World First - Introducing the Krayon Everywhere that can display Universal Sunrise and Sunset Indications - Monochrome Watches
World first - Krayon, a movement design engineering studio based in Neuchatel, unveils Everywhere, the first mechanical wristwatch to be able to calculate and display the sunrise and sunset times everywhere on the globe. Like many simple, good ideas this is easier said than done. We take a look at this highly impressive mechanical calculator, which also indicates time by hours, minutes and seconds.?Although quite rare, some watches indicate the sunrise and sunset times (for instance Audemars Piguet with the caliber 2120/2808). However these are usually calibrated according to a given place determined by the watch's owner. From a technical perspective, these are (relatively) simple. Cams designed in relation with the particular place rotate once a year and allow to display the changing sunrise and sunset times. Ad - Scroll to continue with article This was not go

Weekly Watch Photo - Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Minute Repeater 1833 - Monochrome Watches
Our own contributor Time2tic got some time with a magnificent Jaeger-LeCoultre and shot two gorgeous photos of one of the most desirable timepieces from from this brand: the Jaeger-Lecoultre Master Minute Repeater 1833 in rose gold, a limited edition of 175 pieces.One cannot forget a large rose gold watch on the wrist. The weight of the precious metal and its warmth are constant subtle reminders that the incredible watch is there, hiding under the sleeve of the shirt. This particular watch is both an amazing squeletton watch and a minute repeater, and there are only very few models from even fewer brands, which can compete. Ad - Scroll to continue with article If you add to this already pretty face a patented solution of welding the gongs of the minute repeater mechanism to the back of the sapphire glass you obtain one of the most innovative minute repeater of t

Hublot Big Bang Integral 42mm Integrated Bracelet // Introducing, Price
It is hard to overlook the current trend for sports watches with integrated bracelets… They are simply all over the place and in all price segments. Hublot, one of the main participants in the robust luxury sports watch, has been aware of this and already had such an option in its Classic Fusion watch. But, surprisingly, the Big Bang, the sportier, bolder version (a competitor to the RO Offshore) has never been offered on a bracelet… until now. Meet the new Hublot Big Bang Integral collection.While the Classic Fusion could be seen as an alternative to the thin and relatively restrained watches in the luxury sports watch category, the other main collection of Hublot, the Big Bang, is a more robust, even more contrasted version with a larger case, more combinations of materials, more angles, more skeletonization… More of everything, if you like. And while integrated metallic bracelets are everywhere these days, Hublot has been surprisingly quiet in this field. At least

Introducing: IWC Pilot Mark XX Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team
It’s only January, and yet the upcoming 2025 Formula One season is already in the starting blocks. We had the recent announcement of a new official timekeeper, and there are watch-related things to be expected on this side soon. But the first to kick off the F1 watch game this year is IWC, which presents a watch that unsurprisingly looks familiar. Indeed, while being a time-and-date watch, it relies on the same design cues as the Pilot's Watch Chronograph 41 Edition Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team. Except that now we’re looking at a titanium Mark XX version.?We’ve seen many AMG-themed watches in all the years that the team has been sponsored by IWC. Also, we have to count the dozens of special watches made with pilot Lewis Hamilton, even though this has come to an end, as he’ll soon be driving for Ferrari. But the watch we’re looking at today, just like the chronograph edition of 2022, is a bit special as it’s a so-called team watch and not a watch for

Pre Baselworld 2014: Introducing the Ulysse Nardin Perpetual Manufacture - Monochrome Watches
The Non-Plus-Ultra when it comes to perpetual calendars has always been the GMT +/- Perpetual from Ulysse Nardin, and developed by mastermind Ludwig Oechslin. It was the first perpetual calendar that allowed the time zones and date to be adjusted both forward and backward. While most other perpetual calendar watches had to be sent to the service center, when you adjusted the date wrongly, not so for the GMT +/- Perpetual from UN. After our pre-Baselworld introduction of the Dual-Time Manufacture (also with that nifty adjustment that goes forward and backwards) it’s time to present to you the new Perpetual Manufacture. The Perpetual Manufacture is a numbered and limited edition of 250 pieces in rose gold and 250 pieces in platinum, to launch GMT +/- Perpetual with the new in-house movement, caliber UN-32. This movement features a silicon escapement (anchor, escape wheel and roller) and hairspring, which means that the most fragile parts in the movement are not affected by magnetis