. Introducing “Patek Philippe: The Authorized Biography” by Nicholas Foulkes – available?now via?Patek.com.Many of us know the outline of Patek Philippe's history: a manufacture created in 1839 by Polish watchmaker Antoine Norbert de Patek (1812-1877) who was subsequently joined by Adrien Philippe before the bra
Hands-On Oris Oris Big Crown Pointer Date 36mm Bronze (Specs & Price)
It's no secret that smaller case sizes are back in a big way, which is something we're pretty pleased about here at MONOCHROME. A particular favourite is the new Oris Big Crown Pointer Date Bronze?(also available in steel), which was introduced at Baselworld last month and boasts a gorgeous bronze case that measures just 36mm. This model came as somewhat of a surprise to us and so we were quite keen to see how this smaller diameter would wear on the wrist. Suffice to say we were not disappointed.Oris has a well-documented history in the world of aviation, having made its first pilot's pocket watch in the early 1910s. This was followed by the company's first pilot's wristwatch in 1917, and eventually the creation of the Oris Big Crown in 1938, which, as the name suggests, featured an oversized crown so that gloved airmen could adjust their watches quickly and easily. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Pre-Baselworld 2017 - Introducing The Hamilton Intra-Matic?68 (Specs & Price)
Hamilton is usually not a brand we cover much on Monochrome, maybe because they are positioned a bit on the lower side of the range, with various quartz offers. Yet, from time to time, the previously American brand, now under the umbrella of the Swatch Group, can surprise us, especially when look at their rich history. This year, for the upcoming 2017 edition of Baselworld, the brand will have something simply cool, a nice, vintage-inspired and affordable automatic chronograph., with iconic roots. Here is the?Hamilton Intra-Matic 68.Chronographs have been a great part of Hamilton’s?history, especially during the 1960s and 1970s, coinciding with the Swiss ear?of the brand, once it acquired Buren and moved to Biel, and later becoming part of?SSIH (subsequently?The Swatch Group). Some great watches have been made at that time, some becoming collectible iconic, such as the?Fontainebleau (powered by the Chronomatic Calibre 11). Another one have been important and is today rather sough
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