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A. Lange & Sohne Tourbograph Perpetual Honeygold Homage to F. A. Lange - Monochrome Watches
When Ferdinand Adolph Lange laid the foundation stone of his workshop in the town of Glashutte on 7 December 1845, he also laid the foundations of Saxony’s esteemed watchmaking tradition and put Glashutte firmly on the map. Today, 175 years later, A. Lange & Sohne commemorates this historic milestone with three Homage to F.A. Lange limited edition pieces, including the 1815 Rattrapante Honeygold and the 1815 Thine Honeygold. All three models hail from the 1815 family, a collection of watches that celebrate the birth year of founder Ferdinand Adolph Lange. ?Towering above the others with its extraordinary complexity is this Tourbograph Perpetual, a masterpiece combining a rattrapante chronograph, a perpetual calendar and tourbillon with a fusee-and-chain transmission and a moon phase indicator to boot. In honour of the occasion, the watch is cased in Lange's proprietary Honeygold and features a dark rhodium-plated dial and special finishes on the movement.Opus magnumFirst pres
Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic Satin-Polished // Introducing
No watch enthusiast can overlook Bvlgari’s hegemony of the ultra-thin category. The formula is simple: 5 stunning watches, 5 world records, 1 great design. Not only is the Octo Finissimo a demonstration of mechanical savoir-faire but it is also a treaty of modern design. Until now, the “simplest” of the watches in this collection, the Automatic model, has been available in titanium, stainless steel and rose gold, all with a sandblasted finish. Now, the brand adds a luxurious touch with the new Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Automatic Satin-Polished Collection.With these new models in the ever-growing (and always surprising) Octo Finissimo collection, don’t expect multiple design or mechanical changes. The ingredients are still the same: the same angular case; the same ultra-flat luxury sports watch concept; the same paper-thin automatic movement; and the same bracelet/strap. Whereas most brands introduce new dial colours to spruce up an existing? model, Bvlgari refreshe
The X-ONE H1 - A Pioneering Swiss-Made Mechanical Smartwatch, now Funding on Kickstarter - Monochrome Watches
Over the last few months, and even years, we've covered some pretty interesting start-up watch projects here on MONOCHROME. Advances in modern technology, combined with ready access to start-up capital via decentralised crowd-funding, have helped unlock the floodgates of innovation across multiple industries, injecting fresh blood and ideas. Today, we are pleased to bring you yet another one; the intriguing X-ONE H1 from Conex Watches, a Swiss-made mechanical smartwatch that packs some impressive functionality. Read on to learn more about this bold new timekeeper, including how you can get your hands on one for 50% off retail (for a limited time only, of course).When it comes to new technology, the luxury watch industry generally seems to follow the same trend. Initially, there are always a few pioneers who will trial the idea, be it a futuristic new case material, or the development of a more efficient movement component. Once it is shown to have real promise, widespread adoption of t
Swatch Group Reshuffles Top Team, New CEOs for Longines, Rado, Union, Tissot, Certina, and Hamilton - Monochrome Watches
As the Swiss watch industry is facing a severe crisis, Swatch Group announces major changes in the Executive Group Management Board and the Extended Group Management Board and appointments to the management of the Longines, Rado, Union, Tissot, Certina, and Hamilton watch brands.Raynald Aeschlimann, President and CEO of Omega and member of the Extended Group Management Board, has been appointed to the Executive Group Management Board.At brand level, two industry and Swatch Group veterans, the CEOs of two industry giants, Longines, Walter von K?nel (78) and Tissot, Fran?ois Thiebaud, will be replaced by Sylvain Dolla (currently CEO of Hamilton) and Matthias Breschan (currently CEO of Rado). Dolla?has also been named to the Extended Group Management Board. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Walter von K?nel will retire and has been elected Honorary Chairman of L
The Birth of Kollokium, a new Indie Platform Driven by Design and Freedom
What happens when you put a reputable watch designer, a veteran industry mover and shaker and a renowned collector in the same room? The answer is Kollokium, a new project-based platform that is going to stir things up on the watch scene. Boldly stating that Kollokium is not a brand, the platform founded by Manuel Emch, Barth Nussbaumer and Amr Sindi claims to have no defined artistic direction, no rehashed history, no constraints. Freedom is the operative word here, and Kollokium responds to architectural, artistic and design impulses that inspire the founders. As they say, Kollokium is not so much a stylistic exercise but a mood and the debut Projekt 01 watch fuses raw, industrial case finishings with a unique 3D dial composed of cylindrical pegs.Kollokium’s founders: Amr Sindi, Barth Nussbaumer and Manuel Emch.The TriadSurprisingly, not one of the three founders is a watchmaker. Manuel Emch has a knack for turning watch brands around. From Jaquet Droz to Romain Jerome and from
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