R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find Out What It Means to Cartier - Monochrome Watches
With the leadership of Carole Forestier-Kasapi at Cartier, you might expect Aretha Franklin to belt out, “Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves”. In a field dominated by men, she rises to the top of the heap, winning the prestigious 2012 Best Watchmaker Prize at the Grande Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG). The win is a well-deserved accolade for Forestier-Kasapi, and a tremendous boon for Cartier, almost an unfair advantage. Obviously, there is no glass ceiling at Cartier, or even crystal, just great watches. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Cartier’s resurgence is breathtaking. Yes, its head of technical development is a woman, and that fact is noteworthy, even celebratory, but the reason Forestier-Kasapi has succeeded is because she is a talented watchmaker with vision. She has revitalized Cartier and propelled them to the technical foref

First Look: The Omega Seamaster Diver 300M Bronze Gold and Burgundy
The long-awaited No-Date Seamaster Diver 300M… Teased during the summer, finally released in steel versions in late 2024. Deeply inspired by the No Time to Die edition once worn on screen by 007, this new sub-collection within the SM300 range got the vintage touch in addition to being free of its date window, domed sapphire crystal, aluminium dial and bezel, and some with a mesh bracelet. The design proved to be a success in steel, only to be confirmed by the Titanium and Bronze Gold edition with green accents a few weeks later. The story continues today with yet another version, this time crafted entirely in Bronze Gold and paired with a burgundy-toned bezel.?As with the recent steel versions and the titanium/bronze gold models, these new early-2025 versions are inspired by the Seamaster Diver 300M 007 Edition, which was launched in 2020 for the James Bond film No Time to Die. What made this watch special, besides its connection with the world’s famous British secret agent

Cartier and Chaykin and Two Mystery Watches - Monochrome Watches
When two celebrities step-out onto the same red-carpet wearing the same dress it can create an awkward and sometimes ugly scene. Then the folks in the blogosphere star asking Who wore it better? or Who Rocked' a certain look. What happens when two names synonymous with uber-Horology produce uncannily similar designs? Let's find outWhen you spend all day trawling through different online watch forums you pick-up a lot of banter about derivative designs'. Most times what people are talking about are what you would more generally call a knock-off. Strings of posts ensue. These shoving matches descend into a version of car is faster than your car and then I click on to newer and hopefully more enlightening posts! Let's be honest for a moment: not every round / square / rectangular / octagonal / polygonal watch is a knock-off' of the all the watches of the same shape that came before it. Sometimes watchmakers use the shapes that we are all familiar with to try to twist the imagination into

Introducing IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Edition C.03 x Collective
Not everything in Silicon Valley revolves around high-tech consumer electronics. There are plenty of affluent techies out there who have been seduced by the beauty of good old mechanical watches. To cater to their passion, a club of watch enthusiasts based in Silicon Valley appeared on the scene in 2018. Known as Collective, the club’s first collaboration was a Zenith El Primero Chronomaster C.01 revisited in silver and white to echo the design language of modern technology products, followed by an H. Moser & Cie. Pioneer Centre Seconds C.02 with a rotating 12-hour bezel to track two time zones. For its third collaboration watch, Collective Horology has reached out to IWC Schaffhausen to create the exclusive 125-piece Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition C.03 ref. IW388105. The collaboration with IWC also celebrates the expansion of the collector’s group to London where it hopes to attract more enthusiasts.Collective HorologyCollective is the first organised club of

Hands-On - Longines HydroConquest Full Black Ceramic (Specs & Price)
Standing out with its clean and pragmatic lines, the Longines HydroConquest was introduced over 10 years ago as part of the brand's sports collection. This modernly designed dive watch has since seen numerous iterations, including newer versions fitted with coloured ceramic inserts on the bezel. The brand now goes a few steps further in this direction incorporating ceramic on the entire case. Meet the new Longines HydroConquest Full Black Ceramic.This new Longines HydroConquest is a dynamic dive watch and features all the characteristics found in the collection's latest facelift. What's really new though is that its case is fashioned out of high-tech, scratch-resistant black ceramic for the first time – Zirconium Oxide ZrO2 as printed on the dial and the same material used by Omega on the SM300, for instance. The watch stands out among the different versions of the HydroConquest with a stealth, full-black look giving it a modern, sportier character. Ad - Scroll to cont