A. Lange & Sohne 1815 "Cuvette" Limited Edition (For the 10th Anniversary of the first Lange Boutique)
While the brand A. Lange & Sohne was revived in 1994 (with the launch of an entire collection, including the iconic Lange 1), the first brand boutique only opened in September 2007. This means that this Dresden-based store now celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, and in order to pay tribute to 10 years of presence in the superb city of Dresden, A. Lange & Sohne have introduced a limited edition of the emblematic 1815, with a specifically engraved hinged “Cuvette” – dust cover or officer back – to make it really special.Lange opened its first “proprietary” point of sale in September 2007, directly adjacent to the Dresden Frauenkirche, a landmark of the baroque city which was restored between 1994 and 2005. This impressive and handsome monument is thus the star of the show of this watch, as it is engraved on the caseback of the new 1815 limited edition. Indeed, a rare fact at Lange, is that the back (at least in the beginning) did not di

Hands-On Ulysse Nardin Executive Tourbillon Skeleton Free Wheel (Specs & Price)
While the previous version of the?Ulysse Nardin Executive Tourbillon Skeleton wasn’t exactly what you would call a ‘shy watch’, Ulysse Nardin has decided to take it to a whole new level. Still based on a modern and aerial design, still featuring several impressive technical solutions (something dear to UN), Ulysse Nardin brings an entirely new architecture to the movement and the watch – both highly interrelated here – with the new Ulysse Nardin Executive Tourbillon Skeleton “Free Wheel”.?Free-floating components and cutting-edge technology under a crystal box…The new “Free Wheel” is basically a new take on the?Executive Tourbillon. And even if some of the basics are still in place, it is quite an impressive facelift that UN is proposing here. The case retains the hallmark integrated triple lugs usually found on this model but revisited in a new, more angular way. The surfaces now alternate between polished and brushed finishe

Chopard L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 "Jumping-Hour" - Monochrome Watches
Chopard celebrates the 25th anniversary of its manufacture with its first jumping hours watch. A combination of old and new, the L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 is housed in a case inspired by historic pocket watches designed by founder Louis-Ulysse Chopard but is equipped with exclusive Quattro technology for an impressive eight-day power reserve. With its elegant white Grand Feu enamel dial, impeccable finishings, and superlative precision, the 100-piece edition of the L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 has obtained the prestigious Poin?on de Geneve hallmark.A true manufactureKarl-Friedrich Scheufele, Chopard's Vice-President, was determined to establish the brand as a bona fide manufacture and inaugurated the Fleurier workshops in 1996. The first watch to emerge from the Chopard Manufacture was the L.U.C 1860. Equipped with Chopard’s first automatic in-house calibre 96.01-L with a gold micro-rotor and two stacked barrels for a 70-hour power reserve, its beautiful finishings and impeccable precis

Value Proposition - The Stowa Flieger Blue Limited (specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
From time to time, we set our selection-mode to another level, far from our actual posh, high-end standards, with a “value proposition” watch that we think deserves to be featured, for its great design, for its great quality / pleasure / price ratio or because we simply like it. It is the case with the new?Stowa Flieger Blue Limited Edition, which basically renew the concept of the B-Uhr watches in a more contemporary (and more wearable) style. A mechanical movement, a bit of vintage pleasure and some originality with a blue dial… That’s what you’re going to have with this new Stowa.Stowa, together with some other brands (IWC, Lange, Laco and Wempe) was manufacturing watches for the German pilots during World War II, watches known by collectors under the name B-Uhren or ref.?FL23883. These pilot watches are now iconic and known all around the world by collectors. Several brands (in fact Laco, Stowa and IWC) decided to reintroduce these watch in more modern

Tudor Black Bay Black Bezel / Red Triangle 79220N - EXCLUSIVE HANDS-ON REVIEW (live photos, specs & price) - Monochrome-Watches
The Tudor Black Bay is undoubtably a success story. You can’t deny its beauty, its quality or its darn right coolness. We loved?it at first sight here, on Monochrome-Watches, whether in its first Burgundy / Red 79220R execution?and even more with the?Midnight Blue 79220B edition, with it’s more subdued?colour?pallet. With the latest novelties from the brand?(Pelagos & North Flag), we we concerned Tudor may not continue to the?evolution?of the Black Bay – but thankfully, they didn’t, and we now have now a new edition, the Tudor Black Bay Black Bezel / Red Triangle ref. 79220N. And here is our?exclusive hands-on review of it.Designed by / for Monochrome-Watches?Well, clearly this is presumptuous of us. Of course, we didn’t designed it and we didn’t participate in the conception of this new?Tudor Black Bay Black Bezel / Red Triangle 79220N. However, let’s rewind and look back a few weeks before Baselword 2014. If you’re a regular reader