The Collector's Series - Joseph McKenzie and his Girard Perregaux WWTC Chronograph World Timer - Monochrome Watches
This week on the Collector’s Series allowed me to go hands on with personal favourite watch of mine. It's a world timer and it comes from one of the most underrated (in my opinion) manufactures out there.?Joseph McKenzie is a business owner, watch collector and friend. He runs Xupes.com with his Father in the UK. A family run, online luxury business that cover fine watches, jewellery, handbags, investment wine and art. We have shared watch stories for many years and it felt right to ask him why he chose the Girard Perregaux WWTC.When did you first get into watches?I’ve always liked nice things. My wife brought me my first Hugo Boss watch when?I was 16 when we started seeing?each other. Back then, I?couldn't stop looking at it and enjoyed wearing it every day for a couple of years until?I upgraded to a Jaeger-LeCoultre.?I’ve always been intrigued by mechanics and the way things work.?I used to repair gearbox's on airsoft guns as a teenager (my first little business), s

Six Fascinating Rectangular Watches To Consider For The New Year
The new year has only just started, but we already have a piece of advice for you: if you’re hunting for new watches, which I guess most of you probably are, explore the industry a little. There is plenty of very interesting and cool stuff to be found off the beaten path, and it doesn’t take much to enter a whole new world you might have never known existed. Take rectangular watches, for instance, which offer a welcome break from the tons of round ones. And as you can tell from our selection, it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to wear something stylish and Art Deco-inspired with a rectangular case. Then again, you can splurge if you really want to, as we’ll happily demonstrate in this Buying Guide!Alpina Heritage Carree Automatic 140 YearsLast year, Alpina celebrated its 140th anniversary in style with the Heritage Carree. The brand first introduced this sleek style in a pair of limited editions using New Old Stock movements?but followed that up with a non-limited

Tudor FastRider Chrono - hands-on with live photos & price - Monochrome-Watches
This year, at Baselworld 2015, Tudor is not only introducing the (our) Tudor Pelagos with a blue dial and the Tudor North Flag, both with the new in-house movement. They also had a chronograph in the vaults, but not one from the Heritage Collection, like the Heritage Chrono Blue. Instead they are coming with a modern, cool and young adults oriented timepiece, the?Tudor FastRider Chrono.The FastRider isn’t properly a novelty, as a previous one was already in the collection since 2011. It was a chrono in stainless steel, with a stainless steel bezel (engraved with a tachymeter scale) and available with a white or red stripped dial. This watch was the result of a collaboration with Ducati (the motorbike brand) and was somehow quite obsolete in the actual range of cool Tudor watches. The new one may have several new features, it keeps?the Ducati partnership. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

First Look: The Oris Divers Sixty-Five 60th Anniversary Edition
Following the latest Divers Date from late 2024, Oris is looking back at its original dive watch from 1965 and a remake in 2015 with a distinctive dial design and retro vibe. The new Divers Sixty-Five 60th Anniversary Edition is a sequel of sorts to the 2015 50th Anniversary Divers Sixty-Five that became a best-selling series. The two share a lot of aesthetic similarities and it's a great way to celebrate 60 years of Oris divers, and will surely appeal to vintage-inspired enthusiasts, but we also have some updates to report.Left: the 2015 Oris Divers Sixty-Five made for the model’s 50th anniversary – Right: a vintage example of Oris’ 1965 dive watch – Below: the new Oris Divers Sixty-Five 60th Anniversary Edition and another vintage example, this time with a different bezel The stainless steel case is classic Divers Sixty-Five and is 40mm in diameter and 12.8mm in height (lug-to-lug 48mm), up from the original's 36mm, but the same as in 20

Hands-On 2022 TAG Heuer Monaco Special Edition Black DLC Titanium
When it comes to TAG Heuer, it hardly gets more emblematic than the square-shaped Monaco. Part of the various watches dedicated to motorsport, alongside the Carrera, the Silverstone and the Monza, the Monaco has gained immense popularity after being worn in the 1971 movie Le Mans on the wrist of Steve McQueen. And the name of the watch itself, paying tribute to the world's most glamorous F1 race, might have helped this model to become a legend. And since this weekend marks the return of GP in the streets of the Principality for the 2022 F1 season, it was the perfect time for the brand to release its latest special edition, the TAG Heuer Monaco Black Titanium.Born in 1969, the Monaco has immediately been equipped with one of the most innovative movements of its time, the Calibre 11, one of the three first automatic chronograph calibres. Then, there was its design… bold, different, daring and truly polarizing. If this helped make this watch unique and immediately recognizable, it m