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A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater White Gold/Blue Dial (Price)
One of the most advanced watches of our day, A.Lange & Sohne’s Zeitwerk Minute Repeater is the only watch in the world to combine a jumping numeral display with a decimal minute repeater. Five years after its debut, the Zeitwerk Minute Repeater is revisited in 2020 in a 30-piece limited white gold edition with a blue dial.BackgroundThe first Zeitwerk model, introduced in 2009, featured two apertures for the jumping minutes and hours displayed horizontally. Its unusual digital format immediately captured the attention of watch enthusiasts for its legible and highly intuitive reading of the time from left to right. Revisited a year later with a smoked sapphire crystal to reveal the movement and nicknamed the Zeitwerk Lumen, a Zeitwerk Striking Time model was launched in 2011 offering quarter-hour strikes on demand.Seeing and Hearing SimultaneouslyHowever, the big news came in 2015 with the Zeitwerk Minute Repeater. The novelty here was the incorporation of a decimal repeater, a
Events: The GMT Watch Safari, A Week of Experiences to Discover Swiss Watchmaking
To celebrate their 24th anniversary, our colleagues at GMT Magazine are organising an exclusive watch experience for 24 lucky watch enthusiasts, from October 27 to November 1, 2024, in Switzerland. This meticulously curated tour will offer a behind-the-scenes look into the heart of Switzerland’s legendary watchmaking industry. From Geneva to the historic Jura Mountains, and from Biel to Schaffhausen, the watch Safari tour promises a unique experience of horological discovery and craftsmanship.Throughout this week of discovery, participants will experience the thrill of discovery, much like a safari in the wild. It will be the chance to uncover exquisite watches, witness exceptional craftsmanship, workshops and enjoy tastings along with exclusive meetings with CEOs of various prestigious watch Maisons. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Each stop on the j
Splitting Time Between Two Masters - Part II: The Omega Speedmaster Professional Moon Watch - 'Moonraker' - Monochrome Watches
“The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry” I blame those kids at Fratellowatches.com, with their ‘Speedy Tuesday‘ presentations for corrupting my latest watch ‘scheme’! Once again in a turn fitting of an Ian Flemming novel, I found myself in London on a dreary, dark, cold day – minding my own business. All of the sudden an agent of a worldwide organization bent on my (financial) destruction [Harrods] flashes a glimpse of a watch to me… 3570.50.00, aka the Speedmaster Professional, aka the Moon Watch. The next thing I know, my plan to wear the Seamaster 2535.80 for the full year without discontinuation is somehow spoilt.Splitting time between two masters indeed! For those of you not fully aware of this by now – I am a person with precious little to do and much, much less in the way of intellect. For me a MAJOR goal for the year 2013 was to simply wear ONE watch to coincide with the Chinese Lunar Calendar… Almost as I
Introducing the IWC Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph "Ocean Racer" for the Volvo Ocean Race - Monochrome Watches
IWC prolongs their partnership with the Volvo Ocean Race and emphasizes this by introducing a new special edition, the Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph Ocean Racer. For the second time IWC will be the Official Timekeeper and sponsor of the IWC 24 hour Speed Record Challenge. While the previous edition for the Volvo Ocean Race sported a technical style and was executed in titanium, the new Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph “Ocean Racer” is made in stainless steel and has much more classic looks. The IWC Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph “Ocean Racer” is the second Yacht Club dedicated to the partnership between IWC and the Volvo Ocean Race and is a limited edition of 1,000 pieces. Its silver-plated dial has applied blued numerals, blued hands and the hour?indices are coated with Super-LumiNova. The watch measures 45.4 mm in diameter and comes on a black rubber strap featuring an alligator leather inlay. It’s water-resistant to 6 bar (comparable to a depth
The Petrolhead Corner - The Tolman Peugeot 205 GTI
The 1980s are not exactly known as a decade of refinement. After all, it’s the period where shoulder pads, spandex and leg warmers were all the rage. It was a decade with plenty of conflict and controversy the world over, but also tremendous progress. The rise of the computer and the birth of the internet are perhaps the foremost technological advancements. From a cultural perspective, it brought forth superstars like Madonna and Michael Jackson, movies like Rain Man, several Star Wars episodes and Top Gun. When looking back on the automotive side of things in the 1980s, the styling was at times rather questionable. Coming out of the oil crisis of the 1970s, design took a turn towards compact and more fuel-efficient cars on one end and sharp-edged futuristic cars on the other. Two prime examples are the DMC Delorean made famous in the Back To The Future Franchise, and the Peugeot 205 GTI, an icon in Group B rallying. And that latter is today’s topic of choice, more specific
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