Throwback - The most accurate type of calendar possible - the Andersen Geneve Perpetuel Secular Calender - Monochrome Watches
Yesterday, on February 29th, we decided to dig deeper into the concept of the perpetual calendar and explain why the leap year exists. It was the perfect occasion for this, since February 29th only occurs once every four years. In order to tell the story properly, we had to dive deeper into astronomy and history, and of course to have the various calendar watches. However one watch had our highest consideration, a watch that we almost forget about, but that has to be regarded as a serious?technological achievement. This watch is equipped with something ultra-rare: a secular perpetual calendar. The secular perpetual calendar is?even more accurate than a traditional perpetual calendar, or Quantieme Perpetual (QP.) Let's have a look at an old beauty, created by non-other than Svend Andersen. Here's the?Andersen Geneve Perpetuel Secular Calender and the announcement that will be telling you more about?this concept soon!?In our previous article, we explained?what a perpetual calendar actual

The Collector's Series - Richard and His Unique anOrdain Model 2
We've all come to this point where we see a watch, like a watch, but have that little tiny detail that somehow feels a bit out of place, or that we would have imagined differently Today, it's the story of a man and his tendency to always challenge the existing, to come and ask the brands if there's a way to change that little detail, to make the watch better to his eyes, more personal, more HIS watch. Richard (@mymese on Instagram) is a 53-year-old mobility data expert from Holland who has a preference for unusual watches, not necessarily the brands that everyone wants. Today, he discusses his special anOrdain Model 2, and this watch is HIS watch, a unique take that turns out to be very personal.?Frank Geelen, MONOCHROME – anOrdain is not a household name when it comes to watches. How did you discover this Scottish brand?Richard – It must have been somewhere online. I think I ran into anOrdain almost the same moment I read about the Paulin Neo (which is a cooperation model

Patek Philippe Advanced Research 5750 Minute Repeater
Founded in 2005,?Patek Philippe‘s Advanced Research department aims at improving mechanical movements and bringing innovative solutions in the fields of materials (silicon, for instance) and technologies for watchmaking. This goes for the introduction of Silinvar (2005), the Spiromax balance spring (2006), the Pulsomax escapement (2008), the Oscillomax ensemble (2011), and a further optimized version of the Spiromax balance spring (2017). In 2017, the brand will look at something different, and that is a compliant mechanism for the dual-time function, in an Aquanaut. Today, following a year with already a grande sonnerie watch, the brand continues its researches in the field of chiming watch, with major improvements on the minute repeating watch, with the new Patek Philippe Advanced Research 5750 Minute Repeater.?The technical solutionsThe goal of the Advanced Research department is to bring new solutions in order to innovate, or in the present case to improve existing mechanisms

2018 Patek Philippe Twenty-4 Automatic 7300 (Specs & Price)
Since its release in 1999, the Twenty-4 has been Patek Philippe’s entry-level model (all genders) and certainly its best-selling women’s collection. Shaped like a bracelet, with a rectangular case seamlessly integrated into a metallic bracelet, it was – unfortunately – powered by a quartz movement (an in-house quartz movement for sure, but still battery-powered). A watch, so to speak, that never really made it as a true Patek in our books. Yet, there’s a new version of the?Patek Philippe Twenty-4. It is round, it is more casual and sportier and it is powered by an automatic movement.The Patek Philippe Twenty-4 as we knew it until today – rectangular, small, bracelet-like and battery-powered. Here is the steel version, ref. 4910-10A, the entry-level model at EUR 11,000 (also the most affordable Patek).There is no doubt that the Patek Philippe Twenty-4 Steel/Quartz has been a commercial success for the Geneva-based brand. It certainly is the MaisonR

Five Cool New Chronograph Watches Priced Below 3,5K
It’s not the first time year we’ve grouped together a selection of chronograph watches, and it’s likely not going to be the last time. With Watches & Wonders already well and truly in the past, and Geneva Watch Days not quite here yet, brand’s haven’t slowed down much to present us with new and exciting watches. And with the chronograph being a fan favourite complication, it didn’t take too long to compile a Buying Guide or two. And now we revisit the faithful “Chrono” once more, with six of the most recent new entries of this ever-popular type of wristwatch.?Hanhart 417 ES 1954When it comes to historically relevant, and vintage-inspired chronographs at a relatively affordable price, it’s impossible to ignore Hanhart. Especially when they release a more compact and downright fantastic version of the iconic 417 ES, a very classically styled pilot’s chronograph. Measuring 39mm across, where its larger brother comes in at 42m