A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Boutique Edition with Grey Dial - The Perfect Dress Watch... But More Exclusive (live pics, specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
You love excellence. Excellence in work and excellence in life. But you do not like showing off. It is something that shows in your career, your lifestyle, your clothing, and your watches and jewelry. When you buy a watch, it has to be perfect. And it has to be understated. You are somewhat puzzled about what to buy next. You are looking for something that you can wear with other black or blue clothing. If you recognize yourself, take a look at the A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Boutique Edition, with its pink gold case, combined to a stunning grey dial. If you want to know more about the watch and our view, continue reading!In October 2015, we shared with you the announcement of the A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Boutique Edition grey dial that is sold exclusively in the boutiques of A. Lange & Sohne.?We recently received the watch for a more in-depth review. Our views are shared with you in this article.Let us start with our conclusion: we love it! It's as simple as that. The combina

Union Glashutte 1893 Johannes Durrstein Edition Power Reserve
The Glashutte region in South-East Germany is home to many very interesting watch manufacturers, ranging from relatively affordable to proper high-end stuff. The region is famous for a very distinct style of watchmaking, which radiates through pretty much any brand currently in operation. Clean, legible, nicely finished and often with clever and practical complications, it seems Germans simply do things differently. A brand we never covered before, for no apparent reason by the way, is Union Glashutte. With designs that tie in with the region’s aesthetical codes, Union Glashutte produces solely mechanical watches under the Swatch Group umbrella. But, as we’re about to see through the Union Glashutte 1893 Johannes Durrstein Edition Power Reserve, there’s plenty to say about this brand.The history of Union Glashutte goes back a century and a half and is intertwined with several other high-end watchmaking companies from the Glashutte region. The story starts in 1874 when

Calibre 11 - History of an Iconic Movement (And Its Evolution) - In-Depth
1969 was a revolutionary year for watchmaking with the advent of the automatic chronograph with three distinct projects presented almost simultaneously. Fifty years down the line, Zenith has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the El Primero with great fanfare, Seiko commemorates 50 years of automatic chronographs, and TAG Heuer pays tribute to its 50-year icon, the Monaco. It is now time for Dubois-Depraz to pay tribute to a movement that powered some of the most iconic sports chronographs: the Calibre 11 or Chronomatic.?The first wrist chronographs appeared in the early 20th century but these were powered with hand-wound movements for years. In the 1960s, watchmakers embarked on a genuine race to develop the first self-winding chronograph. Three parties started to develop their own projects, each with its own merits and its own technical vision. Zenith with the code-named 3019 PHC calibre, better known as the El Primero - The development of t

Chopard presents the superbly elegant L.U.C. Strike One - Hands-On
The Chopard L.U.C. saga goes back to 1996 when CEO Karl-Friedrich Scheuffele decided it was time to return to the realms of Haute Horlogerie. Named after the firm's founder, Louis Ulysse Chopard, it was to be the start of a continuous devotion to the finest watchmaking imaginable, marked by the inaugural L.U.C. XPS 1860 in 1997. After a decade of high-end watchmaking, the celebratory L.U.C. Strike One was presented, the brand’s first-ever venture into the world of repeater mechanisms. Fast forward to today, the new Chopard L.U.C. Strike One combines several of the best elements developed under the L.U.C. label, including the patented monobloc sapphire crystal/gong chiming technology.As said, Chopard celebrated the 10th anniversary of its manufacture with the L.U.C. Strike One, the brand's first-ever striking watch. This featured the in-house manufactured Calibre 96.14-L with a striking mechanism visible from the front and on/off pusher at 10 o'clock. This very watch serves as the

First Look: The Hublot Big Bang 20th Anniversary editions
In the beginning, there was a Big Bang! According to scientists, the Big Bang Theory explains the universe’s origin: a hot dense point that rapidly expanded and stretched over 13.7 billion years ago. No doubt inspired by the impact of the name and its projected expansion over time, Hublot unveiled its Big Bang Chronograph 20 years ago. When it erupted on the scene in 2005, it was the paragon of a loud, oversized, high-testosterone watch bristling with an audacious design and an unusual fusion of materials. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Hublot revisits milestones in the collection's history with five models designed to evoke the style and materials associated with the earliest Big Bangs, fusing elements from its brother, the Big Bang Unico.The Big Bang has an even more remote origin in founder Carlo Crocco's Classic Fusion model of 1980, with its porthole-inspired bezel and unprecedented fusion of gold with a rubber strap. However, it took the marketing genius and larger-than-