Almost exactly two years ago today in 2014, Apple shocked the watch and consumer electronics worlds when they announced the Apple Watch. Not calling it a smartwatch, but rather just the Apple “Watch,” now two years later in 2016 we read more…
Apple just announced the Apple Watch Series 2 at its San Francisco event (where the latest iPhone is also being unveiled). This is the first major hardware update to the company’s smartwatch since it went on sale in April 2015. At first glance, the watch looks mostly the same, but there are a number of significant updates.
The name says it all. “Heuer 100.” This upcoming auction from Crown & Caliber is focused entirely on vintage Heuer, no exceptions. This is the largest Heuer-dedicated sale since the Haslinger collection auction in 2010. It’s entirely online and it goes live on September 19th – it was hard to pick favorites from the dozens of historic chronographs, but here you’ll find here the five watches that caught my eye the most. It’s a healthy mix of extremely rare pieces and the more well-known references. Click through for the exclusive preview.
It’s been a couple years since Seiko released its Grand Seiko Hi-Beat 36000 GMT watches that were received enthusiastically. Then, black- and white-dialed models were accompanied by a limited edition with a striking green dial and orange accents. Now, Seiko read more…
For many years, high-end luxury brands have flirted with courting women as an untapped consumer group of prospective buyers. Two events set to take place in late 2016 underscore this movement: Eve’s Watch Awards and the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève.
The Christopher Ward C8 UTC Worldtimer is a distinctive Swiss-powered time zone powerhouse at an accessible price point.
Another unexpected Spot the Watch, which seems to happen to us all the time. We have featured Ellen DeGeneres previously with her love of modern and vintage Rolexes and how she was gifted an Omega Seamaster from Daniel Craig. Today while watching the newest season of her show we noticed another classic…
It’s September, everyone. What that means is we’re all back from from the summer and ready to get down to business. For us here at the shop, it means we’re going to be dropping an even more special group of watches on you than usual – a group that includes some truly connoisseur-level chronographs from Movado, Universal Geneve, and in particular, a downright world-class Omega 33.3. Oh, and one hell of a waterproof Longines Calatrava is coming your way too. Check ’em all out below.
A few weeks ago we published the first part of my personal story with A. Lange & Söhne. To me, this brand has played an important role in the past one-and-a-half decade of watch collecting, learning about mechanical watches and making Monochrome into what it is today. After that memorable weekend back in 2007, there was another memorable weekend. Another weekend that was important for me, and for Monochrome, and again the Lange 1 Timezone had a prominent role.
Three new models have joined the twin time zone Grand Seiko GMT line-up, including an unusually coloured limited edition. All three additions are powered by the top of the line calibre 9S86, an automatic that runs at 36,000 beats per hour. Morning light The limited edition Grand Seiko Hi-Beat 36000 GMT (SBGJ021) draws on the “colours of sunrise on Mount Iwate”, […]