A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 and Saxonia Collections with Blue Dials (Specs, Availability & Price)
Blue dials have been one of the major trends of the watch industry for the past 2 to 3 years. As we’ve often saad: “blue is the new black“. Yet, the exercise isn’t that simple. Blue is a complex colour and, while some watches with blue dials were noticeable, many others failed to nail the right dosage of enthusiasm.?A. Lange & Sohne, a brand known not to follow the trends, took its time to jump on the moving train, yet it now comes with such coloured dials on 4 emblematic watches: the Lange 1, the Lange 1 Daymatic, the Saxonia and the Saxonia Automatic – but beware, these won’t be available in large numbers, neither for a long period.At first, you might think that the addition of blue dials to the?A. Lange & Sohne collection is a real novelty. You might think, in a quite justified way, that blue dials are extremely rare at Lange, and indeed, the current collection doesn’t comprise a single blue dial watch. There are dozens of silvery-wh

Hamilton Chrono-Matic 50 Auto Chrono - Introducing, Specs & Price
It seems that Hamilton is on fire, with multiple well-received, vintage-inspired releases, such as the Khaki Pilot Pioneer, the Khaki Field Mechanical or the Intra-Matic. As we’re still in 2019 and still celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Chrono-Matic/Calibre 11 movement, the brand introduces another watch modelled on a glorious watch – and this time, it won’t be for the faint-hearted. Meet the new Hamilton Chrono-Matic 50 Auto Chrono “Count-down”.A reissue of the Count-down GMT Chrono-MaticAfter reissuing the Hacked, the H-10 and the Chrono-Matic, ex-American, now Swiss brand Hamilton looks at another of its glorious models, the base for today’s revival watch: the Chronograph-E or Count-down GMT Chrono-Matic. Together with Heuer, Buren and Breitling, helped by Dubois-Depraz, Hamilton was one of the first manufacturers to present an automatic chronograph, a movement named Chrono-Matic or Calibre 11 depending on the brand. This movement is charac

Montblanc Heritage Manufacture Pulsograph Rose Gold Brown Dial // Review
If chronographs are a hot complication today, chronographs in a vintage package are even hotter, and if they happen to be fitted with a classic Minerva movement, we're talking coveted collector's piece here. Despite the cancellation of all the major watch fairs, we were able to spend some time and take photographs of the latest Montblanc Heritage Manufacture Pulsograph model, a limited edition of 100 pieces in rose gold with an evocative tobacco-brown gradient dial. So please, make yourself comfortable in that leather wingback chair by the fireplace, help yourself to a snifter and get ready to be seduced…From pens to watchesMontblanc, the famous German manufacturer with a French name, has been making high-end writing instruments (fountain pens) since 1906. Since its introduction in 1924, Montblanc's Mesiterstuck has been the star' of the fountain pen show and was famously documented in a photograph of John F. Kennedy lending his German-made Meisterstuck 149 to Konrad Adenauer, th

DOXA Sub 300 Carbon Professional - Dive Watch Review (Specs & Price)
In the world of dive watches, you would be hard-pressed to find a brand with more history or pedigree than DOXA. From the 1930s all the way to the quartz crisis in the 1980s, they built a brand around a singular focus on the purpose-built tool watch, attracting the attention of both the superstars of the dive world and the everyday hobbyists alike. On the wrists of real-life explorers like Jacques Cousteau and his team, and even fictional heroes like Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt, Doxa has become synonymous with diving. We are going beneath the waves, to some reefs in the Florida Keys with the latest release in the iconic Sub 300 line, the Sub 300 Carbon, to see how it lives up to this long and storied history. Read on.DOXA was founded in 1889 in the heart of one of Switzerland's major watchmaking areas, the Canton of Neuchatel, by Georges Ducommun of Le Locle. At the age of 12, Ducommun became an apprentice to a watch manufacturer, specializing in casing-up movements. After eight years of

Interview - CCO Laurent Perves on Vacheron Tribute to Great Civilisations
Once again, Vacheron Constantin has demonstrated its mastery of artisanal crafts with its Metiers d’Art Tribute to great civilisations, a dazzling collaboration with the Louvre. This quartet of limited-edition watches is inspired by emblematic masterpieces conserved in the Louvre, each representative of four great civilisations: the Persian Empire under Darius the Great; Egypt of the pharaohs from the time of the Middle Kingdom; the Hellenistic period in Greece; and the birth of the Roman Empire with the advent of Augustus. We sat down with Laurent Perves, Chief Commercial Officer of Vacheron Constantin, during the official presentation of the watches.Xavier Markl, MONOCHROME – Why is this partnership with the Louvre so relevant? Ad - Scroll to continue with article Laurent Perves, CCO of Vacheron Constantin – This partnership with the Louvre i