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Louis Moinet unveils the World's First Chronograph dating back to 1816 - Monochrome Watches
Until now the earliest patent for a chronograph dates back to 1844, and was filed by Adolphe Nicole. Another watchmaker, named?Nicolas Rieussec, name barer of the Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec collection, created his chronograph for the French king in 1821.?Louis Moinet now claims that their ancestor, Louis Moinet?(1768 - 1853), created the first chronograph ever! And more over it had a beat rate of?216,000 vibrations per hour or 30 Hertz, meaning it could measure as precise as 1/60th of a second!! Seriously, think about it, normal (modern) mechanical watches have a beat rate of 18,000 vph up to 36,000 vph. Ad - Scroll to continue with article To put things even more in perspective, it wasn’t until 1916, exactly one century later, that Heuer created a chronograph reaching a frequency of 360,000 vibrations per hour.The movement?bears four hallmarks testifying
Hautlence Vortex Bronze - Extreme High-End goes Bronze as well - Live Photos, Specs and Price - Monochrome Watches
Over the last five years the use of bronze as material for watches has become quite a popular thing, and although not necessarily a commonplace, we see more bronze watches today than ever before. Bronze has found its way into almost every price segment; however it’s mainly used for?sports watches. Hautlence thinks otherwise, and actually, we wouldn’t expect anything else from them! The brand that makes a point of ‘crossing the line’ now comes with their most complex timepiece in a bronze case, and it looks just brilliant! Here’s the Hautlence Vortex Bronze.?The use of bronze…Bronze has gained in popularity since the introduction of the Panerai Bronzo PAM382, back in 2011. This wasn’t the first watch in bronze; however it was the one that ignited the interest from collectors, and subsequently that from other?brands. Before Panerai came with the much-famed Bronzo, there was the Gerald Genta Gefica (Gefica Chronographe in 1995) and later, in 2008,
5 Cool Finds - Two Ultra-Thin watches from JLC and Piaget, Two desirable Omega watches and a super-cool Compass IWC - Monochrome Watches
To follow up with the series we started a month ago, with our Cool Finds article, we continue this week with the fifth instalment of our market finds, in collaboration with auctioneer Catawiki. By now, you already know the story. Uber cool watches that deserve our (and your) interest. This week we have two ultra-thin dress watches from Jaeger LeCoultre and – of course – Piaget and two great Omega's, a cool old school everyday watch par excellence and perhaps the perfect sports watch; A diver chronograph. Last but not least we also think that you might like our IWC cause it has a compass. Yes a compass! IWC Porsche Design Compass watch Reference 3510The IWC we are about to show you today is one of the coolest wristwatches around, but not because of some intricate complication in its movement. It is unique due to its functional design and to its double nature. Quite simply, this tool wristwatch has a compass, a useful function to always find your position in the urban jungle.
Event Recap: An Exclusive Evening with the Montblanc SIHH 2016 Novelties and 3 Favourites - Monochrome Watches
Recently we co-hosted an evening together with Montblanc, and our readers got to see, touch, and try on the wrist, the latest SIHH 2016 Montblanc timepieces. The Montblanc Black & White Week event, as it is dubbed, was held in the esteemed hotel New York, in Rotterdam, Netherlands. A century ago, this was the place where passengers embarked on a journey to the new world, in an era when many people, often?complete families, were about to start a new life on the other side of the ocean.?The ‘turn-of-the century” atmosphere?was the setting for the Black & White Week event, and the presentation of Montblanc’s 4810 collection. Montblanc asked me to highlight three timepieces in presentation; one ideal first watch, one typical collector’s piece and one high-end complication. Here’s an event recap and my three recommendations, however first a quick overview…?The Annual Watch FairsTo some extend you could compare the watch industry, or at least the i
Introducing the Autumn 2014 collection by JeanRichard - Monochrome-Watches
For those who are not already aware, JeanRichard is the ‘affordable proposition’ of the Kering Group, meaning the luxury group that owns the impressive Girard-Perregaux, the jeweler Boucheron and, since a few weeks, Ulysse Nardin. With a collection focussed on sports watches with?a strong and distinctive design, the brand is growing in the heart of collectors and known for its interesting value for money ratio. For this end of summer, JeanRichard is introducing a new collection, inspired by the warm and natural colours of autumn.The JeanRichard 1681 Chestnut Brown PVDThe 1681 is JeanRichard’s?finest proposition. It comes with an interesting in-house calibre developed inside the manufacture Sowind, in the same plant where the movements of Girard-Perregaux?are produced. It is however an exclusive engine that is used only by JeanRichard. The Calibre JR1000 is a modern self-winding movement that ticks at 4hz (28.800vph) and that boasts 48 hours of power reserve. It may be