The 2022 A. Lange & Sohne Grand Lange 1 - Review, Specs & Price
When Gunter Blumlein and Walter Lange undertook the monumental task of reviving A. Lange & Sohne after Germany's reunification, they had to come up with a model that would represent the spirit, past and present, of a legendary Saxon watchmaking brand. Accordingly, the watch would have to embody some of the finest historical traditions associated with Glashutte’s high-end German watchmaking, but it would also have to flaunt a combination of design and mechanics that would signal the way forward. And as everyone familiar with the brand knows, the Lange 1 appeared in the line-up of A. Lange & Sohne's four inaugural watches in 1994. With its intrepid asymmetric layout and outsize date display, the Lange 1 was singled out as the star of the quartet. Interpreted with different complications over the decades, the Lange 1 is considered the quintessential face of the brand. Following the introduction of the larger Grosse Lange 1 (Grand Lange 1) in 2003 and its various evolutions,

Weekly Watch Photo - A. Lange & Sohne's Black Magic - Monochrome Watches
Like every week, we’ll show you Monochrome’s selection of stunning photos of equally stunning timepieces, for a smooth start of the week. This week A. Lange & Sohne caters a set of brilliant black & white photos. The timepieces are different models with a black dial and white metal (white gold or platinum) from the collection. A. Lange & Sohne’s Black Magic…Starts of our Weekly Watch Photo are (from left): Grand Lange 1 in white gold with black dial (introduced at the SIHH 2013), Grand Lange 1 Lumen (also introduced late last year), the magnificent Datograph up/down (that was introduced in 2012), Lange Zeitwerk Luminous and the ‘normal’ Lange Zeitwerk (although there is nothing normal about the Zeitwerk). Let’s have a look at A. Lange & Sohne’s mix & match. First one of my personal favorites… the new Datograph. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

A young Frenchman pursuing a career in clock- & watchmaking.
Over the course of the past couple of months, we've introduced you to a fair number of new and exciting watchmakers doing some fascinating things. One thing that becomes clear talking to these individuals is the love for sharing their passion, and there's a shared network of watchmakers helping each other move forward, perfecting skills and learning new traits in the process. Theo Levaltier, a student who is about to complete a 7-year study at the Lycee Edgar Faure in Morteau, France, is no different. This youngster, only 22 years old, has worked with and is trained by Florent Lecomte, Thierry Ducret and others, and is now looking to set out on his own. Initially, his plan is to restore historical clocks and watches, but seeing his work on school projects, we'd happily see more of his own work in the future as well!Robin Nooij, MONOCHROME: Theo, I think it's best if you first introduce yourself to our readers? Can you share a bit of your background? Ad - Scroll to continue w

Back to basics: the Patek Philippe Ref 5370 Split-Seconds Chronograph - REVIEW with live photos, specs & price - Monochrome-Watches
Sometimes, it happens that Patek Philippe acts… differently. Recently, they came with the?Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Ref. 5524, an unusual (from Patek’s standards) pilot watch or with the Ref. 5960/1A, a sporty steel annual calendar chronograph with coloured accents. They also came with the Nautilus, a now classic watch that wasn’t so classic after all (back in 1976 of course). However, Patek Philippe also knows how to do what collectors expect from them – and this year, they are bringing to us what we will dare to call a proper vintage-inspired timepiece: the classic, high-end, complicated and super-elegant?Patek Philippe Ref 5370 Split-Seconds Chronograph.BackgroundIf you look closely at the Patek 5370, you’ll see that everything in it is reminiscent of past creations, starting from the dial, the indexes, the hands, the complication used or the shape of the case. This watch feels like buried during the 1940s and dug?out just because the hardcore collect

Introducing: The Ming LW.01, Possibly The World's Lightest Mechanical Watch
While it’s dangerous to be overly triumphant, claiming that your brand has just produced the world’s lightest mechanical watch, Ming errs on the side of caution and proclaims that it has probably produced the two lightest mechanical watches on the market. Two new releases, the Ming LW.01 Manual and the LW.01 Automatic, sail in with flyweight credentials, tipping the scales with a watch head weight (not including strap) of 8.8 and 10.8 grams, respectively. That being said, the strap and buckle assembly is 1.8 grams, so that makes for quite a feather-light duo of watches…When it comes to lightweight watches, the first name that usually pops up is Richard Mille, with its RM 27-01 Rafael Nadal watch weighing in at 19 grams. But there are even lighter candidates like the Montblanc TimeWalker Phythagore Ultra-Light Concept, weighing just 14.99 grams and the 17-gram Remontet Ultra-Light, which was produced in small quantities and sold out. Ad - Scroll to continue