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Le Byblos Saint-Tropez celebrates 50th anniversary with Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Special Edition - Monochrome Watches
The Cannes Film Festival and the Monaco Grand Prix kick off the unofficial start to?summer in?the French Riviera. This week-end Audemars Piguet unveiled a new, limited edition, Royal Oak Offshore to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Le Byblos. Together with its night club, Les Caves du Roy, the iconic Saint-Tropez Hotel has contributed to the international renown of the Mediterranean jet set playground since its opening.The new Royal Oak Offshore models launched to mark?this occasion are offered?in two versions: a men’s piece in rose gold and a women's diamond set version in stainless steel. The men’s version is a pink gold Royal Oak Offshore chronograph dressed in white. The trademark dial features the brand's tapisserie pattern, snailed subdials and the AP logo at 3 o'clock. It is framed by a tachymeter scale. The pink gold hour markers and Royal Oak hands feature luminescent coating. The white rubber strap is closed by a pin buckle. Ad - Scroll to continue wit
News: The Vacheron Constantin Solaria Ultra Grand Complication Becomes the Worlds Most Complicated Wristwatch
Celebrating its grand 270th anniversary, Vacheron Constantin's bespoke Les Cabinotiers atelier presents a record-breaking watch with no fewer than 41 complications. Still holding the record for the world's most complex pocket watch, the Berkley, itself beating its own reference 57260, Vacheron now claims the title for the world's most complicated wristwatch, overtaking the Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega 5 with 36 complications and the Audemars Piguet 11.59 Universelle with 23. Pulling out all the stops, Vacheron unveils its Les Cabinotiers Solaria Ultra Grand Complication, a staggering achievement on all fronts and an extreme exercise in miniaturisation.Facts & FIguresThe figures speak for themselves. Developed over eight years by one watchmaker, the Solaria has 41 complications spread over two dials, 1,521 components, 13 patent applications, five rare astronomical complications, including the temporal tracking of celestial objects (a world premiere) with a split-seconds chronograph
Hands-On Patek Philippe Calatrava Weekly Calendar 5212A (Specs & Price)
Like a good thriller, the Calatrava Weekly Calendar 5212A is packed with subtle clues that offer us a glimpse into the strategies of its maker. More complex than the elite and minimalist line-up of Calatrava watches, the Weekly Calendar also departs from its family heritage of precious metal cases and flaunts a stainless steel case. Currently the only Calatrava watch in steel, the 5212A gets some of its design elements from a 1955 ancestor, it comes with a sector dial, a winning touch of “handwritten” font on the dial, and a new movement. Although it is the first model to offer this unusual combination of calendar functions, the Weekly Calendar transmits the reassuring feeling that it has always been a member of the Patek dynasty.Useful complicationsPatek's expertise in calendar watches – and combinations of sophisticated calendars with other complications – is legendary. Taking a different tack from the classic aperture/sub-dial layout of its classic calendar w
First Look: The new Citizen Series 8 890 Mechanical Sports Watch (Incl. video)
For most watch enthusiasts, Citizen is probably best known for its wide range of affordable quartz, solar-powered and mechanical watches. Watches like the Promaster series, for instance, have been fan-favourite models for years. More recently, the Tsuyosa collection made quite an impact for its honest yet compelling proposition. There is one collection that, however, delivers much more, the Citizen Series 8, which could be considered the brand’s accessible luxury range. And a new member has just arrived, a contemporary and robust sports watch with integrated design, the Citizen Series 8 890 Mechanical Models.?Citizen has much more to offer than just its entry-level collections. Surely, the Promaster and Tsuyosa watches are popular (and for objective reasons) but the Japanese watchmaker has long demonstrated stronger capacities. Remember, Citizen is what we call a vertically integrated manufacture, meaning that it basically does everything in-house. From cases to dials, lab-grown
TAG Heuer Monaco Calibre 02 GP Monaco Historique CBL2114 (Specs & Price)
It would be quite difficult to come up with a better match than what’s following. When you own a watch in your portfolio – and an iconic one on top of it – that is named “Monaco”, you have to do something linked to motorsport in the Principality of Monaco – which is also known as a temple of racing. So not only has the Automobile Club Monaco appointed TAG Heuer as official timekeeper of the Grand Prix Monaco Historique, but the brand launches a new (and very handsome) watch to commemorate this event… We told you, quite a good match. Meet the TAG Heuer Monaco Calibre 02 “Grand Prix de Monaco Historique” Edition.Timekeeper of the Historical Monaco GPDespite the fact that the?12th edition of the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, scheduled to take place from 8 to 10 May 2020 on the legendary Monaco circuit, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACM has already started planning for the next edition and has appointed TAG Heuer as
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