Inspired by watchmaker and founding father Louis-Ulysse Chopard, the L.U.C collection bearing his initials has been home to arguably some of Chopard’s finest contemporary work. Well, that collection just got a new flagship wth the Geneva Seal-certified L.U.C Lunar One.
Here’s a question for you: can there be such a thing as a cool Lange? Elegant, sophisticated, restrained, calculated… Yes. But cool? I wouldn’t have thought so until I went hands-on with the A. Lange & Söhne Grand Lange 1 Moon Phase “Lumen” watch.
The old-new Da Vinci collection from IWC made its return at SIHH 2017, ditching the angular case from some ten years ago in favor of a classical, round design. As safe-play as that may sound, the IWC Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar Chronograph has – sort of unexpectedly – stepped up to be one of my favorites from this year’s new releases, and here’s why that is.
The Milky Way is estimated to contain somewhere in the range of 100-400 billion stars, and an estimated 100 billion planets. Swiss luxury watchmaker De Bethune’s DB25L Milky Way interpretation of the beauty and massiveness of the galaxy that we inhabit is on a much more measurable scale.
Last year at SIHH, Cartier made waves with the debut of the men’s Drive de Cartier collection that featured an all-new cushion-shaped case that has really seemed to resonate with longtime fans. This year, Cartier has added two new models with the Cartier Drive de Cartier Moon Phases watch and the Drive de Cartier Extra-Flat watch.
For SIHH 2017, Vacheron Constantin have released one of their most complicated pieces ever, and most likely their most complicated wristwatch. Last year, we saw the Vacheron Constantin Reference 57260 Pocket Watch, aka the most complicated watch ever created, with read more…
It hasn’t been long since we last saw the A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Moon Phase. This time around, we’re treated to a subtly new variant called the Little Lange 1 Moon Phase which takes the same silhouette and iconic design cues of that signature Lange 1 and shrinks them 1.7 millimeters.
For SIHH 2017, Glashütte, Germany-based A. Lange & Söhne presents a new addition to the popular 1815 watch collection family that I think a lot of collectors have been waiting for. The A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Annual Calendar watch, as the name implies, adds an annual calendar complication to the brand’s large assortment of perpetual calendar watches.
While A. Lange & Söhne set the bar high last year with the lovely Richard Lange Jumping Seconds and the very complicated Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon, the new Turbograph is complex Lange at its very best.
For 2017, French high fashion and luxury goods manufacturer Hermès introduces a platinum version of its perpetual calendar watch, the Hermès Slim D’Hermès Quantième Perpétuel Platine. The brand released an earlier rose gold model, so while we are not talking about an outright novelty, it is a chance to discuss a watch we have not covered before. It also, once again, inevitably raises the always lively debate regarding fashion brands’ legitimacy as watchmakers.