Buying Guide - 5 High-End Watches with World-Time or Multiple Time-Zones
A watch is an essential item while travelling. An essential item on your “things to pack” list. We've said it already several times here on MONOCHROME, but multiple time zone watches are certainly amongst the most practical you can find. Not only when travelling (obviously) but also for those working in an international environment - and there are more and more of them. For those who want to combine functionality and their love for fine watchmaking, here are 5 sophisticated watches with world time complications or multiple time zone indications.A Lange & Sohne Lange 1 Time ZoneBased on the iconic Lange 1, the A. Lange & Sohne TimeZone features a multitude of sub-dials and no fewer than nine hands and indicators. The main dial at 9 o'clock displays the home time with 24-hour indication and a subsidiary small seconds. The 5 o'clock sub-dial shows a second time-zone and the corresponding city on the outer ring, as well as its own 24-hour indicator. The 8 oclock pusher

Technical Perspective: Understanding The Art of Guilloche Dials
Known under the French name Guillochage, engine turning consists of adorning wood or metal with intertwined lines. It is an engraving technique that originated over five centuries ago. Initially, it was applied to soft materials such as wood and ivory before being adapted to metals, particularly for the craft of goldsmiths and silversmiths. Allegedly first applied in watchmaking in the 1680s by Pierre Duhamel in Geneva on a case, guillochage was made famous on dials by Abraham-Louis Breguet, who introduced it as early as 1786. The intricate geometric patterns engraved on watch dials not only enhance their appearance but also improve readability. Guilloche dials add depth and texture to the surface of the dials. This depth creates visual contrast as light plays off the engraved patterns, enhancing the overall aesthetics of the watch. The different patterns can be used to delineate different subdials or to highlight specific indicators. Today, guilloche has become an integral aspect of w

Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic - World's Thinnest Automatic Watch and Tourbillon - Baselworld 2018 (Live Pics, Specs & Price)
Game on! The race between?Bvlgari and Piaget to prove who can manufacture the thinnest watch in the world continues. At Baselworld 2017,?Bvlgari introduced the Octo Finissimo Automatic, a true luxury sports watch with a bold design and the thinnest automatic movement on the market. At the SIHH 2018, Piaget trumpeted not one, but two world records: the thinnest mechanical watch ever and the thinnest automatic watch. Baselworld 2018 has opened its doors and?Bvlgari sets two new records in a single watch: the world’s thinnest tourbillon watch and the world’s thinnest automatic watch. Meet the new?Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic – and yes, it is paper thin, at 3.95mm thick.Although Piaget caught up in the race for ultra-thin at the SIHH 2018, Bvlgari wasn’t short of record-thin watches. Even if Bvlgari’s title for the thinnest automatic watch was challenged by Piaget with its Altiplano?Ultimate Automatic 910P – a 4.30mm thick watch with a per

Hands-On - The The 2018 Ulysse Nardin Diver Chronometer Collection (Specs & Price)
Certainly, most of you probably have the Marine Chronometer in mind when the name Ulysse Nardin is mentioned?– and rightfully so, as this watch is the cornerstone of the brand. However, there’s more in the collection, including?the?Ulysse Nardin Diver, a watch that is still linked to the nautical world, but not perhaps the most discreet diver on the market.? Do you remember?this one?or this one, conceived as a more classic approach to the watch??The good news is that it has just been relaunched in a more contemporary, cleaner and tastier package – following the trend initiated?by the Torpilleur. Meet the 2018?Ulysse Nardin Diver Chronometer.For years, the Marine Chronometer watches, nautical timepieces with an overall elegant design, have had their sporty twins, the Ulysse Nardin Diver. To differentiate these two – don’t forget that both were inspired by the sea – UN gave the Diver a robust, masculine and bold style (to say the least, judging by some

Report - Crazy Prices for PF Journe at 2021 Phillips & Only Watch Auction
As you might have seen, this past weekend was important for the watch collecting community. Like every year, the weekend after the GPHG is packed with auctions in Geneva. Christie’s and Phillips (and others) had their auctions, and last Saturday was the Only Watch charity auction; all benefitting from the presence of the most prominent watch collectors. While the auctions showed a strong, but not spectacular, interest in vintage watches from the usual suspects (mainly Patek Phillipe and ), we’ve seen a renewed confirmation of a trend that started a couple of years ago. There’s a fast-growing and strong interest in some independent watchmakers, such as Philippe Dufour, Roger Smith and early watches made by F.P. Journe. And looking at the astonishing results fetched this weekend at Phillips Geneva Watch Auction XIV and Only Watch 2021, this is a trend that can’t be ignored anymore!When he created MONOCHROME more than 15 years ago, our founder Frank, quickly start