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A.Lange & Sohne Tourbograph Perpetual Pour le Merite - SIHH 2017 (Price)
Here we go. Monday 16th January 2017, 9am Geneva time. The SIHH 2017 is officially opened and what could be?better than this?A. Lange & Sohne Tourbograph Perpetual Pour le Merite to sound the start of the show. In short, this watch is simply mega. If you have been?into watches for already a few years, you might be aware of the 2005?A. Lange & Sohne Tourbograph Pour le Merite, an impressive watch combining a tourbillon, a split-seconds chronograph and a fusee-and-chain transmission. Add to that a perpetual calendar and you’ll have one of the most impressive watches ever created by the Saxon Manufacture (after the Grande Complication), which is the brand’s highlight for his year. Here is the?A. Lange & Sohne Tourbograph Perpetual Pour le Merite.BackgroundThe original,?2005 A. Lange & Sohne Tourbograph Pour le Merite Ad - Scroll to continue with article
Weekly Watch Photo - Hautlence HL05 - Monochrome Watches
When it comes to extremely beautiful photos of beautiful watches, it is like with almost everything else in the world. Someone started, another person liked the idea and started doing something similar and slowly more and more starting doing the same. Not exactly the same of course and that’s a good thing, because every photographer – professional or talented amateur – has his/her own style. When I think back I can only think of two persons who frequently amazed watch enthusiast with their brilliant photos, online that is!I can actually only think of two who shared their brilliant photos online and they were actually the first to start something that we’ve grown accustomed to. Now-a-days we’re treated with the visual watch candy shot by star photographers – like Guy Lucas de Peslouan, Ming Thein and Mike Melia – and others like Watch Anish or extremely talented amateurs like Edwin Heusinkveld, Marcus Behnke, Gary Getz and others. These two pers
SIHH 2017 - Ulysse Nardin Marine Tourbillon Grand Feu Enamel (Price)
The marine world has been an integral part of Ulysse Nardin's history since 1846, when a young watchmaker named Ulysse Nardin created the first, highly-coveted marine deck chronometers. These precision navigational instruments – once prized by mariners and navies the world over – are?nowadays still the main source of inspiration for the Ulysse Nardin Marine Collection, arguably the best?know range of watches from?this oh so desirable manufacture. At SIHH 2017 we?welcome the Marine Tourbillon Grand Feu, a stunning new timepiece featuring a sleek, elegant and classical design coupled with?a brand new movement.The new?Ulysse Nardin Marine Tourbillon Grand Feu Enamel embodies all the traditional codes of the Marine Collection and of the antique Marine Chronometer that earned?the brand its reputation. It features the classical, elegant and legible Marine dial, with large diameter, clear background, long Roman numerals. and?has the traditional display with two sub-registers at 12
Introducing: The Maurice Lacroix Aikon Titanium Collection
Maurice Lacroix entered the heavily contested luxury sports watch market quite some time ago, with the introduction of a mechanical Aikon back in 2018 already. Since then, it’s come in many colours and materials, and in different styles. From robust divers to chronographs, and from colourful summer watches to creatively complex renditions, it’s pretty much all been done. However, following consumer feedback, Maurice Lacroix is now expanding the range once more with lightweight models in both the Aikon Automatic 42 and Aikon Automatic Chronograph lines. Surprisingly, it uses titanium in both grade 2 and grade 5!Aikon Automatic 42 TitaniumLoosely based on the Calypso from the 1990s, the Aikon comes in a shaped case with a fixed bezel and six signature claws. Several sizes and materials have been introduced in the past, but Maurice Lacroix opted for the Automatic 42 (for 42mm) to debut a sleek titanium exterior, alongside the Automatic Chronograph which we’ll get to in a
Introducing The Redesigned Maurice Lacroix Pontos S Diver Collection
Over the past few years, Maurice Lacroix has been busy promoting its Aikon collection, the brand’s accessibly priced, game-changing luxury sports watch. Yet, Maurice Lacroix has also recently highlighted another important pillar of its collection, the more classic and versatile Pontos line. The brand now revisits its Pontos S Diver, a watch originally released in 2013. The new take on this compressor-style dive watch was released during an event in Dubrovnik in the presence of Lidija Lijic, a world-champion freediver who the brand consulted during the development phase.?The Maurice Lacroix Pontos S Diver is a modern take on the 1970s compressor-style dive watch with a twist. This type of case was made by Ervin Piquerez SA and featured two crowns; one to wind the movement and set the time (and date, if any) and the other to operate the internal rotating bezel. This unique look was used across many brands, for example, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Longines, Hamilton or Bulova. In this instanc