Only Watch 2017 - The unique blue dial Audemars Piguet?Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Black Ceramic
For its 2017?edition, the biennial Only Watch event has been attracting more and more brands, keen to participate in?this charity auction. Absent from the previous two editions, Audemars Piguet makes its return to?the long list of manufactures, with a unique piece based on its?impressive?Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Black Ceramic. Except?now, they’ve?introduced?a touch of color to the?previous?monochromatic look, as it features a bright blue dial.The goal of Only Watch is simple: in giving collectors the opportunity to bid on?unique pieces from luxury watch manufacturers at?auction (this year, Christie’s will be auctioning the watches, on November 11th, 2017) the proceeds go towards funding the?research of Duchenne muscular dystrophy – the monies collected will be given to?Association Monegasque contre les Myopathies (AMM).?While some brands create completely unique pieces (remember the Patek 5016A of 2015), others?simply?add a unique feature (technica

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver Chronograph 26703ST (specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
In terms of Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, the choice is vast and you could easily find the right one. You’ll have the classical one (the 15400), the luxurious and slim one (our favorite here at Monochrome-Watches, the 15202ST) but you can also go for sportier ones, with the Offshore collection, that includes the recently renewed Chronographs and the Diver edition (also one of our favorites here). What about if you mix these two? What about a diving chronograph? It’s exactly what AP?is about to introduce with the new?Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver Chronograph 26703ST – and be prepared, it is very, very colorful.Basically, with this new?Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver Chronograph 26703ST, the brand mixes two of its best-sellers, both in the Offshore collection: the chronograph and the diver. Two watches that are widely known, two watches that are icons in the world of horology. One is a pure tool for Divers (of course with a luxurious feel, AP obliged) a

40mm or 35mm...? The Two Sizes Of The Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 Compared
To say that the Tissot PRX is a success would be an understatement. It is a massive hit, and for obvious reasons. Besides the overall very decent quality of the watch, combined with an accessible price, it’s mostly its style that made it so popular… The flair of the 1970s, the luxury sports watch look, the integrated design, a powerful and reliable movement and the resemblance with some of the most iconic watches (but clearly unattainable) of the category. It has it all. But the only mechanical option, up until recently, was undoubtedly on the large side. Problem (partially…) solved, as we now have the new Tissot PRX Powermatic 80 35mm. Is it perfect? Which model should you choose? We compare the 35mm and 40mm Tissot PRX to help you decide. Spoiler alert: it’ll be a hard choice!For many years, the concept of the luxury sports watch – refined, high-end watches (mostly) in stainless steel with a matching and integrated steel bracelet and thin movements, as f

Hands-On - Chopard Mille Miglia 2019 Race Edition (Specs & Price)
Chopard celebrates 31 years of partnership with the Mille Miglia endurance race this May. One of the longest-standing alliances in the world of classic motorsport, the event is celebrated with the release of two limited edition Mille Miglia watches; one in stainless steel and the other in two-tone steel and rose gold case. We introduced the steel version just before Baselworld 2019, but seeing both models in the metal proved a very different - and agreeable – experience.Brescia to Rome and backThe 2019 edition of Italy's legendary Mille Miglia endurance race starts on 15 May as 430 vehicles complete the 1,000-mile loop from Brescia to Rome and back. The four stages of the endurance race will take participants through some of Italy's most scenic countryside and towns pushing the limits of their historic vehicles, which as regulations stipulate, have to be models that took part in the 1000 Miglia between 1927 to 1957. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Vacheron Constantin Introduces the World's Thinnest Minute Repeater caliber and Thinnest Minute Repeater Watch - Monochrome Watches
Vacheron Constantin sets two records with the introduction of the Patrimony Contemporaine Ultra-Thin Calibre 1731. It is the world’s thinnest minute repeater movement and the world’s thinnest minute repeater wrist watch. This new ultra-thin chiming watch measures just 8.09 mm in height and its movement is just a mere 3.90 mm in height. Even leaving the “world records” out of the equation, what Vacheron accomplishes here is simply magnificent. Striking complications are usually seen as the most difficult of all complications, especially when integrating it in an ultra-thin movement.For those of you who remember Piaget’s introduction earlier this year, that was also a record for the world’s thinnest minute repeater movement and minute repeater watch. With the difference that the Emperador Coussin Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater is automatically wound, while the Vacheron is a manually wound watch. The new ultra-thin caliber 1731 has been finished to the very