![]() Click here for more details.įrederique Constant introduced a GMT timepiece with an in-house movement to its Classics dress-watch collection in 2011. ( “Ombres” - French for “shadows” - likely refers to the watch’s array of gray tones the Place Vendôme series is named for the famed French square where brand namesake François Czapek opened one of the earliest high-end watch boutiques.) Another subtle display of functionality on the smoky gray champlevé dial is the semicircular power reserve display, artfully integrated into the 12 o’clock subdial.Inside the grade 5 titanium case is the proprietary, manual-wind movement, Caliber SXH2, which Czapek developed with the complications specialists at Chronode SA, and which is notable for its visible openworked ratchet. Framing the whole ensemble is the movement’s exposed, anthracite-colored, sandblasted plate with steel sandblasted bridges. The unconventional dial layout of the Czapek Place Vendôme Ombres features an off-centered hours and minutes display on a subdial at 12 o’clock, two subdials at 4:30 and 7:30 - the former hosting a GMT function on a “dragging” second-time-zone disk, the latter, the suspended cage of the one-minute tourbillon - and a subtle day-night indicator at 6 o’clock that rotates, like the GMT disk, counterclockwise. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Time Zone 25th Anniversary Limited Edition limited to 25 pieces, contains Lange’s manual-wound, in-house Caliber L031.1, whose numerous decorative enhancements are visible through a sapphire caseback. As with previous versions of the Lange 1 Time Zone, the array of functions includes a day-night indicator (overlapping the second-time-zone subdial) an outsize date for the home time at 2 o’clock, and an “up/down” (“AUF/AB”) hand-type power reserve indicator between 2 and 4 o’clock. At the same time, the hour hand on the second-time-zone subdial at 4 o’clock moves forward by one hour with each press of the pusher. To set the second time zone, press the pusher in the side of the case to advance the rotating city ring, inscribed with the names of 24 world cities, in an easterly direction. Its argenté dial, with blued hands and details, is designed to allow the wearer to read the home time and the time in a second time zone simultaneously. ![]() Nearly every variation of the Lange 1 was honored with a special limited edition version, including this standout, the Lange 1 Time Zone 25th Anniversary Limited Edition. Lange & Söhne’s release of its classic, flagship model, the Lange 1. Today, we look at 10 watches equipped with GMT and dual-time functions that had watch aficionados buzzing this year.Īmong the plethora of watch-world anniversaries that 2019 brought us was the 25th year since A. As we approach the end of 2019 and prepare for 2020 - surely destined to be another interesting year in the world of watches - we take a look back at some of the most noteworthy timepieces that came out this year, in various popular categories.
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