Weekly Watch Photo - Hodinkee's new design - Monochrome Watches
This Weekly Watch photo is dedicated to our friends of Hodinkee. They have been sharing the coolest watch news and the best finds of vintage watches with us for years. The other week they changed the design of the blog in a rather unusual way…. but I love it.?Like this photo that Ben Clymer, founder, owner and executive editor of Hodinkee, posted on his Facebook page. It actually says it all. Two beautiful vintage timepieces and his iPhone in the middle. And when I bought a vintage Audemars Piguet Royal Oak from the 1970’s earlier this year, I can (at least partially) blame Ben for infecting me with the vintage Royal Oak virus. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Of course I can go on about the new design or the milestone posts, but without further ado… check Hodinkee to see the newly designed website.?A tip at the hat to our friends and colle

Announcing: Dubai Watch Week Returns Bigger Than Ever in November 2023
One of the key events in the region and in the global watch calendar, Dubai Watch Week is held every other year. Having attended the previous edition, I had a truly memorable time there, so don't miss out on this instalment! Organized Under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Watch Week will reconvene for its 6th edition from 16th to 20th November 2023 at The Gate, a venue with over 100,000sqm in the heart of Dubai's financial district. The event keeps gaining importance with 55 watch brands, the highest participation to date!Founded in 2015 by Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons and organized every other year, Dubai Watch Week is a true highlight of the watch industry's calendar: exclusive, relaxed, experiential, entertaining and educational at the same time. This unique take on the watch salon has become an important platform for brands to launch new products and present limited editions. Opened to the public, providing guests with remarkable

Taming the Seas with the McGonigle Brothers! - Monochrome Watches
The AHCI candidate members and brothers, John and Stephen McGonigle have turned a central Irish town into a haven for high horology and a passion for the sea into a muse!All literature as we know it today boils down to traditional story telling; taking what is and distilling it into a form that makes it appealing so that the moral will last for generations to come. Homer's Odyssey is the product of thousands of years of story telling, written down into verse so that the story could no longer be added to or taken away from. In it, Odysseus is pitted against one form of torment after another - some taking monstrous forms some taking seductive forms. Ad - Scroll to continue with article One of the most treacherous passages pertains to an out cropping of rocks and a whirlpool - famed for taking the lives of all the sailors who tried to pass - the Schylla' and Charyb

Hands-On: The Downsized 2023 Chopard Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph
Chopard has been the official sponsor and timekeeper of Italy's Mille Miglia since 1988, and co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele has participated in every race from 1989, covering over 30,000 competition miles. In fact, this has been the longest partnership in history between a watchmaker and a major motorsports event, and 35 previous watches in the Mille Miglia collection consolidate this link. The latest Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph models were inspired by the event's classic cars with distinctive features on the cases, dials and straps. The watches are also smaller for 2023 and produced in a new, exclusive material.?Unlike prior models, like the 42mm Mille Miglia 2020 Race Edition, the new models have a more compact design at 40.5mm in diameter and 12.88mm in height (slightly thicker than the 2020 model's 12.67mm). It also comes in anti-allergenic, brushed and polished Lucent Steel A223, an exclusive alloy that took four years to develop. It has a luminous appearance (hence th

Buying Guide - 5 Recently Launched Diving Chronographs
In addition to classic models, with a clearly-defined style and set of functionalities, watchmakers also love to mix genres. What about a perpetual calendar pilot’s watch? Or a sports skeleton timepiece? There’s another combination that feels, at first, a bit unusual but that, however, became more and more popular over the years, a watch combining the resistance and robustness of a diving instrument with the practicality of a chronograph. Diving chronographs were first popularized in the mid-1960s by Aquastar, soon followed by Omega with the iconic Seamaster Automatic 120m Chronograph “Big Blue”. And today, we’ve listed 5 very capable, desirable diving chronographs that have been recently launched – watches that will feel home practically everywhere, under the sea, on land, at the tracks, and in the air. Or if you want to time the cooking of your pasta while taking a jump in the pool…Aquastar Deepstar Chronograph Re-EditionNo doubt, this is a f