Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

You walk into a pub, the sketchy bloke in the corner pipes up "ere mate, you need any pronouns?"

DON'T FALL FOR IT, THOSE ARE COUNTERFEIT PRONOUNS!

A person comes up to you in a dark alley and opens their trenchcoat to reveal their wares

"Hey buddy, you want any COUNTERFEIT PRONOUNS?"

Let's talk about the Triple Split for a second, other brands make a rattrapante chronograph, that's split seconds

Back in 2004 ALS released the Double Split, the world's first double rattrapante, that's split seconds and minutes

No other brand has ever made a double rattrapante, ALS could have just sat on their hands and still had the world's most complicated chronograph but they one upped themselves with the triple

The Saxonia now comes in a new case size and a rather fetching dial they call Copper Blue, very sparkly https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-and-sohne-saxonia-copper-blue-introducing

Now to the properly new stuff

The Saxonia Outsize Date adds a big date complication to the Saxonia line which hasn't been available for a while https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-and-sohne-saxonia-outsize-date-introducing

And the most interesting, the world's first triple ratrrapante chronograph, the Triple Split https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-and-sohne-triple-split-introducing

Skipping over a few brands I don't really care about to get to my favourite watch brand that I'll never be able to afford, A. Lange & Söhne

A few new versions of their current line first

The 1815 Chronograph is now available in rose gold https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-and-sohne-1815-chronograph-rose-gold-introducing

The Saxonia Moon Phase can now be found with black dials https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-sohne-saxonia-moon-phase-new-black-dials-introducing

And the Little Lange 1 now has 3 beautiful guilloché dials available https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/a-lange-and-sohne-little-lange-1-guilloche-dials-introducing

Vacheron Constantin have a new version of the Overseas Ultra-Thin Perpetual Calendar in pink gold which is a lovely addition to the line https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-overseas-ultra-thin-perpetual-calendar-pink-gold-introducing

The biggest news from them is the new Fifty Six line, a new entry level (by VC standards), it includes a date, a day-date, and a complete calendar

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-fiftysix-self-winding-introducing
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-fiftysix-day-date-introducing
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-fifty-six-complete-calendar-introducing

Vacheron Constantin are out in force this year

Starting with the most unusual, the Métiers d’ArtLes Aérostiers, a collection of 5 watches celebrating hot air balloons of all things, extremely nice bas-relief engraving and enamelling on these ones https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-metiers-dartles-aerostiers-introducing

They have now also released their first automatic tourbillon in the Traditionelle Toubillon, very nicely executed https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/vacheron-constantin-traditionelle-tourbillon-introducing

Not to be outdone in the sci-fi as hell category, MB&F have the Moon Machine 2, projects the time and moonphase display to the side of the case, MB&F know how to make funky watches https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/mbandf-moonmachine-2-stepan-sarpaneva-introducing

Flagship for the Montblanc 1858 collection is a rather neat looking pocket watch, stone blue dial, 24 hour time display with a monopusher chronograph

It also has a pulsation bezel and a compass integrated into the hunter caseback https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/montblanc-1858-pocket-watch-limited-edition-100-introducing

Ulysse Nardin have a new version of the Freak, the Vision. Sci-fi as hell in looks, the minute hand acts as a tourbillon https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/ulysse-nardin-freak-vision-introducing

First day of SIHH proper, lots of new releases

First up, Montblanc's stuff

New 1858 collection, vintage inspired:

Base model automatic https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/montblanc-1858-automatic-introducing

Automatic chrono https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/montblanc-1858-automatic-chronograph-introducing

Limited edition monopusher chrono https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/montblanc-1858-monopusher-chronograph-limited-edition-100-introducing

Now for the more interesting stuff

1858 Geosphere, dual timezones and world time displays for both north and south hemispheres, also has a rather neat compass bezel https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/montblanc-1858-geosphere-introducing

Also Audemars Piguet released a bunch of stuff yesterday but I get bored to hell by yet another fucking Royal Oak

Greubel Forsey have a new version of their GMT

It looks exactly as you'd expect from them, like some mad scientist decided to make a watch. It's got a tiny Earth in there! https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/greubel-forsey-gmt-earth-introducing

And finally for today, IWC have released a collection celebrating their 150th anniversary https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/iwc-jubilee-150th-anniversary-collection-introducing

Metric shit-tonne of watches in the collection, most interesting are the Tribute to Pallweber which has digital hours and minutes

New watch releases!

H. Moser & Cie.:

The Swiss Alp Watch (their piss-take of the Apple Watch) with a lovely green fumé dial https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/h-mosser-swiss-alp-watch-concept-cosmic-green-introducing

39mm Venturer with a blue fumé dial https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/h-moser-venturer-concept-blue-lagoon-introducing

Modular tourbillon with grey fumé dial https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/h-moser-endeavour-tourbillon-concept-stainless-steel-introducing

Endeavour Flying Hours, a new watch with a wandering hours complication executed in a fresh way https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/h-moser-endeavour-flying-hours-introducing

Piaget have done it again, new record for the world's thinnest mechanical watch

2mm thick

Yep, 2mm

I have watch straps thicker than that entire watch

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/piaget-altiplano-ultimate-concept-introducing

...I've just automatically said thanks to a bot when it did something for me

I think I might need to calibrate my "is sentient and therefore saying "thanks" actually means anything to it" levels

Although maybe in the inevitable AI takeover they'll remember I was nice to their grandparents

I'm in a voice chat with a robot squirrel bunny on the internet

This is a strange future we've found ourselves in

Good, but strange

The ampersand (&) was originally a ligature of et (as in "and" in latin) but is now commonly considered a logogram

But it's still used as a ligature in "&c" pronounced "et cetera"

I can't help but þink þat þis will get to a level þat's just taking þe piß

Are we mucking around with English orþography again?

I þink we are