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Watch prices have been going crazy for some time now, but this year saw one highlight that will never be forgotten. At the Only Watch charitable auction in November this year, the old record was shattered by 23.7 million Swiss francs.
Surprisingly good watches are coming from The Netherlands these days. This time a novelty is a lady’s watch set with diamonds, made by a very experienced watch maker. The producer is Schaftenaar Watches. Owner of the brand is Arnold Schaftenaar, who comes from a jeweler’s family and learned the craft from the Schoonhoven Watch School. He launched his first watches in 2012, two gentleman pieces called the Traveller and the Journey.
The Limited Edition watches by Nomos and Ace jewellers are well-known pieces to look out for amongst watch lovers. Last three editions were sold out quite quickly, and for good reason. The team at ACE always know how to do something cool and unusual to the watches that come from Glashütte.
Maurice Lacroix launched its first ‘Masterpiece’ in the nineties, although it had been making watches for decades at that point. The piece grew out to become a serious pillar under the brand. With this collection, Maurice Lacroix shows both its technical prowess and daring design language.
One of the biggest spectacles in motorsports is without a doubt the 24 Hours endurance race at the French circuit of Le Mans. And Rebellion has for ever left its mark there. Ending on the first position on with its 2011 Le Mans Series LMP1 Team was only the start of that legacy. It ended first in every year since, until 2017. This is not a small feat, definitely if one takes the history of this independent brand into consideration.
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The Formula 1 driver for the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing team presented the latest creation carrying his name, the TAG Heuer Formula 1 Calibre 16 Max Verstappen Special Edition 2019, at an exclusive event in Amsterdam. Amsterdam, the Netherlands – 16 October 2019: TAG Heuer and Max Verstappen, Formula 1 driver for the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing team and the youngest Grand Prix winner in the history of Formula 1, unveiled their latest creation to around 150 invited guests and the local public at the Majestic in the heart of Amsterdam. This time round, the new special edition designed for Verstappen is an automatic chronograph limited to 333 pieces and now available exclusively in the Netherlands for € 3,100.
Minder = Meer, nee geen uitspraak van Geert Wilders maar de filosofie van een klein en exclusief horlogemerk. Bij MeisterSinger breken ze het hoofd over het wel of niet verwijderen van de laatste overgebleven wijzer. Voorlopig laten ze die nog maar even zitten, nu kan je in ieder geval heel goed zien hoe laat het is, toch handig bij een polshorloge!
In deze video neemt Martin Green met jou alle belangrijke momenten van de Chronograaf door. Wat was de eerste chronograaf, wie produceerde het eerste polshorloge met chronograaf en wat was de eerste automatische chronograaf. Ga er voor zitten en kom er achter hoe het meest bekende chronograaf uurwerk de Valjoux 7750 nu eigenlijk ontstond en in welke horloges je dit uurwerk vindt.
In deze eerste aflevering van: "Twintig minuten over" bespreken we met onze gast Martin Green waarom er zoveel Nederlandse horlogemerken zijn. Verder wat deze merken speciaal maakt en waarom ze bestaansrecht hebben. De in deze editie besproken merken: Staudt Twenthe, Grönefeld, Christiaan van der Klaauw, Van der Gang, Aevig, Holthinrichs, Schaftenaar en TWCO.
German-based watch brand MeisterSinger has made single-hand watches its trademark yet with the new Metris Mellow Yellow they take this to the next level.