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A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Boutique Edition with Grey Dial - The Perfect Dress Watch... But More Exclusive (live pics, specs & price) - Monochrome Watches
You love excellence. Excellence in work and excellence in life. But you do not like showing off. It is something that shows in your career, your lifestyle, your clothing, and your watches and jewelry. When you buy a watch, it has to be perfect. And it has to be understated. You are somewhat puzzled about what to buy next. You are looking for something that you can wear with other black or blue clothing. If you recognize yourself, take a look at the A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Boutique Edition, with its pink gold case, combined to a stunning grey dial. If you want to know more about the watch and our view, continue reading!In October 2015, we shared with you the announcement of the A. Lange & Sohne Saxonia Boutique Edition grey dial that is sold exclusively in the boutiques of A. Lange & Sohne.?We recently received the watch for a more in-depth review. Our views are shared with you in this article.Let us start with our conclusion: we love it! It's as simple as that. The combina
Interview - Arnaud Carrez, Cartiers CMO, On The New 2022 Collection
Over the past few years, Cartier has been enjoying remarkable growth. The French? Maison is active across different categories and excels as a jeweller/watchmaker or watchmaker/jeweller. In line with MONOCHROME’s exclusive coverage of watches and according to a recent Morgan Stanley report, Cartier has become the second-largest watchmaker after . Watches & Wonders provided the perfect venue to sit down with Arnaud Carrez, the brand’s Chief Marketing Officer, with whom we had a comprehensive look at the new 2022 collection – and there are a lot of watches to discover.?Arnaud Carrez, Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of CartierXavier Markl, MONOCHROME Watches – What makes Cartier watches different?Arnaud Carrez, Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Cartier?– Cartier was born as a jeweller, which makes us very special in the world of watchmaking. Linked to our heritage, this singularity makes us different from the othe
Weekly Watch photo - IWC Ingenieur ref. 3227 - Monochrome Watches
This week we have an excellent treat for you. Stunning photos of?one of the most beautiful models ever produced by IWC, the IWC Ingenieur reference 3227.?In 2005 IWC introduced a new Ingenieur collection and this comprised of the Ingenieur Automatic (ref. 3227), a mid-size model (ref. 4515) and, for the first time in the Ingenieur collection, a?mechanical?chronograph (ref. 3725). There where also two version in titanium?called AMG Edition. The photo is from Dimer, who also sent us a previous Weekly Watch Photo of the Ingenieur Laureus. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Dimer is eCommerce Manager at Ace Online Jewelers and also a crack with his camera. He put his Ingenieur in a box full of water, put that into the freezer and the next day he slowly defrosted the watch and made photos. A cool and daring experiment… Luckily it all worked out fine and the I
Hands-on with the very original De Rijke & Co x Miffy Special Edition
The use of comic book characters or cartoon personalities in watchmaking isn’t new. However, we’ve recently seen a successful?revival of the classical Character Watches. Watches incorporating Mickey Mouse, Snoopy or Popeye have become very popular lately, and we can surely expect more to come in the future. Small-time Dutch independent watchmaker De Rijke & Co. now enters this humorous field of watchmaking with something very, very cool: Nijntje, or “Miffy” for non-Dutch people. This iconic little rabbit created by Dick Bruna is known the world over and now finds its way into a mechanical watch for the very first time. And we have the exclusive world premiere of this very fun and limited De Rijke & Co. x Miffy Moonphase.Dick Bruna & Nijntje/MiffyTo explain who or what Miffy is – for those who have no clue or need their memories refreshed – Miffy is a small rabbit-like character developed by Dick Bruna, perhaps the most famous Dutch graphi
Farer Automatic Watches - British Design, Swiss Made, Vintage Look, Reasonable Price - Monochrome Watches
Wouldn’t it be pleasant if all the youngsters around would involve progressively in real watchmaking, meaning mechanical watches, if most of them grew as collectors, instead of looking at massive and not-so-distinguished fashion brands watches? Well, we don’t live at “candy land” and things won’t change that fast. However, every collector must have a starting point and when a cool, slightly fashion-oriented brand introduces automatic watches after a first successful collection of Quartz timepieces, it can only bring new, younger people to show interest in mechanical. Here are the?Farer Automatic Watches, a combination of British Design, Swiss Made and Vintage Look – a for a reasonable price.Farer watches started with a first collection of watches, in November 2015. Quite successful, these watches – all quartz unfortunately – were showing a nice, vintage-inspired design, which recalled military and sports watches from the 1960s. Cases were