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First Look: The New, Retro-Styled Seiko Prospex Speedtimer Chronograph SRQ047 and SRQ049
Whenever we’re talking about Seiko‘s sports watches, those produced under the Prospex range, my mind quickly pictures a dive watch… There’s no denying the influence of the Japanese watchmaker in this field. It has been instrumental. However, we can’t reduce the history of Seiko’s professional watches only to aquatic models. The brand has had an equally strong influence on the chronograph market – remember that in 1969, it was part of a trio that presented the first automatic chronograph movements, with a watch named the Speedtimer. As a tribute to early 1970s models, Seiko brings back this name once more with vintage-inspired references, the SRQ047 and SRQ049.Following the creation of multiple sports timing devices in the early 1960s, Seiko released its first chronograph watch and movement in 1964, which coincidentally was the first of its kind for a Japanese manufacturer, with the Seiko Crown Chronograph and its calibre 5179. Launched for the
Hands-On - The 2022 Editions of the Arnold & Son Ultrathin Tourbillon
Indie watchmaker Arnold & Son introduced its Ultrathin Tourbillon Escapement (UTTE) in 2013. With a height of just 2.97mm, the UTTE was one of the thinnest tourbillon movements on the market until Bvlgari smashed all records with its 1.95mm thin Octo Finissimo Tourbillon in 2014. Revisited with different dial textures and a remarkable skeletonised version in 2016, the Ultrathin Tourbillon is back in 2022 with on-trend grained dials. Offered in platinum with a green dial and red gold with a blue dial, the latest models benefit from an upgraded movement with an even longer power reserve and a redesigned case with a slimmer profile.The offset layout of the dial, with the hours and minutes counter at noon mirrored by the large tourbillon aperture at 6 o'clock, is familiar and designed to echo the way information was relayed on John Arnold's historical marine chronometers. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Introducing the IWC Aquatimer Chronograph Edition Sharks
Today, increasing numbers of shark species are facing extinction. More than 100 million sharks are caught every year whilst continued over-fishing depletes their nutritional resources. To help awareness about this issue, IWC is about to launch a specific limited edition of its Aquatimer Chronograph, the?Edition “Sharks”, with specific dial and engraving.?Brief History of the IWC AquatimerIn the early 1940s, Emile Gagnan and Jacques-Yves Cousteau developed the Aqualung, the first Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (a.k.a. SCUBA), to reach worldwide commercial success. However, in the 1960s diving was still seen as an adventurous affair and several brands, among which IWC, worked on developing tool watches to make diving safer and easier.This was the time when the Schaffhausen-based brand unveiled the first Aquatimer (1967) known as reference 812AD. Its compressor-style case featured an internal rotating ring that could be set thanks to a second crown to monitor di
Introducing The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Paris 2024 Edition
Swiss brand Omega has been the Official Timekeeper of the Olympic games for over 90 years. It all started back in 1932, at the Los Angeles Olympics, which marked the introduction of the three-level winner's podium and the assignment of one company to time the events. Now, in exactly one year's time, the world will be turning its attention to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, and Omega will mark its 31st participation as Official Timekeeper. As a tribute to this involvement and to celebrate the upcoming Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, Omega is released in a Paris 2024 special edition watch, based on its classic Seamaster Diver 300M.?Only available for now in the Paris-based boutiques of the brand (7 in total), this new Seamaster Paris 2024 Edition is a luxurious version of an all-time classic of the brand, intended to evoke the coveted medals that every athlete strives for. As such, while sharing most of its specifications with a standard edition of the Seamaster Diver
Introducing the Montblanc Homage to Nicolas Rieussec II Limited Edition (specs & price) - Monochrome-Watches
When you think about the Montblanc Rieussec Monopusher Chronograph, you can easily call it the most Montblanc of the Montblanc watches. The rest of the collection may have a lot of horological interest (see the recently revealed?Heritage Spirit Orbis Terrarum?or the splendid?Meisterstuck Heritage Pulsograph with Minerva Monopusher Chronograph – and we’re not even talking about the high-end Villeret watches) but the Rieussec Chronograph is properly defining the actual Montblanc collection. It can be seen as a classic, close to be an iconic timepiece. After two Homage limited edition (here and here),?let us introduce you the?Montblanc Homage to Nicolas Rieussec II Limited Edition.What is the Montblanc Nicolas?Rieussec? To tell the truth, it is quite a unique watch and mainly a superb price / quality / pleasure ratio. What you’ll get is an in-house monopusher chronograph with column wheel and vertical clutch, a second time-zone, a day / night indicator, an off-centered h
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