When we gave away the first IWC Wall Clock, Monochrome’s managing editor Brice Goulard was enjoying a well-deserved vacation. Today he’s on his way to Miami to join the TAG Heuer team at Art Basel in Miami. However back on topic… we’re giving away a second IWC wall clock! The first give-away was already hugely …
Yesterday Christie’s sold a Philippe Dufour Simplicity, a 37mm in white gold, for HK$1.98m, or about US$256,000, all fees included. Today Phillips just accomplished the same for its pink gold 37mm specimen that sold for HK$2m, about US$258,000. Moments later a white gold 34mm Simplicity in the same Phillips sale sold moments later for HK$1.75m, or […]
You could spend weeks traveling through Switzerland today without seeing a single rose engine lathe – the complex machine used for centuries to produce the intricate patterns of the art known as guilloché. But, then, come to the Vallée de Joux, and you’ll find more than a dozen in a single room at the Breguet manufacture. Behind each one, a specialist guillocheur spends his or her day hand-decorating the company’s gold dials, using the very technique developed by Abraham-Louis Breguet himself at the end of the 18th century.
When the Schuefele family took over Chopard in 1963, it is likely that founder Louis-Ulysse Chopard would have been delighted with the continuation of family values and focus on humanity, a spirit he himself instigated when he founded Chopard LUC (Editor’s note: modern name used for clarity) in 1860.…
Earlier this year we already introduced the stainless steel Ulysse Nardin Classico Manufacture with enamel dial, and we loved it, however we have not yet shown its sister (yes, a watch is female: la montre), the Classico Manufacture with blue sun-ray dial. The other day we were able to look more closely at this incredibly beautiful looking dress watch that has one downside: the dial is so appealing that people want to see your watch more closely all the time.
By Roberta Naas
There are a host of wonderful trends in luxury watchmaking today, with some focusing on the technical side and others focusing on the aesthetic side. Additionally, there are some that bring these two realms together in artful majesty — offering artistic, technically advanced masterpieces on the wrist. Often those masterpieces emulate nature — flora,
Our interest was piqued by the idea that Cartier wanted to release the classic Santos 100 in ADLC, and now we have had a chance to spend some time with the Santos 100 Carbon. The result? A classy, sleek, yet sportier alternative to the average Cartier.
Speedmaster 105.012-66 Racing When Omega designed the Speedmaster in 1957, it was actually meant to be a sports chronograph. It was a time when there was no connection with space yet, and Omega introduced their Seamaster 300, Railmaster and Speedmaster, as watches for ‘professional’ use. Racing Models Even though the Speedmaster was connected with space […]
The story in a second: Montblanc’s 2016 Heritage Chronométrie highlight is a complicated number, packed with value. Jerome Lambert descended, whirlwind-like, on Montblanc in 2013. His presence was felt immediately, as the global luxury giant began turning out increasingly impressive timepieces, many with a complicated, heritage bent. Then, as suddenly as he had arrived he was gone, elevated to the rank of Richemont Group Head of Operations in a recent reshuffle. And while he may be running out the clock as Montblanc CEO (replaced by former Head of Sales Nicolas Baretzki), his short tenure will leave a long legacy – a revitalised brand, a serious watchmaker, releasing some of the most competitive, compelling pieces on the market. The Heritage Chronométrie Annual Calendar Chronograph is a prime example of that – bundling fan favourite complete calendar and chronograph complications into a classically styled package, all for under $15,000 in steel (there’s also a gold version). The dial One glance at the Annual Calendar Chronograph and it’s immediately clear that it’s a whole lot of watch. With four subdials, 10 hands and numbers everywhere, you’d be forgiven for taking a few seconds to orient yourself. Having said that, Montblanc has done a good job…
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Rolex Milestones: 38 Legendary Watches That Shaped History, Phillips’ evening sale on November 28 was its first thematic auction in Asia, becoming a milestone in itself, just a year after another record was set for a Patek Philippe ref. 2499. A total of HK$60.9m or US$7.84m was raised during the sale, with the stainless steel Rolex […]