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First Look: IWC Portugieser Tourbillon Retrograde Chronograph Lewis Hamilton
One of the most accomplished motorsport athletes, Lewis Hamilton is equally famous for his racing pedigree (seven-time F1 world champion, on the same level as Schumacher), his striking personality and his distinctive personal style and polarizing outfits. This sense of fashion and style has long been reflected in his horological choices, not only by wearing some of the boldest creations of IWC (his and Mercedes-AMG‘s long-time partner) but also by creating special editions together with the Schaffhausen-based watchmaker. Today, both parties reveal the IWC Portugieser Tourbillon Retrograde Chronograph Lewis Hamilton, a watch that isn’t just about colours and aesthetics but about high-end watchmaking too.?This new limited edition is the third timepiece designed in a collaboration between IWC and Lewis Hamilton and the first to be based on the Portugieser. The first joint creation was the Ingenieur Chronograph Edition Lewis Hamilton IW379602, a full titanium chronograph releas
GIVE AWAY: 3 Books, Cufflinks and Pilot Sunglasses from IWC - Monochrome Watches
Team Monochrome has just returned from a week in Switzerland where we visited Omega and MCT Watches. It was a great week, and it’s just awesome to meet old & new friends. The odometer in our cars gained a few thousand kilometers and after the week we had to recharge a bit. Now it’s time for the next sweepstake! This is the first sweepstake with gifts from IWC Schaffhausen and I’m pretty sure you will find some things of your liking. Shortly after the summer we will do a second IWC sweepstake (don’t miss that one!), however now I’d like to show you three beautiful books, a pair of IWC cufflinks and Ray-Ban Pilot Sunglasses.?Like with all our 10th anniversary sweepstakes we ask you to answer a few questions. This time we’d like to hear if there’s a discrepancy between the watches you look for and the watches that you actually buy. Maybe you have a weak spot for divers watches, and always end up buying another dress watch. For me it has been v
Industry News: Vacheron Constantin Launches its CPO Programme
Certified Pre-Owned, also known as CPO, has gained great traction over the past few years, with more and more brands exploring the concept. The second-hand market for watches is growing steadily, with a current value in the region of CHF 20 billion and consulting firm?Deloitte saying it could be worth CHF 35 billion by 2030. It is thus with great interest that brands such as or Longines, as well as large-scale retailers such as Bucherer, have started their own CPO programmes. It is now time for Vacheron Constantin to join the growing list of brands, with the idea to offer “pre-owned watches that meet the highest quality standards” and “carefully inspected and certified by Vacheron Constantin.”While it isn’t new for Vacheron Constantin to offer older watches for sale through its boutiques – VC already has a collection of restored vintage watches available for sale through “Les Collectionneurs” – this time the brand expands the conc
Field Test - The H. Moser & Cie. Pioneer Centre Seconds Swiss Mad Red
Every watch enthusiast inevitably reaches a point of overload once or twice in their horological journey, when they look at their watch box and feel more apathy than excitement. A feeling of “Do I really need this many watches?” And “Wouldn't life be simpler if I had only one” Granted, that feeling usually passes and we get right back to the all-encompassing madness, but it's a fun thought exercise while it lasts. Watch brands seem to know that we want this, at least?in theory. There is no shortage of marketing-speak out there, subtly hinting that THIS is the one, this watch can do it all, come and play! And today, this watch is the H. Moser & Cie. Pioneer Centre Seconds Swiss Mad Red.H. Moser & Cie. is a brand most of you are familiar with, famous for their colourful and brilliant dials and irreverent sense of humour. And while the excellent Streamliner has gotten more attention lately, the Pioneer line is Moser's answer to the “One Watch Problem.
Hands-On: The Fairly-Priced Patria Brigadier Tourbillon Subscription
The roots of Patria go as far back as 1892 as the name was registered by Louis Brandt et Fils. Therefore, the same founding family as Omega The brand was resurrected in 2019 by a British watch designer, Jolyon Lambert, and his co-founder, Adam Stansfield, as they found inspiration in a century-old trench watch. For its second model, the duo once again pays tribute to the brand's military heritage with a classic tourbillon watch aptly named Brigadier Tourbillon. Released as a subscription edition, this 39.5mm steel timepiece brings together a hand-finished, Swiss-made tourbillon movement and an enamel dial And the price is quite surprising, in a good way.?The World War II era usually comes to mind when thinking of vintage-inspired military watches. Yet, World World I played a pivotal role in the advent of the wrist-worn watch. As pocket watches proved unpractical in the field, military personnel transformed them to be worn on the wrist – the so-called trench watches – before
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