Editorial: Are Watches a Good Investment?
Beyond their cultural and aesthetic value, luxury and high-end watches have increasingly become recognised as a viable investment asset class, offering the potential for both financial returns and personal enrichment. Indeed, watches can be a way to invest while enjoying the passion for beautiful objects. But the topic can be controversial. Just like any investment, one should navigate cautiously. Investing in watches can be risky and a bit overwhelming for some due to their lack of knowledge. It is essential to carefully evaluate factors such as the brand, the rarity, the provenance, the condition and the market trend.?First and foremost, we are not financial advisors. Predicting trends is not simple. The only thing we can tell you is that if you are eyeing watches to turn a profit, you should take the time to examine and understand each acquisition before committing your hard-earned money. This advice applies to all sorts of investments or asset classes.? Ad - Scroll to co

Buying Guide - 5 Recently-Launched Luxury Dive Watches For Summer
Yes, it’s June and the sunny days are back. This also means that many of us will enjoy some well-deserved holidays soon, as the situation seems to improve in most areas around the globe. Summer is synonymous with this light, carefree feeling that we’ve missed for some months, and it is time to enjoy it again! Summer is also synonymous with leisure activities and nights out, meaning that you’ll need a versatile watch that will be able to withstand sports activities and still look stylish. This is why we’ve selected five of the best luxury dive watches recently introduced on the market so you can look good and be fully equipped this summer (and no worries, these watches will be good in winter too!)Note: this list is, of course, non-exhaustive. If there are more recently launched dive watches that you think could make it to the list, feel free to share them with us in the comments.Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver 2021Initially launched as the Royal Oak Offs

Introducing the new Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT with Master Chronometer movement - Live photos, specs and price - Monochrome Watches
In 2013 Omega introduced the Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m GMT and that was the first Seamaster Planet Ocean with a second time zone. That’s eight years after the introduction of the Seamaster Planet Ocean collection. This could well be your perfect traveller watch as is has the additional function of the second time zone; something that comes in handy while travelling. Today Omega introduces the Master Co-Axial movement with is stellar anti-magnetic properties into this watch, and too highlight this the design got a nice “monochrome” touch! Here’s the new Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT.When we reviewed the Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT (back than named Seamaster Planet Ocean 600m GMT) we just loved it and considered it to be a?perfect travel / dive watch.?The Seamaster Planet Ocean GMT comes in a different size (43.5 mm) than the two ‘normal’ Planet Ocean models (42 mm or 45.5 mm) and this new edition with Co-Axial movement sports the same 43.5 mm case

Patek Philippe To Showcase the 2018 Rare Handcrafts Timepieces at its Geneva Salons (April 19 to 21) - Monochrome Watches
If Patek Philippe is renowned for its super-complicated watches and its iconic luxury sports timepieces, we often forget that there is something else, something simply exquisite that the brand masters: metiers d’art?or rare handcrafts. Enamelling, micro-painting, micro-marquetry, hand-guilloche… Few manufactures can compete with Patek in terms of the calibre of its artistic work. From?April 19 to April 21, the entire 2018?Rare Handcrafts collection, something that you don’t have the opportunity to see anywhere else than at Baselworld, will be showcased to the public?in the Salons on Rue du Rh?ne, Geneva. From April 19 to April 21, 2018, Patek Philippe will exhibit?its entire 2018 Rare Handcrafts Timepieces collection in its boutique (the so-called Salons)?on Rue du Rh?ne, Geneva. Enamelled?desk clocks, engraved pocket watches or wood marquetry?wristwatches will be shown to the public only once, before being sent to their future owners around the

In the Shop - The MONOCHROME Montre de Souscription 1 with Habring2
“Since I started MONOCHROME in 2006, the motto has been “dedicated to fine watches”, and this is exactly what drives not just me, but the entire team, on a daily basis. I guess it goes without saying that we're watch enthusiasts ourselves. Today is a landmark in MONOCHROME's 15 years of history, as we introduce our first collaboration watch, the MONOCHROME Montre de Souscription 1.” Frank Geelen, Founder of MONOCHROME.?For our first collaboration watch, we turned to one of our favourite brands, Habring2, an independent Austrian watchmaking atelier created by Maria and Richard Habring in 2004. Habring2 specialises in unusual displays such as dead-beat seconds and foudroyante, as well as chronograph movements. Introducing the MONOCHROME Montre de Souscription 1, now available for orders at shop.monochrome-watches.com. Ad - Scroll to continue with article