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Angelus U21 Tourbillon & U22 Tourbillon Watches
Since the brand’s revival in 2015, Angelus?has been producing highly engineered, avant-garde timepieces under the direction of?La Joux-Perret in Switzerland. Their most notable releases, which include watches like the?Angelus U10 Tourbillon Lumiere,?fall under their product line known as the Urban Collection. For Baselworld 2017, Angelus will be marking a new chapter in this collection with the introduction of the?Angelus U21 Tourbillon and U22 Tourbillon watches. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of these two watches is the fact that they offer a fundamental and streamlined look that allows for the movement’s key components to be viewed without obstruction. This is accomplished in part by the integration of a mainplate constructed entirely out of carbon fiber, which?makes it appear as if it’s part of the case itself.Much like the U20 Ultra-Skeleton Tourbillon watch?that achieved a similar effect through the use of massive sapphire crystal pieces,?the?Angelus U21 Tou
Point/Counterpoint: Are Vintage Watches Worth It?
Welcome to Point/Counterpoint, a new best watches column where two of our resident horological aficionados duke it out over a point of contention. Today, we’ve got Ariel Adams and James Stacey who will spar over the value of buying a vintage watch. Ariel says forget it when it comes to vintage, while James sees merit in the adage “old is gold.”The vintage-inspired Omega Speedmaster ’57 next to its “ancestor.”James Stacey: While, perhaps daunting to someone new to the mechanical watch hobby, the vintage watch market remains some of the strongest value available to today’s collectors. Thanks to the trend towards “vintage-inspired” new watches combined with the relatively slow pace of the Swiss watch industry, vintage pieces can look as modern (or as dated) as you prefer. Much like the styling, most of the underlying technology is not only similar and just as effective as today’s movements, but can often be found for a fraction o