Kickstarter watches have been springing up left and right of late. Hamtun Watches from British product developer Ross Davis is among the latest watch to join the Kickstarter race to create the latest price-competitive yet high quality automatic Dive Watch.…
For returning readers it is a known fact most members of team Monochrome are car-guys to some extent. Obviously, both watchmaking and the automotive industry are intertwined extensively, so when Oris gave us the chance to attend the FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Nürburgring race, I jumped on the occasion! 6 hours of the fastest prototypes and road-car-based racers on the planet, blasting around an historical track sounds like a good way to spend a weekend! Oh, and there was a new watch. Quite a cool, special watch, to be handed to the drivers of Audi Sport: the Oris Audi Sport III Limited Edition.
It was just last week that we got the news Frederique Constant had launched a new version of one of the most affordable in-house-movement, Swiss-manufactured watches out there, the Classic Manufacture. And it offers just what it says on the tin, as the saying goes – a classically-styled watch with a manufacture automatic movement. As we all know though, in-house is as in-house does. Our curiosity aroused, we got our hands on the watch itself for a closer look.
With its square case and stark dial inspired by aircraft cockpit instruments, the BR 01 is the signature wristwatch of Bell & Ross. But the Franco-Swiss watchmaker has long diversified away from pure aviation, with watches like the pirate’s treasure BR 01 tourbillon. The Marine Instrument collection is yet another trio of BR 01 watches that rely on naval […]
After the first Velsheda, Speake-Marin’s vision of the mono-aiguille watch (single-hand), a timepiece that was both relatively classical in terms of design and discreetly extravagant, followed later by a Gothic edition, showing a very specific typography for the numerals – something that definitely pushed this watch in the extravagant (in a good way) category – the brand today introduces a new version. What we have here is a model still with gothic inspiration, evolutions on the dial and in a limited edition of 8 pieces. Here is the second iteration of the Speake-Marin Velsheda Gothic.
When the Grand Seiko SBGX089, SBGX091, and SBGX093 collection of watches was released in around 2012, the first of those models – the SBGX089 – was a limited edition of 500 pieces with a yellow hand and some different colors read more…
Cartier Pasha Before we come to this about 18 year old Cartier Pasha, you should know that (until about 10 years ago) the production of Cartier watches was done very differently than it is today. It was around 2007, when there was a complete change in the way of working and that the production of actually everything, was […]
A sapphire setting for the record-breaking movement While the original design of the MP-05 “LaFerrari” was created to show off the beauty of its movement, its alter ego – with its case carved out of sapphire – is a movement which appears to be literally suspended in mid-air. All the details of this record-breaking movement […]
The Big Bang MECA-10 is a surprising and enjoyable shift in direction for Hublot: mechanics first, style second! Many watch lovers have expressed interest and fascination with the MECA-10 as it speaks of new goals and a new energy behind the brand. Read on to discover why.
When a brand buys back its own watches, sometimes it is for somewhat sinister reasons. One frequent modus operandi, to win the bid at a very high price in an effort raise the used prices. A homage of the same model will soon to be introduced and thus may be launched at a higher price. As the precedence is already set due to the price just…