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A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar Limited Edition Salmon
There are many watches that we’ve named ‘iconic’ or ’emblematic’ over the years, but few modern timepieces can rival the status of the Lange 1 when it comes to high-end, elegant and finely manufactured watches. A watch that has defined the brand since its resurrection in 1994 – thanks to the joint work of Walter Lange and Gunter Blumlein – and that has been made in dozens of variations over the years, it has surprisingly never been made in a perpetual calendar-only edition… until recently. Surely, there has been a tourbillon QP, but it took the Saxon brand 27 years to propose what is a classic of haute horlogerie. And the result is, without a doubt, very convincing, as we’re about to see with the stunning Lange 1 Perpetual Calendar Limited Edition in white gold with “salmon” pink gold dial… Yes, we love this combination at MONOCHROME!The Lange 1…This watch, with its unusually offset yet elegant display based
The Unconventional Armando Legin Inveni¨
It’s not often that we get to introduce completely new brands that do things in a completely unique way. Sure, most watches we present, even the ones from breakout watchmakers, still rely on the same format of central hands making a rotation once every 12 hours. Watches that rewrite or even completely throw out the rulebook are far and few between. Brands like Urwerk and MB&F have redefined the concept of the passage of time with their hyper-creative philosophy on watchmaking. In the wake of such brands, plenty of brands have come and gone that tried to capture the imagination of the crowd with similar ‘out-there’ ideas. It’s extremely challenging to build a concept into a sustainable brand, but it’s not entirely impossible. This is exactly what a young man from Slovenia is attempting to achieve as he launches his eponymous brand with a very unconventional first watch. Named Armando Legin, he makes his debut with a watch called the Inveni¨, which rough
A Technical Perspective - The Peripheral Rotor, A Smart And Stylish Solution
Since 2009 and the introduction of the Carl F. Bucherer Calibre A1000, peripheral rotors are becoming more and more fashionable. With this smart and stylish solution, the winding mass is an annular segment mounted and swinging around the movement, instead of a centrally mounted oscillating weight rotating over the movement. This offers an unobstructed view of the movement along with providing the convenience of automatic winding. In addition, peripheral rotors allow watchmakers to design thinner self-winding watches, without adding to their thickness with an oscillating weight rotating over the movement.The calibre CFB A1000 series by Carl F. Bucherer. In 2009, it was the first movement with a peripheral rotor to be produced on a large scale.The 1950s - First attemptsThe idea of peripheral winding is not exactly new. We can refer to a patent applied in June 1955 by Paul Gosteli of Geneva, (Swiss patent N¡ã 322325 pictured below, filed on June 6th?1955, published on July 31st?1957) descr
Opinion - A Big Pilot's Fan Take on The New IWC Big Pilots Watch 43
The Big Pilot… If you think about an emblematic, unmistakable watch by IWC, you hardly can do better than this. It is, at least to me, a watch that has defined the brand’s collection for years, a proper statement watch that is, and remains after close to 20 years of production, one of the best known modern watches. Having said that, you’ve probably guessed that I love the IWC Big Pilot… I’m in the fortunate position that I can also say that I own a Big Pilot ref. 5002 (the first-generation model). Thus, when IWC introduced earlier this year the new, smaller, downsized, ‘streamlined’ Big Pilot's Watch 43, it came to me as serious news. There was more than just a new watch to it, but also something to do with the actual name of the watch. Now that I had the chance to have one of these 43mm watches in the office for a review, it’s time to tell you what I, as a Big Pilot fan, think about this new watch.?The history of the IWC Big PilotBefore
Louis Moinet Memoris ¡®Red Eclipse Chronograph Engraved Pink Gold - Hands-On (Specs & Price)
The Louis Moinet Memoris Red Eclipse' is an integrated, automatic, inverted mono-pusher chronograph with column-wheel. It was first presented in a limited edition at Baselworld 2016 to celebrate the bi-centenary of the Compteur de Tierce (1816-2016) by Louis Moinet. This complex chronograph, with all its mechanics visible on the dial, is now available in a richly engraved pink gold version. Let's take a closer look.The Louis Moinet Memoris was designed as a tribute to the creation of the astonishing Compteurs de Tierces and the astronomic observations of Louis Moinet. According to the markings on the case, this remarkable creation was designed in 1815-1816 ?to time the passage of the stars – it measures time intervals to the 60th of a second with start, stop and reset functions. To reach this impressive precision its balance wheel beats at an impressive 216,000 vibrations per hour. Ad - Scroll to continue with article