Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Chronograph Frosted Gold Purple - Review, Price
You are all familiar with the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, with its history, and its multiple manifestations but the model we have for our hands-on session today is going to elicit some very extreme reactions, good and bad. Although there is nothing novel under the hood or structurally about this Royal Oak chronograph, this is a very particular piece and as such is a limited edition of 200 pieces. What we're looking at here today - and coming to terms with - is a 41mm Royal Oak chronograph with a frosted white gold case and a loud purple dial. Hate it or love it, let's get to know it a little better.Born in the 1970s, the Royal Oak was a child of its timeLeading on from the flower power groove that marked the 1960s, the 1970s heralded a turbulent decade marked by student unrest, Vietnam, Watergate, the oil crisis, bell-bottoms, lava lamps, rock music and disco lights. However, for watch lovers, the most significant date of this decade is 1972, the year Gerald Genta's Royal Oak watch was

The SIHH 2017 Open to the Public and with more brands (incl. Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin) according to Fabienne Lupo - Monochrome Watches
Until 2015, the SIHH, Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, organized by the FHH (Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie) was opened only to 16 brands, mostly the Richmont Group (Cartier, JLC, IWC) and a few friends of the group (Parmigiani, Audemars or Greubel). In 2016, 9 new independent brands came to join the show in the Carre des Horlogers (MB&F, Urwerk, Laurent Ferrier). For 2017, in a context that will certainly not be highly?enthusiastic, SIHH will again evolve, by opening to public for the first time and by welcoming 7 new brands (2 international ones and 5 new independents).In an interview given to Le Temps (see here, in French), Fabienne Lupo, the President of the Fondation?de la Haute Horlogerie, gives a few indications on the future of the SIHH. First of all, the show, which was only opened to retailers and journalists, will now open its doors to public visitors, on the Friday 20th of January 2017 – the SIHH will be open for the usual retailers and journalists fr

Pre SIHH 2015: IWC Portuguese Annual Calendar ref. 5035 - Monochrome Watches
In 2015 IWC will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Portuguese. The first Portuguese was developed at the end of the 1930’s and featured the clean design, that we know the Portuguese for today. In the past 75 year it has grown?to become an entire collection, or family of watches as IWC calls it. There will be several ‘celebratory’ models and ‘updates’, and there’s the new IWC Portuguese Annual Calendar (Ref. 5035), which is IWC's very first annual calendar and it displays the month, date and day, in three separate, semicircular aperture?at 12 o'clock.?The new IWC Portuguese Annual Calendar shares, for a large part, the looks of the Portuguese Automatic, which is also powered by a 7-days automatic movement. In size it is slightly bigger, and with a diameter of 44,2mm and thickness of 15,3mm, it comes close to the dimensions of the Portuguese Perpetual Calendar. It’s?not the smallest watch, but that’s not what IWC is known for, at least

Retrospective - All OMEGA Watches Worn in James Bond 007 Movies
His name is “Bond, James Bond.” He answers to the MI6 code number 007 and he’s probably the most famous secret service agent in the history of cinema. On his wrist, Commander Bond is, since 1995, wearing OMEGA Seamaster watches. A character of legend, who has fascinated multiple generations all over the world. In 2021 the agent returns to the silver screen, in his latest adventures depicted in No Time to Die, which also marks the last appearance of the man who has played the role in 5 movies, Daniel Craig. And since you’re certainly about to watch the movie yourself soon, it’s time to have a closer look at the watches of 007. Here’s your guide to all the OMEGA watches worn by James Bond, including an in-depth video with all the details and special guests to explain this long-lasting connection. And this also includes the details about the Seamaster Diver 300M “007 Edition” you’ll see in the 25th movie of the series, including the ga

Hands-On with the 2018 TAG Heuer Carrera Senna Editions (Heuer 02 and Heuer 02T) - Specs & Price
Brand ambassadors aren’t new. Thirty years ago, TAG Heuer already had several of them as part of the brand’s marketing strategy. One was, however, more important than others: a true idol named Ayrton Senna. He is the one that made TAG Heuer cool again, back in the 1980s and 1990s, by wearing an admittedly not-so-discreet, steel and gold, Analogue-Digital TAG Heuer S/el. But at that time, it was the watch to have for F1 fans. Times have changed, Senna is long gone and the design of watches has changed too (for better more than for worse) but TAG still relies on Ayrton’s aura to create F1-oriented timepieces – and the recently introduced?Carrera Senna Editions with Heuer 02 and Heuer 02T Tourbillon movements still retain the cool factor of “Magic Senna”. These new?TAG Heuer Carrera Senna Editions aren’t the first modern iterations of Senna-branded pieces. In 2015 already, the brand reintroduced the watches with a large red