A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Annual Calendar U.S. Boutique Edition (Specs & Price)
While A. Lange & Sohne tends to be quite conservative in its design, it can sometimes get a little bit more creative when it comes to limited editions or boutique exclusive watches – think, for instance, about the 1815 Chrono Boutique Edition or the Terra-Brown Saxonia. Today, the brand is unveiling a new version of the Saxonia Annual Calendar, which for the occasion has been spruced up with a new dial and a surprising strap. Meet the new?A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Annual Calendar U.S. Boutique Edition.On the left, the 3 current models in the Saxonia Annual Calendar collection, next to the new US Edition.Already available in three different versions – white gold, pink gold and platinum – the?Saxonia Annual Calendar collection receives a fourth member, which differs from its siblings by its dial, its strap and a new treatment on the rotor. Mechanically speaking, the new Saxonia Annual Calendar U.S. Boutique Edition is identical to its siblings and shares most of

A Personal Story on the Ventura V-Tec Sigma
If you follow MONOCHROME, even occasionally, you know that we're all about mechanical watches. It takes something really special to get us excited about something battery-powered, but every now and then, that something comes along. The retro Hamilton PSR is a recent example, along with the quartz Citizen Calibre 0100 that's accurate to +/-1 second per year. Also, we sometimes dig into our own collections to highlight a special piece, like Frank's vintage Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and Brice's Breguet Type XX. So, in this hands-on review, I'm going to talk about my own Ventura V-Tec Sigma, an unconventional luxury digital watch that once guest-starred in a Nicolas Cage movie.BACKGROUND VenturaVentura was founded by Pierre Nobs in 1987, who left the mainstream watch industry to find something more meaningful. Disheartened by the fake nostalgia coming from well-known brands, he wanted to create unique, avant-garde watches in collaboration with renowned industrial designers. It wasn't long

Meet The Makers - Casa Fagliano, Boot-Maker And Strap-Maker for Jaeger-LeCoultre
There are many reasons we love watches. For some it's their design, for others it's their historical significance. What really caught my imagination, when I received my grandfather's 1960s Omega Constellation on my 21st birthday, was that somebody had actually sat at a workbench and assembled this micro-machine by hand. It blew my mind. Since then I've had an unrelenting appreciation for all things made by hand. My admiration only grew, as we dive deeper into a digital world where more often than not we can do things quicker and cheaper. But artisans do things for the passion, not the speed or price. They opt to do it the way it's always been done for the pride in the work. And I love that. In the first instalment of our new series: Meet The Makers, I had the privilege of sitting down with the man at the helm of legendary Argentina bootmaker, Germ¨¢n Fagliano. Enjoy.Can you tell us little about Fagliano and your history as a maker?Our Family comes from Cuneo, in the Piedmont?region (nor

The AGTZ Twin Tail is Zagatos Tribute To The Legendary Alpine A220 Racing Car
The first test flight of the Concorde, the moon landing, the Woodstock festival, and Monty Python’s Flying Circus first aired on BBC One… just a few of the major historic events that happened in the year 1969. In motorsports, a lot happened too, as Sir Jackie Stewart won his first of three Formula 1 World Driver Championships, Bruce McLaren dominated the Can-Am series in a car built by his own team, and Ford won Le Mans for a fourth consecutive year. But that same year, the French team of Alpine entered the A220, a racing car that might not have won Le Mans that year but has become sort of a cult hero. Most notably for its short-to-longtail conversion from 1968 to 1969, which is now paid tribute to by none other than Zagato.?The famous Italian design studio and coachbuilding company Zagato has been around for more than 100 years and is known for its unique styling. Founded by Ugo Zagato in 1919, the company quickly garnered fame by making lightweight bodies for Alfa Romeo&#

Introducing the Mathey-Tissot x Massena LAB Mergulhador Skin Diver
Massena LAB, the design studio run by industry veteran William Massena and specialised in collaboration watches, continues its expansion in both high-end and accessible watches. The new watch that is presented today marks his second partnership with an old, rather discreet brand known as Mathey-Tissot. The first collab brought back to life the watchmaker’s most emblematic model, the Type XX Pilot’s Chronograph. Today, William took one of his own vintage watches, the Mergulhador Skin Diver,?and decided to recreate it. But under this rather complex name is actually a cool and affordable 1970s-inspired automatic dive watch.?As said, this new collaboration between Mathey-Tissot and Massena LAB doesn’t come out of the blue, and for two reasons. First of all, the watch is a recreation of a vintage model. The original Mathey-Tissot Mergulhador was released and produced in the 1970s for military and civilian use, mostly for the Portuguese market – in fact, mergulhador m