After the loads of information from the SIHH and Baselworld i am taking a break from blogging about news, more news and even more news. I still have lots of photos and a lot of information about the novelties released at Baselworld. No worries, i will blog about it later. One things that’s been...
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I recently blogged about the world’s first automatic chronograph, caliber 11, mdevelopped by Heuer, Breitling, Buren en Dubois-Depraz. Not much later Zenith launched their first automatic chronograph, the famous El Primero. This means that the Zenith also celebrates the 40th of the El Primero. To celebrate this Zenith comes with 5 Anniversary models. The...
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40th Anniversary of the first Automatic Chronograph 40 Years ago, on march 3 1969, the first automatic chronograph movement was introduced. This movement, called Chronomatic, was developed by a joint venture of Heuer, Breitling, Buren and Dubois-Depraz. The Chronomatic was used by Heuer, Breitling and Buren under the name of caliber 11. Buren patented...
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Dear readers, The past week i’ve been busy upgrading the software and design of Monochrome.nl . Although the design changes are not complete yet, I hope you like the new looks of monochrome. Within a few days i’ll start posting about watches again. It’s an exiting time in this month before the start of Baselworld....
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Girard-Perregaux is in my opinion the most interesting of the Salon d’International Haute Horlogerie (SIHH). Of all brands showing their new watches Girard-Perregaux showed, yet again, the most beautiful watches. Girard-Perregaux stays close to their imago and long term heritage. I think that’s the best thing to do, for a manufacture in the Haute...
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I’m back from my tip to Jordan and Egypt. It was a most impressive trip that didn’t stop amazing me. Wether it was the enormous in rocks carved buildings of Petra or the beautiful fishes of the Red Sea or floating in the Dead Sea. Click here for a full report of this vacation....
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