Audemars Piguet Millenary - perfect dress watch? - Monochrome Watches
Sometimes you see a watch that immediately grabs your attention. For me the Audemars Piguet Millenary Piano Forte is such a watch. Is this the perfect dress watch? I can still remember the first time i saw an advertisement for the Millenary Piano Forte. Deeply impressed…?A few days ago i was looking through the catalog of the upcoming Antiquorum auction. Seeing a Audemars Piguet Millenary for sale doesn’t happen too often. A Millenary Piano Forte i have never seen for sale before…. until now. This one will be auctioned in New York at September 17th.?What a beauty…Audemars Piguet Millenary Piano ForteThe Audemars Piguet Millenary has a classic, distinct and unique design. With the oval shaped case, is stand apart from other watch designs. The oval shaped case was?inspired by the architecture of the Roman Colosseum. The case has stunning details and the finish is beautiful with brushed and polished parts. Although it has a classic look of a dress watch, it’s

The 4 New Patek Philippe Minute Repeaters of the Rare Handcrafts 2020-2021 Collection - Monochrome Watches
During the Rare Handcrafts 2020-2021 exhibition held at its headquarters on Rue du Rh?ne from 16 – 26 June, Patek Philippe offers visitors a chance to admire its latest collection of one-of-a-kind watches, pocket watches and clocks decorated with rare handcrafts. Ranging from miniature enamel painting to wood micro-marquetry and from Grand Feu cloisonne enamel to manual engraving, Patek showcases the Maison's consummate artistic craftsmanship. Marking the occasion, four minute repeaters in the current collection have been given the rare handcrafts treatment. Ref. 6002R-001 Sky Moon Tourbillon Haut ArtisanatPatek's second most complicated wristwatch, the Sky Moon Tourbillon, gets a makeover and now appears in a rose gold case with a brown Grand Feu enamel dial. Making its debut in 2001 with Ref. 5002, the 12 complications spread across the two dials of the Sun Moon Tourbillon were surpassed with the Grandmaster Chime of 2014 and its s

A look at the TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer 01 (Specs & Price) - Monochrome-Watches
Today on Monochrome-Watches, we’re going to look at TAG Heuer’s latest addition – and we’ll have a look at it through the hublot (the meaning?of this last sentence will probably sound odd to you, but you’ll understand later). While the new strategy of TAG is to get back on track with the market of young, active and sport-oriented men (with watches like?this one) or to look back at its past (with vintage oriented pieces like this one), the?TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre Heuer 01 plays on another field. It’s technical, modern, visually complicated and different from anything else made by the brand. Let’s see if this watch is a proper TAG.For most of us, a Carrera is a sports chronograph with a specific look that is easily recognizable. Even if it can be modern and look like that, it can also be a re-issue of the vintage 1960s editions, like the recently introduced?Carrera Calibre 18 Chronograph Telemeter. Whatever the model, they all share specific at

Continuing our coverage of non-Swiss indepedent watchmakers.
Last week's article about indie watchmakers from all corners of the world showed that the industry doesn't solely revolve around Switzerland. And as a matter of fact, we've received some comments and did some more digging of our own and are turning it into a tryptic of articles, listing yet more watchmakers doing all sort of cool stuff. Some might be quite well-known, while others might be completely new to some of you. But that's the beauty of it, actually, and part of the reason why MONOCHROME exists in the first place. Without further ado, let's get started with Part II of the coolest non-Swiss independent watchmakers.Habring2 - AustriaOf course, we simply had to include Habring2, the Austrian-based indie watchmaking brand run by Richard and Maria Habring. We worked closely with the brand last year and presented our first-ever Montre de Souscription, which is a very proud moment for us. Richard Habring is well-known within the industry for developing the DoppelChronograph for IWC. O

Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris 2018 Collection (SIHH 2018) Live Photos, Specs & Price
Jaeger-LeCoultre is well-known by watch enthusiasts, especially when it comes to dress watches or elegant timepieces – think Reverso or Master Ultra-Thin. Yet, in terms of sports watches, the situation is rather different. JLC never really succeeded in creating the definitive collection – now more than ever, as the Master Compressor collection is discontinued. For the SIHH however, things are changing with the introduction of the?Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris 2018 Collection… A sports watch collection, which is JLC all the way.History… The Polaris,?first of its namePolaris… A name that should resonate in many collectors’ minds as a legendary model indeed. But that’s not where the story started. Rather, it was back in 1959, with the creation of the first dive watch with an alarm, the Memovox?Deep Sea. The mechanical alarm function (a signature complication of all Memovox watches) was used to remind?the diver when to return to the surface. The watch w