Weekly Watch Photo - Hautlence HL05 - Monochrome Watches
When it comes to extremely beautiful photos of beautiful watches, it is like with almost everything else in the world. Someone started, another person liked the idea and started doing something similar and slowly more and more starting doing the same. Not exactly the same of course and that’s a good thing, because every photographer – professional or talented amateur – has his/her own style. When I think back I can only think of two persons who frequently amazed watch enthusiast with their brilliant photos, online that is!I can actually only think of two who shared their brilliant photos online and they were actually the first to start something that we’ve grown accustomed to. Now-a-days we’re treated with the visual watch candy shot by star photographers – like Guy Lucas de Peslouan, Ming Thein and Mike Melia – and others like Watch Anish or extremely talented amateurs like Edwin Heusinkveld, Marcus Behnke, Gary Getz and others. These two pers

Czapek Antarctique, The Brands Luxury Sports Watch (Review, Price)
The luxury sports watch is one of the most successful categories, dominated by cult classics such as the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and the Patek Philippe Nautilus – two timepieces that defined the genre back in the 1970s. Smaller independent watchmakers are now entering the category. Brands like Laurent Ferrier, Urban Jurgensen or H. Moser & Cie. have recently unveiled steel sports watches with an integrated bracelet. It is now Czapek's turn to present its take on the genre with the Antarctique.Czapek is an independent watchmaker with an original business model. The brand was launched a few years ago, reviving the name of an illustrious Czech-born Geneva-based watchmaker. This renaissance was orchestrated through an equity crowdfunding campaign, a unique case in high-end watchmaking, allowing passionate watch lovers to be part of a brand, many of them active in supporting and advising the team. On the manufacturing side, Czapek operates as a horizontal manufacture creating a

BUSINESS INSIGHTS: New CEO for Kering Watches (Girard-Perregaux - JeanRichard) - Monochrome Watches
After the appointment of Jean-Frederic Dufour as new CEO of and of Jean-Claude Biver as CEO of all watch brands of the LVMH Group (see here), it's now the turn of Kering (former PPR) - including Girard-Perregaux, JeanRichard and Boucheron - to name a new CEO. That new CEO is Albert Bensoussan, formerly Sales Director?for Louis Vuitton Watches.?What happened in the watches industry? For a month now, it's a real musical chairs game. , LVMH and Kering (formerly known as PPR), 3 of the major groups, appoint new CEOs, new teams and new strategies. Are they anticipating changes in consumer behaviour, or a decrease of the market? We don't know if all these changes are a good sign or if they predict a period of rough weather. Whatever is going on, the industry is getting a new face. It looks like the immense growth of the market these last few years/decades is over - or at least slowing down. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

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

Montblanc 1858 Small Seconds - Review with photos, specs and price - Monochrome Watches
Towards the end of last year, Montblanc released a new collection: the Montblanc 1858 Collection. The Meisterstuck of this collection is the Montblanc 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter in pink gold (ref. 112637) that houses the beautiful calibre 16.29 movement from the brand’s Villeret collection. The new 1858 collection also includes another model, named the Montblanc 1858 Small Second, which?features the manually wound MB 23.03 movement. There are three stainless steel editions, one with a black dial and white indices, one with a blue dial, and a limited edition with a black dial and creme-coloured indices. The collection received high marks upon its introduction, and now again on the SIHH. Let’s have a closer look at the?Montblanc 1858 Small Second and the limited edition?that is limited to 858 pieces.The Inspiration – a Tribute to Minerva's BirthThe collection is named after the year in which Minerva was founded by Charles Robert in Villeret. In 2006 Minerva was acquire