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VIDEO - The Brand New CODE 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Fully Explained (SIHH 2019)
Here it is, the big (and clearly unexpected) one for the SIHH 2019. Audemars Piguet won’t only be presenting Royal Oaks and Royal Oak Offshores because there’s an entirely new collection launching at the SIHH 2019. Classic but contemporary, clean but full of superb details, modern but still infused with traditional watchmaking… Here is the CODE 11.59 by Audemars Piguet – and our exclusive video with CEO Fran?ois-Henry Bennahmias to give you all the details, including the long-awaited, in-house, integrated automatic chronograph!While yesterday we provided you with all the details about the new CODE 11.59 by Audemars Piguet in a dedicated, in-depth, hands-on article on MONOCHROME, we thought that such a crucial launch deserved some words from the CEO of Audemars Piguet. This is why we’ve invited?Fran?ois-Henry Bennahmias to talk to us, on video, about all the details of the CODE 11.59 by Audemars Piguet – including its genesis and its raison d’¨ºt
Hands-On Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin
The epitome of technical complexity and restrained elegance, the?Vacheron Constantin?Patrimony Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin was first presented in 2011. Appearing with a blue dial (2019) and a slate grey dial (2017), the most classical interpretation is the present pink gold model with a silvery opaline dial. Retaining the essential styling of the Patrimony collection that references VC’s minimalist 1950s watch designs, the watch is equipped with the legendary ultra-thin automatic calibre 1120 QP. Let’s have a closer look at this supremely elegant model.Vacheron Constantin produced its first perpetual calendar in 1884 (inventory no. 10155), a double-sided gold pocket watch that automatically recognised months with 28, 29, 30 or 31 days. The main dial indicated the time, while the hinged caseback opened to reveal four elegant counters with phases and age of the moon, the day of the week, months and leap year indicator and the date. By 1905, Vacheron had upped the complexity
Industry News: Breitling Acquires Historic Brand Universal Geneve
Despite being barely existent anymore or now a memory from the past, some brands continue to live within the collecting community, benefitting from a certain aura. One of these brands is Universal Geneve, a once-prominent manufacturer known for its innovative designs (the Polerouter or the Tri-Compax, to name a few) and technically advanced movements (the famed micro-rotor). With the quartz crisis, Universal Geneve became the shadow of itself, still producing watches as the subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based investment firm. These days are over, as UG comes back into Swiss hands after Breitling and its main shareholder Partners Group have announced its acquisition of Universal Gene?ve, a move that “promises to restore the prestige of a hallowed name in the world of luxury timepieces,” according to the brand.Founded in 1894, Universal Geneve grew to become one of the top Swiss watchmakers, providing watch enthusiasts with models such as the Tri-Compax, the Aero-Compax, dozens o
Breguet Marine 5517 Bucherer Blue Editions (Specs & Price)
Through its Blue Editions, retail powerhouse Bucherer offers watch enthusiasts a collection of watches exclusive to its stores and focused on the attention to details. Based on existing models, all modified to make them unique and all featuring the signature blue colour of the retailer, the collection keeps growing year after year, with some of the most prestigious watch brands participating. Today, it’s time for the Swiss family business to unveil its latest collaboration, a beautifully executed?Breguet Marine 5517 Bucherer Blue Editions.The new model in the “Bucherer Blue Editions” collection is a collaboration with high-end watchmaker Breguet. Following watches made together with IWC, Blancpain, H. Moser & Cie. and many more, this is the first time these two companies team up to create a special edition watch. Using as a base the time-and-date version of the recently redesigned Breguet Marine,Bucherer not only adds its blue touch but also modifies many aspects
Hands-on with the new Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Extreme LAB 2 - Photos, Specs and Price - Monochrome Watches
Jaeger-LeCoultre introduced the original Master Compressor Extreme LAB 2 five years ago, during the SIHH 2010. Shortly after this year’s SIHH (Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie) they introduced a slightly redesigned version with blue hints. It is still one of the most technical sports chronographs on the market and it leaves many of the ‘design’ sports chronographs far behind, when it comes to robustness, functionality and practical use. Today we go hands-on with the new?Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Compressor Extreme LAB 2, a proper sports chronograph.What do you expect from a chronograph? That it measures elapsed time? Let’s ask the similar question for dive watches? Do you expect it to sport an abundance of technical features, or will you settle for a uni-directional rotating bezel and the correct depth rating of say 300 meters? When it comes to dive watches it seems that there’s so much more available than just the 300m depth rating and a uni-direc
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