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Omega Goes Anti-Magnetic With The Master Co-Axial Calibres - the first truly anti-magnetic mechanical movement in the watch industry - Monochrome Watches
No, we’re NOT going to talk about a watch, we’re talking about movements. Omega starts introducing the new Master Co-Axial movements into the collection with 8 new calibres. These new calibres are the first truly anti-magnetic mechanical movements in the watch industry and they can easily resist magnetic fields up to 15,000 Gauss. That’s simply brilliant you’re going to love them for it. Read on to find out why! Last year we already told you about this movement, although Omega didn’t reveal anything else than the mere fact it can easily resist magnetic field of 1,5 Tesla (15,000 Gauss). In that article we explained everything you need to know about magnetism and mechanical watches, because the two don’t go very well together. Until now that is! Omega is revolutionizing mechanical watch-making. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Timezone Watch of the Year 2010 - Monochrome Watches
Voting is closed and the new?Timezone watch of the year 2010 is the?Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometrea Quantieme Lunaire. Like every year, Timezone members had the chance to vote for their favorite watch of the year. Well, not entirely true, because they only can vote for six finalists which are pre-elected by the Timezone moderators. This is the winning watch… Ad - Scroll to continue with article The Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometrea Quantieme Lunaire got around 38% of the votes. Jaeger also won the Timezone watch of the year competition in 2007, making Jaeger LeCoultre the first brand to win this competition twice.Last year the Duometrea Quantieme Lunaire already won?the Public Prize for the Best Watch of the Year, of the Swiss watch magazine Montres Passion. The same public prize was also won by the Jaeger LeCoultre Master Hometime (2004) and Duometrea Chronographe (2
Interview Nicola Andreatta, CEO of Roger Dubuis, On The New Excalibur
Just ahead of the Digital Edition of Watches & Wonders Geneva 2021, Nicola Andreatta, CEO of Roger Dubuis, tells MONOCHROME about the brand and the new Excalibur Single Flying Tourbillon.Xavier Markl, MONOCHROME – You were literally born inside the world of watchmaking. How did you arrive at your current position as head of Roger Dubuis? Ad - Scroll to continue with article Nicola Andreatta, CEO of Roger Dubuis?– Well, it’s been a long journey. My family comes from the watch industry. We have been manufacturing components (cases and bracelets) for three generations in Italy and Switzerland. I grew up going to the factory. I have always been amazed by how a piece of raw metal can be converted into a piece of art. Since I was very young, I could see exactly how these things are made, learning how machines work; I was meeting suppliers, client
Angelus U10 Tourbillon Lumiere - The rebirth of the brand & the introduction of a new complicated watch - Monochrome-Watches
Angelus had been a very influential manufacture for more than 125 years. Founded in 1891?by the brothers Albert and Gustav Stolz in Le Locle, it created deeply interesting watches and movements – that some are known to power the very first Panerai 8 days. Unfortunately the brand was lying dormant for more than 30 years and was only alive in collectors’ memories. However, in 2011, the well-known manufacture La Joux-Perret decided to re-launch the name and to recreate a collection of superb watches. The first one is now off the line. It’s named the?Angelus U10 Tourbillon Lumiere and it definitely deserves our interest.Brief history of AngelusIn 1891,?Brothers Albert and Gustav Stolz - distinguished watchmakers and former students of Henri Sandoz who was director of the Tavannes Watch Company - establish their Angelus watchmaking manufacture in Le Locle, Switzerland, a city world renowned for high-end watchmaking. They began with just a room on the Rue du Marais, modest
Girard-Perregaux 1966 Jewellery - elegant bling-bling - Monochrome Watches
Because we were talking about watches heavily set with diamonds anyway, why not proceed with more stone-set watches. Luckily Girard-Perregaux knows how to do this in an elegant way. They just released the 1966 Jewellery set with more than 800 diamonds.The Girard-Perregaux 1966 Collection, launched in 2006, has been my favorite GP collection and comprises several magnificent timepieces like the 1966 Annual Calendar and Equation of Time and the 1966 Full Calendar. This collection always features beautiful manufacture movements with automatic winding in ultra-thin cases. Ad - Scroll to continue with article While the Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Contemporaine Small Model feature a diamond set mid-case, that was only visible from the side, this Girard-Perregaux is more outgoing with it’s adornment. However it looks still very elegant, something to which the s