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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
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin Openworked 16204ST Review
1972-2022. Yes, Audemars Piguet‘s most emblematic watch, and one of the most iconic watches of the entire industry, the Royal Oak, is celebrating its 50th anniversary – even though, looking at the watch, it doesn’t reveal its age. As you’ve come to expect, the brand will be using this jubilee as the occasion to revamp some of the models, introduce new in-house movements, launch special editions, etc. Well, we’re talking about an entire 50-year collection. Following the replacement of the Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin, with the new 16202ST we presented here, the brand has also announced a new Extra-Thin Openworked. Following the tradition established for the 40th anniversary of this watch, it’s time to discover the new steel?Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin Openworked, a.k.a the 16204ST.?Openworked & Royal OakThe whole idea of an openworked movement on the Royal Oak is far from new. In fact, the Royal Oak collection has included more than 5
In-depth - The GMT Collection by Bell & Ross
Since its very creation, Bell & Ross has focused on military forces and, as its preferred theme, pilots. From the earliest days, when the watches were manufactured by Sinn to the present collections, pilots have been the central focus of the brand’s core collection. But “pilot” is a wide definition. The needs of a jet fighter officer aren’t the same as an airline captain or the needs of a frequent traveller. In this context, there’s one definitive function, the GMT complication, the one that helps you track time-zones. And Bell & Ross is no stranger to the GMT watch. Today, we’ll try to understand how it works by looking at three watches from the Paris-based brand.The days of military watches at Bell & Ross are far from over; however, the brand had to adapt to the real world and, without losing its origins of military-inspired and pilot’s watches, it started to offer watches for the urban gentleman. The pinnacle of this vision was l
Ulysse Nardin Marine Torpilleur Military now in Black or Bronze - Monochrome Watches
Back in 2017, Ulysse Nardin launched a new sub-collection, still inspired by the classic Marine Chronometer design, but with a more casual look and a more accessible price. This watch, the Marine Torpilleur, first came in a traditional style, with a white dial, Roman numerals and a power reserve indicator (faithful to 19th-century chronometers). In 2018, the brand turned this watch into something bolder, sportier and more field-oriented, with the cool-looking Marine Torpilleur Military. Today, two new limited editions join the ranks, one in Black DLC, one in bronze.The idea with the Marine Torpilleur was to offer the undeniable charm of the Marine Chronometer watches in a more contemporary-looking 42mm case (no more integrated lug module), with the typical dial layout of such watches and a more accessible price – in fact, positioning itself as the entry-level watch of the brand, even though it still featured a nice in-house movement. Altogether, this was a tasteful facelift to th
Parmigiani Fleurier Toric Tourbillon Slate (Specs & Price)
Benefiting from the digital version of Watches & Wonders 2020, Parmigiani Fleurier has just presented the Toric Tourbillon Slate with a flying tourbillon at 7 o'clock, framed by a beautifully decorated dial and case. A hybrid of sorts, the Toric Tourbillon Slate appropriates the shell of the Toric watch family but is powered by its in-house, ultra-slim automatic flying tourbillon with micro-rotor, first seen inside the Tonda 1950 Tourbillon five years ago. Let’s take a closer look at this new and elegant piece.Degrees of thinAlthough Parmigiani does not openly engage in the ongoing battle to produce the thinnest watches on the market today, it is a worthy contender in the line-up of ultra-thin flying tourbillons. The first appearance of Parmigiani's Automatic Flying Tourbillon was in 2015 inside an elegant 1950 Tonda case. This particular Tonda model took home the title of the thinnest automatic flying tourbillon with micro-rotor' powered by a movement just 3.4mm thick. The n
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