A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1 - REVIEW with exclusive photos, history, price and specs - Monochrome Watches
There are only a few real icons in the world of Haute Horlogerie. Think Patek Philippe Calatrava, Submariner, Datejust and Daytona, Cartier Tank, Omega Speedmaster and also?the Breitling Navitimer. All these watches have an impressive history and have been on the market – in a relatively unchanged design – for many decades. Here’s another one that can easily be called an icon, although it was introduced only 20 years ago! We’re talking about the A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1.?History of the A. Lange & Sohne Lange 1Tomorrow exactly 20 years ago – 24 October 1994 – the new German watch brand named A. Lange & Sohne, introduced their very first collections of watches. That was just four years after Ferdinand A. Lange's great-grandson, Walter Lange, together with?Gunter Blumlein (at the time the managing director of IWC and Jaeger-LeCoultre) wanted to relaunch the brand, shortly after the reunification of Germany. Lange Uhren GmbH?was founded on

First Look: The Piaget Andy Warhol Clou de Paris Watch, Now Officially Uniting Two Icons
Thanks to a licensed collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Piaget has been permitted to rename its cult 1970s Black Tie dress watch, which is now officially “the Andy Warhol watch”. Celebrating this meaningful association with the undisputed King of Pop Art and long-time watch collector and friend of the brand, Piaget introduces the Andy Warhol Clou de Paris watch. Replacing the hallmark gadroons of the 1972 Black Tie with a refined Clou de Paris guilloche motif, the Piaget Andy Warhol marks a new chapter in the fascinating saga of this watch.Piaget and WarholAndy Warhol (1928-1987) was a leading exponent of Pop Art and one of the most important 20th-century artists. Obsessed with the relationship between celebrity culture, advertising and art, his portrayal of iconic American symbols materialised in the 1960s with his Campbell's soup cans, Coca-Cola bottles and silkscreens of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis Presley.Andy Warhol prepar

Watches and Espresso - Monochrome Watches
Last year Robert-Jan from Fratellowatches and Gerard from Horlogeplatform Nederland initiated an informal meeting of local watch enthousiasts. The idea was to make the Watches and Espresso meeting into a returning event in different locations in the neighborhood. Recently we met at a place near the sea, where it was very quiet due to the lousy weather. 8 Fellow watch enthousiasts joined to talk about watches, admire newly aquired watches and discuss the watch industry.TableshotOne of the things has become a returning topic is the size of watches and specifically the very large sized watches. I think most of us think that the BIG hype has gone far enough and it’s time to return to smaller sized watches.Personally i think large watch can be nice, but only for watches with a history of being big. Like the Panerai Luminor Marina and Radiomir models which have always been 45mm or 47mm large, which made sense for the purpuse they where designed for. Also the IWC Big Pilot has large anc

Panerai Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Automatic Oro Rosso 42mm PAM00684 - SIHH 2017 (Review / Price)
Panerai watches are great. They look super-cool, they have that unique aura of a robust and vintage dive watch mixed with that Italian je-ne-sais-quoi.?They are icons of watchmaking. Still, there might?be one issue with these watches. Most?are sized for?lumberjacks’ wrists. If the 45mm or 47mm diameters participate to the look (and they are actually easier to wear than what you can expect), a smaller size could be welcome. That’s what happened with the Panerai Luminor Due, the smaller, slimmer and dressier versions of the icon. But what if you want the sporty look? Well, for the SIHH 2017, the answer came in the name of?the?Panerai Luminor Submersible 1950 3 Days Automatic Oro Rosso 42mm PAM00684, the small & gold Luminor Submersible that rocks.To some, this watch will be an almost no-sense. Admittedly, it is full of contradictions. It is supposed to be a Luminor Submersible but?it’s small (relatively speaking, because it is 42mm). It is supposed to be a tool watc

Tudor Heritage Black Bay 36 Ref. 79500 - Review with Specs & Price
I must admit that, when the Tudor Heritage Black Bay 36 Ref. 79500 was introduced at Baselworld 2016, I was quite indifferent towards it. Instead my attention?was focused on?all the other Black Bay's, the black, the total black and the bronze. These I said to myself were proper watches, bold, and greatly executed. The 36mm meanwhile was a watch I just could not understand. However, when I finally had the chance to strap it on my wrist for a few?days, in order to write this review, I started to realize how much it reminded me of?that famous line?from the great F. A. Porsche: A formally harmonious product needs no decoration, it should be elevated through pure form. Thus my attitude began to?completely change. This watch has something special, read our?review of the Black Bay 36 to discover exactly what it is.The Tudor Heritage Black Bay 36 Ref. 79500The basic idea of this model is to sit below the now standard 41mm Black Bay and the not-so-standard 43mm-bronze, which are basically retro