“Monochrome and exposing intricate mechanics”… definitely sounds like something we love here, at Monochrome-Watches! Living up to the promise and presented at Baselworld 2016, the Hublot Big Bang Unico Sapphire All Black features a smoked transparent case crafted out of sapphire, based on the already introduced clear version. Time to go hands-on with a time-stopper not to be left in the dark.
Even at prices around $8,000, the Maurice Lacroix Masterpiece Chronograph Skeleton watch is a decent value if you are in the market for a skeletonized chronograph. Skeletonization is popular in mechanical watches these days for good reason, in an age of smartwatches and quartz watches.
With a slender profile, top-notch movement and a dial to die for, the Slim d’Hermès has a lot more going for it than just the name.
Hermès might be better known for its much-coveted Birkin bags than high-end horology, but the Slim d’Hermès looks set to change all that.…
The Omega Speedmaster Mark II It was at least ten years ago that I stumbled upon a very rudimentary website depicting a chronology of wild, boldly styled 1970’s Omega chronographs and I enjoyed marveling at them, but one stuck out as especially notable: the Omega Speedmaster Mark II 145.014. Yes, amongst all of the crazy […]
It’s no secret that it’s been a tough year for the watch industry. After lots of hand-wringing about smartwatches (specifically the Apple Watch), it turns out the thing that’s likely hurting sales is good old-fashioned economic problems. Fluctuating currencies, political shifts, and less-than-booming economies are all contributing. Yesterday, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry (FH) released it’s July report and there are quite a few interesting takeaways.
Blacked-out watches have become one of the most annoying wrist-worn trends of the last few years. With few exceptions, they’re uninspiring, overpriced, and flat out ugly. This is one black watch, though, that I can fully get behind. Discommon creates small runs of over-engineered products ranging from straight razors to bottle openers, but its latest creation is the so-called “Discautavia,” a fully-restored vintage Heuer Viceroy Autavia with a special black DLC coating. Bear with me on this one, I promise it’s worth your time.
Functionality between smart watches and fitness trackers increasingly overlaps these days. If you have a watch with the various sensors to pick up your step counts and Bluetooth to send the data to a phone, it is not that far of a leap to blow things out to a full smart watch suite. With the advent of the Android Wear ecosystem, that has definitely become a lot easier to accomplish. The latest entry for that would be the Polar M600.
Waxing poetically about moon phases has gotten me excited enough to take a trip through certain “phases” of engineering excellence . Here we bring you the eight most accurate moon phases currently fitted into a wristwatch. Join us on this odyssey through space and time.
Last week we brought you a selection of rare finds instead of vintage watches, but this week we are taking you back to your regularly scheduled program. We have nine watches for you this week, ranging from a 1950s Zenith dress watch to a gilt tidal Rolex GMT ref. 1675 from 1966 (with lume that still glows!). If you have been waiting for watches all week, read on to see the full selection.
For Bonneville Speed Week, SevenFriday is launching a limited-edition watch decorated with details that recall some of the iconic parts of hot rod cars. The SevenFriday P3C/01 Hot Rod watch stands out in a crowded field of car- and racing-inspired watches due to a combination of good design and the fact that a SevenFriday watch is going to stand out from the crowd anyway.