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Only Watch 2017 – The unique blue dial Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Black Ceramic

For its 2017 edition, Only Watch is attracting more and more brands, which want to participate to this charity auction. Absent from the previous edition, Audemars Piguet is back in the long list of manufactures, with a unique piece based on quite an impressive watch: the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Black Ceramic. And now, it adds some color to its previous monochromatic look, as featured with a bright blue dial.

Introducing ONEOF Accuracy, A Cool Home-Testing Device (with even a version to demagnetize movements)

Some collectors might have experienced it: sending back your beloved mechanical timepiece to a service center, waiting for 3 or 4 months for it to come back, and learning that in fact, service was not really needed or that the watch was simply magnetized. However, there might be a solution, for home-testing. ONEOF Accuracy measures the accuracy of your watch with real-time analytics. And there is more – the “boutique” edition will even allow you to demagnetize your watch!

Why So Serious? Meet the RJ-Romain Jerome RJ X Donkey Kong

Geek tested, nerd approved: Meet the RJ-Romain Jerome RJ X Donkey Kong. Seeking out a healthy dose of nostalgia, we took the opportunity during our visit to the brand’s Boutique in old town Geneva to go hands-on with this cool, bold, arcade-inspired timepiece, and here is our report on this unusual and captivating watch.

Launching On Kickstarter – A Smart Buckle For Your Mechanical Watch

According to a recent article I came across on Business Insider (you can already tell this is going to be bad), Apple is crushing the Swiss watch industry. Click-bait title aside, one thing is clear; wearable technology is a fast-growing industry. Some people like having something smart on their wrists that can track their daily activity, help them achieve their fitness goals and basically just live more fulfilling lives. But what about those of us (including us here at Monochrome) who still want to live fulfilling lives but love our traditional mechanical watches? Do we just have to miss out? Well, we may have found a solution. Introducing; the Smart Buckle.

Introducing – Omega Seamaster Diver 300m “Commander’s Watch” Limited Edition James Bond 007

The James Bond 007 and Omega Watches connection doesn’t need to be explained anymore – and if you need more about it, check our in-depth article. For now over 20 years, the Swiss watchmaker provides the world’s most famous secret agent with Seamaster watches, and managed to give this accessory an important status, becoming a movie character on its own. This year, inspired by Bond’s rank and regalia, Omega has created the Seamaster Diver 300m “Commander’s Watch”.

Only Watch 2017 – Tudor Black Bay Bronze One – LHD / Khaki Green

Let’s be honest, the unique Patek and F.P.Journe for Only Watch 2017 we just introduced to you are massive pieces… But let’s not forget the brand that created the surprise in 2015, with a watch that sold for way above its estimate: Tudor. For the 7th Edition of the charity auction, they are back, with a unique left handed and Khaki Green Bronzo, the Tudor Black Bay Bronze One.

Only Watch 2017 – F.P.Journe Chronographe Monopoussoir Rattrapante (His First Ever Split-Seconds)

After the unique Patek Philippe 5208T for Only Watch 2017 we just introduced to you, you might think that you’ve seen the best of the upcoming charity auction… but you’d be wrong, as F.P.Journe will have a unique Chronographe Monopoussoir Rattrapante (the first split-seconds he ever created), with the usual tantalum / blue chrome combination. And that is quite something!

Only Watch 2017 – Patek Philippe 5208T (Unique Titanium, Minute Repeater, Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar Watch)

Only Watch 2017, the biennial charity auction, just unveiled its highly special pieces… and because we know that many of you will ask for it, here is the big one, the unique, titanium Patek Philippe 5208T, made for the 7th edition of Only Watch.

Introducing Sequent Supercharger, the first self-winding smartwatch (with our honest opinion about it)

Smartwatches; what to do with them? Embrace them? Bann them entirely? Or, perhaps, if you are positive, try and adapt it into your (haute) horology lifestyle? If you have been following us for the last few years, you might recall that we have always been highly skeptical towards the “smart” revolution in watchmaking. We have yet to stumble upon a project that truly wins us over. We, at Monochrome, have a sort of love-hate relationship with them. But, in all fairness, we keep our eyes open to those that might tick all boxes, like this next Kickstarter project: The Sequent Supercharger, the first self-winding / self-charging / cable-free smartwatch.

Vacheron Constantin Adds Slate Grey Dials to the Traditionnelle Collection

Slate grey and pink gold is a combination that definitely works. Warm, contrasted and highly elegant, this is no surprises that a brand such as Vacheron Constantin, not shy in creating elegant watches, already chose this color scheme in the past. Yet, today, they are pushing it a few steps further, as the Traditionnelle Collection receives the slate grey / pink gold treatment on 6 of its models.

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