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Interview - The Online Watch Market - Claudio de Giovanni from Verado
After a look at Chrono24, Montredo and WatchBox, we continue our series focusing on understanding the online watch market – certainly one of the most important trends in the watch world today. Today, we’re talking to a newbie in the world of online watch marketplaces. The name of the company is Verado and its Founder & CEO is?Claudio de Giovanni. What makes Verado unique? It claims to be “the facilitator of fair transactions between real people” – something that will be explained in the following interview.?Can you give us a quick history of Verado? Ad - Scroll to continue with article As is often the case with great ideas, Verado was borne out of a bad personal experience: I was trying to buy a Chopard necklace for my girlfriend ¡ª second-hand ¡ª but couldn't see consistency on pricing or get any transparency into quality. And th
The new 2014 Omega Seamaster 300 Re-edition - what it really looks like - Monochrome Watches
Remember a few days ago, Omega was teasing us with pictures that looked like a re-issue of the Seamaster 300. We've played with Photoshop and gave you our thoughts on what it could look like. Today, Omega presented a video that shows a more precise image of the future model that will be presented coming Wednesday at Baselworld 2014. And we were close to the reality!Let’s have a look at the neo-vintage Omega Seamaster 300.The video shows many details of the new watch. First, and what relieves us, is to know that it will exist in several versions, such as two-tones Steel/Gold and full steel. So lets talk details and see which details we got correct in our preview: The new SM300 will have a straight lugs case (no protection guard and symmetric design) A bracelet with mirror polished centre links and brushed external links, which looks like the bracelet of the Aqua Terra and the Speedmaster ’57. The bracelet features the new buckle with fine adjustment - similar to that you can
What Makes The Seiko Prospex Divers "Turtle" and "Samurai" Such Cool Pieces?
When it comes to watches, we can sometimes be a bit posh at MONOCHROME – or, put more elegantly, we can be quite selective and have a soft spot for anything high-end. We love watchmaking in its purest form with complex mechanisms and Haute Horlogerie decoration. We can’t help it. But… We love watches in general and we also genuinely enjoy well-executed accessible watches. And in this field, Seiko with the Prospex collection is certainly among the best contenders. Think “Turtle” and “Samurai”, think “PADI” editions, think cool diver’s watches that retail for less than half a grand. And today I’ll give you my personal view on why all watch enthusiasts, seasoned or new to the game, fortunate or not, should really consider taking a serious look at these two, very cool watches.This article is not intended to be an in-depth review but more of an opinion piece. To learn more about the Seiko Prospex Diver’s PADI “Sam
Oris Divers Sixty Five Chronograph Steel-and-Bronze (Specs & Price)
After Oris introduced the Bronze Carl Brashear Chronograph earlier in 2018, and after the brand announced teaming up with Swiss retailer Bucherer to created a new episode of the “Blue Editions”, we knew that the standard version of the Divers Sixty Five Chronograph was about to come. So end of the teasing: here is the regular production model of the Oris Divers Sixty Five Chronograph – and indeed, it still looks good in steel-and-bronze.When Oris and Bucherer introduced their shared vision of the “65 Chrono”, we wrote: “The Divers Sixty-Five is Oris' most successful collection of the last five years. An affordable, well-executed, good-looking diver with a fair amount of vintage elements, it has been praised by many - including us. What started as a stand-alone piece quickly became a full collection, with 36mm, 40mm, and 42mm models and with steel, BiCo' steel-and-bronze or full bronze versions. Last year saw the first introduction of a complication i
Glashutte Original Senator Excellence Panorama Date Moon Phase Steel - Hands-On (Specs & Price)
As you well know, dear reader, we manage to get our hands on an enviable number of incredible timepieces here at MONOCHROME. Some, like the stunning Armin Strom Mirrored Force Resonance with guilloche dial by Kari Voutilainen, make their presence immediately felt, whilst others, like the Tudor Heritage Black Bay steel, are decidedly more understated, although no less appealing. Today, we are getting hands on with a watch that falls decidedly in this latter category, the Glashutte Original Senator Excellence Panorama Date Moon Phase in full steel.The Senator Excellence seriesIn the spring of 2016, Glashutte Original unveiled the Calibre 36 manufactory movement, which would become the basis of the new Senator Excellence collection. This collection can be seen as something of an evolution of the popular yet slightly dated Senator range, although at this stage the Senator Excellence models complement rather than replace the earlier ones. Ad - Scroll to continue with article
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