The new Luminor 1950 Sealand 3 Days Automatic Acciaio – 44mm is timely bandwagon zodiac piece released by Panerai to commemorate the Year of the Rooster. With a hand engraved case cover, the rooster timepiece is limited to 99 pieces. After the watches dedicated to the Ox, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, the Goat and…
With 2016 (thankfully) behind us, aBlogtoWatch would like to poke its nose into 2017, and offer the watch industry a few suggestions on things we would like to see more of in the new year, and also things we’d like to see less of.
The past year was a big one for us, with the revamped website coming online in March 2016. That quickly showed up in our visitor numbers, which have doubled. Consequently, whereas in past years the annual roundup of the year’s best comprised 10 top stories, this year we cover 18 of our best posts; in several Chinese dialects […]
In the last few years, storm clouds have formed over the Helvetic Republic, where, for years, there has been nothing but blue sky and crisp alpine air. First they were mere zephyrs, barely rippling the surface of our collective consciousness, hardly worthy of mention in those glorious, post-GFC days. More recently we’ve noticed an increasing number of these squalls, and exchanged worried glances with our fellow travellers, but tacitly agreeing to collectively write them off as temporary aberrations due to external factors like currency fluctuation or political instability. But now there’s no ignoring it. The gale is blowing hard, and all around us the watch industry is battening down the hatches and cutting loose the dead wood. Some of these new drifters will ride the storm out, but many will succumb to the forces and become tomorrow’s flotsam and jetsam in an industry that has known smooth sailing for too long. I’ll do you all a favour and stop with the meteorological/nautical allusions now. The coming year will be a pivotal one for the watch industry. Despite the positivity projected by the Swiss hegemony it’s becoming clear that the watch industry is in crisis. But how big? Is it a temporary dip, or is it a massive, once-in-a-generation…
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Don’t get stuck in an Instagram rut. Allow us to point you in the direction of inspirational characters to follow, starting with… NAME: James Thompson OCCUPATION: Canadian industrial designer and founder of Black Badger Advanced Composites, focusing on jewellery design and timepiece collaboration. HANDLE: @blackbadger FOLLOWERS: 30.9K LOCATION: Sweden Tell us about your daily watch. That would be my Bell & Ross BR01. It was the first watch I ever bought, in 2008. I inherited a small amount of money when my grandparents passed away, and as my grandfather was always really interested in the how and why of things, I thought a mechanical timepiece would be a nice thing to spend it on. Oddly enough, that watch is what started the series of events that led me into the watch industry and my current career. I wear it almost every day and I plan to give it to my son someday. I won’t ever sell it. The only thing I’ve found it no good for is wearing while cycling on cobblestones. The back of my hand got all bruised up from that big square hunk of steel! What’s your daily ride (car/motorbike/dragon)? Stepan Sarpaneva’s coat tails! Ha ha. Actually my…
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Well, it’s that time again. The end of the year. To say that 2016 has been a big one for HODINKEE would be something of an understatement. We launched two limited edition watches, one with Zenith and one with NOMOS Glashütte, we ventured The Road Through Britain, and we brought you countless hands-on looks at watches, continued analysis of the watch industry, and offered insight into the future of horology. Here is a countdown of the 20 most popular posts from this year, including some obvious appearances and a handful of welcome surprises.
The Blancpain Villeret Métiers D’Art Ganesh watch is a tribute to the Hindu Lord Ganesha, and it is a new offering from Blancpain’s Villeret line of watches. Lord Ganesha is one of the most worshipped deities in the Hindu religion and is also known as the patron of arts.
As read by you, here are the Top 10 most viewed articles on Quill & Pad for 2016. A few may even provide a (pleasant) surprise. So without further ado and in no particular order we present the top 10 most popular posts of 2016.
Like we always say, Reviews are crucial for us, at Monochrome-Watches – and for two main reasons. First of all, in order to bring you the best possible stories and the most objective opinions, we need to have some proper wrist-time with the watches. It’s no debate here: wearing the watch and experiencing it for a while, as if we were owning it, is mandatory. It is our editorial philosophy. Second, as watch journalist, we believe that our reviews will influence your choices and for that reason, we think that you also need these reviews to make the most informed purchases. This is why, to close 2016, instead of showing you our most read stories, we’d like to show you the nine reviews you loved most this year on Monochrome-Watches (based on page-views and reactions).
On a chilly day typical of Geneva’s winter in November 2016, Phillips set the world record for the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction when the hammer came down on the Patek Philippe ref. 1518 in stainless steel (pictured above). Including fees the incredibly rare timepiece from 1944 sold for SFr11.0m, or just over US$10.7m. Though the […]