Buying Guide - Six Of The Best Tourbillon Watches Of 2022 So Far
There's been no shortage of truly spectacular watches this year, but I doubt we have seen the end of it. Companies spread out releases across the entire 12 months, so who knows what splendour could be lurking on the horizon. Going through some of the novelties presented in 2022, we grouped together six stunning watches all fitted with a tourbillon escapement. While it may not be the only complication in each one, there's just something so very soothing about that distinct whirlwind motion.Chopard L.U.C. Full Strike TourbillonIn the past few years, Chopard has shown an unprecedented advance in the field of striking mechanisms. The award-winning Full Strike concept, where the sapphire crystal on top is an integral, monobloc component with sapphire gongs, was like nothing anybody had ever seen before. The result is a crisper, stronger sound that travels outside of the case further thanks to the monobloc construction. The new Chopard L.U.C. Full Strike Tourbillon introduced during Watches

Hands-On - Norqain Independence 20 Kenissi Manufacture Movement
Norqain is a young watch brand, and even though it launched only 2 years ago, it is already well-established and has built a comprehensive collection of sports/adventure watches. Well-executed and nicely designed models are proposed, all powered by mechanical movements (until now supplied by Sellita). Today, the brand moves one step further in its quest for independence, with a new watch suitably named Independence 20, and featuring for the first time a manufacture movement by Kenissi.This new era for Norqain doesn’t come as a surprise, since we already announced in early 2020 that the brand signed a partnership with Kenissi for delivery of higher-end movements. A recently created company, Kenissi is often presented as the industrial arm of Tudor. This movement manufacturer offers a range of robust, high-performance calibres – 3-hand, time-and-date and GMT. It was created to produce movements for 's sister company and for Breitling. In 2019, Chanel announced it had taken a

Industry LVMH 2022 First Semester Sales Report
LVMH, the world's largest luxury-goods company, has just released its results for the first semester of 2022. The French luxury powerhouse delivered again record performance with a revenue of EUR 36.7 billion, up 28% compared to the same period in 2021. Organic revenue growth was 21%. All business groups achieved double-digit organic revenue growth over the period. The profit from recurring operations has increased by 34% to EUR 10.2 billion.Just like what has been reported by other players (for instance Swatch Group for the watch industry), the growth has been driven by Europe, Japan and the United States. Business in Asia (excl. Japan) was impacted by partial lockdowns, especially in China. The performance was positive for all business groups and was once again remarkable for the Fashion and leather goods business group with revenues of EUR 18.1 billion (+31% reported). Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Hands-On Atelier de Chronometrie AdC21 for Only Watch 2021
Atelier de Chronometrie makes its first appearance at the Only Watch auction with the donation of an absolutely stunning handmade watch to raise money for research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The AdC21 is not part of a collection and was specially designed for the Only Watch charity auction. Like other timepieces created by the independent brand, it evokes a vintage 1930s and 1940s design ethos with its elegant two-tone sector dial and pink gold case. A time-only watch running on a heavily reworked vintage Omega calibre 283, this exquisite unique piece will be highly contested during the auction.With its French name, you could mistake it as a Swiss or even a French watch brand. However, Atelier de Chronometrie is a Spanish company. Founded in 2014 in Barcelona, Atelier de Chronometrie creates unique watches by hand using artisanal methods and restored vintage chronometer movements. Just two years after its inauguration, the independent brand produced the AdC1, an Observatoire Chr

SIHH 2015 - Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso 1931 Seconde Centrale - hands-on with live photos & price - Monochrome-Watches
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso is an icon, a pure piece of?horological history, first created in 1931. For more than 80 years, Jaeger-LeCoultre had worked hard to keep this little piece of rotating metal on stage. Over?the years, we’ve seen multiple complications, multiple sizes or multiple limited editions. In 2011, the manufacture chose to re-introduce a superb and faithful edition of the very first Reverso, the?Jaeger LeCoultre Grande Reverso Ultra Thin Tribute to 1931. Here is a new edition, paying tribute to another old model, discreetly unveiled during SIHH 2015, the?Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso 1931 Seconde Centrale.While the previous editions of the ‘vintage-inspired‘ Reverso were?mostly fitted?with a time-only (see here) or a small-second manual movement (see here and here), this new edition comes with an automatic movement with central second. You might think this is odd in the context of a Reverso, but in fact, this watch is extremely close to some 1930s /