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First Look: The Piaget Polo 79, Back to its Original Design and Opulent Gold Attire
When it was relaunched with a modernized and sleeker design in 2016, the Piaget Polo adopted the design cues of luxury sports watches, slightly changing the face of the collection to become a cushion-shaped watch. However, this isn't how the model started its life. This year, Piaget celebrates its 150th anniversary, and to whet our appetite, the brand brings back the unmistakable, opulent, equestrian chic of the original Piaget Polo. An integrated design with its trademark gadroons, it returns in late- 1970s full-gold attire. But if the inspiration is classic, this new Polo has been contemporarily reimagined, starting with its automatic ultra-thin movement. Here's the new Piaget Polo 79.Background“We really had to answer to this particular demand of our customers who are used to getting just dress watches,” explained Yves Piaget at the time. “But now our customers like to do more and more sports. That's part of the evolution of our lives today. They want to be exquisi
Tissot Gentleman Powermatic 80 Silicium (Specs & Price)
While MONOCHROME is more on the higher-end side of the watch industry, we also know that not all readers and watch enthusiasts can afford a Breguet or an Omega. This is why we’ve created a section called “Value Proposition,” where we feature watches that we believe are great?value for the money. Apart from microbrands, when it comes to proper Swiss-made pieces, there’s one brand that shouldn’t be overlooked; Tissot. And today we’ll review what we think is one of the best quality-price ratios now available on the market, and altogether a great all-rounder watch, the Tissot Gentleman Powermatic 80 Silicium. Basically, the perfect watch to step foot in the world of mechanical watchmaking.?Let’s first remove from the equation the hardcore watch enthusiast or seasoned collector, those who own multiple watches and have this ability to change depending on the activity or attire. So then, what does a man need from his watch? – and when we say his
Patek Philippe Advanced Research 5750 Minute Repeater
Founded in 2005,?Patek Philippe‘s Advanced Research department aims at improving mechanical movements and bringing innovative solutions in the fields of materials (silicon, for instance) and technologies for watchmaking. This goes for the introduction of Silinvar (2005), the Spiromax balance spring (2006), the Pulsomax escapement (2008), the Oscillomax ensemble (2011), and a further optimized version of the Spiromax balance spring (2017). In 2017, the brand will look at something different, and that is a compliant mechanism for the dual-time function, in an Aquanaut. Today, following a year with already a grande sonnerie watch, the brand continues its researches in the field of chiming watch, with major improvements on the minute repeating watch, with the new Patek Philippe Advanced Research 5750 Minute Repeater.?The technical solutionsThe goal of the Advanced Research department is to bring new solutions in order to innovate, or in the present case to improve existing mechanisms
Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Kingsman Knife Limited Edition
There’s no denying Jaeger-LeCoultre’s mastery of ultra-thin, elegant watches. With this in mind, the team producing the latest film in the Kingsman agency series, The King's Man, chose JLC to provide an exclusive, purpose-built timepiece for the movie that captures its neo-retro universe… And as you can see, this new Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Kingsman Knife Limited Edition is very, very handsome indeed.This new model will be offered as a key part of The King's Man costume to collection' (which also includes shirts, suits, shoes and sunglasses), a series of accessories directly inspired or used in the latest film in the Kingsman?series. This new episode, The King's Man, starring Ralph Fiennes and Gemma Arterton, goes back 100 years to trace the origins of the Kingsman agency. Directed by Matthew Vaughn, the movie opens in US theatres on 18 September 2020. As a film that is set in the past, period-correct accessories were a priority for the production team.The
Street art hits the wrist - Manufacture Royale ADN Street Art Collection (Photos, Specs and Price) - Monochrome Watches
After colourful street artist collaborations from Richard Mille and?TAG Heuer, independent high-end brand Manufacture Royale has now unveiled?its own street art-inspired model. The Manufacture Royale ADN Street Art Collection stands out for?its unique architecture, like the rest of the ADN collection, and now adds a dose of colour, ‘dressing up’ its movement. As a result of the?graphic design process, and water printing, each one of these bold timepieces is unique.The Manufacture Royale ADN (DNA in French) Street Art Collection is an evolving spatial architecture. The structure of its movement is based on overlapping squares, now enlivened by striking colors. This angular, colored, external skeleton, frames the parts of the movement underlining the symmetry of the barrel and tourbillon cage at 6 o'clock. This modern construction is animated by the ballet of a one-minute tourbillon whose cage is unusually square. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
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