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Weekly Watch Photo - Lange und Sohne Zeitwerk Striking Time - Monochrome Watches
The Weekly Watch Photo of this weeks shows an extraoridnary beautiful striking watch, the Lange und Sohne Zeitwerk Striking Time. Photographed by Peter Chong.Many watch aficionados where shocked, amazed, exilirated when the Lange und Sohne Zeitwerk was announced in May of 2009. The new Zeitwerk Striking Time has the same (for Lange und Sohne) unorthodox looks and features maybe the most beautiful way to incorporate a striking mechanism. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The Zeitwerk Striking Time is a so-called striking watch, which chimes every hour and quarter, unless turned off. The button at the 4 position enables the owner to select between strike or silent mode. When the strike mode is selected, the hammers and gongs will produce low notes on every hour and a high pitch notes on every quarter.Again my sincere thanks go out to Peter Chong for the excelle
It's February 29th And Here's All About Leap Year... And Perpetual Calendars
Every four years is a leap year and the month of February gets an extra day, a leap day, on February 29th. 2020 is a leap year and everything flows smoothly at regular, four-year intervals until 2100, which we discover is not a leap year. Wait a minute, 2100 is divisible by four, so what is going on? Find out why the leap year can be erratic and other intriguing details of how man has struggled to create a rational system that accurately reflects Earth’s rotations around the Sun and “fixed” astronomical events, such as the equinoxes and solstices.Inventing instruments to observe, measure and predict the motions of our universe has consumed astronomers since antiquity. Even if you don't have a telescope or a spectrograph in the spare room, most of us keep track of time with watches and calendars. These surprisingly complex mechanisms condense centuries of astronomic tinkering to account for the discrepancies between our computations and those of the universe. Since 158
Industry LVMH 2022 First Semester Sales Report
LVMH, the world's largest luxury-goods company, has just released its results for the first semester of 2022. The French luxury powerhouse delivered again record performance with a revenue of EUR 36.7 billion, up 28% compared to the same period in 2021. Organic revenue growth was 21%. All business groups achieved double-digit organic revenue growth over the period. The profit from recurring operations has increased by 34% to EUR 10.2 billion.Just like what has been reported by other players (for instance Swatch Group for the watch industry), the growth has been driven by Europe, Japan and the United States. Business in Asia (excl. Japan) was impacted by partial lockdowns, especially in China. The performance was positive for all business groups and was once again remarkable for the Fashion and leather goods business group with revenues of EUR 18.1 billion (+31% reported). Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Contemporaine Pocket Watch in Pink Gold - Monochrome Watches
You might think that Monochrome is about wrist watches, not about pocket watches. Well, I think the truth is in the middle, and I should know. We have covered some pocket watches in the past, which were very well worth mentioning.?Just think of the hefty URWERK UR-1001 Zeit Device – which I wouldn’t recommend to put in your pocket, as its weighs 420 grams -, the Parmigiani Tonda Transforma or Panerai’s latest pocket device. Vacheron Constantin takes us back to the days when a pocket watch was slim, elegant and refined, now they just introduced the Patrimoni Contemporaine Pocket Watch; what a beauty! Ad - Scroll to continue with article Since watches have reduced in size to dimensions that make it possible to wear a timepiece on the wrist, a pocket watch is slightly outdated. The only pocket watches that have been released in the past years, dec
GIVE AWAY: Ulysse Nardin Wall Clock - Yes, that's the full size wall clock that you can see at retailers - Monochrome Watches
Here’s our fourth give-away action, and boy, what a magnificent one. Ulysse Nardin kindly made available one of their BIG wall clocks for one of our readers! Monochrome is celebrating its 10th anniversary and we’re giving away some of the coolest ‘goodies’ that brands have to offer. This latest proposition is certainly a superb gift for any watch aficionado and we will be sad to see it leave the Monochrome headquarters. However it will be a pleasure if we can make one of you happy.?The HUGE wall clock is just an incredibly cool clock for your office. I guess most wives won’t allow it in the house, unless you have a study that could use a new wall clock. So better make sure to think of the ideal location for the clock.?Here are two photo that give an idea of the sheer size of this clock! Again the rules are simple: fill out the form, answer a few question, register to the newsletter (which will be done automatically) and your name can