Here’s the last give-away for the year, the last 10th anniversary give-away and we’re super happy that Montblanc generously volunteered to customize 10 watch pouches for this rather unique give-away. These beautiful leather watch pouches are not for sale in Montblanc boutiques, and cannot be bought anywhere. And now there are ten embossed with the Monochrome logo, and they are for you.
Vacheron Constantin’s new Métiers d’Art Villes Lumières collection features dials draped with an enamel base. Its pictures depict a bird’s-eye view miniature tableau of urban cities brightly lit across the night skies. Collaborating with Japanese artist Yoko Imai, well-known for her calligraphy-inspired painting on canvas,…
It was about 2012 when Rado first released the HyperChrome collection of watches which, in my opinion, represents an interesting character and dimension to the brand. The Rado HyperChrome Automatic Chronograph continues the brand’s strength in ceramic, an honor it earned long ago, for a new generation of mechanical watch lovers.
My interest in watch photography started after I ran into some watch forums, many years ago. My main goal was to learn about mechanical watches, but as a side-effect, I started to learn about photography as well. That was 2008. Since then, I have learned a lot, photographed a lot, saw my work on magazine […]
Silent night, holy night, all is calm, apart from the reassuring tick of your Franck Muller Thunderbolt Tourbillon. And let’s not for a minute – or five seconds to be more accurate – mistake the forest for the Christmas trees here, the real star inside this gold curvex case is the tourbillon. When you’re playing at this level, tourbillons are par for the course, but Franck Muller’s master watchmaker Pierre-Michel Golay has taken the Thunderbolt Tourbillon to the next level. Most tourbillons make a full revolution every 60 seconds – this one does it in five, not only making it the fastest tourbillon in the world, but also one of the most mesmerising. If Santa had a stretch target, this would be it. Good luck mate! Who should you buy this for:Someone who has been very, very, very good. What’s the damage: If you have to ask…. Under $400k Franck Muller Thunderbolt Tourbillon Australian pricing Franck Muller Thunderbolt Tourbillon, $357,600
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As it turns out, time is a pretty complicated thing. And I’m not talking about measuring it, or making little devices to chime out the hours, either. I’m talking about time itself. Physicists still aren’t entirely sure what time is and whether it’s absolute or relative. As Quanta Magazine reports, making sense of these two totally different ways of thinking about time is a critical missing piece to reconciling Einstein’s theory of general relativity, and quantum mechanics. Yep, this is one for the nerds. We can tell time just fine, but what is it our clocks and watches are really measuring?
What was your first watch? Without a doubt, this is the question I get most when I meet someone and try to explain that yes, I’m a watch journalist, and yes it’s a full time job. For a while, it’s a question that I dreaded because I knew that, inevitably, my answer would be met with disappointment. My passion for watches does not have a romantic backstory. It does not involve inheriting a beautiful and rare hand-wound wristwatch. It doesn’t even begin with a mechanical wristwatch. In fact, my first watch was an an inexpensive and battery-powered Flik Flak, from Swatch.
This the last round-up of 2016, we are taking a look at one of the coolest Star Wars watches, the Devon Star Wars watch, as well as new watches from TAG Heuer, Jaeger-LeCoultre, and Grand Seiko.
The DB11 is a true old-school Gran Turismo, a car to travel with from London or Paris to the Cote d’Azur in comfort, luxury, and most certainly style. And there is something magical about a V12 engine: its distinct sound and the knowledge that there is a mythical beast under the hood.
Some might use today’s Bring A Loupe to find a holiday gift at the last minute, so we made sure to feature a bit of everything, from the great classics to more under-the-radar picks. Among the obvious candidates, you will find two very coveted vintage wristwatches: the Rolex Explorer 1016 and the Heuer Carrera 3147N, with its peculiar date at 9 o’clock. We will also cover an interesting iteration of the Olimpico line from Girard-Perregaux, and a sexy blue-dialed Eterna. This is your Bring A Loupe for December 23, 2016.