Events: The GMT Watch Safari, A Week of Experiences to Discover Swiss Watchmaking
To celebrate their 24th anniversary, our colleagues at GMT Magazine are organising an exclusive watch experience for 24 lucky watch enthusiasts, from October 27 to November 1, 2024, in Switzerland. This meticulously curated tour will offer a behind-the-scenes look into the heart of Switzerland’s legendary watchmaking industry. From Geneva to the historic Jura Mountains, and from Biel to Schaffhausen, the watch Safari tour promises a unique experience of horological discovery and craftsmanship.Throughout this week of discovery, participants will experience the thrill of discovery, much like a safari in the wild. It will be the chance to uncover exquisite watches, witness exceptional craftsmanship, workshops and enjoy tastings along with exclusive meetings with CEOs of various prestigious watch Maisons. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Each stop on the j

The Collector's Corner - The Breguet Chronograph 3230 and 3237
Welcome back to our Collector's Corner series about watches from the 1980s and 1990s, and outline why we think they're cool and why they deserve your attention! A few weeks ago, we examined the first Valjoux-7750 powered split-seconds chronograph - the legendary IWC Pilot's Watch Doppelchronograph 3711. This time around, we will take a look at another chronograph gem from the opposite end of the sporty-dressy spectrum. That watch is the Breguet Chronograph 3230/3237, one of the first references designed by post-quartz crisis Breguet, a company with a grand and storied history but one that had lost direction due to numerous changes in its ownership. Though Breguet needs no introduction, of course, I will give you a short recap of the company's history before we dive into an absolute gem of a watch that has managed to stay under the radar until now, the handsome and important 3230 (or later 3237).The name Abraham-Louis Breguet is one that even novice WIS-in-making are sure to encounter e

Modillian Smart Strap: Teaching An Old Watch New Tricks - Monochrome-Watches
Why do we insist on vaunting technology from the 18th, 19th and 20th century when we are resting on the cusp of a technological revolution in time keeping? Don't throw away your dumb old watch. Make it a Smart Watch with a Modillian Smart Strap!Historians and watch nerds can debate who was the first to actually produce a watch that was meant to be worn on the wrist but the heart of the matter is that the wristwatch as we know it is 110 years old (If you consider the Cartier Santos to be the first one in 1904). In the last two centuries there have been many improvements made to the size, accuracy, functionality and shape of the mechanical watch. In the past half-century we've seen quartz watches push miniaturization and accuracy even further. Then the advent of the integrated circuit gave rise to digital watches that had alarms, count-down timers, multiple time zones, calendars with alerts and a host of other functions that sound great when you buy them but frankly never use. (Of course

Patek Philippe World-Time Chronograph 5930P (Specs Price)
The Patek Philippe 5930 World Time Chronograph was first introduced in 2016, being inspired by a one-of-a-kind watch from 1940. It combines the practicality of a chronograph function with that of a world timer. The two iconic complications in Patek‘s repertoire are now presented in an updated, green-coloured platinum version. This is the Patek Philippe World Time Chronograph 5930P.When it was launched 5 years ago, we were very impressed with the finesse of the Patek Philippe 5930G World Time Chronograph. Dressed in white gold, with a blue dial, it was everything you'd expect from the Maison in a traveller's chronograph watch, and more – and also with a bit of modernity in it. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Patek Philippe has decided it was time for the white gold 5930G to be joined by a platinum sibling, the 5930P. The habillage remains the sam

Christie's Sells the Unique Patek Philippe 5208T Only Watch 2017 for CHF 6,2 Million - Monochrome Watches
After the record-breaker that was the unique Patek Philippe 5016a for Only Watch 2015, which sold for an astonishing CHF 7.3 Million – at that time, before the Steel Patek 1518 and Paul Newman’s Paul Newman, the most expensive wristwatch ever – today was another potential record breaking watch for sale, the unique titanium, Minute Repeater, Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar?Patek Philippe 5208T made for Only Watch 2017. The hammer fell on this lot just a few minutes ago: CHF 6.2 Million. Not a record itself, but still again an impressive amount.Again this year, Patek Philippe brought the big guns, with a unique version of its 5208, a?Minute Repeater, Chronograph, Perpetual Calendar watch, made here with a titanium case, a unique blue dial with carbon fibre-like guilloche dial and a uniquely decorated movement – coated in dark grey and with a micro-rotor guilloched with the same pattern as the dial. Once again, an ultra-complex watch, made in a unique attire for th