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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin 15202IP Titanium/Platinum Smoked Blue Dial - Review (Specs & Price)
When we received?the whole bunch of novelties that AP was about to launch at the SIHH 2018 (and there was a lot), one watch stood apart from the rest. Strangely enough, this watch is far from being a true revolution.?Not that the RD#2 isn’t a stunning development, but we were all, at the MONOCHROME redaction, focussed on this new?Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin 15202IP. Already stunning on the official images, we needed to see it in the metal. And boy, what a beauty it is.I know I might sound quite enthusiastic, but I’ve always had a soft spot for the Royal Oak, especially the Jumbo Extra-Thin 15202. For various reasons, it is, to me, the one to have – if you’re into modern watches, otherwise the original 5402ST is a no-brainer. With its 39mm case, its thin automatic movement, its time and date display without seconds hand and its finely guilloched dial, it is in many aspects the version that is the most faithful to the original 1972 watch, a sort of
Buying Guide: Ringing The Hours With Six Chiming Watches
While there is plenty to be enjoyed when it comes to a finely crafted mechanical time-only watch, sometimes you want a little more than that, right? From GMT watches to chronographs, and from moon phases to perpetual calendars, there’s an absolute abundance of complexity within the watchmaking industry. But what if you’re looking for a more audible experience? Not only seeing time but hearing it instead? Well, you’re in luck as today we’ve compiled a selection of chiming masterpieces. And to prove such a watch doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg (plus a kidney or two), we’ve included two examples priced below 5k!Christopher Ward Bel Canto Rosa GoldThe Christopher Ward Bel Canto is a prime example of a brand thinking out of the box. The brand’s technical director, Frank Stelzer, found a way to create a watch with a chiming hour complication for less than 5k! The Bel Canto has a 41mm wide by 13mm thick grade 5 titanium case with a Rosa Gold (sa
Tudor 2015 Novelties - Tudor Baselworld 2015 - The Tudor new watches we hope to see - Monochrome-Watches
Here at Monochrome-Watches, we have a special attraction for Tudor. We may love for its serious and highly qualitative creations, Tudor ( ’s sister company) created some interesting, affordable, very well finished and mainly, really cool watches recently – such as the Heritage Black Bay Blue, the Heritage Ranger or the Heritage Chrono. Thus, there was no reason for us not to try to predict what could be the Tudor 2015 new models, the watches that Tudor could introduce at Baselworld 2015. We did it for this year, we did it for Tudor last year, and we are doing?it again now.Last year, just like we did for and Omega, we tried to guess the watches that Tudor could introduce at the Basel watch fair. We imagined a Black Bay with a black bezel and dial and we also imagined a Pelagos with blue dial and bezel. Tudor came at Baselworld with the?Heritage Black Bay equipped with a superb midnight blue bezel insert and a cleaner dial. We had?the right colour, we had the right watc
Portrait: Lithunian Watchmaker Liudas Norkus
The watch community can be a truly great thing, as every now and then it seems to embrace new ideas, new concepts, new people and brands with open arms. We’ve seen it happen in watches where the community can get involved in the design process, or with watch clubs bringing together brands and collectors. And we see it once again with Liudas Norkus, a new name on the firmament! In just 24 hours, this young Lithuanian watchmaker managed to sell out his debut watch. And we’re not talking about five, eight, ten or even twenty-five watches, but two hundred! Naturally, such stories tend to get noticed by us and it presented a perfect opportunity to get acquainted with him and his watch!Robin, MONOCHROME Watches – Liudas, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers? Ad - Scroll to continue with article My name is Liudas Norkus, and I grew up in
Baselworld report - Monochrome Watches
Robert-Jan and i are making a report of our trip to Baselworld. The report will be posted at Perpetuelle.com. Take a look at Perpetuelle’s Baselworld 2009 forum.Baselworld 2009 entranceThanx to Kyle @ Perpetuelle.com for the press cards, Robert-Jan for the excellent company. On his website Fratellowatches he just wrote a post of our experience trying to get a closer look at the new TAG Heuer Monaco models, that was quite a disappointment especially for me as a huge fan of the brand and this watch in particular. This was on our left wrists…Robert-Jan's GMT Master IIMy Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso Grand DateI forgot to make wristshots of our right wrists, but these where not bare either ?? Ad - Scroll to continue with article