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Weekly Watch Photo - A. Lange & Sohne 2013 novelties - Monochrome Watches
A. Lange & Sohne is one of the most covered brands in Monochrome’s Weekly Watch Photo. No wonder, with the world’s most beautiful movements as featured in the A. Lange & Sohne Double Split,?exquisite?dials as the Zeitwerk Handwerkskunst?or stunning complications as in the Zeitwerk Striking Time.?And then consider that it is “just” 23 years ago since this brand?was resurrected after the reunification of East and West Germany. Just image what a spectacular job the people at A. Lange & Sohne have done, as in this short time they have become a dream brand of many watch aficionados. Ad - Scroll to continue with article This Grand Lange 1 in white gold is already a classic, despite its relatively young age. The (normal) Lange 1 has been in the Lange & Sohne collection since the beginning in 1990. That’s just 23 years ago,
Found - A Rare Habring2 Monopusher Chronograph Japan Edition
If you’re a recurring reader of MONOCHROME, you should very well be aware that we, as a team, have a thing for chronographs, and specifically, vintage-inspired chronographs manufactured by?husband-and-wife duo Richard and Maria Habring. After all, this was the inspiration behind our very first Montre de Souscription, a sector dial monopusher with salmon colour… And since we’re definitely biased, there’s another watch that always resonates very loud at the redaction room, a rare and absolutely stunning model made exclusively for Habring2 long-term Japan retailer Shellman, the Monopusher with Breguet numerals and snail-shaped scales. We’ve already featured a black example on MONO and today, it’s a silver edition that makes it to the magazine. To us, typically a watch you should look at closely, and maybe add to your collection.?Habring2 is the kind of brand/watchmaker we love at MONOCHROME. Based in the small town of Volkermarkt, Austria (already somet
Omega Chrono Chime Olympic 1932 and Speedmaster
Omega is well known for its luxury sports watches, for beautifully made, resilient watches equipped with impressive Master Chronometer movements incarnated by models like the Speedmaster and the Seamaster. Fewer know that Omega can also do incredibly high-end watches, such as a tourbillon produced in its Atelier d’Excellence workshop. And the latest watch to emerge is absolutely mind-blowing. Meet the most complex watch ever produced by Omega, a timepiece that combines expertise in chronographs, chiming mechanisms, sports, the Olympics and a unique sense of perfection… We’re talking about the new Omega Chrono Chime models – Olympics 1932 and Speedmaster – and the new calibre 1932.A truly impressive new movementAt the heart of these two new models is a movement, a mind-bogglingly complex movement and one that connects two important milestones in the life of the brand. Few might know that the first minute repeater wristwatch was made by Omega (at the time kn
Blancpain Villeret Quantieme Perpetuel 6656 - A Classic among Classics, Modernised - Monochrome Watches
A classic among classics, the Le Brassus-based manufacture revisits its perpetual calendar complication with moon phases in 2018, in a larger 40mm case size and a choice of two metals: 18k red gold and stainless steel. With subtle design tweaks on the dial and a secured movement, the new Villeret Quantieme Perpetuel 6656 models are presented in a more contemporary case size and in a more democratic' choice of steel… Is Blancpain on the hunt for younger customers?Vive la Tradition: Calendar watches at BlancpainBlancpain has come a long way since it started life as a small craft workshop on the top floor of Jehan-Jacques Blancpain's house in Villeret, back in 1735. By the late 1950s Blancpain was producing more than 100,000 watches a year and to meet growing demand joined the Societe Suisse pour L'Industrie Horlogere (SSIH, later to become the Swatch Group) along with Omega, Tissot and Lemania. In the wake of the quartz crisis that decimated the Swiss mechanical watch market, SSIH
My Personal Thoughts On The Lebois and Co Heritage Chronograph
If you’ve been keeping an eye on MONOCHROME Watches, and I sort of expect you have, you might have seen this handsome little devil pop up before. It’s the latest model coming from Lebois & Co., a revived historic name closely linked to Airain thanks to its Dutch owner Tom van Wijlick. Reviving a name from the past is never easy, but Tom has been steadily building an interesting range of mechanical watches under both brands. We’re already familiar with the Airain Type 20? and Sous Marine, for instance, as well as the Lebois & Co. Avantgarde Date and Venturist, for that matter. So with the Heritage Chronograph being on and off my wrist for a couple of months now, it’s about time I share my personal experience with it.Lebois & Co. is one of those names that ceased operations in the early 1970s, around the time the quartz crisis would come into full swing and wipe out a staggering number of brands. It was originally founded in 1934 by a member of the Dod
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