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Impressive enough through its history and long-lasting watch manufacturing tradition, Chronoswiss is a remarkable brand of watches on its way to even greater success. The timpieces released on the market by this brand were regarded as pieces-de-resistance for the watch *** artistry and definitley must-haves for the collections of the watch connoisseurs. The designers from Chronoswiss base their entire artistic vision on quality, in terms of materials and mechanisms, and on sophistication, when it comes to designs. A watch that speakes in favour of the brand is the Chronoswiss Perpetual Calendar watch released on the market last year and which enjoyed much appreciation for the specialized audiences. The watch displays an extremely complicated mechanism sheltered by the most appealing and irrestistible design.To expand a bit the success of this watch, the designers have decided to make an improved verision in 2009, recurring to materiels of the best quality in the creation process of this watch. An white gold case, an elegant black dial and the stylish black leather strap are just some of the elements that leave bewildered when seeing this watch for the first time. But only those who know little about watches could think that the design is all there is at this watch. The new Chronoswiss Perpetual Calendar watch is equipped with some of the most progressive technical movements in watch manufacturing, providing its owner with the highest level of functionality and accuracy.The round and slim case of the Chronoswiss Perpetual Calendar watch is made entireley of 18 K white gold, hinting to a watch of superior quality, and is united with the black alligator strap through the famously shaped Chronoswiss lugs. The size is not very big, only 40 mm in diameter, as the designers have chosen to go for a more stylish aspect, rather than a more mascultine one. Chronoswiss’s iconic crown is also present in the lateral side of the 3 o’clock position and is made of white gold. It was almost predictable that the designers from Chronoswiss would choose to use a black dial, to create a beatiful contrast between the highly sophisticated white gold case on the black theme of the dial. The dial is equipped with silver white Roman numerals at every hour and four sub-dials, each of them indicating a certain function. The most complicated function, that of the moon-phase is displayed by the sub-dial located at the 6 o’clock position. The dial is very legible, the elements composing it being well positioned.Regarding its technical performance, the Chronoswiss Perpetual Calendar watch works on a C.127 caliber, being made of 50 hand-assembled components, a mechanism which has based its manufacturing process on a Debois-Depraz calendar module. This advanced and highly complicated technique is used to control the main functions which make up a perpetual calendar watch and offers the best accuracy one can ask for. The mechanism also provides a 30 meter water resistance, and it’s quite protected by the sapphire crystal covered case back and top.The new Chronoswiss Perpetual Calendar watch is definitely appropriate for those who don’t see in watches just some fancy wrist accessories, but for those who can appreciate the artistry involved in watch manufacturing, the talent, the passion and the technical excellence know-how that stand behind a famous wristwatch, or a famous house of watch manufacturingChronoswiss Perpetual Calendar Watch Pictures Gallery

A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Striking Time in White Gold and Platinum (Ref. 145.029 / 145.025)Lange keeps on monetizing its initial success with the revolutionary Zeitwerk “digital” hand-wound watch. The new A. Lange & Sohne Zeitwerk Striking Time adds a chiming mechanism to the jumping hours and minutes complication.To make enough space for the new complication, the German engineers have increased its diameter by roughly 1/10th of an inch to 36.00 millimeters. The movement has also become a trifle thicker, now measuring exactly 10.00 mm.To make sure that everyone will notice the new function, Lange did two things.Firstly, the two gongs are placed right on the dial just below the signature Time Bridge component, which is made of rhodiumed German silver.Secondly, the striking mechanism chimes every fifteen minutes with quarter-hour signals sounding in high-pitched tone and the top of the hour chiming in lower-pitched sound.The second function must be pretty annoying after the initial wow-impression wears out in an hour or so, but thankfully there is a special pusher at 4 o’clock that shuts the chimer off.Due to a larger movement, the new version of the watch is also a bit larger than the original.According to the official specs, the elegant case (which is available both in white gold or limited edition platinum) is now 44.20 millimeters in diameter and 13.80 millimeters thick.Of course, the watch looks bulkier than its predecessor, but it is the price you pay for converting an understated masterpiece into a particularly expensive Swiss army knife.