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Pre-SIHH 2018 - Ulysse Nardin Marine Torpilleur Military (Specs & Price)
Earlier this year, Ulysse Nardin launched a new watch that we here at MONOCHROME thought best represented the essence of the brand, the?Marine Torpilleur. Visually inspired by antique Marine Chronometers, powered by an in-house movement with silicon parts (UN were the first to equip a watch with that), this piece showed an overall pretty cool look immediately recognizable as UN and a very attractive price tag. Well, as the SIHH 2018 is slowly appearing, Ulysse Nardin has unveiled a new version of this watch, the?Marine Torpilleur Military. And while it is physically and technically (almost) the same watch, the look is something completely different.In June this year,?Ulysse Nardin unveiled the Marine Torpilleur, a well-thought-out facelift to reinvigorate the brand's emblematic Marine collection. Slightly simpler in design, with classical lugs, a thinner case and a reasonable diameter of 42mm, it didn’t forget all the beauty of the Marine collection, with a dial that was clearly
Breguet Classique Chronometrie 7727 // Review, Specs, Price
When you think about Breguet, you probably picture a classic watch with elegant proportions, a guilloche dial and a beautifully executed movement. This is partially true, but there’s more to be said about the brand. Certainly, it is one of (if not the) most historically important brands, mainly because its founder, Abraham-Louis Breguet, is behind most of the innovations of the 18th/19th century, and most of them are still in use today. As a tribute to this glorious and rich past, the brand still retains its spirit of innovation beautifully demonstrated with this Breguet Classique Chronometrie 7727. Not a new watch, but one we wanted to explore again.Breguet, the innovatorWe’ve said it in the past and we’ll say it again: Abraham-Louis Breguet (10 January 1747 – 17 September 1823) is arguably the most important watchmaker of all times. Period. His influence on watchmaking, on chronometry and on anything related to the measurement of time is, still today, a tangib
Video The Piaget Polo Skeleton (Specs & Price)
The Piaget Polo luxury sports watch collection has recently been extended with a fascinating skeletonised model. Leaner than the two existing models in the collection, the distinctive cushion-shaped case of the 42mm steel Piaget Polo frames the refined mechanics of the ultra-thin skeletonised calibre. The curvaceous architecture of the bridges and mainplate allows light to penetrate the calibre from both sides of the case. Available in blue or grey, the Piaget Polo Skeleton is proof positive that the bold, contemporary shape of Piaget's luxurious sports watch is perfectly compatible with the ethereal elegance and beauty of a skeletonised calibre. Something you can admire in the video on top of this article.GenesisYves G. Piaget, the fourth generation of the Piaget dynasty, was the brainchild of the Polo. With the brand's celebrated reputation as a watchmaker and jeweller, Yves Piaget trained as a watchmaking engineer and a gemmologist to join the family business in 1966. His passion fo
Introducing: The TAG Heuer Carrera Date Plasma d'Avant-Garde
Lab-grown diamonds are used extensively in jewellery but rarely in watchmaking. What takes nature billions of years to achieve and immense effort to mine can be pulled off in a laboratory in a matter of weeks. Embracing the technology and leading the pack, TAG Heuer is the first major Swiss brand to integrate lab-grown diamonds into its watches. With the launch of its third Plasma watch during LVMH Watch Week, TAG Heuer consolidates its pole position on the lab-grown diamond scene. Here’s a first peek at the new Carrera Date Plasma Diamant d’Avant Garde, flaunting a burst of golden sunshine in the form of a yellow diamond.Although you can come across a sprinkling of diamonds on its women’s watches, diamonds are not the first thing that spring to mind when you think about TAG Heuer. As a brand that likes to experiment with avant-garde materials, lab-grown diamonds are an exciting proposal; not only are they infinitely cheaper to produce, but they are identical to natur
Video - Discovering the Czapek 2020 Novelties during Geneva Watch Days
Following our visit to Geneva Watch Days, the only main watch-related event organised this year in Europe, we had the chance to finally discover in the metal some of the newest timepieces introduced earlier this year, as well as all-new models from more than 15 brands. Besides the large, established brands (such as Bvlgari, Ulysse Nardin or Girard-Perregaux), multiple creative and high-end independent manufactures were also present, including Czapek, one of the most active brands in this segment of the market, with its original horizontal integration and crowdfunding equity business model. Today, we take the time to talk to Xavier de Roquemaurel, CEO of the brand, to discover the new models of this year.Since its (re)inception in 2015, Czapek, who was once the partner of Patek, has demonstrated its capability of creating very interesting watches and calibres. After the inaugural “Quai des Bergues” collection of elegant watches inspired by antique pocket watches, it was time