April 27, 2012 | A. Lange & Söhne
A. Lange & Söhne founder, Ferdinand A. Lange, brought watchmaking to the Ore Mountains in 1845. As a homage Lange commissioned a photo shoot combining their timepieces with rocks and minerals from the region acting as the background for each shot.
April 26, 2012 | Audemars Piguet
Originally introduced in November 2008, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore "Survivor" has an unmistakable design with its massive crown and pusher guards and all black color scheme. It comes in a 42 mm x 15.65 mm black titanium case, which is not huge, until you add the guards. The Survivor came at a time when big bold timepieces were in style; now 4 short years later, following a major global recession - smaller more reserved timepieces are the trend.
April 25, 2012
IWC Schaffhausen recently opened their first New York City boutique, an exquisitely designed 3,000 square foot retail store located at 535 Madison Avenue. IWC has created a very unique space that displays each collection within its own distinct atmosphere. (IWC also has a small brand boutique on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, CA.)
April 25, 2012 | $1,001-$5,000, Baselworld, Longines
At Baselworld 2012, Longines revealed the vintage inspired Heritage 1942 chronograph collection.
The 40 mm diameter circular steel case houses a self-winding column-wheel chronograph movement. Vintage style round pushers are consistent with timepieces from the 1940s. The lacquered dial, available in white or black, features 9 Arabic numerals, a railway-track minute ring and a tachometric scale around the rim of the dial (white markings on the black dial and black on the white dial). The white-dial version has blued steel hands; the black dial version has rhodium-plated hands.
April 24, 2012 | $1,000 or less, Edifice, Reviews
Edifice recently introduced a new version of their flagship multi-band atomic timepiece. The Edifice Atomic Worldtimer features Casio's best quartz movement technology, packaged in a premium black IP steel case. Above all, this is one of the most precise, easy to set and maintenance free timepieces on the market.
The key features that distinguish this timepiece from a typical quartz: solar light powered movement and multi-band atomic timekeeping with automatic home time switching. "In addition to switching between World Time zones with the crown, the watch can also automatically switch between standard time and daylight saving time, eliminating the trouble of manual resetting."
April 24, 2012 | Audemars Piguet, Star Watch
Audemars Piguet hosted a dinner last night honoring New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony at Catch restaurant in New York City. Also in attendance were: Swizz Beatz, Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, La La Anthony, Amar'e Stoudemire, Francois-Henry Bennahmias, Landry Fields, Baron Davis and J.R. Smith.
April 23, 2012 | Habring
Austrian watch company Habring², the same guys who made this foudryante and dead seconds timepiece, recently introduced a new split-seconds chronograph - the Habring² Doppel 2.0.
Twenty years ago, under the tutelage Günter Blümlein, Richard Habring played a major role in the development of a split-seconds complication, but instead of using a column-wheel based movement, his idea utilized a more affordable and easier to service cam and lever based design. The rear-mounted split-seconds wheel design was granted a patent (DE4209580A). The patent held by Habring's former employer IWC has now expired, and so Habring has produced a timepiece that utilizes the movement design under his own brand name.
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