The short documentary film ‘Time Piece’ features two of the world’s best living watchmakers, Philippe Dufour and Vianney Halter, and provides insight into what makes the watches by these masters so special.
One is never at a loss for things to do in Paris. This week you can embark on Noah’s Ark with an haute jewellery collection from Van Cleef & Arpels, delight in a photography exhibition from Jaquet Droz, and get lost in time with the 12th edition of the “Les Montres” – the annual watch show in France that opens its doors to the public from September 22 – 24, 2016.
Farer watches, based in London and recently launched in 2015, presents their first collection of automatic watches with Farer’s “The Automatics.” Using reliable Swiss Made ETA 2824-2 automatic mechanical movements, the new Farer automatic watch collection is classically-inspired with a modern design language.
This week we have a diverse selection of watches in the HODINKEE Shop. The timepieces range from elegant dress watches to sporty chronographs, with brands like Rolex, Wittnauer, Tudor, Universal Genève, and Jaeger-LeCoultre all represented. Read on to see the full selection.
Many of us would probably recall the grainy Rado Ceramica advert from television and the theatre (audio artefacts and all – the hisses and static. Unchanged from the 1990s, the Rado Ceramica was perhaps the most futuristic watch with decidedly retro-classic marketing collaterals and it was the kind of timepiece which has remained…
It all began 20 years ago, when “in-house” and independent sourcing of movements were not yet in vogue across the watch industry. The presentation of a splendid micro-rotor movement manufactured in Fleurier, a watchmaking town of Val-de-Travers, gave birth to the Chopard L.U.C series, a highly respected collection among watch connoisseurs. This Chopard collection now celebrates its 20th anniversary, with the introduction of several models. Among these, the XPS 1860 houses the brand’s original micro-rotor movement in a steel case and is definitely worth a close look.
By Roberta Naas
Last night, at what may well be the most the most lavish tailgate party ever, Hublot announced its partnership with the legendary New York Giants as the Official Timekeeper and official luxury watch for the team. As such, the brand along with New York Giants’ wide receiver Victor Cruz – known as a fashion icon – unveiled the new Classic Fusion Aerofusion Limited New York Edition watches – inspired by the Giants.
You see, here at Monochrome-Watches, we always praise the complexity of movements, we always emphasize on the amount of work done by watchmakers to assemble complications or to achieve a perfectly polished bevel, to finish an internal angle or to obtain black polishing – we even did a technical guide about it. We also look at “métiers d’art” – engraving, enameling, micro-painting. However, there’s one thing we tend to neglect and that is actually much more important than we think: the dial. Yes, a dial can be very simple – most of them are actually painted plates with numerals and track printed. However, some dials can be proper demonstrations of art, showing microscopic elements finished with extreme care. People say that the devil is in the details… In the case of the Patek Philippe 5496P-015, the devil is clearly in the dial.
Some watches always get the double tap when they show up in our Instagram feed. One such model is Glenn’s (AKA @syn_chronus) ridiculously lovely Breguet Tradition GMT. Not only because it’s a stunning watch in its own right, but also for the fact that we simply don’t see too many out there.…
Bulgari is right to be heavily focused on further fleshing out the Octo watch collection given the attractive and distinctive shape of the Gerald Genta-designed case. Bulgari today has taken this now iconic design and created a collection of modern, edgy, bold, yet elegant and refined men’s watches.