Introducing The New Black/Gold Audemars Piguet ROO Chronograph
It’s hard to believe, but the Royal Oak Offshore is coming up for its 30th birthday this year. Presented by Audemars Piguet in 1993 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Royal Oak in a bolder, more virile format, the Royal Oak Offshore, aka The Beast, made an indelible impression on the crowds at Baselworld. Its muscular 42mm case bristling with textures and bold combinations of materials included an exposed black rubber gasket between the case and the bezel. The latest facelift took place in 2021, resulting in a more ergonomic 43mm case, interchangeable straps and the incorporation of the brand’s latest integrated flyback chronograph movement, calibre 4401. Dressed in a handsome John Player Special livery, this 43mm Royal Oak Offshore ref. 26420CE?comes in a black ceramic case with striking 18k yellow gold accents.Two-Tone CaseComplying with the design upgrades of 2021, the 43mm black ceramic case features the redesigned pushers nestled inside matte yellow gold struct

Buying Guide - Best GMT/Travel Watches of Baselworld 2019
A moon phase is certainly a nice, slightly poetic complication, annual or perpetual calendars are the best when it comes to displaying the date on a watch, and a tourbillon is a superb demonstration of watchmaking “savoir-faire.” Yet, it is hard to beat a GMT or dual-time complication when it comes to practicality. With our modern lifestyle, which implies regular travelling or working in international environments, it has become more relevant than ever to have a watch that can easily adjust to the local time or display a second time-zone. Here are some of the best “traveller’s” watches that were presented at Baselworld 2019 – and for all budgets.Note: this list is based on on a consensus among the MONOCHROME team and reflects our preferences. If you want to add some watches to this selection, feel free to share them in the comment section at the end of this article.Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT AutomaticThe Octo Finissimo Chronograph was cle

First Look: The IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound Tourbillon Day & Night
The Portugieser is one of IWC‘s oldest ambassadors, and the collection hosts more haute horlogerie models than any other family in the lineup. What unites all these manifestations, from the simplest to the most complex, is the distinctive look of the Portugieser with its clean, well-organised, legible dials and large dimensions. Tourbillons are no strangers to the collection, but the model IWC is releasing at Watches and Wonders 2024 is accompanied by a novel globe-shaped night and day indicator, further animating the action on deck. Meet the new Portugieser Hand-Wound Tourbillon Day & Night.The Portugieser Hand-Wound Tourbillon joined the collection in 2021. Although it was not the first tourbillon regulator in the range – there were plenty of those married to other complications – it earned the distinction of being the simplest tourbillon of them all. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

5 Cool Finds - 2 Classic Dress Watch, 2 Vintage Inspired Chronographs and an IWC Ingenieur Automatic Vintage Collection - Monochrome Watches
Here is our 8th installment of our market finds, in collaboration with the online auction?platform?Catawiki. Every Friday we select five ‘youngtimers’ that would make a great addition to ever watch collection. This week, we found 2 perfect dress watches from Patek Philippe and Jaeger-LeCoultre, 2 great vintage inspired chronographs from TAG Heuer and Glashutte-Original and a collectible anti-magnetic watch, the IWC Ingenieur Automatic Vintage Collection.?This week we will only show you three cool finds, because of a not-so-cool?reason: two of the five watches that we selected are replicas / fakes.?These watches were offered at Catawiki and they admit, to their shame, that a few fakes have slipped through their quality control. We will stop our collaboration with them, effective immediately, because we do not want to risk recommending you, our valued readers, a replica as a great find.?Patek Philippe Calatrava ref. 5115GThe Patek Philippe Calatrava is probably the most iconi

New Jaeger LeCoultre Grande Reverso Email - Monochrome Watches
Jaeger-LeCoultre released a new limited edition of the Grande Reverso with a blue enamel dial, the Grande Reverso Email. It looks gorgeous!After the recent launch of the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin, Jaeger-LeCoultre now released another new model, the Reverso Grande Email. This white gold Reverso with a guilloche dial with blue?enamel finish and white gold applied arabic numbers looks simply gorgeous. And this is exactly the strength of the Reverso, simple, elegant en very beautiful. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Inside ticks?the manually-wound calibre 822, that was specifically designed for the Reverso Grande Taille models.?The movement have a frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour and offers 45 hours of power reserve. With a size of 2.94 mm thick and 17.2 x 22.6 mm is a relatively robust movement, i.e. it is not an ultra flat movement. The watch itself m