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Hands-On - Hamilton Khaki Aviation Converter Automatic Chronograph
Flying still generates emotions and provokes a unique feeling of freedom and pilot’s watches that evoke this high-altitude world are always on the radar. However, “pilot’s watch” is a broad definition that covers many styles. Even at Hamilton, the Khaki Aviation collection comprises military-inspired models, modern technical pieces and vintage-oriented watches. The brand’s latest addition is a proper flying instrument; it can perform technical calculations in conjunction with cockpit instruments. Its name is the Hamilton Khaki Aviation Converter collection and as the watches are now available, we take a closer look at the Automatic Chronograph Black & Gold model.Hamilton is no stranger to the pilot’s watch. In fact, the brand has great legitimacy in this field – as well as other military fields. The brand, for instance, provided the first U.S. Airmail service with watches in 1918. Today, Hamilton still produces pilot's watches with the Khak
Omega announces the first truly anti-magnetic watch movement - Monochrome Watches
Today Omega announced a watch that is resistant to magnetic fields greater than 1.5 tesla (15,000 gauss)!! That’s a lot and any normal watch will stop immediately when exposed to this level of magnetism.?For comparison, a watch is considered anti-magnetic when it can withstand 60 Milgauss and the Milgauss is designed to withstand a?magnetic flux density of 1,000 gauss. Omega’s new movement can withstand 15,000 Gauss and they don’t rely on a soft-iron case, and find the solution in the materials used for creating the movement.Time for some explanation!?Gauss is the unit of a magnetic field and is named after the German mathematician and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss.?Gauss is the “cgs unit” of magnetic flux density in a magnetic field and one gauss is defined as one maxwell per square centimeter.This sounds like gibberish? I also had to look it up on Wikipedia (check here). It’s more practical to say that a small magnet produces about 100 Gauss. So
MB&F HM6 RT Space Pirate, now In Red Gold (specs & price) - Monochrome-Watches
The HM6 is, to date, the most complicated and crazy (both technically and visually) MB&F ever. When we reviewed it end of last year, we?couldn’t resist saying that this Space Pirate was a strange object. However, after a few months, it seems that this strangeness tends to disappear and that the inspirations?become clearly obvious – and really bold (something confirmed as MB&F just?won the?Red Dot: Best of the Best Award). After the first and seemingly cold edition made of titanium, it’s now time for MB&F to introduce a warmer, more luxurious edition in Red Gold (and not any alloy to be precise).On this RT edition of the HM6 Space Pirate, MB&F replaces titanium by a specific gold alloy called 5N+ (in this case, the + makes all the difference and 5N is the actual name for any red gold alloy). Just like some brands like (with the Everose gold) or Omega (with the Sedna gold), MB&F comes with their?own gold?that includes Palladium in order to stabiliz
Watch from my year of birth - part 1 - Monochrome Watches
After the loads of information from the SIHH and Baselworld i am taking a break from blogging about news, more news and even more news. I still have lots of photos and a lot of information about the novelties released at Baselworld. No worries, i will blog about it later.One things that’s been keeping me busy for a long time already, is finding a watch from my year of birth. In my case this is 1971. Although no one of my watch buddies has been looking for a watch from their year of birth, I do wonder if this is common quest for watch addicts. For me finding a watch from my year of birth is really something special and i’ve spent many hours online searching for one. But no luck so far….Finding a vintage watch in original condition and in reasonable to good quality isn’t easy, especially not if it’s that old. Of course my taste is not making it any easier either. I’ve been thinking of some vintage sportswatches or maybe an old Heuer or maybe an old O
Introducing the Oris Carl Brashear Limited Edition - specs and price - Monochrome Watches
I bet you still remember the Oris Divers Sixty-Five, the?charming vintage-inspired diver’s watch that the brand introduced early last year. Today we’re introducing a watch that was inspired on the Divers Sixty-Five: the same shaped case, crown, domed sapphire crystal, however it’s 2 mm larger! And instead of a steel case with ceramic black bezel, now the case and bezel are completely made of bronze. The new timepiece?–?limited to only 2,000 pieces –?is dedicated to the first?African-American who became a US Navy Master Diver. Here’s the stunning Oris Carl Brashear Limited Edition.?The Oris Carl Brashear is actually the very first bronze watch that Oris has made since its inception in 1904! Bronze is a naturally aging material, and an interesting tidbit is that those huge diving helmets in the 1950’s were made of copper – hang in there for the relation with copper. As we already said, the design of this new watch has many parallels with?th
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