4/6/2023 0 Comments Swatch wall clock![]() No watch story has broke through into the mainstream news like the Swatch MoonSwatch in, well, ever. This year Lange revealed a 250-piece run of the Odysseus in titanium that saw the watch completely transformed using a number of subtle decorative touches including microblasting, bevel-polished bracelet links and a multi-layered dial. ![]() ![]() Best Reworked Design: A Lange & Sohne Odysseus Tiĭespite its immediate commercial success, Lange’s integrated stainless steel watch was not without its critics. The skeleton work of the new 2160 SQ movement is resolutely modern in its aesthetic but the standard of finishing is traditional and of the highest standard. Vacheron Constantin’s 2022 Watches & Wonders showing was as strong a presentation of novelties as has been seen in recent years including its Historiques 222, the Les Cabinotiers Minute Repeater Tourbillon Split-Seconds Monopusher Chronograph and two incredibly impressive skeletonized additions to its Overseas collection a perpetual calendar and this Tourbillon, offered in a choice of pink gold or titanium. ![]() H08 only became more compelling this year with the addition of the Titanium Blue with its vivid matte blue DLC-treated titanium case and black ceramic bezel.īest Skeleton Execution: Vacheron Constantin Overseas Tourbillon Skeleton Ti But the H08 changed that, using lightweight titanium and composite cases and comfortable rubber straps, while preserving Hermes’ tradition of meticulous and stylish design. Most Stylish Beater: Hermes H08 Titanium Blueīefore the introduction of its H08, Hermes was probably one of the last places you’d look for a tough, everyday wearer. The brand has been forced to close its Antarctique order books for 12 months and move into bigger premises to cope with demand. Too Successful For Its Own Good: Czapek Antarctiqueįrom being a little-known independent just a couple of years ago, Czapek & Cie has grown at an astonishing rate, with CEO Xavier de Roquemaurel proving incredibly adept at knowing what his customers want, overseeing solid designs and stunning movements, but following last year’s incredible Antarctique Rattrapante with this year’s Antarctique Frozen Star S was too much of a good thing. While color is everywhere in watchmaking at the moment, rarely is it used this effectively. Bucci was first responsible for the manually chiseled Frosted Gold finish at AP before designing this 34mm black ceramic self-winding Royal Oak with an iridescent sapphire crystal Tapisserie dial. Italian jewelry designer Carolina Bucci’s collaborations with Audemars Piguet have represented some of the Swiss watchmaker’s most exciting developments in recent years. Here is a look at some of the most important releases of the year so far.īest Use of Color: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Carolina Bucci And, if that were not enough, Cartier realised its eight-year-long project of building a watch movement inside its own winding rotor. The record for world’s thinnest watch has also been broken twice in the first six months of the year with Bulgari usurping the title from Piaget only to be surpassed by a $1.9M USD Richard Mille just 1.75mm thick. But it’s not just aesthetic driving the industry, even though the craft is hundreds of years old there is still room for technical development as illustrated by a number of complicated new chronographs from the likes of MB&F and Jacob & Co.
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