Video - Secrets Behind Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Grande Sonnerie
There can be no doubt that Le Brassus-based watchmaker Audemars Piguet was and still is one of the best representatives of the art of Haute Horlogerie. Certainly, the design and style of its watches have evolved over the years to become more contemporary, but one thing that can’t be denied is the brand’s ability to manufacture some of the finest complication movements. Keep in mind that Audemars Piguet is one of the rare watchmakers capable of crafting a Grande Complication wristwatch. The latest creation of the brand, which belongs to the category of traditional, handcrafted movements, is dedicated to the music of time. Combining two distinctive features, that of the Supersonnerie construction and the Grande Sonnerie mechanism (a speciality of Audemars Piguet), the brand has recently released the Code 11.59 by Audemars Piguet Grande Sonnerie Carillon Supersonnerie. Today, in one of our in-depth videos (which you can see above), we take you inside the manufacture to see how

Bell & Ross BR-X5 With Manufacture Movement - Video Review, Price
For many years, Bell & Ross has been all about pilot- and military-inspired watches. This was the brand’s motto, the style that made it famous. And while the Parisian brand still leans heavily on those codes in its current instrument collection, materialised by the emblematic BR03 range, it had to evolve. How? By becoming more urban, less hardcore. This strategy took shape in the BR 05 collection, a sports watch with an integrated design. And just like the BR-X1, which was a bolder take on the classic BR-01, there’s now a new, more muscular, more powerful take on this watch with the Bell & Ross BR-X5 collection. And it comes with a new movement too. And we have it here live, including a video review.Even though Bell & Ross was founded in 1992, the brand gained recognition in 2005 with the launch of the BR 01 Instrument, a watch that established the house style for the decade to come. Inspired by dashboard instruments, it introduced the emblematic square case wit

Baselworld 2019 - Oris Clean Ocean Limited Edition (Specs & Price)
Oris continues to ride the bandwagon of environmental conservation and has recently partnered with Pacific Garbage Screening, a pioneering German organisation committed to ridding our oceans of plastic.? To promote the partnership, Oris is releasing a limited edition 39.5mm Aquis Date diver model with an aqua blue dial and a medallion on the caseback made from recycled PET plastic.Collecting trash from the oceanThe UN's environmental arm estimates that 8m tonnes of plastic reach the ocean every year and that by 2050 there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. The problem has really come to the fore when scientists discovered that much of the fish we eat contains toxic chemicals from the microplastics they have consumed. Pacific Garbage Screening has developed an innovative floating platform that will act much like a giant sieve collecting plastic waste from rivers, estuaries and the ocean. Ad - Scroll to continue with article

Pre SIHH 2015: Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Skeleton - Specs and Price - Monochrome-Watches
When you think about Roger Dubuis, some marvelous features come to your mind. Together with a spectacular design, massive and easily recognizable, all the creations of the brand are imprinted with a superb finishing level. Every single watch produced by Roger Dubuis is stamped with the rigorous Geneva Seal (Poin?on de Geneve). Another of these multiple features might be skeletonized movements. For the SIHH 2015, the brand introduced new automatic watch, the?Roger Dubuis Excalibur Automatic Skeleton.We’ve previously seen the amazing work of the manufacture. Flying tourbillon, double flying tourbillon, minute repeater, skeletonized watches (with certainly the craziest and thinnest bridges ever seen)… The list of complications used in Roger Dubuis timepieces is long and impressive. The design might be extreme and slightly showy, we have to admit: Roger Dubuis’ watchmakers are extremely skilled. We’ve experienced such a watch when having some review time with the Pu

Backed By 25 Years Of Experience, Watchmaker Simon Lefran?ois Steps Out On His Own
The world of independent watchmaking has always been a place of passion, inspiration and excitement for us. It has been at the heart of MONOCHROME from the get-go, and even today we find joy in discovering new and intriguing watchmaking adventures from all corners of the world. This time we stop in Morbihan, France, to discover the work of Simon Lefran?ois. Setting out under the name of Montre Lefran?ois, Simon can rely on more than 25 years of working in the Swiss watchmaking industry. Presenting his Automatique No. 01 on Instagram, the first series of watches is now being produced. Let’s find out more!Robin, MONOCHROME Watches - Simon, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers? Ad - Scroll to continue with article My name is Simon Lefran?ois, and I was born in Calvados, France and grew up in a very creative family. My father was a traditional car