Hands-On - A. Lange & Sohne 1815 Annual Calendar (Specs & price)
Over the last few years, A. Lange & Sohne has been making its popular 1815 collection more of a focus, introducing several exceptional models, like the insane Tourbograph Perpetual Pour le Merite unveiled at SIHH 2017. While that model may have stolen the spotlight (and with good reason), today we're giving some much needed hands-on attention to another great watch presented by the brand at the show; the A. Lange & Sohne 1815 Annual Calendar, which is the brand’s most?accessible “complication watch”.Since being introduced in 2004, the 1815 series - which pays tribute to the birth year of company founder, Ferdinand A. Lange - has quickly grown to become one of Lange’s most popular collections. Originally viewed as a gateway to more complex models, such as the Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon and the Double Split, it opened-up the brand to a slightly broader, (possibly younger) audience. These days however, it stands apart as its own legitimate collection wi

Chopard L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 "Jumping-Hour" - Monochrome Watches
Chopard celebrates the 25th anniversary of its manufacture with its first jumping hours watch. A combination of old and new, the L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 is housed in a case inspired by historic pocket watches designed by founder Louis-Ulysse Chopard but is equipped with exclusive Quattro technology for an impressive eight-day power reserve. With its elegant white Grand Feu enamel dial, impeccable finishings, and superlative precision, the 100-piece edition of the L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 has obtained the prestigious Poin?on de Geneve hallmark.A true manufactureKarl-Friedrich Scheufele, Chopard's Vice-President, was determined to establish the brand as a bona fide manufacture and inaugurated the Fleurier workshops in 1996. The first watch to emerge from the Chopard Manufacture was the L.U.C 1860. Equipped with Chopard’s first automatic in-house calibre 96.01-L with a gold micro-rotor and two stacked barrels for a 70-hour power reserve, its beautiful finishings and impeccable precis

Introducing Alpina Startimer Pilot Heritage Manufacture Bumper Calibre
Swiss manufacturer Alpina, now owned by the Citizen Group alongside Frederique Constant, has a rich history. Founded in 1883, the brand made a name for itself with its robust tool watches under the name Alpina 4 and has also been the source of numerous patents and innovative calibres over the years. Today, the brand pays tribute to a vintage piece, but in a rather unusual way. We’re not specifically talking about a vintage-inspired watch, but something extremely rare: a vintage-inspired movement. Housed in the brand’s classic Startimer Pilot Heritage is a new manufacture calibre equipped with… a bumper winding system. Let’s take a closer look at this new and surprising model.The comeback of the bumper movementThe bumper movement has been important in the development of the automatic watch. As you know, automatic watches primarily rely on an oscillating weight that rotates on top of the movement and, thanks to its inertia, transfers its energy to the movementR

Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Collection 2018 (Specs & Price)
When Jerome Lambert took over Montblanc, the idea was simple: offer a lot of product for less money. This didn’t mean that all the watches had to be affordable, but rather that watches – including ones with solid horological credentials – were lower priced than expected. This gave birth to a Sub-10k Perpetual Calendar, the?4810 ExoTourbillon Slim or a Sub-7k annual calendar. Following the same idea, Montblanc introduces three new watches in the?Heritage Chronometrie collection, still complex but with new, contemporary design codes.All three watches – the?Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Perpetual Calendar Sapphire, the?Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Exo Tourbillon Slim Openworked and the?Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Exo Tourbillon Slim – share the same concept: a new, refined and slim 40mm case,?redesigned dials with contemporary aesthetics and a new colour scheme as well as openworked movements with graphic, 3-dimensional?construction and sapphire crys

Hands-On - Maurice Lacroix Aikon Skeleton 39mm (Specs & Price)
I think most of us can agree that Tissot offers one of the best values for an integrated mechanical sports watch with the PRX Powermatic 80. Less expensive models like the Dumoreau DM01 Automatic and Batavi Architect are intriguing, but the PRX is a mature, well-executed piece from a major Swiss brand. Between this and pricier luxury models like the Bell & Ross BR05 sits the Maurice Lacroix Aikon collection, introduced in 2016 and expanded in 2018 with more accessible automatic variants. Slightly more luxurious, better equipped, and mechanically coherent, the collection has a lot to offer. The new Aikon Skeleton 39mm brings an eye-catching skeletonized movement to the latest, universal case size.All about accessible luxuryMaurice Lacroix is known for accessible luxury with the Aikon automatic collection really emphasizing that. The sports watches come in many sizes for men and women, but the 39mm Aikon Automatic has a universal case diameter with a broad, unisex appeal. Launched in