Phillips Sells the Unique Steel Lange 1815 ¡®Homage To Walter Lange for CHF 852,500 - A New Record for a Lange Wristwatch at Auction - Monochrome Watches
While the Daytona Ultimatum auction and the rest of the GWA7 – Geneva Watch Auction 7 by Phillips Watches – brought several impressive results (including a CHF 5M hammer price for the ‘Unicorn’ white gold Daytona), another properly interesting result should be credited to A. Lange & Sohne, with the unique?1815 Homage To Walter Lange' in steel with black enamel dial?hammered for CHF 852,500 (incl. buyer’s premium). And yes, it’s a new record for a Lange wristwatch at auction, and yes proceeds will be given to a charity.The CHF 852,500 obtained by Phillips Watches / Aurel Bacs and A. Lange & Sohne Is impressive indeed and sets a new world record for a Lange wristwatch at an auction – even if there were previous watches in Lange’s collection priced above that (the Grande Complication and its 2 million price tag for instance). Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Recap: The Best Chronographs of Watches and Wonders 2024
An absolute must for any respectable watchmaker, the chronograph complication was once again well-represented at the 2024 edition of Watches and Wonders… To say the least, as we’ve seen some fascinating new models. What struck us most was the fact that many of these chronograph watches came with more than just a start-stop-reset function. Flyback, mono-pusher, split-seconds, high-frequency… Here are 6 of the most important new chronographs launched during this year’s Geneva fair.?A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Up/Down Blue DialFirst released in 1999, the Datograph by A. Lange & Sohne is one of the most important watches in the chronograph category. With a couple of other models, it started the trend for in-house, high-end chronograph movements. To celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, ALS releases a limited edition of the second generation Datograph, the Up/Down version, in white gold with a handsome blue dial. Apart from this new combination of material

Bell & Ross BR-X5 With Manufacture Movement - Video Review, Price
For many years, Bell & Ross has been all about pilot- and military-inspired watches. This was the brand’s motto, the style that made it famous. And while the Parisian brand still leans heavily on those codes in its current instrument collection, materialised by the emblematic BR03 range, it had to evolve. How? By becoming more urban, less hardcore. This strategy took shape in the BR 05 collection, a sports watch with an integrated design. And just like the BR-X1, which was a bolder take on the classic BR-01, there’s now a new, more muscular, more powerful take on this watch with the Bell & Ross BR-X5 collection. And it comes with a new movement too. And we have it here live, including a video review.Even though Bell & Ross was founded in 1992, the brand gained recognition in 2005 with the launch of the BR 01 Instrument, a watch that established the house style for the decade to come. Inspired by dashboard instruments, it introduced the emblematic square case wit

Video: Our Recap of Watches and Wonders 2024 and Key Takeaways
Now that the dust has settled and we had the time to digest the hundreds of watches we’ve seen and written about at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2024 and off the fair, we’ve decided to take some time and talk about it. Somehow a new format for us, we’ve invited our founder, Frank Geelen, and one of our editors, Robin Nooy, to speak their minds. Highlights, most discussed new releases, watches we’d like to buy for ourselves, trends of the year, winners and losers, but also pragmatic topics such as the continuous rise of prices or the comeback of smaller watches. Check our recap of Watches and Wonders in the video on top of this article.?What to expect in this video:00:05 – Introduction Ad - Scroll to continue with article 00:45 – The biggest takeaways of the fair, by Robin01:30 – Frank's thoughts about the fair and the gene

The 5th Edition of the ONLYWATCH Tour Swings Through Shanghai! - Monochrome Watches
We buy watches for many different reasons: Sometimes we buy them because we love their designs and engineering. Sometimes it's because we love their status and exclusivity. We buy watches to mark special occasions - even if that occasion is just today was a good day! ONLYWATCH presents us with a unique opportunity to combine all of those reasons with the chance to contribute to charity.Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is a disease effecting one in 3,500 young boys. At first it compromises their ability to run and jump and play - forcing them to use braces and wheelchairs. Very sadly, the prognosis is far bleaker as the disease takes hold; few victims live to adulthood. As the disease progresses it causes fatal heart and lung problems. There are no real treatments and there is no cure. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The Association Monegasque Contre les Myopathi