Introducing: The Surprising New 34mm Diameter of the A. Lange & Sohne 1815
The name of A. Lange & Sohne‘s 1815 watch family refers to the year Ferdinand Adolph Lange was born, the founder of precision watchmaking in Glashutte, Germany. Inspired by F.A. Lange's pocket watches, all 1815 models are hand-wound and feature classical details like the peripheral railway-track minutes scale. One of the most traditional, understated yet refined references is the 1815 time-only model. Today, the brand unveils a surprisingly small 34mm edition of the 1815, making it the most compact version of the 1815 in its 30-year history. While the diameter has been reduced, the new movement has a robust power reserve.While the 1815 has popped up in different metals and different coloured dials since its debut in 1995, the case size fluctuated from its original 36mm to 40mm in 2009 and settled down to a mid-sized case of 38.5mm diameter in 2014. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

The Collector's Series - Lukasz Doskocz Omega Speedy Tuesday Ultraman
I've known ?ukasz (@lukaszdoskocz on Instagram) for many years, and he is what you can call a friend. He's also a true watch buddy, passionate, opinionated too, and a very cool man with whom I have shared a beer (or more) on many occasions after a long, exhausting day running around Baselworld (writing this makes me think how much I miss those days) Aged 37, ?ukasz is Editor in Chief at CH24.PL in Warsaw, Poland, and he knows his watches. Today, following a look at his Tudor Heritage Chrono some years ago, he's adding his Omega Speedmaster “Speedy Tuesday Ultraman” to our ever-growing collection of personal reports in this instalment of the Collector's Series.Frank Geelen, MONOCHROME – Do you remember your first encounter with Omega?? Ad - Scroll to continue with article ?ukasz Doskocz: It must have been a long time ago, quite some time before

Swatch Group Reports Sales Up For 2022 At Correct Levels
Following a couple of years drastically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the luxury industry in general and the watch industry, in particular, have been on the rise again since the end of 2021. According to consulting company Bain & Co, sales of luxury goods are anticipated to grow by over 20% in 2022, and the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry has just reported record exports of Swiss watches for 2022. It is now time for Swatch Group, one of the main actors in the industry, to release its key figures for 2022. As expected, sales are up overall, combined with a comfortable profit. However, some figures should be nuanced.?Overall, Swatch Group – which comprises brands such as Omega, Longines, Swatch, Tissot, Hamilton, Blancpain, Breguet and more – has recorded net sales of Swiss francs/CHF 7,499 million, an increase of 4.6% compared to the previous year – which has to be compared to the numbers of the FHS, reporting exports of Swiss watches up by 11.4% over t

In-Depth - Inside Rado and ComaDur, Discovering Mastery of Materials
Rado has long been associated with ceramic watches, even before it became a staple material for bezel inserts for instance. The brand pioneered the use of highly scratch-resistant material more than 30 years ago, but Rado's dedication to the craft goes back even further than that. Labelling itself as The Master of Materials, we recently had the chance to go in-depth at one of Rado's production facilities and discover just what goes into producing high-tech ceramic watches. And honestly, it was nothing like we expected. Ad - Scroll to continue with article There are basically two sides to this story, yet both are intertwined in the watches produced by Rado. On one hand, we have Rado's history in making highly scratch-resistant watches with an eye for groundbreaking design and technology and on the other a story of ComaDur, the supplier of the ceramic components t

Jaeger LeCoultre Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea - Monochrome Watches
Jaeger LeCoultre releases another re-issue and might I say, again a very nice one! Two new limited edition?models Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea look they will sell out fast. Recently Jaeger LeCoultre released the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin as tribute to the very first Reverso. Two years ago they already released the Memovox Tribute to Polaris 1965 and the Memovox Tribute to Polaris 1968, also two very desirable super-compressor style watches! And lets not forget the Memovox International that was released last year.And now a tribute to the Deep Sea, a vintage Jaeger LeCoultre dive watch from 1959. There are two new Memovox Tribute to Deep Sea models, one for the European Market and one for the American market. Ad - Scroll to continue with article The Memovox tribute to Deep Sea is issued in two limited series: the Jaeger- LeCoultre Classique 1959 intended for the E