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.
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.
The L.U.C-collection is a showcase of what is possible at Chopard. The XP represents this in the purest form. With only two hands does it seem basic, but Chopard's attention to detail ensures that this also become a tantalizing watch.
Only Watch has become quite an event in the watch world over the years. This biennial charity auction, of which 99% of its proceeds go to the fight of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, consists out of 'piece uniques' donated by some of the most esteemed names in watchmaking, with among them Patek Philippe, Piaget but also Grönefeld.
For Omega, it is an important year. The brand supplied NASA with their Speedmaster chronograph to serve on manned space missions and became because of this the first watch worn on the moon.