As part of pre-SIHH preview for 2017, Montblanc has released new looks for its 1858 collection, offering a completely different interpretation with a vintage bronze look. The three new bronze releases within the collection includes a Montblanc 1858 Chronometer Tachymeter Limited Edition 100, a Montblanc 1858 Automatic Dual Time and a Montblanc…
We examined the Arnold & Son Constant Force Tourbillon and chatted with Dr. Sébastien Chaulmontet Head of Innovation at the watchmaker to discover what makes this watch special. …
Vacheron Constantin’s Maître Cabinotiers service is perhaps an unique offering by a Grande Maison to allow collectors to customise their timepieces. As we have covered in our earlier in-depth review on the C.2755, and the VC 57260, the client is able to work with Retail Director Dominique Bernaz to make fully bespoke watches. In…
Coming face-to-face with an award-winner can be nerve-wracking. When you’ve watched from afar, seen photographs, read reviews, you’re always curious to know whether things will live up to the hype. These days, after all, it’s spin that makes the world go round. So, yes, the preamble to meeting Piaget’s pink gold Limelight Gala, complete with Milanese bracelet, was understandably tense. This was just a couple of weeks after it had won the ladies’ watch prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) – what if, away from her wintry hemisphere of choice, she wilted under the harsh Australian sun? What if, in this chaotic, exhausting lead-up to Christmas, I mis-shuffled my facial expressions, and instead of a ‘Wow’ dealt out a yawn? I needn’t have worried. She may have been a long way from her Swiss home, but as with all the true divas, there were no signs of jet lag. She was golden. And I don’t merely mean ‘made of gold’ – even though that’s true: 18k pink gold. I’m talking about a radiance that somehow goes beyond the material. Golden like sun-kissed sand. Like maple syrup. Like the light just before sunset on a summer’s evening. Too poetic?…
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December is always the time when people will take the opportunity to go for a short getaway. After all, this is the period when the children get their school holidays, and many adults receive their bonuses and clearing their leave.…
The Alpina Diver Heritage, tribute to the vintage Alpina Seastrong 10, is another retro re-edition of an old vintage diver ‘Super Compressor’ model from the 1970’s. I think that in this case as in all other cases of these vintage diver watches that flood the market, Alpina chose wisely to respond to the vintage-inspired trend. So, what is the Seastrong, and where it stands in this segment of the market? Monochrome dives into the world of Alpina and the new Seastrong Diver Heritage.
‘Accuracy under adverse conditions’ – Headquartered in La-Chaux-de-Fonds with American roots going as far back as 1891, Ball watches manufactures sturdy mechanical watches with a focus on reliability and legibility. This obsession with readability lead the brand to literally encapsulate light on their dials. Monochrome goes hands-on with one of the brand’s best-sellers, the Ball Fireman night train DLC.
As its tagline of “Accuracy Under Adverse Conditions” suggests, Ball Watches goes all out to design and create the most accurate timepieces on the planet. The Ball Engineer II Volcano is no different.…
In 1977, Vacheron Constantin was late to a historical party, being the last of the Swiss watchmaking ‘Holy Trinity’ to debut a luxury sports watch. The 222 (designed by Jorg Hysek) was then Vacheron Constantin’s answer to Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak (1972 by Gerald Genta) and Patek Philippe’s Nautilus (1976 also by Gerald Genta). It…
There is something definitively down to earth about the minimalist A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds. The pure, meticulous design is splendid; striking visual simplicity at its best. But there is a lot more than meets the eye. Underneath its dial beats a superb and highly complex movement with dead second, constant force mechanism, zero-reset and an end-of-power reserve indication, all crafted in harmony with the Saxon manufacture’s ethos of no compromise.