Sharing some beauties I tried on this week (Tag, Longines, Moritz Grossman, Lang & Heyne)
I took the week off without travelling anywhere as I have loads of leaves to clear. It was quite nice to potter around the city and do things that I needed to do, but kept putting off. I went to the dentist finally, got something on my car fixed, took the kid to the eye doctor, and held a bbq for friends!
I also did some major watch shopping of course! Let me share with you the eye candy:
Longines Master Collection 190th anniversary in salmon and anthracite
Was thinking about the Baltic MR01 when I saw this on a watch blog. many of you suggested to look at the Longines, which I now agree has a much higher level of finishing and finesse. They are much more legible in non-super bright lighting. Quite attractive watches. I prefer the grain texture of the anthracite over the vertical brushing on the salmon. I fell in love with neither, so I will pass. I prefer applied numerals.
Tag Heuer Glass box and Skipper
Fits well on my wrist and finally a smaller sized Tag. I don't own any, but this is the first that I've actually considered. I prefer the skipper because of the unique color accents and the 15m countdown timer is cool.
FP Journe Elegante
Quartz watch from Journe! How ironic that he wanted to improve upon a quartz watch and put it to his standards of incredible technical watch making. The little weight shown in the cut out of the dial won't move if you put the watch down and therefore knows when it's stationary. After 35m of no movement, it will go into low power mode. When you pick it up, it will go back to the correct time as there's a small microprocessor that keeps the time!
Lang & Heyne Georg
I don't know that much about these guys except they make traditional, but very high end finishing on their watches. About 500 watches produced a year and most go to their flagship Dresden boutique.
Beautiful triple lugs and a traditional movement with those finger bridges. The teeth on the gears are hand polished! Geeze. The attention to detail. Even Lange doesn't do that.
Forgot the Moritz Grossman. With a tremblage dial!
I'll stop there for now! Hope you guys enjoyed some eye candy.
Avid watch wearer, not collector. Like my children, I love all of my watches equally, but I love my Lange the best.
Love the look of the skipper too
I want the skipper so bad 😭
Lang & Heyne is on my grail list. As stunning from the back as it is from the front. Clean clean clean dial and finishing to die for.
Lang & Heyne is on my grail list. As stunning from the back as it is from the front. Clean clean clean dial and finishing to die for.
Oh wow a Lang & Heyne fan! Not many around. I definitely don't know the brand very well, but of course know of them and see them online time to time. Which is your favorite model?
Oh wow a Lang & Heyne fan! Not many around. I definitely don't know the brand very well, but of course know of them and see them online time to time. Which is your favorite model?
the Konrad with that fabulous retrograde date in contrasting red print. Their enamel dials are just stunning in person. Someday....... (maybe)
Oh wow a Lang & Heyne fan! Not many around. I definitely don't know the brand very well, but of course know of them and see them online time to time. Which is your favorite model?
Having said that though, the Georg (subsecond dial, not the tourby) is one of my fave rectangular watches. But the Konrad is still my fave overall
the Konrad with that fabulous retrograde date in contrasting red print. Their enamel dials are just stunning in person. Someday....... (maybe)
Never saw the konrad before, but that's a beauty. I do love that retrograde date in contrasting red. That movement is gorgeous too. Thanks for sharing. A bit of modern yet traditional feel. The simple minute track makes it a bit modern. I need to look into their watches more.