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Black-Redgold: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore „Pride of Germany“

Let’s start with the obvious, basically there, where this story will eventually end: the name of this special edition? It’s problematic. The new “Pride of Germany” – that sounds like a cruise ship christening at best. At worst however, the combination of ‘proud’ and ‘Germany’ leaves room for discussion in this country, due to very…

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​Visibly Open-Minded: Breguet Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Squelette Ref. 5395​

In the world of architecture, there are constructs where you ask yourself, how they can withstand the enormous weight by a seemingly fragile method of construction. A similar example from watchmaking has just been introduced by Breguet with their Classique Tourbillon Extra-Plat Squelette 5395, where all supporting elements have been reduced so heavily, that they almost seem…

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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak – From Outcast to Icon

Where would the watch brand Audemars Piguet stand today without the Royal Oak? For some time, the name Royal Oak was more famous than the brand itself. They even considered to establish a second brand. The newest model of the Royal Oak has caused another level of excitement. But what makes this watch so iconic?…

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OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary – two anniversary models

The new OMEGA Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary model has exceeded every reach of any watch we published so far. Only just launched, it has already become the talking piece of the watch community and will hit the stores in July. Just a little bit of time left for some history class. 50 years of lunar landing…

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TUDOR Black Bay Fifty-Eight – A surprising revelation

There still is a strong desire for vintage-style on the watch market. Hence, there are hardly any brands that don’t offer heritage models in their collections. They meticulously follow design codes from the original models – colours, dials, straps are copied as detailed as possible and some recent models have even been reproduced almost identically.…

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The Patek Philippe Reference 5320G steps out of line

Perpetual Calendar watches have a special status at Patek Philippe. The major reason for this might be, that in 1925 they equipped the first wristwatch ever with this mechanism, the reference 97 975. The function however reaches back to watchmaker Thomas Mudge, who produced the first pocket watch with Perpetual Calendar in 1864. Also watch…

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Vacheron Constantin Historiques Triple Calendrier 1942

For over 20 years, the collection ‘Historique’ by Vacheron Constantin is regularly extended by historically relevant watches of the Maison, models like the Cornes de Vache from 1955, the American from 1921 or the Fine from 1955. Since a crucial horological passion of founder Jean-Marc Vacheron has been in the technical making of calendar watches, it was about time in 2017…

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Tracing the horological Heritage of Longines

To name a brand after a ‘long meadow’ sounds just as fairytale-like as the history of the watch brand Longines. The brand from the idyllic village ‘Les Longines’ in Saint-Imier literally means ‘long meadow’. Established in 1832 by Auguste Agassiz, the brand has headed skywards just as consistently as the long meadow-grass of the lush…

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