Weekly Watch Photo - Lange und Sohne Zeitwerk Striking Time - Monochrome Watches
The Weekly Watch Photo of this weeks shows an extraoridnary beautiful striking watch, the Lange und Sohne Zeitwerk Striking Time. Photographed by Peter Chong.Many watch aficionados where shocked, amazed, exilirated when the Lange und Sohne Zeitwerk was announced in May of 2009. The new Zeitwerk Striking Time has the same (for Lange und Sohne) unorthodox looks and features maybe the most beautiful way to incorporate a striking mechanism. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The Zeitwerk Striking Time is a so-called striking watch, which chimes every hour and quarter, unless turned off. The button at the 4 position enables the owner to select between strike or silent mode. When the strike mode is selected, the hammers and gongs will produce low notes on every hour and a high pitch notes on every quarter.Again my sincere thanks go out to Peter Chong for the excelle

Buying Guide: The Very Best Of The Many Faces Of The Tissot PRX
When launched just a couple of short years ago, the Tissot PRX pretty much became an overnight sensation. Its sleek design, robust mechanical movement and above all its very modest sticker price skyrocketed the PRX to become one of the best-selling watches not only for Tissot but in the whole industry for years. Pretty much everywhere you go, you seem to run into a PRX of some description. With a collection that’s maturing very nicely, and now even ventures into forged carbon, the PRX proves to be quite a versatile gem! But with such a wide and deep range on offer, what are the ones to look out for? Which of the models do we think are the very best of what is an overall very good collection in itself? The answer lies in this week’s Buying Guide, and let’s get straight into it!the basic oneThe simplest can sometimes be the best, so the PRX Powermatic 40mm in classical black remains one of the best in the collection. It was part of the inaugural series of mechanical PRX

Tissot Seastar 2000 Professional Powermatic 80 Dive Watch Hands-On
Accessible dive watches are anything but rare. There are dozens of options to choose from, with highly respectable models all around. Most of them are more or less built around the same specifications, with 40-42mm cases and 200 to 300m water-resistance. All in all, great summer or weekend watches for recreational diving. But what if you’re looking for a real professional deep diver, at an accessible price? In this instance, we’re looking at a much narrower selection of models. Except that Tissot, a brand known for making great watches at fair prices, has something new in this field. It’s ultra-robust, it’s a proper certified dive watch, it is equipped with everything you’d expect and more, and it is made from high-tech materials. Let’s have a closer look at the new Tissot Seastar 2000 Professional Powermatic 80.?Tissot has a solid reputation for making well-built watches, fully equipped and yet at competitive prices. Being part of the Swatch Group a

New editions for the Ulysse Nardin Dual Time Manufacture - Monochrome-Watches
Ulysse Nardin is a productive and innovative manufacture, able to create incredible watches such as the newly introduced Ulysse Nardin FreakLab or the Anchor Escapement. Both are however expensive watches totally?focused on R&D. On the other side of the range, there are watches that might show a (visually) simpler technical content but that are however also full of interest. One of them is the?Ulysse Nardin Dual Time Manufacture that was introduced last year at Baselworld and that comes with an in-house movement. This year, the collection is updated with two fresh editions.The?Ulysse Nardin Dual Time Manufacture was previously available in 4 editions – stainless steel case with silver dial,?stainless steel case with black dial (both also available on a metallic bracelet), 18k rose gold case with a silver dial and 18k rose gold case with a black dial. For 2015, we have 2 new editions. The first one is an ultra-classic and elegant 18k rose gold case with a warm ivory dial, some

First Look: The Vacheron Constantin Chinese Zodiac - Year of the Snake
Coinciding with Watches & Wonders Shanghai, Vacheron Constantin gets a head start on the 2025 Chinese New Year and releases two limited editions celebrating the Year of the Snake. An annual tradition now for the past 12 years, the brand's richly decorated Chinese Zodiac pieces not only pay homage to China's cultural traditions but highlight the commercial ties of Vacheron Constantin and China from the mid-19th century when lavishly engraved and enamelled jewellery watches were favoured among dignitaries of the Court. Created in Vacheron's Metiers d'Art atelier, the new models in platinum and pink gold cases showcase the brand's refined artisanal techniques, combining hand-engraving and enamelling to create a lifelike depiction of a cobra.The snake is the sixth animal in the Chinese Zodiac and will officially make its appearance on 29 January 2025. A symbol of wisdom associated with renewal and agility, the snake is a harbinger of luck and prosperity. Ad - Scroll to conti