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Buying Guide - The Best Dress Watches of 2017 - Part 2
With the holiday season approaching, it's time for us to make our wish lists We already started with a selection of the dress watches introduced in 2017 - part 1, with a focus on watches under CHF / EUR 20,000. Now we move up, with a selection of 6 of the best dress watches, for those with larger pockets.Grand Seiko SBGW252To celebrate the fact that Grand Seiko was becoming a brand in its own right (and not just one collection), the Japanese manufacturer has released three limited editions inspired from the very first Grand Seiko (in steel, yellow gold and platinum). An exquisite, superbly detailed watch with great pedigree - and that yellow gold version really is classy Ad - Scroll to continue with article Quick facts: 38 mm yellow gold case - hand-wound movement calibre 9S64 with hours, minutes and seconds. Alligator leather strap with pin buckle - EUR 21,700
2021 Code 11.59 Audemars Piguet Smoked Blue Dial & White Gold
Audemars Piguet has learned a lesson or two since the launch of Code 11.59 in 2019 and repeats the success story of its 2020 models with gorgeous smoked dials. Although the smoked blue dials appeared in 2020 inside pink gold cases, this is the first time this smoked blue sunburst lacquered dial is married to a white gold case. Available in automatic time-and-date and chronograph versions with identical tech specs to former editions, the combination of white gold and intense gradient blue is gorgeous.?BackgroundAudemars Piguet has a history of provoking extreme reactions, starting with the 1972 Royal Oak, continuing with the high-testosterone 1993 Royal Oak Offshore and then in 2019, Code 11.59. However, once the dust had settled and aficionados had time to digest the novel proposal of the Royal Oak and its beefy brother, the ROO, the models would soon become some of the most coveted watches on the market. Having basically relied on the Royal Oak - and its offshoots – as its leadi
First Look: Three New Editions of the Sporty Bulgari Aluminium
The launch of the Bulgari Aluminio in 1998 flew in the face of conventional watchmaking with its unusual combination of black rubber and lightweight aluminium. With its graphic solid black and off-white livery, the Aluminio soared in popularity as an attractive, entry-level sports watch with a slick Italian soul. Marking its much-anticipated comeback in 2020, Bulgari released the Aluminium with automatic movements, an increased water-resistance of 100 metres and the signature black and off-white colour scheme that has made this watch so recognisable and popular. Today, Bulgari plays with the colour palette of the Aluminium with three equally eye-catching, unisex versions of its GMT, time-and-date and chronograph models.While the combination of rubber and aluminium might not strike us as being particularly vanguard today, back in 1998, this mix was unconventional. Admittedly, Hublot's Italian founder Carlo Crocco shocked Baselworld in 1980 with his gold watch and black rubber strap, but
Interview - Patrick Graf, Bucherer's Chief Commercial Officer, on Certified Pre-Owned and Bucherer BLUE
Founded in 1888, Bucherer is one of the oldest houses specializing in watches and jewellery. The world's largest retailer continues its expansion strategy. Following the acquisition of The Watch Gallery, Tourneau and Baron and Leeds, Bucherer launches its “Certified Pre-Owned” (CPO) program. On the occasion of the opening of their dedicated space at the Bucherer Gallery in Geneva, we were able to chat with their Chief Commercial Officer Patrick Graf about this ambitious program as well as other key strategic moves.CPO is the next big thing in the watch industry Why did Bucherer decide to enter this market?With the acquisition of Tourneau, we got a foot into the Certified Pre-Owned business. At that point, we became one of the most important CPO players in the USA. We had CPO on our radar, and somehow it is a bit surprising that the industry took so long, from a retail perspective, to pay more attention to the Certified Pre-Owned business. Specifically, if you compare it to
Hands-on with the Montblanc Meisterstuck Heritage Pulsograph with Minerva Monopusher Chronograph - Monochrome Watches
Before and during the SIHH 2014, in January of this year, we showed you most of the new Montblanc timepieces. We owe you some good hands-on reports about the new pieces, especially of the Meisterstuck Heritage collection. During the SIHH we sat down with Ben Clymer, founder and executive editor from Hodinkee, to discuss the new Meisterstuck Heritage collection and today we’re going to review his (and our) favourite, the Meisterstuck Heritage Pulsograph. If we have to choose a favourite, it is most definitely the Heritage Pulsograph. Simply because it offers a hand-made, fully hand-finished, absolutely stunning movement, for an extremely competitive price. In that perspective it perfectly fits in the Meisterstuck Heritage collection, as the price level of all timepieces in this collection is almost shockingly competitive. And that’s something that most have surprised not only you and us, but also the competition. One thing became immediately clear, when we handled the new ti
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