First Look: Nomos Tangente Rosegold Neomatik, The Return of the Lange Dial (Incl. Video)
The Glashutte region in the South-East of Germany is the cradle of German mechanical watchmaking. The small town is home to some of the most revered historic watchmaking houses in the industry. Nowadays, you’ll find names like A. Lange & Sohne, Moritz Grossmann and Glashutte Original, all headquartered there. But there’s one brand from this region that should be on everyone’s radar: Nomos! Founded by Roland Schwertner in 1990, shortly after the Berlin Wall came down, the brand launched its inaugural quartet of the Orion, Ludwig, Tetra and Tangente just two years later. All four models are still part of the collection today, but the Tangente has become a true icon for the brand. But one particular reference is praised among collectors and is now staging a comeback: the so-called Lange dial! This was first launched in the late 1990s and is one of the most sought-after watches by Nomos. It returns in a devilishly handsome Tangente, however, which is also a celebratio

Norqain Freedom 60 Chrono // Hands-On Review, Specs & Price
Independent, family-run Swiss watch brand Norqain was founded just two years ago by Ben Kuffer and is taking surprisingly confident strides. With three collections to date, Norqain designs everything in-house and is set to obtain greater manufacturing independence with its recently sealed deal with movement manufacturer Kenissi. The Norqain Freedom 60 Chrono we are looking at today has a strong 1960s vintage vibe and enough personality to stand out from the crowd.CaseThe mushroom-type or piston pushers and raised crystal underscore the retro mood of this watch although the case size, at 43mm in diameter and with a case height of 15mm, is most definitely a contemporary choice. The solid 316L stainless steel case is finished with polished surfaces on the relatively thin, sloping bezel and the tops of the lugs and features vertical brushed finishes on the case side. Like all watches at Norqain, there is a polished plaque on the left side of the case that can be engraved to personalise the

Junghans launches two groovy 1972 Competition limited editions
It's not a well-known piece of trivia, but the German brand Junghans was one of the official timekeepers for the Summer Olympic Games held in Munich in 1972 (the other was Longines). Although we associate the brand from the Black Forest with minimalist Bauhaus-driven designs, Junghans also played an important role in the Munich Olympics, providing timekeeping instruments for disciplines like the 100m, archery and rowing. Junghans even developed an electronic start control, a Multi Counter device to track boats individually and produced the world's first colour finish line photos accurate to one-hundredth of a second. To mark the brand's involvement in the Olympic Games, Junghans also produced a series of civilian watches, including a chronograph known as the Olympic Bullhead (ref. 688.10) with a groovy 1970s case powered by a manual-winding Valjoux 7734.? What goes around comes around, and the 1972 model is back to celebrate its 50th birthday in two limited editions: one in stainless s

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Day Date 70s (Specs & price)
The 1950s and 1960s have been all the rage on the watchmaking scene of late inspiring models that satisfy our nostalgia for the past beating with contemporary movements. Vintage mania is at all-time high and the 1970s are inching their way onto the style radar with proposals like this groovy Blancpain Bathyscaphe Day Date 70s oozing a cool 1970s vibe. MONOCHROME fell in love with this watch and it made our Top 10 ranking of the best dive watches of Baselworld 2018. Featuring a day and date window like its forebear, the watch is a limited edition of just 500 pieces and will hit the note with vintage hunters – so track down some bell-bottoms and a tie-dye shirt and get ready to hit Studio 54 with a watch straight back from the 1970s.Vintage fever spreads to the 1970sThe nostalgia that has swept the watchmaking world of late has resulted in a surge of watches inspired by models from the 1950s and 1960s. The terms vintage' and retro' are used with abandon these days and, just before

Hands-On - Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute to Piet Mondriaan (Specs & Price)
The Reverso certainly is the most iconic watch of Jaeger-LeCoultre. Of course, most of us know its long and rich history, with its roots linked to British polo players asking for a protected watch and its subsequent?creation in 1931. There’s one thing that this particular construction allowed: personalisation. Today, the back of this classical?Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is a field of expression to celebrate a double centenary: the birth 100 years ago of Dutch art school De Stijl (think Piet Mondrian) and of Dutch retailer Steltman. Here is the specifically-adorned Reverso Tribute to Piet Mondrian.If alone the name “De Stijl” might not sound familiar to everyone, its main representative, Piet Mondrian, is certainly one of the most famous Dutch artists. And if this name still doesn’t do anything for you, a look at this selection of paintings should shine a light on the subject. Together with Theo van Doesburg and Gerrit Rietveld, Mondrian created one of the world's